2018 South American Cricket Championship

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2018 South American Cricket Championship
Dates23 – 26 August 2018
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Host(s)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
ChampionsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (men's)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (women's)
Participants8 (men's)
4 (women's)
Matches42 (29 men's, 13 women's)
2017
2019

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.

Contents

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

Men:

Women:

Men's championship

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

Team [6] P W L T NR Pts NRR Status
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7700021+1.383Advanced to the Final
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7520015+0.582
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 7430012+0.913
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 7430012+0.289
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 734009–0.937
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 725006–0.387
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina A 725006–1.420
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 716003–0.750

Final

6 October 2019
15:00
Scorecard
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg
44 (17 overs)
v
Flag of Mexico.svg  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

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

Team [8] P W L T N/R Pts NRR Status
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6600018+5.942Advanced to the Final
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 6420012–1.370
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 615003–1.700
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 615003–2.268

Final

26 August 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg
137/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Chile.svg  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.

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