2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier

2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
Dates18 – 25 October 2021
Administrator(s)ICC Americas
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s) Mexico
Champions United States
Runners-up Brazil
Participants4
Matches12
Player of the seriesCanada Divya Saxena[1]
Most runsCanada Divya Saxena (180)
Most wicketsBrazil Laura Cardoso (11)
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The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament played in Mexico in October 2021.[2] The matches were played as Twenty20 International (T20I) fixtures, with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[3] Argentina and Brazil competed in an ICC women's event for the first time since 2012.[4] The tournament's fixtures were confirmed in September 2021.[5] The United States won the tournament, winning five of their six matches.[6]

There was a controversial incident in the first over of the second clash between Canada and the United States when Canadian opener Divya Saxena mishit the first delivery she faced into the air close to the pitch, then ran towards the ball causing the bowler, wicketkeeper and other fielders to fail to take what should have been a simple catch.[7] The umpires took no action despite Saxena breaking Law 37.1 ("Obstructing the field"), and the batter went on to top score with 40 runs in a narrow seven-run win over the Americans. This was the only match that the United States lost in the tournament.[8]

  1. ^ "Divya Saxena named ICC Women's ICC Women's T20 CWC Qualifier Tournament MVP". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "ICC's East-Asia Pacific qualifiers in Japan cancelled". CricBuzz. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ "ICC T20 World Cup America Qualifiers to begin on October 18 in Mexico". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Team USA finish brilliantly as champions of the ICC Americas T20 World Cup Qualifier in Mexico". USA Cricket. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Watch: 'Gloriously blatant piece of obstructing the field' given not out in USA-Canada fixture". Wisden. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Canada cricketer allowed to continue her innings after obstructing the field against USA". CricTracker. Retrieved 1 November 2021.