2018 South American Cricket Championship

The 2018 South American Cricket Championship was a cricket tournament held in Mosquera, Colombia from 23 to 26 September 2018.[1][2] A men's and women's tournament held, with 2018 being the fifteenth edition of the men's South American Cricket Championship and the seventh edition of the women's event. For the first time, women's matches played at the South American Cricket Championship were granted Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted Twenty20 International (T20I) status to matches between all of its Members; for women's teams starting from 1 July 2018 and for men's teams from 1 January 2019.[3] Argentina were the defending champions from 2017 in both the men's and women's event, but fielded a developmental 'A' team in the men's tournament and did not enter the women's event in 2018.

2018 South American Cricket Championship
Dates23 – 26 August 2018
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Colombia
Champions Mexico (men's)
 Brazil (women's)
Participants8 (men's)
4 (women's)
Matches played42 (29 men's, 13 women's)

Mexico won the men's tournament, defeating Uruguay by 6 wickets in the final.[4] Brazil regained the women's title, which they had previously won in 2015 and 2016.[5]

Participating teams

Men:

Women:

Men's championship
Further information: 2018 South American Cricket Championship – Men's tournament

The eight participating teams were the national sides of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and an Argentina A side.[1] Costa Rica made their debut in the South American Championship. Matches did not have T20I status. Mexico won for the second time.

Points table
Team[6] P W L T NR Pts NRR Status
 Mexico 7700021+1.383Advanced to the Final
 Uruguay 7520015+0.582
 Costa Rica 7430012+0.913
 Colombia 7430012+0.289
 Peru 734009–0.937
 Brazil 725006–0.387
 Argentina A 725006–1.420
 Chile 716003–0.750

Final
6 October 2019
15:00
Scorecard
Uruguay 
44 (17 overs)
v
 Mexico
45/4 (10 overs)
Avijit Mukherjee 11 (26)
Aman Arora 5/4 (4 overs)
Tarun Sharma 13 (12)
Shivansh Sitoke 1/5 (1 over)
Mexico won by 6 wickets
Los Pinos Polo Club, Mosquera
Umpires: Oscar Andrade (Ber) and Mohammad Iqbal (Can)
  • Mexico won the toss and elected to field.

Women's championship
Further information: 2018 South American Women's Cricket Championship

The four participating teams were the national women's sides of Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru.[1] All of these teams were ICC Associate Members, but Peru's squad did not meet eligibility criteria, so all matches other than those involving Peru had WT20I status.[7] Brazil won the event.[5]

Points table
Team[8] P W L T N/R Pts NRR Status
 Brazil 6600018+5.942Advanced to the Final
 Chile 6420012–1.370
 Peru 615003–1.700
 Mexico 615003–2.268

Final
26 August 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Brazil 
137/6 (20 overs)
v
 Chile
45 (15 overs)
Narayana Ribeiro 34 (31)
Jessica Miranda 2/14 (4 overs)
Tiara Pueye 9 (10)
Renata Sousa 3/5 (3 over)
Brazil Women won by 92 runs
Los Pinos Polo Club field 2, Mosquera
  • Brazil Women won the toss and elected to bat.

References
  1. "South American Cricket Championships 2018 in Bogotá". The Bogotá Post. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. "Women's T20I Cricket Will Be the Showstopper at Los Pinos Polo Club". Czar Sportz. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. "2018 South American Cricket Championships in Bogotá: Hit for six". The Bogotá Post. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. "South American Championship: Tournament round-up". Women's CricZone. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  6. "Standings table". CricHQ. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. Will Keech (15 September 2018). "2018 South American Cricket Championships in Bogotá: Hit for six". The Bogotá Post. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. "SAC Women 2018 - Leaderboard". cricHQ. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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