Cyprus v Greece

History made a the Happy Valley Ground in Episkopi as Cyprus hosted Greece for the first time for a six match T20 International series. The home team won the series 4-1 with one match washed out.

Cyprus skipper Iresha Chathurani won every single toss in the series and chose to bat on each occasion. It proved successful up until the final match which resulted in a consolation win for Greece.

Leading wicket taker for the series was Greece’s Sofia-nefeli Georgota with 10. Leading run scorer was Cyrpus captain Iresha Chathurani with 111.

Scores

Match One, April 3rd

Cyprus 84/8 (Iresha Chathurani 42, Sofia-nefeli Georgota 3-6, Adamantia Makri 2-9) defeated
Greece 76/9 (Maria Polimeri 15, Samanthi Dunukedeniya 2-13, Chandrika Wijesinghe 2-18) by 8 runs

POTM: Iresha Chathurani

Match Two, April 3rd

Cyprus 83/8 (Chandrika Wijesinghe 15*, Sofia-nefeli Georgota 2-11, Maria Syrioti 2-12) defeated
Greece 68 (Maria-afroditi Vervitsioti 6*, Chandrika Wijesinghe 2-15, Nilusha Waruwangodage 2-18) by 15 runs

POTM: Chandrika Wijesinghe

Match Three, April 4th

Cyprus 108/6 (Ayesha Dirannehelage 27, Dinelka Koralalage 20*, Maria Syrioti 2-16, Maria-afroditi Vervitsioti 2-22) defeated
Greece 68 (Aggeliki Savvani 14, Samanthi Dunukedeniya 3-22, Dinelka Koralalage 2-9) by 34 runs

POTM: Ayesha Dirannehelage

Match Four, April 4th

Cyprus 47/5 (Iresha Chathurani 19*, Adamantia Makri 2-6)
Greece 

No result

POTM: N/A

Match Five, April 5th

Cyprus 55/5 (Nilmini Liyanage 12, Sofia-nefeli Georgota 3-12, Adamantia Makri 2-9) defeated
Greece 55/9 (Sofia-nefeli Georgota 11, Ayesha Dirannehelage 3-8, Iresha Chathurani 2-10) by 7 runs DLS (target 63 runs)

POTM: Ayesha Dirannehelage

Match Six, April 5th

Cyprus 96/6 (Ayesha Dirannehelage 26, Iresha Chathurani 24, Sofia-nefeli Georgota 2-18) lost to
Greece 97/2 (Maria Syrioti 30*, Aggeliki-ioanna Argyropoulou 19*, Chandrika Wijesinghe 2-17) by 8 wickets

POTM: Adamantia Makri