2008 ICC Americas Championship
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United States United States (2nd title)| Cricket format | List A |
|---|---|
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) | United States |
| Champions | United States (2nd title) |
| Participants | 6 of 13 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | Sushil Nadkarni |
| Most runs | Sushil Nadkarni (407) |
| Most wickets | Imran Awan (9)  Diego Lord (9) |
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.
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]
Points table
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.
| 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 |
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. | 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
| 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 |
