2021 Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
| Dates | 18 – 25 October 2021 |
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| Administrator(s) | ICC Americas |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin |
| Host(s) |  Mexico |
| Champions |  United States |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Player of the series |  Divya Saxena[1] |
| Most runs | Divya Saxena (180) |
| Most wickets | Laura Cardoso (11) |
The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament played in Mexico in October 2021.[2] The matches were played as Twenty20 International (T20I) fixtures, with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[3] Argentina and Brazil competed in an ICC women's event for the first time since 2012.[4] The tournament's fixtures were confirmed in September 2021.[5] The United States won the tournament, winning five of their six matches.[6]
There was a controversial incident in the first over of the second clash between Canada and the United States when Canadian opener Divya Saxena mishit the first delivery she faced into the air close to the pitch, then ran towards the ball causing the bowler, wicketkeeper and other fielders to fail to take what should have been a simple catch.[7] The umpires took no action despite Saxena breaking Law 37.1 ("Obstructing the field"), and the batter went on to top score with 40 runs in a narrow seven-run win over the Americans. This was the only match that the United States lost in the tournament.[8]
Squads
[edit]The following teams and squads were named for the tournament:[9]
 Argentina[10]
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Brazil[11]
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Canada[12]
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United States[13]
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Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | United States
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.879 |
| 2 | Brazil
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.175 |
| 3 | Canada
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.652 |
| 4 | Argentina
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6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −3.195 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[14]
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Fixtures
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Marianne Artur, Laura Cardoso, Evelyn de Souza, Maria Ribeiro, Daniella Staddon (Bra), Gargi Bhogle, Moksha Chaudhary, Anika Kolan, Tara Norris, Suhani Thadani and Isani Vaghela (USA) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tamara Basile, Magdalena Esquivel, Catalina Greloni, Lucia Iglesias (Arg), Mukhwinder Gill, Mahrukh Imtiaz, Divya Saxena, Sonali Vig & Sana Zafar (Can) all made their T20I debuts.
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Tamara Basile 2 (8)
Renata de Sousa 2/1 (2 overs) |
Laura Agatha 4* (13)
Tamara Basile 2/6 (1.3 overs) |
- Brazil won the toss and elected to field.
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Miryam Khokhar 23 (30)
Suhani Thadani 2/7 (4 overs) |
Gargi Bhogle 39* (37)
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
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Shebani Bhaskar 29 (42)
Alison Stocks 3/13 (4 overs) |
- Argentina won the toss and elected to field.
- Chetnaa Prasad (USA) made her T20I debut.
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Sonali Vig 13 (33)
Nicole Monteiro 4/6 (4 overs) |
Roberta Moretti Avery 17 (44)
Hala Azmat 2/8 (4 overs) |
- Brazil won the toss and elected to field.
- Krima Kapadia and Jasmina Oldham (Can) both made their T20I debuts.
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Alison Stocks 18* (18)
Mukhwinder Gill 2/6 (4 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Kate Gray (Can) made her T20I debut.
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- United States won the toss and elected to bat.
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Isani Vaghela 20 (32)
Hala Azmat 4/15 (4 overs) |
- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Laasya Mullapudi (USA) made her T20I debut.
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Renata de Sousa 14* (29)
Constanza Sosa 2/13 (4 overs) |
Veronica Vasquez 16* (38)
Lara Moisés 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Argentina won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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Roberta Moretti Avery 21 (32)
Hiba Shamshad 3/8 (4 overs) |
Mukhwinder Gill 19 (29)
Laura Cardoso 3/8 (3 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.
- Laura Cardoso became the first bowler for Brazil to take a hat-trick in women's T20Is.[15]
- Brazil's 2.82 run-per-over rate was the lowest rate successfully defended in a women'sT20I.[16]
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Mariana Martinez 10 (31)
Moksha Chaudhary 3/7 (4 overs) |
Shebani Bhaskar 23* (18)
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Sofia Bruno and Albertina Galan (Arg) both made their T20I debuts.
References
[edit]- ^ "Divya Saxena named ICC Women's ICC Women's T20 CWC Qualifier Tournament MVP". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "ICC's East-Asia Pacific qualifiers in Japan cancelled". CricBuzz. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC T20 World Cup America Qualifiers to begin on October 18 in Mexico". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Team USA finish brilliantly as champions of the ICC Americas T20 World Cup Qualifier in Mexico". USA Cricket. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Watch: 'Gloriously blatant piece of obstructing the field' given not out in USA-Canada fixture". Wisden. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Canada cricketer allowed to continue her innings after obstructing the field against USA". CricTracker. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "ICC T20 World Cup 2023 qualifiers set to begin in August 2021". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Argentina women's national squad for 2021 ICC Women's t20 world cup Americas qualifier". Czarsportz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "T20 World Cup Americas Qualifiers – Know the teams". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Canadian women's national squad for 2021 ICC Women's t20 world cup Americas qualifier". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Team USA Women's squad named for ICC Americas T20 World Cup Qualifier in Mexico". USA Cricket. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier 2021 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Records, Women's Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Team records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2023.