Dates | 29 August – 1 September 2019 |
---|---|
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, final |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 11 |
Most runs | ![]() |
Most wickets | ![]() |
← 2018 2021 → |
The 2019 Continental Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Romania between 29 August and 1 September 2019.[1][2] The hosts were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2018.[3]
The format was originally to be two groups of three teams played over the first two days, followed by a series of play-off matches.[4] However, after Russia withdrew two days before the tournament, the format was changed to a single round-robin stage followed by a final.[5] The participating teams were hosts Romania, along with Austria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Turkey.[1] All five teams played their first matches with T20I status during this tournament, following the decision of the ICC to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019.[6] Austria topped the round-robin stage and went on to defeat the Czech Republic in the final.
A number of T20I records were set during the tournament, particularly in games against Turkey who had been affected by visa problems resulting in many of their best players not being able to travel to Romania.[7] These included Czech Republic's winning margin of 257 runs, in a game that also saw Sudesh Wickramasekara equal the fastest century in T20I cricket.[7]
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
Team[12] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +3.816 | Advanced to the final |
![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +3.686 | |
![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.848 | |
![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.232 | |
![]() |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10.674 |
29 August 2019 |
Romania |
v |
|
Ijaz Hussain 35 (36) |
Anthony Lark 30 (41) |
Romania won by 31 runs |
29 August 2019 |
Turkey |
v |
|
Hasan Helva 7 (15) |
Vikram Vijh 11* (3) |
Luxembourg won by 8 wickets |
29 August 2019 |
Romania |
v |
|
Sivakumar Periyalwar 105* (40) |
Mehmat Sert 16 (27) |
Romania won by 173 runs |
30 August 2019 |
Czech Republic |
v |
|
Sudesh Wickramasekara 52 (33) |
Bilal Zalmai 45 (23) |
Austria won by 8 wickets |
30 August 2019 |
Luxembourg |
v |
|
Vikram Vijh 64* (61) |
Ijaz Hussain 40 (25) |
Romania won by 7 wickets |
30 August 2019 |
Czech Republic |
v |
|
Sudesh Wickramasekara 104* (36) |
Mehmat Sert 12 (11) |
Czech Republic won by 257 runs |
31 August 2019 |
Austria |
v |
|
Razmal Shigiwal 53 (21) |
Mohit Dixit 38 (45) |
Austria won by 135 runs |
31 August 2019 |
Romania |
v |
|
Gohar Manan 29 (20) |
Honey Gori 46 (32) |
Czech Republic won by 6 wickets |
31 August 2019 |
Turkey |
v |
|
Mehmat Sert 9* (12) |
Arsalan Arif 26* (11) |
Austria won by 10 wickets |
1 September 2019 |
Luxembourg |
v |
|
Girish Venkateswaran 59 (44) |
Honey Gori 66 (37) |
Czech Republic won by 6 wickets |
1 September 2019 |
Austria |
v |
|
Bilal Zalmai 111* (58) |
Kushalkumar Mendon 40* (26) |
Austria won by 30 runs |
![]() | This article related to an International cricket competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |