ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier

Prior to the introduction of the Americas Under-19 Championship in 2001 there was no qualification route for associate and affiliate teams to the U-19 World Cup. As a result, the only Americas team represented in the 1998 competition was the full member, the West Indies.^[2]

With the new championship came the possibility for an individual team to qualify for the U-19 World Cup. The winner of each championship would automatically go through to play in the finals the following year.

For the 2000 tournament, a combined Americas team was also given the chance to take part, representing the four longstanding associate members from the region: Canada, USA, Bermuda and Argentina.^[3]

2005 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Americas Qualifier The tournament featured five teams, the same as at the preceding 2003 edition, but a full USA Squad featured for the first time, to compete at a simple round-robin. The United States finished the tournament undefeated to win its first title, and consequently qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. The team had nearly been barred from playing, as part of proposed International Cricket Council (ICC) sanctions against the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) for maladministration, but ICC allowed the participation of the U19 Squad for the 2005 Qualifiers.^[4][5] Canada was the runner-up at the championship, with the Cayman Islands placing third, Bermuda fourth, and Argentina placing last, again finishing winless.^[6] The tournament was affected by rain, with two matches being abandoned and another shortened. A feature of the championship was its low scoring, with only four innings above 200 being recorded from the ten matches played.^[7] The tournament's leading runscorer, Canadian batsman Trevin Bastiampillai, was the only player to record more than 100 runs,^[8] while the leading wicket-taker, and MVP of the tournament was American bowler Abhimanyu Rajp, who took two five-wicket hauls.^[9]

In 2009, Under-19 World Cup qualification was changed dramatically and a World Cup Qualifier event was introduced in which the top two teams from each of the ICC regions would compete for the final six places in the U-19 World Cup.^[10] In addition to this, the Championship was expanded to two divisions due to the increase in the number of regional teams. The first Division Two tournament took place in 2010.^[11]

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• R1 – First round
• Q – Qualified
• X – Qualified, tournament cancelled
• # – Qualified, withdrew
•     — Hosts

More information Team, Total ...

Team	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Total
Argentina	R1	5th	5th	4th	6th	6th	—	—	—	4th	X	4th	Q	10
Bahamas	—	—	—	5th	5th	5th	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Bermuda	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	X	3rd	Q	13
Canada	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	X	2nd	Q	13
Cayman Islands	—	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	—	—	—	5th	—	—	—	6
Suriname	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	#[a]	—	—	—	#	#	0
United States	R1	4th	1st	—	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	X	1st	Q	12
Defunct teams
Combined Bahamas, Belize and Panama	R1	Defunct												1

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Scorecards for some matches from the 2001 tournament are unavailable.

Highest team scores

• 515/8 (50 overs) - United States vs Argentina, 14 August 2023, at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto^[12]
• 441/5 (50 overs) –  Canada vs  Cayman Islands, 12 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[13]
• 423 all out (49.4 overs) –  Canada vs  Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[14]
• 382 all out (50 overs) –  Bermuda vs  United States, 8 August 2001, at Southampton Oval, Hamilton.^[15]
• 364/5 (50 overs) –  Bermuda vs  Argentina, 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[16]
• 347/8 (50 overs) –  Canada vs  Argentina, 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[17]

Lowest team scores

• 22 all out (13.5 overs) –  Argentina vs  Bermuda, 12 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.^[18]
• 25 all out (15.2 overs) –  Argentina vs  Canada, 14 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[19]
• 29 all out (15.3 overs) –  Cayman Islands vs  United States, 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[20]
• 33 all out (21 overs) –  Argentina vs  Canada, 9 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[21]
• 34 all out (17.4 overs) –  Argentina vs  United States, 7 February 2011, at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill.^[22]

Highest individual scores

• 204 (179 balls) – Dion Stovell, vs  Argentina, 18 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[23]
• 155 (107 balls) – Ruvindu Gunasekera, vs  Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[24]
• 151 (104 balls) – Ashtan Deosammy, vs  Cayman Islands, 12 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[25]
• 121 (93 balls) – Harsh Thaker, vs  United States, 10 July 2015, at Somerset Cricket Club Ground, Somerset Village.^[26]
• 119 (144 balls) – Terryn Fray, vs  Argentina, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[27]

Best bowling figures

• 7/3 (5 overs) – Pratik Patel, vs  Bahamas, 15 August 2007, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[28]
• 7/10 (8 overs) – Raj Vyas, vs  Cayman Islands, 8 July 2019, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[29]
• 7/12 (7 overs) – Troy Taylor, vs  Bermuda, 15 July 2003, at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.^[30]
• 7/20 (6.2 overs) – Jon Roberts, vs  Argentina, 8 August 2001, at St David's Cricket Club, Hamilton.^[31]
• 6/3 (3.1 overs) – Akash Shah, vs  Bahamas, 7 February 2011, at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale.^[32]

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