The 2020 Associate international cricket season was from May to August 2020. All official twenty over matches between Associate members of the ICC were eligible to have full Twenty20 International (T20I) or Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 July 2018 (women's teams) and 1 January 2019 (men's teams).[1] The season included all T20I/WT20I cricket series mostly involving ICC Associate members, that were played in addition to series covered in International cricket in 2020. On 24 March, ICC announced that all qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June had been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifiers and the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Eastern Region Qualifier.[2]
Season overview
edit| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | |||||
| 2 May 2020[n 1] |  Belgium
|
 Romania
|
[3] | ||
| 21 August 2020[n 2] |  Guernsey
|
 Isle of Man
|
1–0 [1] | ||
| International tournaments | |||||
| Start date | Tournament | Winners | |||
| 26 June 2020[n 3] |  2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B
|
Postponed[2] | |||
| 16 August 2020[n 4] |  2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
|
Postponed[3] | |||
| 25 August 2020[n 5] |  2020 T20I Nordic Cup
|
Cancelled[4] | |||
| 28 August 2020 |  2020 Luxembourg T20I Trophy
|
Belgium
| |||
| August 2020[n 6] |  2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A
|
Postponed | |||
| August 2020[n 7] |  2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B
|
Postponed | |||
| August 2020[n 8] | 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C
|
Postponed | |||
| August 2020[n 9] | 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier
|
Postponed[5] | |||
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT20I | ||||||
| 12 August 2020 |  Austria
|
 Germany
|
0–5 [5] | |||
| Women's international tournaments | ||||||
| Start date | Tournament | Winners | ||||
| 1 May 2020[n 10] |  2020 Central American Championship
|
Cancelled[6] | ||||
| June 2020 | 2020 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup Qualifier
|
Postponed | ||||
May
edit2020 Women's Central American Cricket Championship
editThe tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Romania in Belgium
editThe series was postponed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
June
edit2020 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B
editThe tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
2020 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup Qualifier
editThis tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
August
editGermany women in Austria
edit| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| WT20I 867 | 12 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 82 runs
| |||
| WT20I 868 | 13 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 138 runs
| |||
| WT20I 869 | 13 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 10 wickets
| |||
| WT20I 870 | 14 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 137 runs
| |||
| WT20I 871 | 15 August | Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria | Germany by 79 runs
| |||
2020 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
editThis tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Isle of Man in Guernsey
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1085 | 21 August | Josh Butler | Matthew Ansell | College Field, Saint Peter Port | Guernsey by 8 wickets
| |||
2020 T20I Nordic Cup
editThe Nordic Cup was cancelled a week before it was due to begin due to travel restrictions resulting from increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Denmark.[4]
2020 Luxembourg T20I Trophy
edit| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.738 |
| Luxembourg
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.449 |
 Czech Republic
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2.426 |
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I 1086 | 28 August | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Czech Republic |
Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Luxembourg by 63 runs (DLS)
|
| T20I 1088 | 29 August | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Czech Republic |
Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Czech Republic by 5 wickets
|
| T20I 1089 | 29 August | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Belgium |
Shaheryar Butt | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 37 runs
|
| T20I 1090 | 29 August | Belgium |
Shaheryar Butt | Czech Republic |
Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 46 runs
|
| T20I 1091 | 30 August | Belgium |
Shaheryar Butt | Czech Republic |
Edward Knowles | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 87 runs
|
| T20I 1092 | 30 August | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Belgium |
Shaheryar Butt | Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange | Belgium by 49 runs
|
2020 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A
editThis tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B
editThis tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C
editThis tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Asia Cup Qualifier
editThe 2020 Asia Cup was postponed to June 2021, and the qualifier to an unknown date, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The teams contested a single official T20I, which was the first of a three-match T20 series that was won 3–0 by Guernsey.
- ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
edit- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Cricket: ICC Postpones T20 Americas Qualifier". Bernews. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ a b "T20I series cancelled". Cricket Finland. 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Asia Cup postponed to June 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ a b @yourmaninmexico (1 April 2020). "CAC is off" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "A very busy and exciting summer programme got entirely affected by the COVID-19". Cricket Belgium Official on Facebook. Retrieved 26 March 2020.