Associate international cricket |
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in 2020–21 | in 2021–22 |
The 2021 Associate international cricket season was from May to September 2021. 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 2021. In July 2021, Mongolia and Tajikistan were awarded Associate Membership of the ICC, and Switzerland were also readmitted as associate members. [2]
International tours | |||||
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Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | ||
T20I | |||||
8 July 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–3 [5] | ||
24 July 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–1 [3] | ||
14 August 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–1 [3] | ||
18 August 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–3 [5] | ||
21 August 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–2 [4] | ||
10 September 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–1 [3] | ||
International tournaments | |||||
Start date | Tournament | Winners | |||
21 May 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
24 June 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
24 June 2021 [n 1] | ![]() | Cancelled [3] | |||
5 July 2021 [n 2] | ![]() | Cancelled [3] | |||
8 July 2021 [n 3] | ![]() | Cancelled [3] | |||
17 July 2021 [n 4] | ![]() | Postponed [3] | |||
5 August 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
12 August 2021 [n 5] | ![]() | ![]() | |||
19 August 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
2 September 2021 | ![]() | ![]() |
Women's international tours | ||||||
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Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | |||
WT20I | ||||||
8 July 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 5–0 [5] | |||
23 July 2021 [n 6] | ![]() | ![]() | [3] | |||
9 August 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–3 [5] | |||
29 August 2021 [n 7] | ![]() | ![]() | 1–0 [1] | |||
Women's international tournaments | ||||||
Start date | Tournament | Winners | ||||
6 June 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
26 August 2021 | ![]() | ![]() |
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.370 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.015 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.151 |
T20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
T20I 1159 | 21 May | ![]() | Sudesh Wickramasekara | ![]() | Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | ![]() | |
T20I 1160 | 21 May | ![]() | Razmal Shigiwal | ![]() | Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | ![]() | |
T20I 1161 | 22 May | ![]() | Sudesh Wickramasekara | ![]() | Razmal Shigiwal | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | ![]() | |
T20I 1162 | 22 May | ![]() | Sudesh Wickramasekara | ![]() | Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | ![]() | |
T20I 1163 | 23 May | ![]() | Razmal Shigiwal | ![]() | Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | ![]() | |
T20I 1164 | 23 May | ![]() | Sudesh Wickramasekara | ![]() | Razmal Shigiwal | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | ![]() |
Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.662 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.957 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.095 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.993 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.249 |
Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +4.011 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.200 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.445 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.502 |
Round-robin | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
T20I 1166 | 24 June | ![]() | Prakash Mishra | ![]() | Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() | |
T20I 1167 | 24 June | ![]() | Anastasios Manousis | ![]() | Ramesh Satheesan | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() | |
T20I 1169 | 25 June | ![]() | Anastasios Manousis | ![]() | Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() | |
T20I 1170 | 25 June | ![]() | Prakash Mishra | ![]() | Ramesh Satheesan | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() | |
T20I 1171 | 25 June | ![]() | Ramesh Satheesan | ![]() | Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() | |
T20I 1172 | 26 June | ![]() | Prakash Mishra | ![]() | Anastasios Manousis | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() | |
Play-offs | ||||||||
T20I 1173 | 26 June | ![]() | Ramesh Satheesan | ![]() | Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() | |
T20I 1175 | 26 June | ![]() | Prakash Mishra | ![]() | Anastasios Manousis | National Sports Academy, Sofia | No result | |
T20I 1177 | 27 June | ![]() | Prakash Mishra | ![]() | Ramesh Satheesan | National Sports Academy, Sofia | ![]() |
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
WT20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
T20I 1182 | 8 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | ![]() | |||
T20I 1183 | 8 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | ![]() | |||
T20I 1184 | 9 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | ![]() | |||
T20I 1186 | 10 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | ![]() | |||
T20I 1187 | 10 July | Bikram Arora | Nemish Mehta | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | ![]() |
WT20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
WT20I 913 | 8 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |||
WT20I 914 | 8 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |||
WT20I 915 | 9 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |||
WT20I 917 | 10 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |||
WT20I 918 | 10 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() |
The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inter-Insular WT20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
[1st WT20I] | 23 July | Farmers' Field, Saint Martin | ||||||
[2nd WT20I] | 24 July | Farmers' Field, Saint Martin | ||||||
[3rd WT20I] | 25 July | Farmers' Field, Saint Martin |
T20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
T20I 1199 | 24 July | Sheraz Sheikh | Razmal Shigiwal | Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo | ![]() | |||
T20I 1200 | 24 July | Sheraz Sheikh | Razmal Shigiwal | Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo | ![]() | |||
T20I 1202 | 25 July | Sheraz Sheikh | Razmal Shigiwal | Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo | ![]() |
The tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.809 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.365 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.161 |
Round-robin | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
T20I 1213 | 5 August | ![]() | Venkatraman Ganesan | ![]() | Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |
T20I 1214 | 5 August | ![]() | Usman Shahid | ![]() | Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |
T20I 1215 | 6 August | ![]() | Venkatraman Ganesan | ![]() | Usman Shahid | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |
T20I 1217 | 7 August | ![]() | Venkatraman Ganesan | ![]() | Usman Shahid | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |
T20I 1219 | 7 August | ![]() | Usman Shahid | ![]() | Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |
T20I 1220 | 8 August | ![]() | Venkatraman Ganesan | ![]() | Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() | |
Final | ||||||||
T20I 1221 | 8 August | ![]() | Venkatraman Ganesan | ![]() | Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | ![]() |
WT20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
WT20I 924 | 9 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | ![]() | |||
WT20I 925 | 10 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | ![]() | |||
WT20I 926 | 11 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | ![]() | |||
WT20I 927 | 11 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | ![]() | |||
WT20I 928 | 12 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | ![]() |
Matches played at the Baltic Cup did not have T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC. [4]
Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +3.054 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.470 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.601 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –5.287 |
Round-robin | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
1st Match | 12 August | ![]() | Marko Vaik | ![]() | Neeraj Madhivannan | National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn | ![]() | |
2nd Match | 12 August | ![]() | Bejon Sarker | ![]() | Biswajit Mohapathra | National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn | ![]() | |
3rd Match | 13 August | ![]() | Marko Vaik | ![]() | Tim Cross | National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn | ![]() | |
4th Match | 13 August | ![]() | Mehdi Faraaz Abbas | ![]() | Neeraj Madhivannan | National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn | ![]() | |
5th Match | 13 August | ![]() | Marko Vaik | ![]() | Mehdi Faraaz Abbas | National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn | ![]() | |
6th Match | 13 August | ![]() | Tim Cross | ![]() | Neeraj Madhivannan | National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn | ![]() |
T20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
T20I 1223 | 14 August | Frederik Klokker | Abhijit Venkatesh | Svanholm Park, Brøndby | ![]() | |||
T20I 1224 | 14 August | Frederik Klokker | Abhijit Venkatesh | Svanholm Park, Brøndby | ![]() | |||
T20I 1225 | 15 August | Frederik Klokker | Abhijit Venkatesh | Svanholm Park, Brøndby | ![]() |
T20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
T20I 1226 | 18 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | ![]() | |||
T20I 1227 | 18 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | ![]() | |||
T20I 1229 | 20 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | ![]() | |||
T20I 1231 | 20 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | ![]() | |||
T20I 1234 | 21 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | ![]() |
Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.110 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.159 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.952 |
Round-robin | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
T20I 1228 | 19 August | ![]() | Najjam Shahzad | ![]() | Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | ![]() | |
T20I 1230 | 20 August | ![]() | Edmund Packard | ![]() | Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | ![]() | |
T20I 1233 | 21 August | ![]() | Najjam Shahzad | ![]() | Edmund Packard | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | ![]() | |
T20I 1236 | 21 August | ![]() | Edmund Packard | ![]() | Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | ![]() | |
T20I 1238 | 22 August | ![]() | Najjam Shahzad | ![]() | Edmund Packard | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | ![]() | |
T20I 1240 | 22 August | ![]() | Najjam Shahzad | ![]() | Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | ![]() |
T20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
T20I 1232 | 21 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | ![]() | |||
T20I 1235 | 21 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | ![]() | |||
T20I 1237 | 22 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | ![]() | |||
T20I 1239 | 22 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.842 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.743 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.870 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −3.188 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −5.647 |
advances to global qualifier
WT20I match | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
WT20I 939 | 29 August | Gunjan Shukla | Pooja Kumari | Guttsta Wicked Cricket Ground, Kolsva | ![]() |
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T20I series | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
T20I 1262 | 10 September | Christian Munoz-Mills | Venkatraman Ganesan | Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería | ![]() | |||
T20I 1266 | 11 September | Christian Munoz-Mills | Venkatraman Ganesan | Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería | ![]() | |||
T20I 1268 | 11 September | Christian Munoz-Mills | Venkatraman Ganesan | Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería | ![]() |
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