The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played as part of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It took place in November 2021 in Antigua,[1][2] with the top two teams progressing to one of two global qualifiers.[3] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Qualifiers were played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[4]
Originally the tournament was scheduled to take place from 18 to 24 August 2020.[5][6] However, in June 2020, the tournament was postponed until 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic.[8] In May 2021, the tournament was postponed again due to the pandemic,[9][10] after being scheduled to take place from 17 to 23 July 2021 in Toronto, Canada.[11] The ICC confirmed all the fixtures for the Americas Qualifier in October 2021.[12]
The United States became the first team to reach the Global Qualifiers, after they won their first five matches.[13] Canada finished in second position to also secure their place in the Global Qualifiers.[14]
Regional Final
edit| Dates | 7 – 14 November 2021 |
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| Administrator(s) | Americas |
| Cricket format | T20I |
| Host(s) |  Antigua and Barbuda |
| Champions |  United States |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs |  Rayyan Pathan (312) |
| Most wickets |  Hernán Fennell (11) |
Squads
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 Bahamas[16]
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 Belize[15][17]
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 Bermuda[18]
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Canada[19]
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 Panama[20][21]
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United States[22]
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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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.077 |
| 2 | Canada
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5.312 |
| 3 | Bermuda
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.265 |
| 4 | Argentina
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −0.331 |
| 5 | Bahamas
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −2.744 |
| 6 | Panama
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −3.477 |
| 7 | Belize
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −3.863 |
advanced to the global qualifier
Fixtures
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Glenford Banner 28 (32)
Rusty Theron 3/16 (4 overs) |
Steven Taylor 39* (15)
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Cornel Brown, Maurice Castillo, Travis Samuels, Keagan Tillett (Blz), Ian Holland and Gajanand Singh (USA) all made their T20I debuts.
- Rusty Theron also made his T20I debut for United States after previously playing nine T20Is for South Africa, becoming the thirteenth cricketer to represent two international teams in T20Is.[25]
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- Bahamas won the toss and elected to field.
- Jonathan Barry, Renford Davson, Marlon Graham, Everette Haven, Kervon Hinds, Gregory Irvin, Jagnauth Jagroo, Roderick Mitchell, Orlando Stewart, Gregory Taylor, Marc Taylor (Bah), Jatinderpal Matharu, Rayyan Pathan and Cecil Pervez (Can) all made their T20I debuts.
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Dineshbhai Ahir 16 (12)
Ian Holland 2/3 (3 overs) |
- Panama won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dineshbhai Ahir, Aslam Doria, Salim Guzman, Irfan Hafejee, Abdullah Jasat, Mahmud Jasat, Rizwan Mangera (Pan) and Ali Khan (USA) all made their T20I debuts.
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Kenton Young 42 (46)
Cecil Pervez 3/7 (3 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- T'shaka Patterson and Muhammad Zaghlool (Blz) both made their T20I debuts.
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Marc Taylor 60 (37)
Tomas Rossi 3/19 (3.2 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pedro Bruno, Alan Kirschbaum, Tomas Rossi (Arg) and Bhumeshwar Jagroo (Bah) all made their T20I debuts.
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Bernan Stephenson 69 (47)
Khengar Bhai Ahir 3/22 (4 overs) |
Mahmud Jasat 20* (14)
Bernan Stephenson 3/25 (3 overs) |
- Belize won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nathan Banner (Blz), Nikunj Ahir and Yusuf Bhoola (Pan) all made their T20I debuts.
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- United States won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tre Manders and Dominic Sabir (Ber) both made their T20I debuts.
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Kervon Hinds 40 (30)
Malachi Jones 2/9 (4 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to field.
- Sandeep Goud (Bah) and Zeko Burgess (Ber) both made their T20I debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Salman Nazar (Can) made his T20I debut.
- Super Over: United States 22/1, Canada 14/0
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Ramiro Escobar 55 (45)
Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 4/26 (4 overs) |
- Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.
- Augusto Mustafa and Esteban Nino (Arg) both made their T20I debuts.
- Hernán Fennell took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is[26] and became the first bowler for Argentina to take a hat-trick in T20Is.[27]
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- Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.
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Marc Taylor 67 (50)
Keagan Tillett 3/24 (3 overs) |
Maurice Castillo 59 (49)
Kervon Hinds 3/36 (4 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.
- Winford Broaster (Blz) made his T20I debut.
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Kamau Leverock 54 (31)
Irfan Hafejee 3/36 (4 overs) |
Irfan Hafejee 29 (43)
Allan Douglas 2/17 (4 overs) |
- Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
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Kervon Hinds 23 (19)
Nisarg Patel 4/17 (4 overs) |
Aaron Jones 43* (41)
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- Bahamas won the toss and elected to bat.
- Antonio Harris (Bah) made his T20I debut.
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Garret Banner 32 (21)
Rodney Trott 4/15 (4 overs) |
Allan Douglas 54 (25)
Glenford Banner 1/24 (2 overs) |
- Belize won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jabari Darrell (Ber) made his T20I debut.
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Irfan Hafejee 41 (39)
Gregory Taylor 2/24 (3 overs) |
Jonathan Barry 22 (20)
Irfan Hafejee 3/26 (3.3 overs) |
- Bahamas won the toss and elected to field.
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- Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dillon Heyliger became the first bowler for Canada to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[26]
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Irfan Hafejee 14 (21)
Salman Nazar 3/8 (4 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rishiv Joshi and Shreyas Movva (Can) both made their T20I debuts.
- Rayyan Pathan (Can) scored his first century in T20Is.[28]
- Saad Bin Zafar (Can) became the first bowler to bowl four overs in a T20I match without conceding a run.[29]
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