2008 ICC Americas Championship

The ICC Americas Championship is the continental cricket championship for the Americas region, for Affiliate and Associate members of the International Cricket Council in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Since 2006, the tournament is organized in three divisions.

2008 ICC Americas Championship
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s)United States United States
Champions United States (2nd title)
Participants6 of 13
Matches15
Player of the seriesUnited States Sushil Nadkarni
Most runsUnited States Sushil Nadkarni (407)
Most wicketsUnited States Imran Awan (9)
Argentina Diego Lord (9)

The division three was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This tournament was won by Turks and Caicos and won one spot in the division two (played in Paramaribo, Suriname. The division two was won by the host. Suriname won one spot in the division one. The division one was played in Fort Lauderdale, United States, and was won by the host.[1]

Division One

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Division One was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, commencing on November 25. Six teams took part: United States (hosts), Bermuda (holders), Canada, Argentina, Cayman Islands, and Suriname (making their first appearance at this level after winning Division Two.[2] The three venues was Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City, Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Turf Ground and Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Artificial Ground both in Fort Lauderdale

United States won the tournament won all its games. Sushil Nadkarni (USA) was named the player of the series. Nadkarni was the leader in runs with 407 and Imran Awan (USA) and Diego Lord (Argentina) taken 9 wickets. Suriname finished bottom of the table, and were relegated back to Division Two.

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   United States 5 5 0 0 0 20 2.822
2   Bermuda 5 3 1 0 1 14 1.785
3   Canada 5 3 1 0 1 14 1.714
4   Cayman Islands 5 2 3 0 0 8 −0.719
5   Argentina 5 1 4 0 0 4 −1.253
6   Suriname 5 0 5 0 0 0 −3.698
Source: [citation needed]

Division two

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The 2008 Division Three tournament, held in Suriname, saw a very close contest, with three teams each finishing with two wins. The host nation defied the odds going into the last game, skittling the Bahamas for just 57 runs, allowing them to jump to the top of the table and qualify for Division One.[3] Troy Dudnauth (Suriname) was named the player of the tournament.

Results

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No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1 3 April   Panama Soyab Chohan   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Owru Kul oval, Paramaribo   Panama by 31 runs
2 3 April   Turks and Caicos Islands Ralph Doughty   Bahamas Narendra Ekanayake Snellen Park, Paramaribo   Bahamas by 9 wickets
3 4 April   Panama Soyab Chohan   Bahamas Narendra Ekanayake Snellen Park, Paramaribo   Bahamas by 6 wickets
4 4 April   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan   Turks and Caicos Islands Ralph Doughty Owru Kul oval, Paramaribo   Suriname by 112 runs
5 5 April   Panama Soyab Chohan   Turks and Caicos Islands Ralph Doughty Owru Kul oval, Paramaribo   Panama by 95 runs
6 5 April   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan   Bahamas Narendra Ekanayake Snellen Park, Paramaribo   Suriname by 146 runs

Points Table

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Team Played Won Lost Tied NR Points NRR
  Suriname 3 2 1 0 0 8 1.513
  Bahamas 3 2 1 0 0 8 1.023
  Panama 3 2 1 0 0 8 -0.055
  Turks and Caicos Islands 3 0 3 0 0 0 -2.734

Division three

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The 2008 Division Three tournament was held in Argentina and again saw an official international debut, this time that of Peru. The tournament was won by the Turks and Caicos Islands who thereby gained a place in the 2008 edition of Division Two in Suriname.[4] Simon Shalders (Chile) was named the player of the tournament

Results

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No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1 11 February   Chile Simon Shalders   Belize Dirk Sutherland Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires   Chile by 26 runs
2 11 February   Peru Chris Abbott   Turks and Caicos Islands Ralph Doughty Maurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires   Turks and Caicos Islands by 8 wickets
3 12 February   Turks and Caicos Islands Ralph Doughty   Chile Simon Shalders Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires   Chile by 8 wickets
4 12 February   Belize Dirk Sutherland   Brazil Matt Featherstone Maurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires   Belize by 139 runs
5 13 February   Chile Simon Shalders   Peru Ian Hildebrand Maurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires   Chile by 54 runs
6 13 February   Brazil Matt Featherstone   Turks and Caicos Islands Ralph Doughty Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires   Turks and Caicos Islands by 5 wickets
7 15 February   Brazil Matt Featherstone   Chile Simon Shalders Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires   Brazil by 37 runs
8 15 February   Belize Dirk Sutherland   Peru Ian Hildebrand Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires   Belize by 34 runs
9 16 February   Peru Ian Hildebrand   Brazil Matt Featherstone Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires   Peru by 63 runs
10 16 February   Turks and Caicos Islands Ralph Doughty   Belize Dirk Sutherland Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires   Turks and Caicos Islands by 3 runs

Points Table

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Team Played Won Lost Tied NR Points NRR
  Turks and Caicos Islands 4 3 1 0 0 12 1.424
  Chile 4 3 1 0 0 12 0.410
  Belize 4 2 2 0 0 8 0.720
  Peru 4 1 3 0 0 4 -0.782
  Brazil 4 1 3 0 0 4 -1.436

References

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  1. ^ "USA crowned Americas cricket champions". Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  2. ^ Cricinfo
  3. ^ Cricinfo "Suriname stun dire Bahamas" (retrieved April 8, 2008)
  4. ^ "Turks & Caicos Islands Win Division 3 in Thrilling Finale". Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
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