2019 South American Cricket Championship

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2019 South American Cricket Championship
Dates3 – 6 October 2019
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Host(s)Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
ChampionsFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (men's)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (women's)
Participants7 (men's)
5 (women's)
Matches33 (22 men's, 11 women's)
Player of the series Flag of Chile.svg Hirenkumar Patel (men's)
Flag of Peru.svg Samantha Hickman (women's)
Most runs Flag of Chile.svg Hirenkumar Patel (129) (men's)
Flag of Brazil.svg Roberta Moretti Avery (116) (women's)
Most wickets Flag of Chile.svg Hirenkumar Patel (14) (men's)
Flag of Argentina.svg Alison Stocks (8)
Flag of Brazil.svg Nicole Monteiro (8)
Flag of Peru.svg Samantha Hickman (8) (women's)
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The 2019 South American Cricket Championship was a cricket tournament held in Lima, Peru from 3 to 6 October 2019. [1] [2] A men's and a women's tournament were held, with 2019 being the sixteenth edition of the men's South American Cricket Championship and the ninth edition of the women's event. Most matches played at the 2018 women's championship were granted Twenty20 International (T20I) status, and 2019 was the first time that matches in the men's event had the full T20I status, since the ICC granted Twenty20 International (T20I) status to matches between all of its Members. [3] Mexico were the defending men's champions, while Brazil won the 2018 women's event. [4] [5]

Contents

Brazil retained the women's title with a 100% records during the tournament, including a four-wicket win against Argentina in the final. [6]

Participating teams

Men:

Women:

Men's championship

The seven participating teams were the national sides of Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. [7] Colombia and Uruguay were not Associate Members of the ICC and so matches involving either of these teams did not have T20I status.

Points table

P W L T NR Pts NRR
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6510015+0.713
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6420012+0.756
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 6420012+0.310
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 624006+0.002
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 624006–0.167
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 624006–0.355
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 624006–1.246

Final

6 October 2019
15:00
Scorecard
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg
105/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
111/6 (18.4 overs)
Shashikant Hirugade 35 (25)
Jonathan Hurley 3/13 (4 overs)
Martín Siri 27 (25)
Shashikant Hirugade 2/14 (3 overs)
Argentina won by 4 wickets
Lima Cricket and Football Club, Lima
Umpires: Oscar Andrade (Ber) and Deepak Kumar (Can)
  • Mexico won the toss and elected to bat.

Women's championship

The five participating teams were the national women's sides of Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. [7] All of these teams were Associate Members of the ICC and so all matches had T20I status, subject to player-eligibility criteria.

Points table

P W L T NR Pts NRR Status
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4400012+5.024Advanced to the Final
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 431009+2.803
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 422006–1.844
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 413003–3.840
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 404000–5.188

Final

6 October 2019
11:30
Scorecard
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg
73 (16.1 overs)
v
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
74/6 (17 overs)
Verónica Vásquez 26 (38)
Nicole Monteiro 4/15 (4 overs)
Renata Souza 17 (39)
Mariana Martinez 2/17 (4 overs)
Brazil won by 4 wickets
Lima Cricket and Football Club, Lima
Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Ashish Shah (Can)
  • Brazil won the toss and elected to field.

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