2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier

The 2018–19 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was the tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Twelve regional qualifiers were held by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with 62 teams[n 1] competing during 2018 in five regions – Africa (3 groups), Americas (2), Asia (2), East Asia Pacific (2) and Europe (3). The top 25 sides from these progressed to five Regional Finals in 2019, with seven teams then going on to compete in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier,[1][n 2] along with the six lowest ranked sides from the ICC T20I Championship.[1]

The first sub-regional qualifier was held in Argentina and the other was held in the United States. The top two teams in each group advanced to the regional final tournament, which would determine two American entrants to the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.[2] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Finals will be played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[3]

From the Southern sub region group, both Bermuda and the Cayman Islands qualified for the Americas Regional Finals.[4] From the Northern sub region, Canada and United States also qualified for the Americas Regional Finals.[5]

The Regional Finals were held in Bermuda from 18 to 25 August 2019.[6] Following the conclusion of matches that took place on 22 August 2019, Canada and Bermuda had both progressed to the T20 World Cup Qualifier.[7][8]

Teams

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Southern Sub-regional Group Northern Sub-regional Group

Southern sub-region

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2018 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Southern Sub-regional Qualifier
Dates26 February 2018 – 3 March 2018
Administrator(s)ICC Americas
Cricket format20 overs
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s)  Argentina
Champions  Bermuda
Runners-up  Cayman Islands
Participants3
Matches6
Most runs  Kamau Leverock (171)
Most wickets  Alessandro Morris (8)

The Southern sub region group was held in Argentina from 26 February to 3 March 2018.[4]

Points table

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Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Status
  Bermuda (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.690 Advance to Regional Finals
  Cayman Islands (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.573
  Argentina (H) 4 0 4 0 0 0 –3.283

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage


Fixtures

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26 February 2018
15:00
Scorecard
Argentina  
88 (19.3 overs)
v
  Cayman Islands
91/5 (17 overs)
Pedro Arrighi 34 (40)
Troy Taylor 3/14 (4 overs)
Ramon Sealy 28 (33)
Lautaro Musiani 2/15 (3 overs)
Cayman Islands won by 5 wickets
Hurlingham Club Ground, Hurlingham
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Courtney Young (Cay)
  • Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.

27 February 2018
15:00
Scorecard
Bermuda  
209/7 (20 overs)
v
  Argentina
85/6 (20 overs)
Kamau Leverock 93 (51)
Samuel Hatt 3/46 (4 overs)
Pedro Arrighi 42 (50)
Kwaisi James 2/8 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 124 runs
Estadio Belgrano Athletic, Buenos Aires
Umpires: Andrew Elliott (Eng) and Courtney Young (Cay)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

28 February 2018
15:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
165/5 (20 overs)
v
  Bermuda
103 (18.4 overs)
Troy Taylor 35 (18)
Kamau Leverock 1/14 (4 overs)
Kamau Leverock 22 (18)
Alessandro Morris 4/21 (4 overs)
Cayman Islands won by 62 runs
Hurlingham Club Ground, Hurlingham
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

1 March 2018
15:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
143/6 (20 overs)
v
  Argentina
100/8 (20 overs)
Omar Willis 51 (52)
David Mauro 2/22 (4 overs)
Santiago Rossi 30 (19)
Adrian Wright 4/11 (4 overs)
Cayman Islands won by 43 runs
Estadio Belgrano Athletic, Buenos Aires
Umpires: Andrew Elliott (Eng) and Martín Siri (Arg)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

2 March 2018
15:00
Scorecard
Bermuda  
139/5 (20 overs)
v
  Argentina
69 (18.2 overs)
Terryn Fray 40 (37)
Santiago Rossi 1/20 (4 overs)
Santiago Rossi 24 (13)
Curt Stovell 2/4 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 70 runs
Hurlingham Club Ground, Hurlingham
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

3 March 2018
15:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
134/7 (20 overs)
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  Bermuda
136/6 (19.5 overs)
Ramon Sealy 26* (21)
Cejay Outerbridge 2/19 (4 overs)
Kamau Leverock 31 (30)
Adrian Wright 2/16 (3 overs)
Bermuda won by 4 wickets
Estadio Belgrano Athletic, Buenos Aires
Umpires: Andrew Elliott (Eng) and Courtney Young (Cay)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

Northern sub-region

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2018 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Northern Sub-regional Qualifier
Dates20 September 2018 – 26 September 2018
Administrator(s)ICC Americas
Cricket format20 overs
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s)  United States
Champions  United States
Runners-up  Canada
Participants4
Matches12
Most runs  Monank Patel (208)
Most wickets  Nosthush Kenjige (12)

The Northern sub region was held in the United States from 20 to 26 September 2018.[9] Originally, the sub region matches were scheduled to start on 19 September, but were postponed by one day because of Hurricane Florence.[10]

Points table

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Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Status
  United States (H,Q) 6 5 1 0 0 10 +5.384 Advance to Regional Finals
  Canada (Q) 6 5 1 0 0 10 +5.261
  Panama 6 1 5 0 0 2 –4.164
  Belize 6 1 5 0 0 2 –5.334

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to next stage

Fixtures

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20 September 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Panama  
65/8 (20 overs)
v
  United States
67/0 (5.2 overs)
Imran Bulbulia 25 (27)
Timil Patel 2/4 (2 overs)
Monank Patel 45* (21)
United States won by 10 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Arnold Maddela (Can)
Player of the match: Monank Patel (USA)
  • Panama won the toss and elected to bat.

20 September 2018
16:00
Scorecard
Belize  
42 (14.3 overs)
v
  Canada
43/0 (3 overs)
Dirk Sutherland 10* (14)
Nitish Kumar 3/1 (1 over)
Canada won by 10 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Nitish Kumar (Can)
  • Belize won the toss and elected to bat.

21 September 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Panama  
42 (18.5 overs)
v
  Canada
46/0 (4 overs)
Mitulkumar Patel 16 (30)
Nitish Kumar 3/8 (2.5 overs)
Hamza Tariq 27* (13)
Canada won by 10 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Harry Grewal (Can) and Arnold Maddela (Can)
Player of the match: Nitish Kumar (Can)
  • Panama won the toss and elected to bat.

21 September 2018
16:00
Scorecard
United States  
249/2 (20 overs)
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  Belize
51 (12.3 overs)
Monank Patel 108 (58)
Herbert Banner 2/45 (4 overs)
Francis Sutherland 17 (17)
Nosthush Kenjige 4/5 (2.3 overs)
United States won by 198 runs
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Roger Dill (Ber)
Player of the match: Jaskaran Malhotra (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.

22 September 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Belize  
104/5 (20 overs)
v
  Panama
92 (17.4 overs)
Aaron Muslar 30 (41)
Irfan Hafejee 1/12 (4 overs)
Mahmud Jasat 16 (15)
Francis Sutherland 3/27 (4 overs)
Belize won by 12 runs
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Harry Grewal (Can) and Arnold Maddela (Can)
Player of the match: Francis Sutherland (Blz)
  • Belize won the toss and elected to bat.

22 September 2018
16:00
Scorecard
United States  
140/8 (20 overs)
v
  Canada
140/8 (20 overs)
Sunny Sohal 38 (39)
Nitish Kumar 3/6 (2 overs)
Rizwan Cheema 32* (25)
Steven Taylor 2/2 (1 over)
Match tied
(Canada won the Super Over)

Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Roger Dill (Ber)
Player of the match: Rizwan Cheema (Can)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.

23 September 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Belize  
32 (10.2 overs)
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  Canada
33/0 (2.4 overs)
Herbert Banner 10 (4)
Abraash Khan 3/4 (2 overs)
Canada won by 10 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Abraash Khan (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.

23 September 2018
16:00
Scorecard
Panama  
94/8 (20 overs)
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  United States
98/2 (7.5 overs)
Irfan Hafejee 25 (25)
Nosthush Kenjige 3/19 (4 overs)
Monank Patel 46 (24)
Aslam Doria 1/15 (0.5 overs)
United States won by 8 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Arnold Maddela (Can)
Player of the match: Sunny Sohal (USA)
  • Panama won the toss and elected to bat.

25 September 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Panama  
128/6 (20 overs)
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  Belize
119/9 (20 overs)
Soyeb Chohan 51* (24)
Kenroy Roca 2/16 (3 overs)
Aaron Muslar 28 (35)
Khengar Ratilal 4/10 (4 overs)
Panama won by 9 runs
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Arnold Maddela (Can)
Player of the match: Soyeb Chohan (Pan)
  • Panama won the toss and elected to bat.

25 September 2018
16:00
Scorecard
Canada  
173/8 (20 overs)
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  United States
174/8 (19.5 overs)
Hamza Tariq 31 (17)
Nosthush Kenjige 3/44 (4 overs)
Steven Taylor 96* (54)
Cecil Pervez 2/29 (4 overs)
United States won by 2 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

26 September 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Belize  
84 (20 overs)
v
  United States
90/1 (5.2 overs)
Francis Sutherland 20* (24)
Usman Ashraf 5/15 (4 overs)
Steven Taylor 57* (19)
Jonathan Benjamin 1/16 (1.2 overs)
United States won by 9 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Arnold Maddela (Can)
Player of the match: Usman Ashraf (USA)
  • Belize won the toss and elected to bat.

26 September 2018
16:00
Scorecard
Panama  
40 (16.4 overs)
v
  Canada
41/0 (2.1 overs)
Aslam Doria 12 (19)
Cecil Pervez 3/10 (4 overs)
Canada won by 10 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Cecil Pervez (Can)
  • Panama won the toss and elected to bat.

Regional Finals

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2018 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final
Dates18 – 25 August 2019
Administrator(s)ICC Americas
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s)  Bermuda
Champions  Canada
Runners-up  Bermuda
Participants4
Matches12
Most runs  Navneet Dhaliwal (190)
Most wickets  Dillon Heyliger (11)
2021

The Regional Finals were held in Bermuda from 18 to 25 August 2019,[11][12] with the matches played at the Bermuda National Stadium and White Hill Field.[13][14][15] On 21 August 2019, the Bermuda Cricket Board confirmed that all the remaining matches scheduled to be played at the Bermuda National Stadium would be moved to White Hill Field, due to the condition of the pitch.[16][17] Canada won the Regional Finals to progress to the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.[18] They were joined by Bermuda, who finished in second place.[19]

Qualified Teams
Southern sub-region   Bermuda[4]
  Cayman Islands[4]
Northern sub-region   United States[5]
  Canada[5]

Points table

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P W L T NR Pts NRR Status
  Canada (Q) 6 5 0 0 1 11 +2.417 Qualify to 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier
  Bermuda (H, Q) 6 4 1 0 1 9 +0.240
  United States 6 2 4 0 0 4 +0.419
  Cayman Islands 6 0 6 0 0 0 –2.591

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified


Fixtures

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18 August 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Bermuda  
141/7 (20 overs)
v
  United States
135/7 (20 overs)
Delray Rawlins 63 (53)
Cameron Gannon 2/21 (4 overs)
Aaron Jones 39 (29)
George O'Brien 2/14 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 6 runs
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Delray Rawlins (Ber)

18 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
Canada  
196/6 (20 overs)
v
  Cayman Islands
112/7 (20 overs)
Ravinderpal Singh 101 (48)
Paul Manning 2/3 (1 over)
Gregory Strydom 49 (34)
Romesh Eranga 3/19 (4 overs)
Canada won by 84 runs
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Ravinderpal Singh (Can)

19 August 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Bermuda  
82/9 (16 overs)
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  Canada
40/0 (4 overs)
Okera Bascombe 23 (29)
Dillon Heyliger 4/16 (3 overs)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain during Canada's innings prevented any further play.
  • Derrick Brangman (Ber) and Abraash Khan (Can) both made their T20I debuts.

19 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
68/8 (20 overs)
v
  United States
60/5 (15 overs)
Luke Harrington-Myers 17* (18)
Timil Patel 2/9 (4 overs)
Steven Taylor 17 (22)
Luke Harrington-Myers 2/13 (3 overs)
United States won by 10 runs (DLS method)
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Luke Harrington-Myers (Cay)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • United States were set a revised target of 51 runs from 15 overs.
  • Akhilesh Gavde and Luke Harrington-Myers (Cay) both made their T20I debuts.

21 August 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
116/9 (20 overs)
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  Bermuda
117/4 (15.2 overs)
Chad Hauptfleisch 42 (39)
Onais Bascome 4/10 (3 overs)
Delray Rawlins 49 (31)
Alessandro Morris 2/17 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 6 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Harry Grewal (Can) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Onais Bascome (Ber)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

21 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
United States  
144/6 (20 overs)
v
  Canada
145/6 (19.1 overs)
Steven Taylor 38 (31)
Nikhil Dutta 2/26 (4 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 54 (41)
Timil Patel 4/27 (4 overs)
Canada won by 4 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI)
Player of the match: Navneet Dhaliwal (Can)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Karima Gore (USA) made his T20I debut.

22 August 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
91/7 (20 overs)
v
  Canada
95/2 (12.1 overs)
Gregory Strydom 23 (32)
Saad Bin Zafar 3/8 (4 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 53* (34)
Alessandro Morris 1/15 (4 overs)
Canada won by 8 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI)
Player of the match: Navneet Dhaliwal (Can)

22 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
United States  
141/9 (20 overs)
v
  Bermuda
142/6 (18.5 overs)
Hayden Walsh Jr. 26 (28)
Onais Bascome 3/32 (4 overs)
Okera Bascome 35 (16)
Karima Gore 3/5 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 4 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Harry Grewal (Can) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Deunte Darrell (Ber)

24 August 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
66/9 (20 overs)
v
  United States
70/1 (9.4 overs)
Troy Taylor 19 (28)
Nisarg Patel 2/8 (4 overs)
Steven Taylor 56* (39)
Alessandro Morris 1/12 (2 overs)
United States won by 9 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

24 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
Bermuda  
116 (19.5 overs)
v
  Canada
120/2 (13.1 overs)
Kamau Leverock 33 (34)
Dillon Heyliger 4/19 (4 overs)
Rizwan Cheema 71 (34)
Delray Rawlins 1/15 (3 overs)
Canada won by 8 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Rizwan Cheema (Can)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Macai Simmons (Ber) made his T20I debut.

25 August 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Canada  
173/8 (20 overs)
v
  United States
158/8 (20 overs)
Ravinderpal Singh 67 (33)
Karima Gore 3/21 (4 overs)
Jasdeep Singh 31 (24)
Saad Bin Zafar 3/34 (4 overs)
Canada won by 15 runs
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Ravinderpal Singh (Can)

25 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  
114 (19.2 overs)
v
  Bermuda
115/4 (16.3 overs)
Paul Manning 28 (32)
Allan Douglas 5/18 (2.2 overs)
Allan Douglas 47* (28)
Zachary McLaughlin 2/30 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 6 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Harry Grewal (Can)
Player of the match: Allan Douglas (Ber)

Notes

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  1. ^ Zambia were originally scheduled to compete in the Southern sub region group in the Africa Qualifier, but later withdrew.
  2. ^ The United Arab Emirates initially qualified to the Asia Regional Final, but later automatically progressed to the qualifier tournament as the host.

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