Associate teams winning a T20 World Cup game against Test playing nation

Associate teams winning a T20 World Cup game against Test playing nation

Scotland won its game against West Indies at Hobart on 17 Oct 2022 by 42 runs in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia to provide the eleventh occasion of an Associate team winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation. All such occasions are tabulated below. Afghanistan and Ireland were granted test status in Jun 2017. Afghanistan played its first ever test against India at Bengaluru in Jun 2018 while Ireland played its first ever test against England in Jul 2019 at Lord’s

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1NetherlandsWon04 wktsv EnglandLord’s05 Jun 2009
2IrelandWon06 wktsv BangladeshNottingham08 Jun 2009
3IrelandWon03 wktsv ZimbabweSylhet17 Mar 2014
4Hong KongWon02 wktsv BangladeshChattogram20 Mar 2014
5NetherlandsWon45 runsv EnglandChattogram31 Mar 2014
6AfghanistanWon59 runsv ZimbabweNagpur12 Mar 2016
7AfghanistanWon06 runsv West IndiesNagpur27 Mar 2016
8ScotlandWon06 runsv BangladeshAl Amerat17 Oct 2021
9NamibiaWon08 wktsv IrelandSharjah22 Oct 2021
10NamibiaWon55 runsv Sri LankaGeelong16 Oct 2022
11ScotlandWon42 runsv West IndiesHobart17 Oct 2022

It also provides the second occasion of an Associate team winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1AfghanistanWon06 runsv West IndiesNagpur27 Mar 2016
2ScotlandWon42 runsv West IndiesHobart17 Oct 2022

It also provides the second occasion of Scotland winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation, Both such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1ScotlandWon06 runsv BangladeshAl Amerat17 Oct 2021
2ScotlandWon42 runsv West IndiesHobart17 Oct 2022

Scotland’s first victory in the tournament against a test playing nation was against Bangladesh on 17 Oct 2021. Its second victory against a test playing nation was against West Indies at Hobart exactly a year later, that is today, the 17 Oct 2022

Scotland became the fifth Associate team in the T20 World cup to post a win against a Test playing nation. Others are Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia and Netherlands.

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1AfghanistanWon59 runsv ZimbabweNagpur12 Mar 2016
2AfghanistanWon06 runsv West IndiesNagpur27 Mar 2016
       
1IrelandWon06 wktsv BangladeshNottingham08 Jun 2009
2IrelandWon03 wktsv ZimbabweSylhet17 Mar 2014
       
1NamibiaWon08 wktsv IrelandSharjah22 Oct 2021
2NamibiaWon55 runsv Sri LankaGeelong16 Oct 2022
       
1NetherlandsWon04 wktsv EnglandLord’s05 Jun 2009
2NetherlandsWon45 runsv EnglandChattogram31 Mar 2014
       
1ScotlandWon06 runsv BangladeshAl Amerat17 Oct 2021
2ScotlandWon42 runsv West IndiesHobart17 Oct 2022
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