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]
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| Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 13–23 September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] |
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Fixtures
1st ODI
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- 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
3rd ODI
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- United States won the toss and elected to bat.
4th ODI
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- 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
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
6th ODI
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- 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]