2025 North American Cup

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2025 North American Cup
2025 North American Cup Logo.png
Dates19 – 27 April 2025
Administrator(s) ICC Americas
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and play-offs
Host(s)Cayman Islands
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Participants5
Matches13
Player of the series Flag of the United States.svg Monank Patel
Most runs Flag of the United States.svg Monank Patel (265)
Most wickets Flag of the United States.svg Yasir Mohammad (16)

The 2025 North American Cup was the inaugural edition of the North American Cup, a cricket tournament that was contested in the Cayman Islands from 19 to 27 April 2025. [1] The five participating teams were the hosts Cayman Islands, along with Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada and the United States. [2] [3]

Contents

The tournament provided the teams with preparations for the 2025 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final (which will not feature the United States as they have already qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup). [4]

The United States beat Canada in the final by 6 wickets, to become the first champions of the North American Cup. [5]

Squads

Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda [6] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [7] Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands [8] Flag of the United States.svg  United States [9]
  • Marc Taylor (c)
  • Festus Benn
  • Renford Davson
  • Eugene Duff
  • Sandeep Goud
  • Kevorn Hinds
  • Julio Jemison (wk)
  • Ashok Nair
  • Ricardo Patten
  • Romaine Smith
  • Ryan Tappin
  • Dwight Wheatley

Round-robin

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4400083.291
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4310064.399
3Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 4220040.052
4Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands (H)413002−1.550
5Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 404000−6.131
Source: ESPNcricinfo [10]
(H) Host

Fixtures

19 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
United States  Flag of the United States.svg
186/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
107/7 (20 overs)
Monank Patel 76 (45)
Conroy Wright 2/28 (4 overs)
Jermaine Baker 30 (20)
Yasir Mohammad 4/20 (4 overs)
United States won by 79 runs
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Dexter Smith (Ber) and Muhunthan Thetchanamurthy (Can)
Player of the match: Monank Patel (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Davion Codner, Romario Edwards (Cay) and Akhilesh Reddy (USA) all made their T20I debuts.

19 April 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg
105/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
108/5 (18.1 overs)
Terryn Fray 52 (54)
Kaleem Sana 4/17 (4 overs)
Harsh Thaker 36* (34)
Jermal Proctor 1/11 (3 overs)
Canada won by 5 wickets
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Livingstone Bailey (Bah) and Aditya Gajjar (USA)
Player of the match: Kaleem Sana (Can)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ali Nadeem, Jaskaran Singh and Sukhjinder Singh (Can) all made their T20I debuts.

20 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
United States  Flag of the United States.svg
217/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
68/9 (20 overs)
Monank Patel 104 (49)
Romaine Smith 2/36 (4 overs)
Marc Taylor 19 (21)
Vatsal Vaghela 3/12 (4 overs)
United States won by 149 runs
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Leon Watson (Cay) and Courtney Young (Cay)
Player of the match: Monank Patel (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ryan Tappin, Ricardo Patten (Bah), Rahul Jariwala and Aarin Nadkarni (USA) all made their T20I debuts.
  • Monank Patel (USA) scored his first century in T20Is. [11]

20 April 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg
137/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
107/8 (20 overs)
Terryn Fray 38 (40)
Romario Edwards 2/24 (4 overs)
Jermaine Baker 54 (51)
Dominic Sabir 3/14 (3 overs)
Bermuda won by 30 runs
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Narendra Ekanayake (Bah) and Muhunthan Thetchanamurthy (Can)
Player of the match: Dominic Sabir (Ber)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

21 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg
41 (16.5 overs)
v
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
46/0 (4 overs)
Antonio Harris 12 (11)
Saad Bin Zafar 3/11 (4 overs)
Ali Nadeem 32* (16)
Canada won by 10 wickets
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Aditya Gajjar (USA) and Paul Manning (Cay)
Player of the match: Saad Bin Zafar (Can)
  • Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.

21 April 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg
70 (16.3 overs)
v
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
71/0 (5.4 overs)
Delray Rawlins 18 (21)
Ali Sheikh 5/15 (3 overs)
United States won by 10 wickets
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Narendra Ekanayake (Bah) and Muhunthan Thetchanamurthy (Can)
Player of the match: Ali Sheikh (USA)

23 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
165/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
71 (17.1 overs)
Ali Nadeem 89 (58)
Adrian Wright 1/24 (4 overs)
Ramon Sealy 17 (18)
Shivam Sharma 4/14 (4 overs)
Canada won by 94 runs
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Aditya Gajjar (USA) and Dexter Smith (Ber)
Player of the match: Ali Nadeem (Can)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mansab Gill and Shivam Sharma (Can) both made their T20I debuts.

23 April 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg
51 (13.3 overs)
v
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
55/0 (8.5 overs)
Festus Benn 32* (36)
Dominic Sabir 3/8 (2.3 overs)
Alex Dore 33* (27)
Bermuda won by 10 wickets
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Paul Manning (Cay) and Leon Watson (Cay)
Player of the match: Dominic Sabir (Ber)
  • Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Dalin Richardson and Marcus Scotland (Ber) both made their T20I debuts.

24 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg
175/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
96/5 (20 overs)
Jermaine Baker 88* (61)
Romaine Smith 2/31 (4 overs)
Sandeep Goud 29* (28)
Alistair Ifill 4/8 (4 overs)
Cayman Islands won by 79 runs
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Aditya Gajjar (USA) and Dexter Smith (Ber)
Player of the match: Jermaine Baker (Cay)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Karthik Jayaraj (Cay) made his T20I debut.

24 April 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
184/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
167/8 (20 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 68 (41)
Yasir Mohammad 3/39 (4 overs)
Milind Kumar 32 (27)
Harsh Thaker 2/8 (2 overs)
Canada won by 17 runs
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Leon Watson (Cay) and Courtney Young (Cay)
Player of the match: Navneet Dhaliwal (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

Semi-finals

26 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Cayman Islands  Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg
122/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
125/0 (13.3 overs)
Ramon Sealy 47 (43)
Kaleem Sana 4/27 (4 overs)
Canada won by 10 wickets
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Narendra Ekanayake (Bah) and Dexter Smith (Ber)
Player of the match: Kaleem Sana (Can)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

26 April 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg
114/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
115/0 (14.2 overs)
Marcus Scotland 57* (57)
Milind Kumar 2/6 (2 overs)
United States won by 10 wickets
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Muhunthan Thetchanamurthy (Can) and Leon Watson (Cay)
Player of the match: Saiteja Mukkamalla (USA)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

27 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
168/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
169/4 (19.1 overs)
Jaskaran Singh 60* (26)
Jessy Singh 3/22 (4 overs)
Monank Patel 70 (44)
Saad Bin Zafar 2/20 (4 overs)
United States won by 6 wickets
Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town
Umpires: Paul Manning (Cay) and Leon Watson (Cay)
Player of the match: Monank Patel (USA)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table. [12]

Player Innings NO Runs Average SRHS100504s6s
Flag of the United States.svg Monank Patel 4026566.25179.05104122311
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Jermaine Baker5120751.75127.7788* 02288
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ali Nadeem6218847.00143.518902158
Flag of the United States.svg Saiteja Mukkamalla 6218746.75165.4872* 02256
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Navneet Dhaliwal 5118546.25155.4670* 021511

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers in the tournament are included in this table. [13]

Player Innings Wickets Runs OversBBIEcon. Ave. 5WI
Flag of the United States.svg Yasir Mohammad 61614723.34/116.259.180
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kaleem Sana 61511521.04/175.477.660
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Saad Bin Zafar 699621.03/114.5710.660
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jaskaran Singh 5911617.13/116.7512.880
Flag of Bermuda.svg Kevon Fubler 36409.03/174.446.660

Notes

  1. Sinclair Smith captained Bermuda in their last round-robin match and semi-final.

References

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  2. "Fixtures announced for North American Cup". Bernews. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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  4. "Bermuda cricket team to face region's best in North American Cup". The Royal Gazette. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  5. "Magical Monank Patel drives USA to inaugural North American Cup title". Cricbuzz. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  6. "Kamau Leverock not included in North America Cup squad". The Royal Gazette. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  7. "Team Canada Squad for North America Cup in Cayman Islands". Cricket Canada. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025 via Facebook.
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  9. "USA Cricket announces squad and schedule for the inaugural North America Cup". USA Cricket. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  10. "North America Cup - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  11. "Monank Patel's swashbuckling ton obliterates Bahamas". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  12. https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/batting-most-runs-career/north-america-t20-cup-2025-17128
  13. https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/bowling-most-wickets-career/north-america-t20-cup-2025-17128