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]
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) |
Argentina [15] | Bahamas [16] | Belize [15] [17] | Bermuda [18] | Canada [19] | Panama [20] [21] | United States [22] |
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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
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Glenford Banner 28 (32) Rusty Theron 3/16 (4 overs) | Steven Taylor 39* (15) |
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Dineshbhai Ahir 16 (12) Ian Holland 2/3 (3 overs) |
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Kenton Young 42 (46) Cecil Pervez 3/7 (3 overs) |
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Marc Taylor 60 (37) Tomas Rossi 3/19 (3.2 overs) |
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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) |
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Kervon Hinds 40 (30) Malachi Jones 2/9 (4 overs) |
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Ramiro Escobar 55 (45) Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 4/26 (4 overs) |
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Marc Taylor 67 (50) Keagan Tillett 3/24 (3 overs) | Maurice Castillo 59 (49) Kervon Hinds 3/36 (4 overs) |
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Kamau Leverock 54 (31) Irfan Hafejee 3/36 (4 overs) | Irfan Hafejee 29 (43) Allan Douglas 2/17 (4 overs) |
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Kervon Hinds 23 (19) Nisarg Patel 4/17 (4 overs) | Aaron Jones 43* (41) |
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Garret Banner 32 (21) Rodney Trott 4/15 (4 overs) | Allan Douglas 54 (25) Glenford Banner 1/24 (2 overs) |
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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) |
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Irfan Hafejee 14 (21) Salman Nazar 3/8 (4 overs) |
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