2019 United States Tri-Nation Series

The 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series was the second round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in the United States in September 2019.^[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Namibia, Papua New Guinea and the United States cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.^[1] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.^[3][4] It was the first One Day International series to be played in the USA.^[5]

2019 United States Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date	13–23 September 2019
Location	United States
Teams  Namibia  Papua New Guinea  United States Captains Gerhard Erasmus Assad Vala Saurabh Netravalkar Most runs Jean-Pierre Kotze (221) Assad Vala (228) Aaron Jones (131) Monank Patel (131) Most wickets Zhivago Groenewald (11) Nosaina Pokana (11) Karima Gore (9)
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Originally, the Church Street Park cricket ground in Morrisville, was named as the host venue by the International Cricket Council.^[1] In July 2019, it was announced that either a new venue in Morgan Hill, California or the Leo Magnus Cricket Complex in Woodley Park in Los Angeles would host the tournament.^[6] However, the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida was chosen as the host venue.^[7]

The first fixture of the series saw the United States beat Papua New Guinea by five runs via the DLS method in a rain-affected match.^[8] This was the first-ever win for the United States in an ODI match.^[9]

Squads

Namibia[10]	Papua New Guinea[11]	United States[12]
Gerhard Erasmus (c) Jan Frylinck (vc) Stephan Baard Karl Birkenstock Zane Green Zhivago Groenewald Jean-Pierre Kotze Tangeni Lungameni Bernard Scholtz Ben Shikongo JJ Smit Christi Viljoen Craig Williams Pikky Ya France	Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Simon Atai Kiplin Doriga (wk) Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Jason Kila Alei Nao Nosaina Pokana Lega Siaka Chad Soper Gaudi Toka Tony Ura Norman Vanua	Saurabh Netravalkar (c) Steven Taylor (vc) Karima Gore Elmore Hutchinson Aaron Jones Nosthush Kenjige Jaskaran Malhotra Xavier Marshall Monank Patel Nisarg Patel Sagar Patel Timil Patel Jasdeep Singh Rusty Theron

Fixtures

1st ODI

13 September 2019 09:45 Scorecard

United States  251/9 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 159/6 (23 overs)
Aaron Jones 77 (117) Nosaina Pokana 3/40 (10 overs) Jason Kila 3/40 (10 overs)		Charles Amini 53 (34) Karima Gore 3/25 (5 overs)

United States won by 5 runs (DLS method) Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Aaron Jones (USA)

• United States won the toss and elected to bat.
• Papua New Guinea were set a revised target of 165 runs from 23 overs due to rain.
• Elmore Hutchinson and Nisarg Patel (USA) both made their ODI debuts.
• Rusty Theron also made his ODI debut for the United States after previously playing 4 ODIs for South Africa, becoming the 13th cricketer to represent two international teams in ODIs.^[13]

2nd ODI

17 September 2019 09:45 Scorecard

Namibia  121 (46 overs)	v	United States 122/5 (31.2 overs)
Zane Green 36 (75) Steven Taylor 4/23 (10 overs)		Steven Taylor 43 (58) Zhivago Groenewald 3/28 (9 overs)

United States won by 5 wickets Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Zhivago Groenewald (Nam) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

19 September 2019 09:45 Scorecard

United States  177 (48.1 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 115 (38.1 overs)
Monank Patel 66 (99) Jason Kila 3/27 (9.1 overs)		Assad Vala 38 (49) Karima Gore 4/21 (10 overs)

United States won by 62 runs Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Karima Gore (USA)

• United States won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

20 September 2019 09:45 Scorecard

Namibia  287/8 (49 overs)	v	United States 142 (37 overs)
Jean-Pierre Kotze 136 (109) Jasdeep Singh 4/51 (8 overs)		Aaron Jones 44 (76) Zhivago Groenewald 5/20 (8 overs)

Namibia won by 139 runs (DLS method) Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Jean-Pierre Kotze (Nam)

• United States won the toss and elected to field.
• United States were set a revised target of 282 runs from 47 overs due to rain.
• Jean-Pierre Kotze became the first batsman for Namibia to score a century in ODIs.^[14]
• Zhivago Groenewald (Nam) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.^[15]

5th ODI

22 September 2019 09:45 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  219/8 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 222/6 (48.2 overs)
Charles Amini 44 (61) Zhivago Groenewald 3/46 (9 overs)		Gerhard Erasmus 88 (100) Nosaina Pokana 2/30 (8 overs)

Namibia won by 4 wickets Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI

23 September 2019 09:45 Scorecard

Namibia  260/9 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 233 (47.3 overs)
Stephan Baard 73 (97) Nosaina Pokana 3/32 (7 overs)		Assad Vala 104 (114) Bernard Scholtz 4/27 (8 overs)

Namibia won by 27 runs Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Assad Vala (PNG)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Riley Hekure (PNG) made his ODI debut.
• Assad Vala (PNG) scored his first century in ODIs.^[16]