Associate international cricket in 2020–21 explained

The 2020–21 Associate international cricket season was from September 2020 to April 2021. All official twenty over matches between Associate members of the ICC were eligible to have full Twenty20 International (T20I) or Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 July 2018 (women's teams) and 1 January 2019 (men's teams).^[1] The season included all T20I/WT20I cricket series mostly involving ICC Associate members, that were played in addition to series covered in International cricket in 2020–21.

Season overview

International tours

Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			T20I
			0–2 [4]
			3–1 [4]
^[2]			[3]
			3–0 [3]
^[3]			[4]
^[4]			[3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
^[5]	2020 Central Europe Cup	Cancelled^[6]
^[7]	2020 South American Championship	Cancelled^[8]
	2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series

Women's international tours

Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			WT20I
^[9]			[5]
Women's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
^[10]	2020 South American Championship	Cancelled

September

2020 Central Europe Cup

The 2020 Central Europe Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Malta in Bulgaria

See main article: Maltese cricket team in Bulgaria in 2020–21.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1098	23 September	Prakash Mishra	Samuel Aquilina		by 57 runs
T20I 1099	23 September	Prakash Mishra	Samuel Aquilina		by 8 wickets
T20I 1100	24 September	Prakash Mishra	Samuel Aquilina		No result
T20I 1100a	24 September	Prakash Mishra	Samuel Aquilina		Match abandoned

October

Bulgaria in Romania

See main article: 2020 T20I Balkan Cup.

Balkan Cup – T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1101	16 October	Ramesh Satheesan	Prakash Mishra		by 33 runs
T20I 1102	17 October	Ramesh Satheesan	Prakash Mishra		by 52 runs
T20I 1103	17 October	Ramesh Satheesan	Prakash Mishra		by 34 runs
T20I 1104	18 October	Ramesh Satheesan	Prakash Mishra		by 6 wickets

December

2020 South American Cricket Championship

The 2020 South American Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

January

Zimbabwe women in Namibia

See main article: Zimbabwean women's cricket team in Namibia in 2020–21.

The series was postponed in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	24 January
2nd WT20I	25 January
3rd WT20I	27 January
4th WT20I	28 January
5th WT20I	30 January

February

Nepal in Qatar

The series was postponed in February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]	9 February
[2nd T20I]	10 February
[3rd T20I]	12 February

April

Uganda in Namibia

See main article: Ugandan cricket team in Namibia in 2020–21.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1142	3 April				by 7 wickets
T20I 1143	5 April				by 20 runs (DLS)
T20I 1144	5 April				by 65 runs

2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series

See main article: 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series.

Team
	4	3	1	0	0	6	+2.507
	4	2	1	1	0	5	–0.425
	4	0	3	1	0	1	–2.359

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 1149	17 April						by 9 wickets
T20I 1150	18 April						by 15 runs
T20I 1151	19 April						by 9 wickets
T20I 1152	20 April						by 3 wickets
T20I 1153	21 April						Match tied (DLS)
T20I 1155	22 April						by 69 runs
Final
T20I 1157	24 April						by 142 runs

Malta in Belgium

The series was postponed in April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13]

Romania in Belgium

The series was postponed in April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also

• International cricket in 2020–21
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cricket

Notes and References

1. Web site: All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status. International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. 1 January 2020.
2. The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later rearranged to be played as a five-match series in Malta in 2021.
4. The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6. Web site: Central Europe Cup cancelled. CricketEurope. 15 September 2020. 18 September 2020. 21 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421190317/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000011/001161.shtml?860. dead.
7. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
8. brasil_cricket . 1293518999523909632 . 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.
9. The tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
10. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
11. Web site: NAM v ZIM women series postponed. Cricket Namibia. 7 January 2021. 7 January 2021.
12. Web site: Nepal Tour to Qatar Postponed . Emerging Cricket . 1 February 2021.
13. Web site: "Belgium on the Global and European Cricket Map" by Corey Rutgers . Czarsportz (via YouTube) . 16 April 2021.