2020 South American Cricket Championship – Men's tournament

The 2020 South American Cricket Championship was a cricket tournament that was due to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 3 to 6 December 2020.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for 1 to 4 October, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] This would have been the seventeenth edition of the men's South American Cricket Championship, and the second in which matches would have been eligible for Twenty20 International (T20I) status, since the ICC granted T20I status to matches between all of its Members.[3] Argentina were the defending champions, having won the 2019 edition.[4]

2020 South American Cricket Championship – Men's event
Dates3 – 6 December 2020
Cricket formatTwenty20 International, Twenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s) Brazil

The tournament was cancelled in August 2020 due to the continuing issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

See also

References
  1. @brasil_cricket (26 May 2020). "The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many events around the world to be altered" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. @brasil_cricket (21 January 2020). "Save the date" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. "South American Championships Wrap". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. @brasil_cricket (12 August 2020). "Due to the current situation in South America we're cancelling the South American Championships that had been postponed to Nov/Dec 2019" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.