2023 Men's T20 World Cup Americas regional final

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2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas
regional final
2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier Regional Final logo.png
Dates30 September – 7 October 2023
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
ICC Americas
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format Double round-robin
HostBermuda
ChampionsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Runners-upFlag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Participants4
Matches12
Player of the series Flag of Bermuda.svg Kamau Leverock
Most runs Flag of Bermuda.svg Kamau Leverock (213) [1]
Most wickets Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kaleem Sana (15) [2]
2021
2025

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). [3] [4] The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for Americas was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifier and regional final. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

The Americas region's regional final was hosted by Bermuda Cricket Board from 30 September to 7 October 2023. [8] Canada qualified for the T20 World Cup after finishing atop the points table. [9] Bermuda's Kamau Leverock was named player of the series having scored the most runs (213) while Canada's Kaleem Sana took the most wickets (15) in the tournament.

Teams and qualification

A total of 5 teams participated in the sub-regional phase. The top three sides of the sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Canada who received a bye due to their participation in the 2022 global qualifiers. [5] [6] [7]

Method of
qualification
DateVenue(s)No. of teamsTeam
2022 global qualifier A 24 February 2022Oman
1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sub-regional qualifier 25 February – 4 March 2023Argentina
3
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Total4

Squads

Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda [10] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [11] Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands [12] Flag of Panama.svg  Panama [13]
  • Laxman Gaonkar (c, wk)
  • Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir (vc, wk)
  • Jay Ahir
  • Khengar Bhai Ahir
  • Nikunj Ahir
  • Rahul Ahir
  • Sohilkumar Ahir
  • Ibrahim Bhana
  • Abdulla Bhoola
  • Mahmad Data
  • Yusuf Ebrahim
  • Abdullah Jasat
  • Mahmud Jasat
  • Faizan Patel
  • Mohmad Sohel Patel

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 641193.980Qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup
2Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 641192.410
3Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 61324−3.748
4Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 60422−4.561
Source: ESPNcricinfo [14]

Fixtures

30 September 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg
181/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
95 (17 overs)
Kamau Leverock 83 (43)
Kaleem Sana 4/23 (4 overs)
Nikhil Dutta 27 (16)
Cejay Outerbridge 3/18 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 86 runs
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Kamau Leverock (Ber)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.
  • Cejay Outerbridge, Charles Trott (Ber) and Dilpreet Bajwa (Can) all made their T20I debuts.

30 September 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg
85/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
88/3 (14.3 overs)
Mahmud Jasat 17 (25)
Alessandro Morris 3/14 (4 overs)
Patrick Heron 31* (39)
Abdullah Jasat 1/11 (2 overs)
Cayman Islands won by 7 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
Player of the match: Alessandro Morris (Cay)
  • Panama won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Romeo Dunka, Akshay Naidoo (Cay), Jay Ahir and Laxman Gaonkar (Pan) all made their T20I debuts.

1 October 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg
90/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
91/3 (13.5 overs)
Nikunj Ahir 23 (27)
Derrick Brangman 3/11 (4 overs)
Tre Manders 55* (37)
Nikunj Ahir 1/9 (1 over)
Bermuda won by 7 wickets
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
Player of the match: Tre Manders (Ber)
  • Panama won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Abdulla Bhoola (Pan) made his T20I debut.

1 October 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
194/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
86 (17.1 overs)
Aaron Johnson 47 (19)
Alessandro Morris 3/45 (4 overs)
Brian Corbin 34 (16)
Nikhil Dutta 4/12 (4 overs)
Canada won by 108 runs
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

3 October 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
230/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
67 (17.5 overs)
Aaron Johnson 121* (59)
Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 1/31 (4 overs)
Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 24 (22)
Harsh Thaker 3/13 (3.5 overs)
Canada won by 163 runs
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jermaine Lindo (USA)
Player of the match: Aaron Johnson (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ibrahim Bhana (Pan) made his T20I debut.

3 October 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg
176/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
123/8 (20 overs)
Kamau Leverock 98 (59)
Kevon Bazil 2/20 (4 overs)
Ramon Sealy 64 (38)
Derrick Brangman 5/19 (4 overs)
Bermuda won by 53 runs
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Derrick Brangman (Ber)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

4 October 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
196/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
30 (11.3 overs)
Pargat Singh 82 (60)
Conroy Wright 2/38 (4 overs)
Ramon Sealy 5 (9)
Kaleem Sana 4/18 (4 overs)
Canada won by 166 runs
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jermaine Lindo (USA)
Player of the match: Pargat Singh (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shahid Ahmadzai (Can) and Mohan Manivannan (Cay) both made their T20I debuts.

4 October 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg
86/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
89/5 (9.1 overs)
Laxman Gaonkar 23 (34)
Delray Rawlins 3/10 (4 overs)
Delray Rawlins 33* (17)
Yusuf Ebrahim 3/18 (2 overs)
Bermuda won by 5 wickets
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Delray Rawlins (Ber)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.
  • Macquille Walker (Ber) made his T20I debut

6 October 2023
09:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)

6 October 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
v
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Match abandoned
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
  • No toss
  • No play was possible due to Tropical Storm Philippe. [15]

7 October 2023
09:30
Scorecard
v
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Match abandoned
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jermaine Lindo (USA)
  • No toss
  • No play was possible due to rain.

7 October 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
132/4 (18 overs)
v
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
93 (16.5 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 45 (38)
Dominic Sabir 2/34 (4 overs)
Terryn Fray 30 (35)
Kaleem Sana 3/4 (3.5 overs)
Canada won by 39 runs
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Kaleem Sana (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.

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