The 2020–21 Associate international cricket season was from September 2020 to April 2021. 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 2020–21.
Season overview
edit| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | ||||||
| 23 September 2020 |  Bulgaria
|
 Malta
|
0–2 [4] | |||
| 16 October 2020 |  Romania
|
Bulgaria
|
3–1 [4] | |||
| 9 February 2021[n 1] |  Qatar
|
 Nepal
|
[3] | |||
| 3 April 2021 |  Namibia
|
 Uganda
|
3–0 [3] | |||
| 17 April 2021[n 2] |  Belgium
|
Malta
|
[4] | |||
| 24 April 2021[n 3] | Belgium
|
Romania
|
[3] | |||
| International tournaments | ||||||
| Start date | Tournament | Winners | ||||
| 24 September 2020[n 4] |  2020 Central Europe Cup
|
Cancelled[2] | ||||
| 3 December 2020[n 5] |  2020 South American Championship
|
Cancelled[3] | ||||
| 17 April 2021 | 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
|
Nepal
| ||||
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT20I | ||||||
| 24 January 2021[n 6] | Namibia
|
 Zimbabwe
|
[5] | |||
| Women's international tournaments | ||||||
| Start date | Tournament | Winners | ||||
| 3 December 2020[n 7] | 2020 South American Championship
|
Cancelled[3] | ||||
September
edit2020 Central Europe Cup
editThe 2020 Central Europe Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Malta in Bulgaria
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1098 | 23 September | Prakash Mishra | Samuel Aquilina | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Malta by 57 runs
| |||
| T20I 1099 | 23 September | Prakash Mishra | Samuel Aquilina | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Malta by 8 wickets
| |||
| T20I 1100 | 24 September | Prakash Mishra | Samuel Aquilina | National Sports Academy, Sofia | No result | |||
| T20I 1100a | 24 September | Prakash Mishra | Samuel Aquilina | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Match abandoned | |||
October
editBulgaria in Romania
edit| Balkan Cup – T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1101 | 16 October | Ramesh Satheesan | Prakash Mishra | Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County | Bulgaria by 33 runs
| |||
| T20I 1102 | 17 October | Ramesh Satheesan | Prakash Mishra | Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County | Romania by 52 runs
| |||
| T20I 1103 | 17 October | Ramesh Satheesan | Prakash Mishra | Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County | Romania by 34 runs
| |||
| T20I 1104 | 18 October | Ramesh Satheesan | Prakash Mishra | Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County | Romania by 6 wickets
| |||
December
edit2020 South American Cricket Championship
editThe 2020 South American Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
January
editZimbabwe women in Namibia
editThe series was postponed in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st WT20I | 24 January | Irene van Zyl | United Ground, Windhoek | |||||
| 2nd WT20I | 25 January | Irene van Zyl | United Ground, Windhoek | |||||
| 3rd WT20I | 27 January | Irene van Zyl | United Ground, Windhoek | |||||
| 4th WT20I | 28 January | Irene van Zyl | United Ground, Windhoek | |||||
| 5th WT20I | 30 January | Irene van Zyl | United Ground, Windhoek | |||||
February
editNepal in Qatar
editThe series was postponed in February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st T20I] | 9 February | West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha | ||||||
| [2nd T20I] | 10 February | West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha | ||||||
| [3rd T20I] | 12 February | West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha | ||||||
April
editUganda in Namibia
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1142 | 3 April | Gerhard Erasmus | Arnold Otwani | Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek | Namibia by 7 wickets
| |||
| T20I 1143 | 5 April | Gerhard Erasmus | Arnold Otwani | Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek | Namibia by 20 runs (DLS)
| |||
| T20I 1144 | 5 April | Gerhard Erasmus | Arnold Otwani | Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek | Namibia by 65 runs
| |||
2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
edit| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.507 |
 Netherlands
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | –0.425 |
 Malaysia
|
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –2.359 |
Malta in Belgium
editThe series was postponed in April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Romania in Belgium
editThe series was postponed in April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later rearranged to be played as a five-match series in Malta in 2021.
- ^ The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The tour 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 "Central Europe Cup cancelled". CricketEurope. 15 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ a b c @brasil_cricket (12 August 2020). "Due to the current situation in South America we're cancelling the South American Championships that had been postponed to Nov/Dec 2019" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "NAM v ZIM women series postponed". Cricket Namibia. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Nepal Tour to Qatar Postponed". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b ""Belgium on the Global and European Cricket Map" by Corey Rutgers". Czarsportz (via YouTube). Retrieved 16 April 2021.