Isle of Man cricket team in Spain in 2022–23

Isle of Man cricket team in Spain in 2022–23
	Spain	Isle of Man
Dates	24 – 26 February 2023
Captains	Christian Munoz-Mills	Matthew Ansell[n 1]
Twenty20 International series
Results	Spain won the 6-match series 5–0
Most runs	Mohammad Ihsan (237)	Adam McAuley (89)
Most wickets	Mohammad Kamran (10)	Joseph Burrows (6)

The Isle of Man men's cricket team toured Spain in February 2023 to play a six-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Spain.^[1] The venue for the series was the La Manga Club Ground in Atamaria, within Spain's Murcia region.^[2][3] Spain won the series 5–0 with one match washed out by rain.^[4] A number of records were broken in the final match of the series, in which Isle of Man were bowled a for just 10 runs and Spain completed their chase in just two legitimate deliveries.^[5][6]

Squads

Spain[7]	Isle of Man[8]
Christian Munoz-Mills (c) Awais Ahmed (wk) Adam Algar (wk) Yasir Ali Lorne Burns Hamza Dar Prince Dhiman Daniel Doyle-Calle Ameer Hamzah Mohammad Ihsan (wk) Mohammad Kamran Robiul Khan Atif Mehmood Ravi Panchal Charlie Rumistrzewicz Shafat Ali Syed Mohammad Yasin	Matthew Ansell (c) Edward Beard George Burrows Joseph Burrows Jacob Butler Kieran Cawte Fraser Clarke Carl Hartmann (wk) Dollin Jansen Nathan Knights Chris Langford Adam McAuley Edward Walker Luke Ward Christian Webster

T20I series

1st T20I

24 February 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Spain  177/3 (20 overs)	v	Isle of Man 96 (17.2 overs)
Mohammad Ihsan 102* (59) Joseph Burrows 3/41 (4 overs)		Adam McAuley 30 (33) Daniel Doyle-Calle 2/13 (2 overs)

Spain won by 81 runs La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Darrin Clark (Esp) Player of the match: Mohammad Ihsan (Esp)

• Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ameer Hamzah, Shafat Ali Syed (Esp) and Fraser Clarke (IoM) all made their T20I debuts.
• Mohammad Ihsan (Esp) scored his first century in T20Is.^[9]

2nd T20I

24 February 2023 14:15 Scorecard

Spain  151/3 (16.4 overs)	v	Isle of Man
Daniel Doyle-Calle 39* (19) Jacob Butler 2/29 (3 overs)

No result La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Mark Chappell (Esp)

• Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Edward Walker (IoM) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

25 February 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Isle of Man  66 (15.1 overs)	v	Spain 70/2 (7.1 overs)
Adam McAuley 29 (31) Charlie Rumistrzewicz 4/24 (4 overs)		Mohammad Ihsan 28 (14) Joseph Burrows 2/28 (3.1 overs)

Spain won by 8 wickets La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena Umpires: Mark Chappell (Esp) and Darrin Clark (Esp) Player of the match: Charlie Rumistrzewicz (Esp)

• Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.
• Christian Webster (IoM) made his T20I debut.

4th T20I

25 February 2023 14:15 Scorecard

Isle of Man  116/8 (20 overs)	v	Spain 120/4 (15.1 overs)
Edward Beard 33 (32) Mohammad Kamran 5/9 (4 overs)		Christian Munoz-Mills 30* (22) Fraser Clarke 2/14 (3 overs)

Spain won by 6 wickets La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena Umpires: Mark Chappell (Esp) and Darrin Clark (Esp) Player of the match: Mohammad Kamran (Esp)

• Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.
• Robiul Khan (Esp) made his T20I debut.
• Mohammad Kamran (Esp) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.^[10]

5th T20I

26 February 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Isle of Man  132/8 (20 overs)	v	Spain 135/3 (12.3 overs)
Christian Webster 41 (20) Shafat Ali Syed 5/31 (4 overs)		Shafat Ali Syed 51 (23) Jacob Butler 2/24 (3.3 overs)

Spain won by 7 wickets La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena Umpires: Mark Chappell (Esp) and Darrin Clark (Esp) Player of the match: Shafat Ali Syed (Esp)

• Spain won the toss and elected to field.
• Shafat Ali Syed (Esp) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.^[10]

6th T20I

26 February 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Isle of Man  10 (8.4 overs)	v	Spain 13/0 (0.2 overs)
Joseph Burrows 4 (7) Mohammad Kamran 4/4 (4 overs)		Awais Ahmed 12* (3)

Spain won by 10 wickets La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena Umpires: Mark Chappell (Esp) and Darrin Clark (Esp) Player of the match: Atif Mehmood (Esp)

• Spain won the toss and elected to field.
• Luke Ward (IoM) made his T20I debut.
• Mohammad Kamran became the first bowler for Spain to take a hat-trick in T20Is.^[11]
• Isle of Man's total (10) was the record lowest total in both T20Is and Twenty20 matches.^[12]
• Spain recorded the largest victory in terms of balls remaining (118) in a T20I.^[13]

Notes

1. Carl Hartmann captained Isle of Man in the fifth and sixth T20Is.

References

1. "Bi-lateral series between Spain and the Isle of Man confirmed". Cricket Espana. 22 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
2. "CRICKET: IOM Men's team to take on Spain in T20I series". Manx Radio. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
3. "Cricketers head to Spain next month". Isle of Man Today. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
4. "Isle of Man bowled out for 10, lowest total in men's T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
5. "Isle of Man bowled out for record low Twenty20 score of 10 by Spain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
6. "Cricket: Isle of Man dismissed for 10 in Twenty20 defeat; the story behind the worst international cricket performance of all time". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
7. "February 24 to 26 International T20 cricket at La Manga CLub". Murcia Today. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
8. "Men's squad released for IOM Cricket's first international outing of 2023". Manx Radio. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
9. "Centuries in Twenty20 International cricket – innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
10. "Five-wicket hauls in T20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
11. "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
12. "Cricket: Isle of Man set unwanted world record in Spain defeat". Isle of Man Today. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
13. "Spain smash T20I records in two-ball chase against Isle of Man". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo