Associate international cricket |
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in 2019–20 | in 2020–21 |
The 2020 Associate international cricket season was from May to August 2020. All official twenty over matches between Associate members of the ICC were eligible to have full Twenty20 International (T20I) or Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 July 2018 (women's teams) and 1 January 2019 (men's teams). [1] The season included all T20I/WT20I cricket series mostly involving ICC Associate members, that were played in addition to series covered in International cricket in 2020. On 24 March, ICC announced that all qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June had been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifiers and the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Eastern Region Qualifier. [2]
Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | ||
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T20I | |||||
2 May 2020 [n 1] | Belgium | Romania | [3] | ||
21 August 2020 [n 2] | Guernsey | Isle of Man | 1–0 [1] | ||
International tournaments | |||||
Start date | Tournament | Winners | |||
26 June 2020 [n 3] | 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B | Postponed [2] | |||
16 August 2020 [n 4] | 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier | Postponed [3] | |||
25 August 2020 [n 5] | 2020 T20I Nordic Cup | Cancelled [4] | |||
28 August 2020 | 2020 Luxembourg T20I Trophy | Belgium | |||
August 2020 [n 6] | 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A | Postponed | |||
August 2020 [n 7] | 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B | Postponed | |||
August 2020 [n 8] | 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C | Postponed | |||
August 2020 [n 9] | 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier | Postponed [5] |
Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | |||
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WT20I | ||||||
12 August 2020 | Austria | Germany | 0–5 [5] | |||
Women's international tournaments | ||||||
Start date | Tournament | Winners | ||||
1 May 2020 [n 10] | 2020 Central American Championship | Cancelled [6] | ||||
June 2020 | 2020 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup Qualifier | Postponed |
The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]
The series was postponed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
WT20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
WT20I 867 | 12 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 82 runs | |||
WT20I 868 | 13 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 138 runs | |||
WT20I 869 | 13 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 10 wickets | |||
WT20I 870 | 14 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 137 runs | |||
WT20I 871 | 15 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 79 runs |
This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
T20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
T20I 1085 | 21 August | Josh Butler | Matthew Ansell | College Field, Saint Peter Port | Guernsey by 8 wickets |
The Nordic Cup was cancelled a week before it was due to begin due to travel restrictions resulting from increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Denmark. [4]
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Belgium | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.738 |
Luxembourg | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.449 |
Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2.426 |
No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
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T20I 1086 | 28 August | Luxembourg | Joost Mees | Czech Republic | Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Luxembourg by 63 runs (DLS) |
T20I 1088 | 29 August | Luxembourg | Joost Mees | Czech Republic | Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Czech Republic by 5 wickets |
T20I 1089 | 29 August | Luxembourg | Joost Mees | Belgium | Shaheryar Butt | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 37 runs |
T20I 1090 | 29 August | Belgium | Shaheryar Butt | Czech Republic | Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 46 runs |
T20I 1091 | 30 August | Belgium | Shaheryar Butt | Czech Republic | Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 87 runs |
T20I 1092 | 30 August | Luxembourg | Joost Mees | Belgium | Shaheryar Butt | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 49 runs |
This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Asia Cup was postponed to June 2021, and the qualifier to an unknown date, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
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