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
Main article: 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One

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
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:

Division two

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
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
13 April PanamaSoyab Chohan SurinameDeoraj SewananOwru Kul oval, Paramaribo Panama by 31 runs
23 April Turks and Caicos IslandsRalph Doughty BahamasNarendra EkanayakeSnellen Park, Paramaribo Bahamas by 9 wickets
34 April PanamaSoyab Chohan BahamasNarendra EkanayakeSnellen Park, Paramaribo Bahamas by 6 wickets
44 April SurinameDeoraj Sewanan Turks and Caicos IslandsRalph DoughtyOwru Kul oval, Paramaribo Suriname by 112 runs
55 April PanamaSoyab Chohan Turks and Caicos IslandsRalph DoughtyOwru Kul oval, Paramaribo Panama by 95 runs
65 April SurinameDeoraj Sewanan BahamasNarendra EkanayakeSnellen Park, Paramaribo Suriname by 146 runs

Points Table
TeamPlayedWonLostTiedNRPointsNRR
 Suriname3210081.513
 Bahamas3210081.023
 Panama321008-0.055
 Turks and Caicos Islands303000-2.734

Division three

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
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
111 February ChileSimon Shalders BelizeDirk SutherlandHurlingham Club, Buenos Aires Chile by 26 runs
211 February PeruChris Abbott Turks and Caicos IslandsRalph DoughtyMaurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires Turks and Caicos Islands by 8 wickets
312 February Turks and Caicos IslandsRalph Doughty ChileSimon ShaldersHurlingham Club, Buenos Aires Chile by 8 wickets
412 February BelizeDirk Sutherland BrazilMatt FeatherstoneMaurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires Belize by 139 runs
513 February ChileSimon Shalders PeruIan HildebrandMaurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires Chile by 54 runs
613 February BrazilMatt Featherstone Turks and Caicos IslandsRalph DoughtyHurlingham Club, Buenos Aires Turks and Caicos Islands by 5 wickets
715 February BrazilMatt Featherstone ChileSimon ShaldersBelgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires Brazil by 37 runs
815 February BelizeDirk Sutherland PeruIan HildebrandHurlingham Club, Buenos Aires Belize by 34 runs
916 February PeruIan Hildebrand BrazilMatt FeatherstoneHurlingham Club, Buenos Aires Peru by 63 runs
1016 February Turks and Caicos IslandsRalph Doughty BelizeDirk SutherlandBelgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires Turks and Caicos Islands by 3 runs

Points Table
TeamPlayedWonLostTiedNRPointsNRR
 Turks and Caicos Islands43100121.424
 Chile43100120.410
 Belize4220080.720
 Peru413004-0.782
 Brazil413004-1.436

References
  1. "USA crowned Americas cricket champions". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. 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 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
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