ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier
| Administrator | ICC Americas |
|---|---|
| Format | 50 overs |
| First edition | 2001 |
| Latest edition | 2024 |
| Current champion |  United States |
| Most successful |  Canada (7 titles) |
The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier (formerly ICC Americas Under-19 Championship) is an international cricket tournament contested by under-19 national teams from the ICC Americas region. The tournament has run bi-annually since 2001, occasionally with more than one division.[1] The tournament serves as a qualification tournament for the Under-19 World Cup. Canada are by far the most successful team overall, winning seven titles, to the three won by the United States and the single title won by Bermuda.
History
[edit]Prior to the introduction of the Americas Under-19 Championship in 2001 there was no qualification route for associate and affiliate teams to the U-19 World Cup. As a result, the only Americas team represented in the 1998 competition was the full member, the West Indies.[2] For the 2000 tournament, a combined Americas team was also given the chance to take part, representing the four longstanding associate members from the region: Canada, USA, Bermuda and Argentina.[3]
With the new championship came the possibility for an individual team to qualify for the U-19 World Cup. The winner of each championship would automatically go through to play in the finals the following year.
In 2009, Under-19 World Cup qualification was changed dramatically and a World Cup Qualifier event was introduced in which the top two teams from each of the ICC regions would compete for the final six places in the U-19 World Cup.[4] In addition to this, the Championship was expanded to two divisions due to the increase in the number of regional teams. The first Division Two tournament took place in 2010.[5]
Tournament results
[edit]Division One
[edit]| Year | Host(s) | Venue(s) | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Margin | Runner-up | |||
| 2001 |  Bermuda
|
various | Canada |
Canada won on points fixtures |
Bermuda |
| 2003 | Canada
|
King City | Canada 8 points |
Canada won on points table |
 Cayman Islands6 points |
| 2005 | Canada
|
King City | United States 8 points |
United States won on points table |
Canada 5 points |
| 2007 | Canada
|
King City | Bermuda 8 points |
Bermuda won on points table |
Canada 6 points |
| 2009 | Canada
|
King City | Canada +3.87 NRR |
Canada won on net run rate table |
United States +2.59 NRR |
| 2011 | United States
|
Fort Lauderdale and Lauderhill |
United States 10 points |
United States won on points table |
Canada 8 points |
| 2013 | Canada
|
King City | Canada 6 points |
Canada won on points table |
United States 4 points |
| 2015 | Bermuda
|
Somerset Village and St. David's | Canada 8 points |
Canada won on points table Archived 2018-05-27 at the Wayback Machine |
United States 2 points |
| 2017 | Canada
|
King City and Toronto |
Canada 6 points, +1.395 NRR |
Canada won on net run rate table |
United States 6 points, +1.162 NRR |
| 2019 | Canada
|
King City and Toronto |
Canada 8 points |
Canada won on points table |
United States 6 points |
| 2023 | Canada
|
King City and Toronto |
United States 10 points, +4.849 NRR |
United States won on net run rate table |
Canada 10 points, +3.500 NRR |
Division Two
[edit]| Year | Host(s) | Venue(s) | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Margin | Runner-up | |||
| 2010 |  Argentina
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina +1.84 NRR |
Argentina won on net run rate table |
 Suriname+1.28 NRR |
| 2014 |  Bahamas
|
Nassau | Suriname |
Suriname won on net run rate report |
Argentina |
Participating teams (Division One)
[edit]- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- R1 – First round
- Q – Qualified
- X – Qualified, tournament cancelled
- # – Qualified, withdrew
- — Hosts
| Team | 2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
R1 | 5th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | — | — | — | 4th | X | 4th | 9 |
   Combined Bahamas, Belize and Panama
|
R1 | Defunct | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bahamas
|
— | — | — | 5th | 5th | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
 Bermuda
|
2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | X | 3rd | 12 |
 Canada
|
1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | X | 2nd | 12 |
 Cayman Islands
|
— | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | — | — | — | 5th | — | — | 6 |
 Suriname
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | #[a] | — | — | — | # | 0 |
 United States
|
R1 | 4th | 1st | — | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | X | 1st | 11 |
Records
[edit]Scorecards for some matches from the 2001 tournament are unavailable.
- Highest team scores
- 515/8 (50 overs) -
United States vs 
Argentina, 14 August 2023, at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto[6]
- 441/5 (50 overs) – Canada vs Cayman Islands, 12 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[7]
- 423 all out (49.4 overs) – Canada vs Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[8]
- 382 all out (50 overs) – Bermuda vs United States, 8 August 2001, at Southampton Oval, Hamilton.[9]
- 364/5 (50 overs) – Bermuda vs Argentina, 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[10]
- 347/8 (50 overs) – Canada vs Argentina, 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[11]
- Lowest team scores
- 22 all out (13.5 overs) – Argentina vs Bermuda, 12 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.[12]
- 25 all out (15.2 overs) – Argentina vs Canada, 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[13]
- 29 all out (15.3 overs) – Cayman Islands vs United States, 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[14]
- 33 all out (21 overs) – Argentina vs Canada, 9 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[15]
- 34 all out (17.4 overs) – Argentina vs United States, 7 February 2011, at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill.[16]
- Highest individual scores
- 204 (179 balls) – Dion Stovell, vs Argentina, 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[17]
- 155 (107 balls) – Ruvindu Gunasekera, vs Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[18]
- 151 (104 balls) – Ashtan Deosammy, vs Cayman Islands, 12 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[19]
- 121 (93 balls) – Harsh Thaker, vs United States, 10 July 2015, at Somerset Cricket Club Ground, Somerset Village.[20]
- 119 (144 balls) – Terryn Fray, vs Argentina, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[21]
- Best bowling figures
- 7/3 (5 overs) – Pratik Patel, vs Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[22]
- 7/10 (8 overs) – Raj Vyas, vs Cayman Islands, 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[23]
- 7/12 (7 overs) – Troy Taylor, vs Bermuda, 15 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.[24]
- 7/20 (6.2 overs) – Jon Roberts, vs Argentina, 8 August 2001, at St David's Cricket Club, Hamilton.[25]
- 6/3 (3.1 overs) – Akash Shah, vs Bahamas, 7 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.[26]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Suriname qualified for the 2015 tournament, but were forced to withdraw shortly beforehand after failing to secure visas for their players.
References
[edit]- ^ Americas U19 Tournament Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine icc-cricket.yahoo.net 14/11/10
- ^ Local talent does country proud at opening of U-19 cricket World Cup espncricinfo.com 17/02/11
- ^ Historic ICC meeting in Toronto espncricinfo.com
- ^ How Teams Qualified in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net 17/02/11
- ^ Argentina look for immediate return to U19 Division 1 cricketeurope4.net 17/02/11
- ^ "Cricket Fixtures and Results".
- ^ "7th Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NW), Jul 12 2019". Cricinfo. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Bermuda Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Canada Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Canada Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "2nd Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NE), Jul 8 2019". Cricinfo. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "4th Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NE), Jul 9 2019". Cricinfo. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ United States of America Under-19s v Argentina Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "7th Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NW), Jul 12 2019". Cricinfo. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Pepsi ICC U19 Division 1 Championship - Bermuda 2015 - Round: 3 - Finals: Top 3 Round Robin Archived 2018-05-27 at the Wayback Machine – CricHQ. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ Argentina Under-19s v Bermuda Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Canada Under-19s v Bahamas Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "2nd Match, ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Americas Region at King City (NE), Jul 8 2019". Cricinfo. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Bermuda Under-19s v Cayman Islands Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Argentina Under-19s v Canada Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Bahamas Under-19s v Canada Under-19s, Americas Under-19 Championship 2010/11 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2015.