ICC Americas Press Release

ICC Americas announces 2011 tournament schedule

 

Costa Rica, Suriname and Canada to host Americas Championships (T20) in 2011

 

The International Cricket Council Americas Region today announced the introduction of an ICC World Twenty20 qualifying structure for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka as a part of the ICC Americas 2011 tournament schedule. 

 

As a result of the ICC Executive Board's decision to expand the ICC World Twenty20 to 16 teams, all Americas member countries will in 2011 participate in three divisions, with promotion and relegation, for two places in the ICC World Twenty20 Global Qualifier in 2012.  The Qualifier will now consist of 16 teams of which six are ICC High Performance countries and six will be Associate and Affiliate nations.

 

The three divisions will be ICC Americas Division 3 (T20) to be hosted by Costa Rica from March 13^th - 20^nd, ICC Americas Division 2 (T20) to be hosted by Suriname from April 10^th - 17^th, and ICC Americas Division 1 (T20) to be hosted by Canada from July 17^th - 25^th. 

 

In addition to the three divisions, the ICC Americas U19 Division 1 Championship will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA) from February 6^th - 13^th.  The top two teams from this championship will be promoted to compete in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Global Qualifier scheduled to take place in Ireland in June/July 2011.

 

The ICC Americas 2011 tournament schedule will also include numerous youth events including, all three ICC Americas U15 Regional Championships, an inaugural ICC Americas U17 Event and an ICC Americas Regional Academy to be hosted in St. Kitts. 

 

ICC Americas Regional Development Manager, Martin Vieira stated,

"This will be a very busy year for events in the region.  As our focus now on the T20 format, it will be interesting to see if any of the Affiliates can upset some of the Associates in the rankings.  Our High Performance Academy camp in St. Kitts and the U17 tournament are firsts for the region as we continue to expand our development programme to reach a broader range of players."

 

 

ICC Americas 2011 Tournament Schedule (as of December 23, 2010)

 

ICC Americas U19 Division 1 Championship:  February 6 - 13, USA (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Participating Countries:  Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, USA

 

ICC Americas Regional Academy:  March 1 - 10, St. Kitts

Select Players from the 7 WCL Participating Countries (Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Suriname, USA)

 

ICC Americas Division 3 (T20) Championship:  March 13 - 20, Costa Rica

Participating Countries:  Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Falkland Islands, Mexico, Peru

 

ICC Americas Division 2 (T20) Championship:  April 10 - 17, Suriname

Participating Countries:  Bahamas, Brazil, Panama, Suriname, Turks & Caicos Islands, Winner of ICC Americas Division 3

 

ICC Americas U17:  July 3 - 10, Canada (Toronto, ON)

Participating Countries:  Bermuda, Canada, USA, Americas Regional Development Team

 

ICC Americas Division 1 (T20) Championship:  July 17 - 25

Participating Countries:  Argentina, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, USA, Winner of ICC Americas Division 2

 

ICC Americas U15 Central Division:  August 7 - 13, Belize

Participating Countries:  Belize, Cayman Islands, Bahamas

 

ICC Americas U15 Southern Division Championship:  August 22 - 28, (Location TBC)

Participating Countries:  (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Suriname)

 

ICC Americas U15 Northern Division:  August 20 - 26, Canada (Winnipeg, ON)

Participating Countries:  Bermuda, Canada, USA

 

For more information including full scorecards from all matches in this tournament please go to: www.iccamericas.ca

 

-ENDS-

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Kelly Hunter

ICC Americas

Regional Projects Officer

Phone:  416-426-7231

Fax:  416-426-7172

kelly.hunter@iccamericas.ca