2018 South American Cricket Championship

The 2018 South American Cricket Championship was a cricket tournament held in Mosquera, Colombia from 23 to 26 September 2018.[1][2] A men's and women's tournament held, with 2018 being the fifteenth edition of the men's South American Cricket Championship and the seventh edition of the women's event. For the first time, women's matches played at the South American Cricket Championship were granted Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted Twenty20 International (T20I) status to matches between all of its Members; for women's teams starting from 1 July 2018 and for men's teams from 1 January 2019.[3] Argentina were the defending champions from 2017 in both the men's and women's event, but fielded a developmental 'A' team in the men's tournament and did not enter the women's event in 2018.

2018 South American Cricket Championship
Dates23 – 26 August 2018
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Colombia
Champions Mexico (men's)
 Brazil (women's)
Participants8 (men's)
4 (women's)
Matches42 (29 men's, 13 women's)
← 2017
2019

Mexico won the men's tournament, defeating Uruguay by 6 wickets in the final.[4] Brazil regained the women's title, which they had previously won in 2015 and 2016.[5]

Participating teams edit

Men:

Women:

Men's championship edit

The eight participating teams were the national sides of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and an Argentina A side.[1] Costa Rica made their debut in the South American Championship. Matches did not have T20I status. Mexico won for the second time.

Points table edit

Team[6] P W L T NR Pts NRR Status
  Mexico 7 7 0 0 0 21 +1.383 Advanced to the Final
  Uruguay 7 5 2 0 0 15 +0.582
  Costa Rica 7 4 3 0 0 12 +0.913
  Colombia 7 4 3 0 0 12 +0.289
  Peru 7 3 4 0 0 9 –0.937
  Brazil 7 2 5 0 0 6 –0.387
  Argentina A 7 2 5 0 0 6 –1.420
  Chile 7 1 6 0 0 3 –0.750

Final edit

6 October 2019
15:00
Scorecard
Uruguay  
44 (17 overs)
v
  Mexico
45/4 (10 overs)
Avijit Mukherjee 11 (26)
Aman Arora 5/4 (4 overs)
Tarun Sharma 13 (12)
Shivansh Sitoke 1/5 (1 over)
Mexico won by 6 wickets
Los Pinos Polo Club, Mosquera
Umpires: Oscar Andrade (Ber) and Mohammad Iqbal (Can)
  • Mexico won the toss and elected to field.

Women's championship edit

The four participating teams were the national women's sides of Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru.[1] All of these teams were ICC Associate Members, but Peru's squad did not meet eligibility criteria, so all matches other than those involving Peru had WT20I status.[7] Brazil won the event.[5]

Points table edit

Team[8] P W L T N/R Pts NRR Status
  Brazil 6 6 0 0 0 18 +5.942 Advanced to the Final
  Chile 6 4 2 0 0 12 –1.370
  Peru 6 1 5 0 0 3 –1.700
  Mexico 6 1 5 0 0 3 –2.268

Final edit

26 August 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Brazil  
137/6 (20 overs)
v
  Chile
45 (15 overs)
Narayana Ribeiro 34 (31)
Jessica Miranda 2/14 (4 overs)
Tiara Pueye 9 (10)
Renata Sousa 3/5 (3 over)
Brazil Women won by 92 runs
Los Pinos Polo Club field 2, Mosquera
  • Brazil Women won the toss and elected to bat.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "South American Cricket Championships 2018 in Bogotá". The Bogotá Post. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Women's T20I Cricket Will Be the Showstopper at Los Pinos Polo Club". Czar Sportz. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. ^ "2018 South American Cricket Championships in Bogotá: Hit for six". The Bogotá Post. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b "South American Championship: Tournament round-up". Women's CricZone. 2 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Standings table". CricHQ. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ^ Will Keech (15 September 2018). "2018 South American Cricket Championships in Bogotá: Hit for six". The Bogotá Post. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. ^ "SAC Women 2018 - Leaderboard". cricHQ. Retrieved 29 June 2019.