2022 Valletta Cup Explained

The 2022 Valletta Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malta between 10 and 15 May 2022.^[1] It was the third edition of the Valletta Cup. The venue for the series was the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa.^[2] The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Hungary and Romania.^[3] Malta were the defending champions having defeated Switzerland in the final of the 2021 edition.^[4] Bulgaria and Gibraltar returned after finishing the 2021 tournament in third and fourth places, respectively. The Czech Republic and Hungary last featured in the 2019 Valletta Cup, in which the Czechs beat a Hungary XI in the final.^[5]

In a round-robin game against Bulgaria, Gibraltar put on an unbeaten 213 runs for the first wicket, the fourth highest opening partnerships in men's T20Is.^[6] Malta secured a place in the final on day three with a game to spare, after winning their first four matches.^[7] Romania reached the final after a rapid run-chase against Gibraltar, and they went on to defeat the hosts by 9 runs in the final.^{[8] [9]}

Squads

The Czech Republic also named Kranthi Venkataswamy and Neeraj Tyagi as reserves.

Round-robin

Points table

• Advanced to the final
• Advanced to the third-place play-off
• Advanced to the fifth-place play-off

Fixtures

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Valetta Cup underway in Malta . CricketEurope . 10 May 2022 . 26 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926182548/https://cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000005/000508.shtml . dead .
2. Web site: Malta Cricket to host 6-Nation Men's Valetta Cup in May 2022 . Czarsportz . 14 March 2022.
3. Web site: Gibraltar faced double defeat on first day . Gibraltar Chronicle . 11 May 2022.
4. Web site: Malta crowned 2021 Valletta Cup champions . Emerging Cricket . 31 October 2021.
5. MaltaCricket . 1185992441352118280 . 20 October 2019 . Czech Republic crowned champions of the 2019 Valletta Cup.
6. Web site: Gibraltar cricket has produced another victory against Bulgaria . Gibraltar Chronicle . 13 May 2022.
7. Web site: Big hitting Czechs highlight day three in Malta . CricketEurope . 12 May 2022 . 26 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926200046/https://cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000005/000517.shtml . dead .
8. Web site: Romania win Valletta Cup . CricketEurope . 15 May 2022 . 15 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220515183712/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000005/000532.shtml . dead .
9. Web site: Romania the champions of 2022 Valletta Cup . Cricket Romania . 17 May 2022.
10. CzechCricket . 1512082771652620288 . 7 April 2022 . Announcing the Czech men's national team squad for the Valetta Cup, Malta May 10 - 15th.
11. Web site: Gibraltar Cricket announces squad for Valletta Cup . Gibraltar Chronicle . 22 April 2022.