2023 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier

The 2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[1][2] The first stage of the qualification pathway in the Americas region was the sub-regional qualifier, played in Argentina between 25 February and 4 March 2023.^[3] The top three teams in the sub-regional qualifier progressed to the Americas regional final, which was played in Bermuda between 30 September and 7 October 2023,^[4] where they were joined by Canada, who competed in the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A in Oman. The winner of the Americas Regional Final qualified for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The West Indies and the United States, qualified for the World Cup as hosts.^[5]

Bermuda were the first team to advance from the sub-regional qualifier after winning their opening three matches.^[6] They went on to win their final game, against Bahamas, to seal a sweep of victories and finish top of the points table.^[7] Cayman Islands and Panama were the other two qualifiers from the sub-regional tournament.^[8] Canada defeated Bermuda in the final game of the regional final to secure a place at the 2024 T20 World Cup due to net run rate.^[9]

Teams

Sub-regional Qualifier	Regional Final
Argentina  Bahamas  Belize  Bermuda  Brazil  Cayman Islands  Panama  Suriname	Bermuda[a]  Canada[b]  Cayman Islands[a]  Panama[a]

1. Advanced from the sub-regional qualifier
2. Received a bye after competing in the 2022 global qualifiers

Sub-regional Qualifier

2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Sub-regional Qualifier

Dates	25 February 2023 – 4 March 2023
Administrator(s)	ICC Americas
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Argentina
Champions	Bermuda
Runners-up	Cayman Islands
Participants	5
Matches	10
Player of the series	Kamau Leverock
Most runs	Kamau Leverock (202)
Most wickets	Hernán Fennell (9)
2024 →

Squads

Argentina[10]	Bahamas[11]	Bermuda[12]	Cayman Islands[13]	Panama[14]
Hernán Fennell (c) Bruno Angeletti Pedro Arrighi Pedro Baron Ramiro Escobar (wk) Alejandro Ferguson Agustin Husain Alan Kirschbaum David Mauro Lautaro Musiani Augusto Mustafa Agustin Rivero Santiago Rossi Tomas Rossi	Marc Taylor (c) Jonathan Barry Festus Benn (wk) Turan Brown Keith Burrows Narendra Ekanayake Sandeep Goud Everette Haven Kervon Hinds Julio Jemison Ashok Nair Junior Scott Gregory Taylor (wk) Dwight Wheatley	Delray Rawlins (c) Jacob Albertze Derrick Brangman Zeko Burgess Jabari Darrell Terryn Fray (wk) Malachi Jones Kamau Leverock Tre Manders Justin Pitcher Jarryd Richardson (wk) Dominic Sabir Sinclair Smith (wk) Charles Trott Matthew Watson	Ramon Sealy (c, wk) Jahmeal Buchanan Paul Chin (wk) Brian Corbin Sacha De Alwis Patrick Heron Thilina Hewa Alistair Ifill Demar Johnson Paul Manning Troy Taylor Omar Willis (wk) Adrian Wright Conroy Wright	Irfan Hafejee (c) Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir (wk) Khengar Bhai Ahir Nikunj Ahir Rahul Ahir Vishal Ahir Abdullah Jasat Mahmud Jasat Ahmed Patel Faizan Patel Huzaifa Patel (wk) Sohel Patel Mohmad Sohel Patel Ahmadi Ravat (wk)

Charles Trott was ruled out of the Bermuda squad after suffering a broken ankle during a warm-up event in Florida and was replaced by Jarryd Richardson.^[15]

Argentina v Bermuda T20I series

Bermuda cricket team in Argentina in 2022–23
	Argentina	Bermuda
Dates	21 – 22 February 2023
Captains	Hernán Fennell	Delray Rawlins
Twenty20 International series
Results	Bermuda won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Pedro Baron (72)	Kamau Leverock (110)
Most wickets	Pedro Arrighi (3)	Delray Rawlins (6)

Argentina and Bermuda played a two-match T20I series in preparation for the qualifier.^[16] Bermuda won both of the matches.^[17]

1st T20I

21 February 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Argentina  77 (17.2 overs)	v	Bermuda 78/4 (15.5 overs)
Pedro Arrighi 18 (22) Delray Rawlins 4/10 (4 overs)		Malachi Jones 19* (27) Agustin Husain 1/9 (2 overs)

Bermuda won by 6 wickets Club San Albano, Burzaco Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI) Player of the match: Delray Rawlins (Ber)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.
• Agustin Rivero (Arg) and Jarryd Richardson (Ber) both made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

22 February 2023 15:00 Scorecard

Bermuda  226/4 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 119/5 (20 overs)
Kamau Leverock 97 (56) Tomas Rossi 2/29 (4 overs)		Pedro Baron 57 (68) Delray Rawlins 2/18 (4 overs)

Bermuda won by 107 runs Estadio Belgrano Athletic, Buenos Aires Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI) Player of the match: Delray Rawlins (Ber)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to field.
• David Mauro (Arg) and Jacob Albertze (Ber) both made their T20I debuts.

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Bermuda	4	4	0	0	8	4.897	Advanced to the regional final
2	Cayman Islands	4	3	1	0	6	−0.638
3	Panama	4	1	3	0	2	−0.413
4	Argentina	4	1	3	0	2	−1.527
5	Bahamas	4	1	3	0	2	−1.785

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[18]

Fixtures

25 February 2023 10:30 Scorecard

Panama  139/8 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 86 (17.1 overs)
Mohmad Sohel Patel 42 (30) Hernán Fennell 3/17 (4 overs)		Alejandro Ferguson 25 (39) Khengar Bhai Ahir 3/16 (4 overs)

Panama won by 53 runs Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Mohmad Sohel Patel (Pan)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to field.
• Rahul Ahir, Vishal Ahir, Ahmed Patel, Faizan Patel, Sohel Patel and Ahmadi Ravat (Pan) all made their T20I debuts.

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25 February 2023 15:00 Scorecard

Bermuda  173/3 (20 overs)	v	Cayman Islands 77/9 (20 overs)
Delray Rawlins 59* (43) Adrian Wright 2/19 (4 overs)		Alistair Ifill 25 (39) Kamau Leverock 3/15 (4 overs)

Bermuda won by 96 runs Club San Albano, Burzaco Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Nigel Duguid (WI) Player of the match: Kamau Leverock (Ber)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
• Thilina Hewa and Adrian Wright (Cay) both made their T20I debuts.

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26 February 2023 10:30 Scorecard

Panama  101/9 (20 overs)	v	Bahamas 105/6 (18.3 overs)
Faizan Patel 23 (24) Jonathan Barry 2/3 (2 overs)		Marc Taylor 49 (32) Rahul Ahir 3/14 (4 overs)

Bahamas won by 4 wickets Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI) Player of the match: Marc Taylor (Bah)

• Panama won the toss and elected to bat.
• Turan Brown, Narendra Ekanayake, Junior Scott (Bah) and Huzaifa Patel (Pan) all made their T20I debuts.

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26 February 2023 15:00 Scorecard

Bermuda  220/2 (20 overs)	v	Argentina 110/9 (20 overs)
Tre Manders 74 (41) Alan Kirschbaum 1/44 (4 overs)		Alejandro Ferguson 32 (32) Delray Rawlins 4/11 (4 overs)

Bermuda won by 110 runs Estadio Belgrano Athletic, Buenos Aires Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Delray Rawlins (Ber)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

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28 February 2023 10:30 Scorecard

Cayman Islands  125 (19.5 overs)	v	Bahamas 94/8 (20 overs)
Sacha De Alwis 74 (57) Kervon Hinds 5/18 (4 overs)		Marc Taylor 35 (37) Jahmeal Buchanan 2/13 (3 overs)

Cayman Islands won by 31 runs Club San Albano, Burzaco Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Emmerson Carrington (Ber) Player of the match: Sacha De Alwis (Cay)

• Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jahmeal Buchanan and Brian Corbin (Cay) both made their T20I debuts.
• Kervon Hinds became the first bowler for Bahamas to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.^[19]

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28 February 2023 15:00 Scorecard

Bermuda  196/1 (20 overs)	v	Panama 136/6 (20 overs)
Kamau Leverock 103 (58) Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 1/19 (3 overs)		Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 51 (34) Kamau Leverock 2/15 (2 overs)

Bermuda won by 60 runs Estadio Belgrano Athletic, Buenos Aires Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Kamau Leverock (Ber)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kamau Leverock became the first player for Bermuda to score a century in T20Is.^[20]

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2 March 2023 10:30 Scorecard

Cayman Islands  138/7 (20 overs)	v	Panama 126 (19.5 overs)
Ramon Sealy 38 (29) Irfan Hafejee 3/18 (4 overs)		Vishal Ahir 24 (13) Alistair Ifill 3/24 (4 overs)

Cayman Islands won by 12 runs Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Ramon Sealy (Cay)

• Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

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2 March 2023 15:00 Scorecard

Argentina  117/7 (20 overs)	v	Bahamas 74 (19.3 overs)
Lautaro Musiani 44* (34) Marc Taylor 3/17 (4 overs)		Gregory Taylor 19 (29) Hernán Fennell 4/16 (3.3 overs)

Argentina won by 43 runs Club San Albano, Burzaco Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Lautaro Musiani (Arg)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.

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4 March 2023 10:30 Scorecard

Bahamas  73/9 (20 overs)	v	Bermuda 74/1 (7.2 overs)
Jonathan Barry 30* (51) Derrick Brangman 4/15 (4 overs)		Kamau Leverock 48* (26) Jonathan Barry 1/10 (1.2 overs)

Bermuda won by 9 wickets Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Kamau Leverock (Ber)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.

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4 March 2023 15:00 Scorecard

Argentina  125/7 (20 overs)	v	Cayman Islands 126/7 (19.5 overs)
Alejandro Ferguson 50 (56) Troy Taylor 3/22 (4 overs)		Sacha De Alwis 44 (41) Santiago Rossi 2/27 (4 overs)

Cayman Islands won by 3 wickets Estadio Belgrano Athletic, Buenos Aires Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Alejandro Ferguson (Arg)

• Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.

Regional Final

2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier Regional Final

Dates	30 September – 7 October 2023
Administrator(s)	ICC Americas
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Host(s)	Bermuda
Champions	Canada
Runners-up	Bermuda
Participants	4
Matches	12
Player of the series	Kamau Leverock
Most runs	Kamau Leverock (213)
Most wickets	Kaleem Sana (15)
← 2021 2025 →

Squads

Bermuda[21]	Canada[22]	Cayman Islands[23]	Panama[24]
Delray Rawlins (c) Derrick Brangman Zeko Burgess Allan Douglas Terryn Fray (wk) Kamau Leverock Tre Manders Cejay Outerbridge Alje Richardson Jarryd Richardson (wk) Dominic Sabir Sinclair Smith (wk) Charles Trott Macquille Walker	Saad Bin Zafar (c) Shahid Ahmadzai Dilpreet Bajwa Navneet Dhaliwal Nikhil Dutta Jeremy Gordon Dillon Heyliger Aaron Johnson Nicholas Kirton Shreyas Movva (wk) Kaleem Sana Gurpal Sidhu Pargat Singh Harsh Thaker Srimantha Wijeratne (wk)	Ramon Sealy (c) Paul Manning (vc) Christopher Balraj Kevon Bazil Paul Chin (wk) Brian Corbin Sacha De Alwis Romeo Dunka Patrick Heron Alistair Ifill Mohan Manivannan Alessandro Morris Akshay Naidoo Troy Taylor Conroy Wright	Laxman Gaonkar (c, wk) Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir (vc, wk) Jay Ahir Khengar Bhai Ahir Nikunj Ahir Rahul Ahir Sohilkumar Ahir Ibrahim Bhana Abdulla Bhoola Mahmad Data Yusuf Ebrahim Abdullah Jasat Mahmud Jasat Faizan Patel Mohmad Sohel Patel

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Canada	6	4	1	1	9	3.980	Qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup
2	Bermuda	6	4	1	1	9	2.410
3	Cayman Islands	6	1	3	2	4	−3.748
4	Panama	6	0	4	2	2	−4.561

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[25]

Fixtures

30 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Bermuda  181/9 (20 overs)	v	Canada 95 (17 overs)
Kamau Leverock 83 (43) Kaleem Sana 4/23 (4 overs)		Nikhil Dutta 27 (16) Cejay Outerbridge 3/18 (4 overs)

Bermuda won by 86 runs White Hill Field, Sandys Parish Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Kamau Leverock (Ber)

• Canada won the toss and elected to field.
• Cejay Outerbridge, Charles Trott (Ber) and Dilpreet Bajwa (Can) all made their T20I debuts.

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30 September 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Panama  85/8 (20 overs)	v	Cayman Islands 88/3 (14.3 overs)
Mahmud Jasat 17 (25) Alessandro Morris 3/14 (4 overs)		Patrick Heron 31* (39) Abdullah Jasat 1/11 (2 overs)

Cayman Islands won by 7 wickets White Hill Field, Sandys Parish Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Alessandro Morris (Cay)

• Panama won the toss and elected to bat.
• Romeo Dunka, Akshay Naidoo (Cay), Jay Ahir and Laxman Gaonkar (Pan) all made their T20I debuts.

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1 October 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Panama  90/8 (20 overs)	v	Bermuda 91/3 (13.5 overs)
Nikunj Ahir 23 (27) Derrick Brangman 3/11 (4 overs)		Tre Manders 55* (37) Nikunj Ahir 1/9 (1 over)

Bermuda won by 7 wickets White Hill Field, Sandys Parish Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Tre Manders (Ber)

• Panama won the toss and elected to bat.
• Abdulla Bhoola (Pan) made his T20I debut.

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1 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Canada  194/6 (20 overs)	v	Cayman Islands 86 (17.1 overs)
Aaron Johnson 47 (19) Alessandro Morris 3/45 (4 overs)		Brian Corbin 34 (16) Nikhil Dutta 4/12 (4 overs)

Canada won by 108 runs White Hill Field, Sandys Parish Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Can)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

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3 October 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada  230/4 (20 overs)	v	Panama 67 (17.5 overs)
Aaron Johnson 121* (59) Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 1/31 (4 overs)		Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir 24 (22) Harsh Thaker 3/13 (3.5 overs)

Canada won by 163 runs Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Aaron Johnson (Can)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ibrahim Bhana (Pan) made his T20I debut.

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3 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Bermuda  176/6 (20 overs)	v	Cayman Islands 123/8 (20 overs)
Kamau Leverock 98 (59) Kevon Bazil 2/20 (4 overs)		Ramon Sealy 64 (38) Derrick Brangman 5/19 (4 overs)

Bermuda won by 53 runs Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Derrick Brangman (Ber)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

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4 October 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada  196/5 (20 overs)	v	Cayman Islands 30 (11.3 overs)
Pargat Singh 82 (60) Conroy Wright 2/38 (4 overs)		Ramon Sealy 5 (9) Kaleem Sana 4/18 (4 overs)

Canada won by 166 runs Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Pargat Singh (Can)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shahid Ahmadzai (Can) and Mohan Manivannan (Cay) both made their T20I debuts.

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4 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Panama  86/9 (20 overs)	v	Bermuda 89/5 (9.1 overs)
Laxman Gaonkar 23 (34) Delray Rawlins 3/10 (4 overs)		Delray Rawlins 33* (17) Yusuf Ebrahim 3/18 (2 overs)

Bermuda won by 5 wickets Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Delray Rawlins (Ber)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.
• Macquille Walker (Ber) made his T20I debut

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6 October 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Bermuda	v	Cayman Islands

Match abandoned White Hill Field, Sandys Parish Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)

• No toss
• No play was possible due to Tropical Storm Philippe.^[26]

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6 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Canada	v	Panama

Match abandoned White Hill Field, Sandys Parish Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)

• No toss
• No play was possible due to Tropical Storm Philippe.^[26]

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7 October 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Cayman Islands	v	Panama

Match abandoned Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jermaine Lindo (USA)

• No toss
• No play was possible due to rain.

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7 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Canada  132/4 (18 overs)	v	Bermuda 93 (16.5 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 45 (38) Dominic Sabir 2/34 (4 overs)		Terryn Fray 30 (35) Kaleem Sana 3/4 (3.5 overs)

Canada won by 39 runs Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Kaleem Sana (Can)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.