Associate international cricket in 2020

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

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International tours
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]
Women's International tours
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

2020 Women's Central American Cricket Championship

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The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Romania in Belgium

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The series was postponed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

June

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2020 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B

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The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2020 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup Qualifier

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This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

August

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Germany women in Austria

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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

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This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Isle of Man in Guernsey

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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

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The 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

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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

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This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B

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This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C

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This tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Asia Cup Qualifier

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The 2020 Asia Cup was postponed to June 2021, and the qualifier to an unknown date, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ The teams contested a single official T20I, which was the first of a three-match T20 series that was won 3–0 by Guernsey.
  3. ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  6. ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  7. ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  8. ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  9. ^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  10. ^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Cricket: ICC Postpones T20 Americas Qualifier". Bernews. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "T20I series cancelled". Cricket Finland. 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Asia Cup postponed to June 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b @yourmaninmexico (1 April 2020). "CAC is off" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "A very busy and exciting summer programme got entirely affected by the COVID-19". Cricket Belgium Official on Facebook. Retrieved 26 March 2020.