2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Americas

The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Americas was a cricket tournament that was held in the United States in May 2019.[1] The matches in the tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments.[2] The United States qualified for both tournaments, after taking an unassailable 2–0 lead, with wins in their first two matches.[3] The United States also won the final match by 36 runs, therefore completing a 3–0 whitewash over Canada.[4][5]

2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Americas
Dates17 – 19 May 2019
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Best of three matches
Host(s) United States
Champions United States
Runners-up Canada
Participants2
Matches played3
Most runs Sindhu Sriharsha (80)
Most wickets Lisa Ramjit (5)

The qualifier was played as a best of three matches, with the fixtures played in Lauderhill, Florida.[6] The United States named their squad on 1 April 2019,[7] with Canada naming their squad on 9 May 2019.[8]

Teams

The following teams competed in the tournament:[9]

Points table
Team[10]
 P W L T NR Pts NRR Status
 United States (H), (Q) 330006+2.203Advanced to qualifying tournament
 Canada 303000–2.203Eliminated

(H) Host, (Q) Qualified to qualifying tournament

Fixtures

1st WT20I
17 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Canada 
66/6 (20 overs)
v
 United States
67/0 (10 overs)
Kamna Mirchandani 24 (52)
Lisa Ramjit 2/5 (4 overs)
United States Women won by 10 wickets
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Erica Rendler (USA)

2nd WT20I
18 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
United States 
113/6 (20 overs)
v
 Canada
76 (18.2 overs)
Sindhu Sriharsha 38 (30)
Mahewish Khan 2/11 (4 overs)
Chuntell Martin 20 (17)
Uzma Iftikhar 4/19 (4 overs)
United States Women won by 37 runs
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Uzma Iftikhar (USA)
  • Canada Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Monali Patel (Can) made her WT20I debut.

3rd WT20I
19 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
United States 
116/6 (20 overs)
v
 Canada
81/6 (20 overs)
Sindhu Sriharsha 42* (33)
Saniyah Zia 3/22 (4 overs)
Saniyah Zia 15* (20)
Lisa Ramjit 3/11 (4 overs)
United States Women won by 35 runs
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Arnold Maddela (Can)
Player of the match: Sindhu Sriharsha (USA)

References
  1. "United States and Canada go head to head in Women's Qualifier Americas in pursuit of World Cup spots". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. "50 games in 19 days! T20 World Cup regional qualifying to hit full swing in May". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. "Brilliant USA Women seal place at Global Qualifiers". USA Cricket. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. "United States are the Champions of Americas region". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. "United States sweep Canada to reach Women's T20 and Cricket World Cup Qualifiers". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. "USA Cricket name Team USA Women's squad for Selection Camp". USA Cricket. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  7. "USA Cricket announces women's team to compete at ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier Americas". USA Cricket. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  8. "Cricket Canada announce Women's National squad". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. "Thailand plays host as the road to the Women's T20 and 50-over World Cups begins". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  10. "Canada Women in United States of America T20I Series 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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