2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played as part of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It took place in November 2021 in Antigua,[1][2] with the top two teams progressing to one of two global qualifiers.[3] 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 Qualifiers were played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[4]
Originally the tournament was scheduled to take place from 18 to 24 August 2020.[5][6] However, in June 2020, the tournament was postponed until 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic.[8] In May 2021, the tournament was postponed again due to the pandemic,[9][10] after being scheduled to take place from 17 to 23 July 2021 in Toronto, Canada.[11] The ICC confirmed all the fixtures for the Americas Qualifier in October 2021.[12]
The United States became the first team to reach the Global Qualifiers, after they won their first five matches.[13] Canada finished in second position to also secure their place in the Global Qualifiers.[14]
Regional Final
Dates | 7 – 14 November 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Americas |
Cricket format | T20I |
Host(s) | Antigua and Barbuda |
Champions | United States |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | Rayyan Pathan (312) |
Most wickets | Hernán Fennell (11) |
Squads
Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | United States | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.077 |
2 | Canada | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5.312 |
3 | Bermuda | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.265 |
4 | Argentina | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −0.331 |
5 | Bahamas | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −2.744 |
6 | Panama | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −3.477 |
7 | Belize | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −3.863 |
advanced to the global qualifier
Fixtures
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Glenford Banner 28 (32)
Rusty Theron 3/16 (4 overs) |
Steven Taylor 39* (15)
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Cornel Brown, Maurice Castillo, Travis Samuels, Keagan Tillett (Blz), Ian Holland and Gajanand Singh (USA) all made their T20I debuts.
- Rusty Theron also made his T20I debut for United States after previously playing nine T20Is for South Africa, becoming the thirteenth cricketer to represent two international teams in T20Is.[25]
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Jatinderpal Matharu 3/6 (2 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to field.
- Jatinderpal Matharu, Rayyan Pathan and Cecil Pervez(Can) all made their T20I debuts.
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Dineshbhai Ahir 16 (12)
Ian Holland 2/3 (3 overs) |
- Panama won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dineshbhai Ahir, Aslam Doria, Salim Guzman, Irfan Hafejee, Abdullah Jasat, Mahmud Jasat, Rizwan Mangera (Pan) and Ali Khan (USA) all made their T20I debuts.
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Kenton Young 42 (46)
Cecil Pervez 3/7 (3 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- T'shaka Patterson and Muhammad Zaghlool (Blz) both made their T20I debuts.
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Marc Taylor 60 (37)
Tomas Rossi 3/19 (3.2 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pedro Bruno, Alan Kirschbaum, Tomas Rossi (Arg) and Bhumeshwar Jagroo (Bah) all made their T20I debuts.
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Bernan Stephenson 69 (47)
Khengar Bhai Ahir 3/22 (4 overs) |
Mahmud Jasat 20* (14)
Bernan Stephenson 3/25 (3 overs) |
- Belize won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nathan Banner (Blz), Nikunj Ahir and Yusuf Bhoola (Pan) all made their T20I debuts.
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- United States won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tre Manders and Dominic Sabir (Ber) both made their T20I debuts.
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Kervon Hinds 40 (30)
Malachi Jones 2/9 (4 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to field.
- Sandeep Goud (Bah) and Zeko Burgess (Ber) both made their T20I debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Salman Nazar (Can) made his T20I debut.
- Super Over: United States 22/1, Canada 14/0
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Ramiro Escobar 55 (45)
Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 4/26 (4 overs) |
- Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.
- Augusto Mustafa and Esteban Nino (Arg) both made their T20I debuts.
- Hernán Fennell took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is[26] and became the first bowler for Argentina to take a hat-trick in T20Is.[27]
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- Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.
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Marc Taylor 67 (50)
Keagan Tillett 3/24 (3 overs) |
Maurice Castillo 59 (49)
Kervon Hinds 3/36 (4 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.
- Winford Broaster (Blz) made his T20I debut.
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Kamau Leverock 54 (31)
Irfan Hafejee 3/36 (4 overs) |
Irfan Hafejee 29 (43)
Allan Douglas 2/17 (4 overs) |
- Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.
- Trinson Carmichael(USA) made his T20I debut.
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Kervon Hinds 23 (19)
Nisarg Patel 4/17 (4 overs) |
Aaron Jones 43* (41)
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- Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.
- Antonio Harris (Bah) made his T20I debut.
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Garret Banner 32 (21)
Rodney Trott 4/15 (4 overs) |
Allan Douglas 54 (25)
Glenford Banner 1/24 (2 overs) |
- Belize won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jabari Darrell (Ber) made his T20I debut.
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Irfan Hafejee 41 (39)
Gregory Taylor 2/24 (3 overs) |
Jonathan Barry 22 (20)
Irfan Hafejee 3/26 (3.3 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to field.
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- Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dillon Heyliger became the first bowler for Canada to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[26]
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Irfan Hafejee 14 (21)
Salman Nazar 3/8 (4 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rishiv Joshi and Shreyas Movva(Can) both made their T20I debuts.
- Rayyan Pathan (Can) scored his first century in T20Is.[28]
- Saad Bin Zafar (Can) became the first bowler to bowl four overs in a T20I match without conceding a run.[29]
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