The 2021 Associate international cricket season was from May to September 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 2021. In July 2021, Mongolia and Tajikistan were awarded Associate Membership of the ICC, and Switzerland were also readmitted as associate members.[2]
Season overview
edit| International tours | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | ||
| T20I | |||||
| 8 July 2021 |  Malta
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 Belgium
|
2–3 [5] | ||
| 24 July 2021 | Belgium
|
 Austria
|
2–1 [3] | ||
| 14 August 2021 |  Denmark
|
 Sweden
|
2–1 [3] | ||
| 18 August 2021 |  Rwanda
|
 Ghana
|
2–3 [5] | ||
| 21 August 2021 |  Finland
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Sweden
|
2–2 [4] | ||
| 10 September 2021 |  Spain
|
 Germany
|
2–1 [3] | ||
| International tournaments | |||||
| Start date | Tournament | Winners | |||
| 21 May 2021 |  2021 Central Europe Cup
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Austria
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| 24 June 2021 |  2021 Sofia Twenty20
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 Romania
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| 24 June 2021[n 1] | 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B
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Cancelled[3] | |||
| 5 July 2021[n 2] | 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C
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Cancelled[3] | |||
| 8 July 2021[n 3] | 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A
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Cancelled[3] | |||
| 17 July 2021[n 4] |  2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
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Postponed[3] | |||
| 5 August 2021 | 2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series
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Germany
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| 12 August 2021[n 5] |  2021 Baltic Cup
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Estonia
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| 19 August 2021 |  2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series
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Portugal
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| 2 September 2021 | 2021 Continental Cup
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Romania
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| Women's international tours | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | |||
| WT20I | ||||||
| 8 July 2021 | Germany
|
 France
|
5–0 [5] | |||
| 23 July 2021[n 6] |  Jersey
|
 Guernsey
|
[3] | |||
| 9 August 2021 |  Italy
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Austria
|
2–3 [5] | |||
| 29 August 2021[n 7] | Sweden
|
 Norway
|
1–0 [1] | |||
| Women's international tournaments | ||||||
| Start date | Tournament | Winners | ||||
| 6 June 2021 | 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
|
 Kenya
| ||||
| 26 August 2021 | 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
|
 Scotland
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May
edit2021 Central Europe Cup
edit| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.370 |
 Luxembourg
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.015 |
| Czech Republic
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.151 |
| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| T20I 1159 | 21 May | Czech Republic |
Sudesh Wickramasekara | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | Czech Republic by 9 wickets
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| T20I 1160 | 21 May | Austria |
Razmal Shigiwal | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | Austria by 5 runs (DLS)
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| T20I 1161 | 22 May | Czech Republic |
Sudesh Wickramasekara | Austria |
Razmal Shigiwal | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | Austria by 78 runs
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| T20I 1162 | 22 May | Czech Republic |
Sudesh Wickramasekara | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | Luxembourg by 6 wickets
| |
| T20I 1163 | 23 May | Austria |
Razmal Shigiwal | Luxembourg |
Joost Mees | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | Luxembourg by 5 wickets
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| T20I 1164 | 23 May | Czech Republic |
Sudesh Wickramasekara | Austria |
Razmal Shigiwal | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague | Austria by 4 wickets (DLS)
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June
edit2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
edit| Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Namibia
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.662 |
| Kenya
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.957 |
| Rwanda
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.095 |
 Nigeria
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.993 |
 Botswana
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.249 |
2021 Sofia Twenty20 Series
edit| Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +4.011 |
| Bulgaria
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.200 |
 Greece
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.445 |
 Serbia
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.502 |
| Round-robin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| T20I 1166 | 24 June | Bulgaria |
Prakash Mishra | Serbia |
Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Bulgaria by 61 runs
| |
| T20I 1167 | 24 June | Greece |
Anastasios Manousis | Romania |
Ramesh Satheesan | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Romania by 3 wickets
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| T20I 1169 | 25 June | Greece |
Anastasios Manousis | Serbia |
Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Greece by 5 wickets
| |
| T20I 1170 | 25 June | Bulgaria |
Prakash Mishra | Romania |
Ramesh Satheesan | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Romania by 7 wickets
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| T20I 1171 | 25 June | Romania |
Ramesh Satheesan | Serbia |
Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Romania by 91 runs
| |
| T20I 1172 | 26 June | Bulgaria |
Prakash Mishra | Greece |
Anastasios Manousis | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Bulgaria by 64 runs
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| Play-offs | ||||||||
| T20I 1173 | 26 June | Romania |
Ramesh Satheesan | Serbia |
Aleksa Djorovic | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Romania by 10 wickets
| |
| T20I 1175 | 26 June | Bulgaria |
Prakash Mishra | Greece |
Anastasios Manousis | National Sports Academy, Sofia | No result | |
| T20I 1177 | 27 June | Bulgaria |
Prakash Mishra | Romania |
Ramesh Satheesan | National Sports Academy, Sofia | Romania by 7 wickets
| |
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B
editThe tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
July
edit2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C
editThe tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A
editThe tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Belgium in Malta
edit| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1182 | 8 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | Malta by 6 wickets
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| T20I 1183 | 8 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | Belgium by 10 wickets
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| T20I 1184 | 9 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | Belgium by 4 wickets
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| T20I 1186 | 10 July | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | Malta by penalty runs
| |||
| T20I 1187 | 10 July | Bikram Arora | Nemish Mehta | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | Belgium by 39 runs
| |||
France women in Germany
edit| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| WT20I 913 | 8 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 9 wickets
| |||
| WT20I 914 | 8 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 8 wickets
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| WT20I 915 | 9 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 65 runs
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| WT20I 917 | 10 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 9 wickets
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| WT20I 918 | 10 July | Anuradha Doddaballapur | Emmanuelle Brelivet | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 34 runs
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Guernsey women in Jersey
editThe series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Inter-Insular WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st WT20I] | 23 July | Farmers' Field, Saint Martin | ||||||
| [2nd WT20I] | 24 July | Farmers' Field, Saint Martin | ||||||
| [3rd WT20I] | 25 July | Farmers' Field, Saint Martin | ||||||
Austria in Belgium
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1199 | 24 July | Sheraz Sheikh | Razmal Shigiwal | Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo | Belgium by 7 wickets
| |||
| T20I 1200 | 24 July | Sheraz Sheikh | Razmal Shigiwal | Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo | Belgium by 12 runs (DLS)
| |||
| T20I 1202 | 25 July | Sheraz Sheikh | Razmal Shigiwal | Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo | Austria by 6 wickets
| |||
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
editThe tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
August
edit2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series
edit| Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.809 |
| Norway
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.365 |
| France
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.161 |
| Round-robin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| T20I 1213 | 5 August | Germany |
Venkatraman Ganesan | Norway |
Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 5 wickets
| |
| T20I 1214 | 5 August | France |
Usman Shahid | Norway |
Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | France by 4 wickets
| |
| T20I 1215 | 6 August | Germany |
Venkatraman Ganesan | France |
Usman Shahid | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 2 wickets (DLS)
| |
| T20I 1217 | 7 August | Germany |
Venkatraman Ganesan | France |
Usman Shahid | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 48 runs
| |
| T20I 1219 | 7 August | France |
Usman Shahid | Norway |
Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Norway by 3 runs
| |
| T20I 1220 | 8 August | Germany |
Venkatraman Ganesan | Norway |
Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Norway by 51 runs
| |
| Final | ||||||||
| T20I 1221 | 8 August | Germany |
Venkatraman Ganesan | Norway |
Raza Iqbal | Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld | Germany by 6 wickets (DLS)
| |
Austria women in Italy
edit| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| WT20I 924 | 9 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | Italy by 8 wickets
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| WT20I 925 | 10 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | Austria by 7 wickets
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| WT20I 926 | 11 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | Austria by 7 runs
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| WT20I 927 | 11 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | Austria by 6 wickets
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| WT20I 928 | 12 August | Kumudu Peddrick | Gandhali Bapat | Roma Cricket Ground, Rome | Italy by 1 run
| |||
2021 Baltic Cup
editMatches played at the Baltic Cup did not have T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC.[4]
| Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +3.054 |
 Latvia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.470 |
| Estonia 'A'
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.601 |
 Lithuania
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –5.287 |
| Round-robin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| 1st Match | 12 August | Estonia |
Marko Vaik | Lithuania |
Neeraj Madhivannan | National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn | Estonia by 143 runs
| |
| 2nd Match | 12 August | Estonia 'A' |
Bejon Sarker | Latvia |
Biswajit Mohapathra | National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn | Latvia by 4 wickets
| |
| 3rd Match | 13 August | Estonia |
Marko Vaik | Estonia 'A' |
Tim Cross | National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn | Estonia by 7 wickets
| |
| 4th Match | 13 August | Latvia |
Mehdi Faraaz Abbas | Lithuania |
Neeraj Madhivannan | National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn | Latvia by 89 runs
| |
| 5th Match | 13 August | Estonia |
Marko Vaik | Latvia |
Mehdi Faraaz Abbas | National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn | Estonia by 12 runs
| |
| 6th Match | 13 August | Estonia 'A' |
Tim Cross | Lithuania |
Neeraj Madhivannan | National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn | Estonia 'A' by 8 wickets
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Sweden in Denmark
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1223 | 14 August | Frederik Klokker | Abhijit Venkatesh | Svanholm Park, Brøndby | Denmark by 8 runs
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| T20I 1224 | 14 August | Frederik Klokker | Abhijit Venkatesh | Svanholm Park, Brøndby | Sweden by 3 wickets
| |||
| T20I 1225 | 15 August | Frederik Klokker | Abhijit Venkatesh | Svanholm Park, Brøndby | Denmark by 6 wickets
| |||
Ghana in Rwanda
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1226 | 18 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | Rwanda by 1 wicket
| |||
| T20I 1227 | 18 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | Ghana by 2 wickets
| |||
| T20I 1229 | 20 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | Rwanda by 57 runs
| |||
| T20I 1231 | 20 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | Ghana by concession
| |||
| T20I 1234 | 21 August | Clinton Rubagumya | Obed Harvey | Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | Ghana by 7 wickets
| |||
2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series
edit| Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.110 |
| Malta
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.159 |
 Gibraltar
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.952 |
| Round-robin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| T20I 1228 | 19 August | Portugal |
Najjam Shahzad | Malta |
Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | Portugal by 6 wickets
| |
| T20I 1230 | 20 August | Gibraltar |
Edmund Packard | Malta |
Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | Malta by 8 wickets
| |
| T20I 1233 | 21 August | Portugal |
Najjam Shahzad | Gibraltar |
Edmund Packard | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | Portugal by 96 runs
| |
| T20I 1236 | 21 August | Gibraltar |
Edmund Packard | Malta |
Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | Malta by 4 runs
| |
| T20I 1238 | 22 August | Portugal |
Najjam Shahzad | Gibraltar |
Edmund Packard | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | Portugal by 110 runs
| |
| T20I 1240 | 22 August | Portugal |
Najjam Shahzad | Malta |
Bikram Arora | Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria | Portugal by 3 wickets
| |
Sweden in Finland
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1232 | 21 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | Finland by 4 wickets
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| T20I 1235 | 21 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | Finland by 4 wickets
| |||
| T20I 1237 | 22 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | Sweden by 3 wickets (DLS)
| |||
| T20I 1239 | 22 August | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | Sweden by 6 wickets
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2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.842 |
| 2 |  Ireland
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.743 |
| 3 |  Netherlands
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.870 |
| 4 | Germany
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −3.188 |
| 5 | France
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −5.647 |
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2021. Source: ESPN Cricinfo[5]
advances to global qualifier
Norway women in Sweden
edit| WT20I match | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| WT20I 939 | 29 August | Gunjan Shukla | Pooja Kumari | Guttsta Wicked Cricket Ground, Kolsva | Sweden by 2 wickets
| |||
September
edit2021 Continental Cup
edit
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Germany in Spain
edit| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1262 | 10 September | Christian Munoz-Mills | Venkatraman Ganesan | Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería | Germany by 7 wickets
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| T20I 1266 | 11 September | Christian Munoz-Mills | Venkatraman Ganesan | Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería | Spain by 5 wickets
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| T20I 1268 | 11 September | Christian Munoz-Mills | Venkatraman Ganesan | Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería | Spain by 1 wicket
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The tournament was cancelled 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 tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ Matches played at the Baltic Cup were not given T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC.
- ^ The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The teams contested a single official WT20I, which was the last of a three-match T20 series that was won 3–0 by Sweden.
References
edit- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC welcomes Mongolia, Tajikistan and Switzerland as new Members". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Three men's T20 World Cup 2022 qualifying events called off because of Covid-19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Baltic Cup Schedule 2021". cricheroes. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2021.