2023 Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier

2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier

Dates	4 – 11 September 2023
Administrator(s)	ICC Americas
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Host(s)	United States
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Canada
Participants	4
Matches	12
Player of the series	Amarpal Kaur
Most runs	Divya Saxena (174)
Most wickets	Amarpal Kaur (15) Isani Vaghela (15)
← 2021

The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. ^[1] The Americas qualifier was held in the United States from 4 to 11 September 2023, and the top team in the tournament progressed to the global qualifier. ^[2]

Canada included transgender cricketer Danielle McGahey in their squad. ^[3] McGahey became the first transgender person to play in an official international cricket match, when she made her debut against Brazil on the opening day of the tournament. ^[4]

United States progressed to the global qualifier after remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament. ^[5]

Squads

Argentina [6]	Brazil [7]	Canada [8]	United States [9]
Alison Stocks (c) Veronica Vasquez (vc) Tamara Basile Maria Castiñeiras Julieta Cullen Alina Emch Albertina Galan Catalina Greloni Malena Lollo (wk) Mariana Martinez Naara Patron Fuentes (wk) Alison Prince Constanza Sosa Lucia Taylor	Roberta Moretti Avery (c) Lindsay Vilas Boas (vc) Laura Agatha Marianne Artur Laura Cardoso Renata de Sousa Mayara dos Santos (wk) Monnike Machado (wk) Evelyn Muller Nicole Monteiro Carolina Nascimento Maria Ribeiro Ana Sabino Maria Silva	Divya Saxena (c) Amarpal Kaur (vc) Habeeba Bader (wk) Nicole Gallagher Mannat Hundal Krima Kapadia Danielle McGahey Rhea Misra Achini Perera Rabbjyot Rajput Kainat Qazi Vijayani Vithanage Sana Zafar (wk) Saniyah Zia	Sindhu Sriharsha (c, wk) Geetika Kodali (vc) Jivana Aras Aditiba Chudasama Gargi Bhogle Disha Dhingra Uzma Iftikhar Anika Kolan Chetna Pagydyala Ritu Singh Suhani Thadani Isani Vaghela Onika Wallerson Jessica Willathgamuwa

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	United States	6	6	0	0	12	2.674	Advanced to the global qualifier
2	Canada	6	4	2	0	8	1.508
3	Brazil	6	2	4	0	4	−0.903
4	Argentina	6	0	6	0	0	−3.170

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[10]

Fixtures

4 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United States   132/1 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 53 (17.3 overs)
Disha Dhingra 63* (52) Mariana Martinez 1/23 (4 overs)		Mariana Martinez 12 (20) Isani Vaghela 4/7 (4 overs)

United States won by 79 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Isani Vaghela (USA)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to field.
• Aditiba Chudasama, Chetna Pagydyala and Jessica Willathgamuwa (USA) all made their T20I debuts.

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4 September 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Canada   98/4 (20 overs)	v	Brazil 45 (16 overs)
Amarpal Kaur 30* (39) Laura Cardoso 2/16 (3 overs)		Roberta Moretti Avery 14 (36) Mannat Hundal 3/14 (4 overs)

Canada won by 53 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Mannat Hundal (Can)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mannat Hundal, Amarpal Kaur, Danielle McGahey, Rhea Mishra and Vijayani Vithanage (Can) all made their T20I debuts.
• Mannat Hundal became the first player for Canada to take a hat-trick in women's T20Is. ^[11]

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5 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United States   106/6 (20 overs)	v	Brazil 67 (18.5 overs)
Sindhu Sriharsha 52* (42) Roberta Moretti Avery 2/16 (3 overs)		Roberta Moretti Avery 25 (46) Chetna Pagydyala 3/4 (2 overs)

United States won by 39 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Sindhu Sriharsha (USA)

• Brazil won the toss and elected to field.

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5 September 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Canada   131/6 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 45 (15.4 overs)
Divya Saxena 64 (52) Alison Stocks 2/20 (4 overs)		Veronica Vasquez 19 (30) Amarpal Kaur 4/1 (2.4 overs)

Canada won by 86 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Divya Saxena (Can)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to field.
• Nicole Gallagher and Rabbjyot Rajput (Can) both made their T20I debuts.

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7 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United States   133/6 (20 overs)	v	Canada 108/6 (20 overs)
Ritu Singh 37 (16) Amarpal Kaur 3/30 (4 overs)		Kainat Qazi 24 (22) Ritu Singh 1/6 (2 overs)

United States won by 25 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Ritu Singh (USA)

• Canada won the toss and elected to field.

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7 September 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Brazil   105/5 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 27 (12.3 overs)
Roberta Moretti Avery 47 (58) Alison Prince 1/14 (3 overs)		Alison Prince 8* (14) Lindsay Vilas Boas 3/6 (2 overs)

Brazil won by 78 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Roberta Moretti Avery (Bra)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to field.

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8 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada   122/9 (20 overs)	v	Brazil 62 (15.2 overs)
Danielle McGahey 48 (45) Nicole Monteiro 2/26 (4 overs)		Laura Cardoso 20 (24) Amarpal Kaur 4/4 (3 overs)

Canada won by 60 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Amarpal Kaur (Can)

• Brazil won the toss and elected to field.

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8 September 2023 14:00 Scorecard

United States   132/7 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 60 (18.4 overs)
Anika Kolan 48 (60) Albertina Galan 2/19 (4 overs)		Maria Castiñeiras 18 (18) Geetika Kodali 2/3 (2 overs)

United States won by 72 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Anika Kolan (USA)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to field.
• Jivana Aras (USA) made her T20I debut.

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10 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada   113 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 76 (19.4 overs)
Divya Saxena 34 (33) Alison Stocks 4/24 (4 overs)		Maria Castiñeiras 22 (29) Amarpal Kaur 3/10 (4 overs)

Canada won by 37 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Divya Saxena (Can)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

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10 September 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Brazil   42 (19 overs)	v	United States 43/0 (8 overs)
Carolina Nascimento 18 (26) Ritu Singh 4/3 (3 overs)		Gargi Bhogle 26* (28)

United States won by 10 wickets Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Ritu Singh (USA)

• Brazil won the toss and elected to bat.

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11 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Argentina   61/8 (20 overs)	v	Brazil 64/1 (15.4 overs)
Mariana Martinez 21 (32) Carolina Nascimento 2/6 (4 overs)		Laura Agatha 28* (54) Constanza Sosa 1/12 (2 overs)

Brazil won by 9 wickets Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Roberta Moretti Avery (Bra)

• Brazil won the toss and elected to field.

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11 September 2023 14:00 Scorecard

United States   128/5 (20 overs)	v	Canada 98/7 (20 overs)
Disha Dhingra 58 (50) Divya Saxena 2/16 (2 overs)		Rhea Misra 31 (37) Isani Vaghela 4/16 (4 overs)

United States won by 30 runs Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Disha Dhingra (USA)

• Canada won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Pathway to ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Qualification begins in Europe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
2. "USA Cricket to host 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in September 2023". Czarsportz. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
3. "Danielle McGahey: Transgender cricketer set to play in women's T20 international for Canada". BBC Sport. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
4. French, Scott (5 September 2023). "Transgender cricketer Danielle McGahey makes T20 debut – and this is what happened". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
5. "USA secures a spot in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Global Qualifiers". Female Cricket. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
6. "We present to you the Squad of players who will represent the country in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier that will take place in Los Angeles, United States between September 4th and 11th". Cricket Argentina (via Facebook). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
7. "We are pleased to announce the 14 players called up for the T20 World Cup Americas Qualifiers". Cricket Brasil (via Facebook). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
8. "Team Canada's Squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier". Cricket Canada (via Facebook). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
9. "USA squad named for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier". USA Cricket. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
10. "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
11. "Records for Women T20I Matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo