Associate international cricket in 2021 explained

The 2021 Associate international cricket season was from May to September 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 2021. In July 2021, Mongolia and Tajikistan were awarded Associate Membership of the ICC, and Switzerland were also readmitted as associate members.^[2]

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			T20I
			2–3 [5]
			2–1 [3]
			2–1 [3]
			2–3 [5]
			2–2 [4]
			2–1 [3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
	2021 Central Europe Cup
	2021 Sofia Twenty20
^[3]	2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B	Cancelled
^[4]	2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C	Cancelled
^[5]	2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A	Cancelled
^[6]	2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier	Postponed
	2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series
^[7]	2021 Baltic Cup
	2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series
	2021 Continental Cup

Women's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			WT20I
			5–0 [5]
^[8]			[3]
			2–3 [5]
^[9]			1–0 [1]
Women's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
	2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
	2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

May

2021 Central Europe Cup

See main article: 2021 Central Europe Cup.

Team
	4	3	1	0	0	12	+1.370
	4	2	2	0	0	8	–0.015
	4	1	3	0	0	4	–1.151

T20I series
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 1159	21 May		Sudesh Wickramasekara		Joost Mees		by 9 wickets
T20I 1160	21 May		Razmal Shigiwal		Joost Mees		by 5 runs (DLS)
T20I 1161	22 May		Sudesh Wickramasekara		Razmal Shigiwal		by 78 runs
T20I 1162	22 May		Sudesh Wickramasekara		Joost Mees		by 6 wickets
T20I 1163	23 May		Razmal Shigiwal		Joost Mees		by 5 wickets
T20I 1164	23 May		Sudesh Wickramasekara		Razmal Shigiwal		by 4 wickets (DLS)

June

2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament

See main article: 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament.

Teams
	4	4	0	0	0	8	+2.662
	4	3	1	0	0	6	+0.957
	4	2	2	0	0	4	+0.095
	4	1	3	0	0	2	–0.993
	4	0	4	0	0	0	–3.249

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
WT20I 896	6 June				Laura Mophakedi		by 8 wickets
WT20I 897	6 June						by 8 wickets
WT20I 898	7 June		Laura Mophakedi				by 9 wickets
WT20I 899	7 June						by 43 runs
WT20I 900	8 June						by 8 wickets
WT20I 901	8 June		Laura Mophakedi				by 65 runs
WT20I 902	9 June						by 36 runs
WT20I 903	9 June						by 6 runs
WT20I 904	10 June						by 25 runs
WT20I 905	10 June		Laura Mophakedi				by 3 wickets
Play-offs
WT20I 906	11 June						by 91 runs
WT20I 907	11 June						by 52 runs
WT20I 908	12 June				Agatha Obulor		by 8 runs
WT20I 909	12 June						by 7 wickets

2021 Sofia Twenty20 Series

See main article: 2021 Sofia Twenty20.

Teams
	3	3	0	0	0	6	+4.011
	3	2	1	0	0	4	+1.200
	3	1	2	0	0	2	–1.445
	3	0	3	0	0	0	–3.502

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 1166	24 June		Prakash Mishra		Aleksa Djorovic		by 61 runs
T20I 1167	24 June		Anastasios Manousis		Ramesh Satheesan		by 3 wickets
T20I 1169	25 June		Anastasios Manousis		Aleksa Djorovic		by 5 wickets
T20I 1170	25 June		Prakash Mishra		Ramesh Satheesan		by 7 wickets
T20I 1171	25 June		Ramesh Satheesan		Aleksa Djorovic		by 91 runs
T20I 1172	26 June		Prakash Mishra		Anastasios Manousis		by 64 runs
Play-offs
T20I 1173	26 June		Ramesh Satheesan		Aleksa Djorovic		by 10 wickets
T20I 1175	26 June		Prakash Mishra		Anastasios Manousis		No result
T20I 1177	27 June		Prakash Mishra		Ramesh Satheesan		by 7 wickets

2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B

The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

July

2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C

The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A

The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

Belgium in Malta

See main article: Belgian cricket team in Malta in 2021.

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1182	8 July	Bikram Arora	Shaheryar Butt		by 6 wickets
T20I 1183	8 July	Bikram Arora	Shaheryar Butt		by 10 wickets
T20I 1184	9 July	Bikram Arora	Shaheryar Butt		by 4 wickets
T20I 1186	10 July	Bikram Arora	Shaheryar Butt		by penalty runs
T20I 1187	10 July	Bikram Arora	Nemish Mehta		by 39 runs

France women in Germany

See main article: France women's cricket team in Germany in 2021.

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 913	8 July		Emmanuelle Brelivet		by 9 wickets
WT20I 914	8 July		Emmanuelle Brelivet		by 8 wickets
WT20I 915	9 July		Emmanuelle Brelivet		by 65 runs
WT20I 917	10 July		Emmanuelle Brelivet		by 9 wickets
WT20I 918	10 July		Emmanuelle Brelivet		by 34 runs

Guernsey women in Jersey

See main article: 2021 Women's T20I Inter-Insular Series. The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inter-Insular WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st WT20I]	23 July
[2nd WT20I]	24 July
[3rd WT20I]	25 July

Austria in Belgium

See main article: Austrian cricket team in Belgium in 2021.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1199	24 July	Sheraz Sheikh	Razmal Shigiwal		by 7 wickets
T20I 1200	24 July	Sheraz Sheikh	Razmal Shigiwal		by 12 runs (DLS)
T20I 1202	25 July	Sheraz Sheikh	Razmal Shigiwal		by 6 wickets

2021 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier

See main article: 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier. The tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

August

2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series

See main article: 2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series.

Teams
	4	3	1	0	0	6	+0.809
	4	2	2	0	0	4	+0.365
	4	1	3	0	0	2	–1.161

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 1213	5 August						by 5 wickets
T20I 1214	5 August		Usman Shahid				by 4 wickets
T20I 1215	6 August				Usman Shahid		by 2 wickets (DLS)
T20I 1217	7 August				Usman Shahid		by 48 runs
T20I 1219	7 August		Usman Shahid				by 3 runs
T20I 1220	8 August						by 51 runs
Final
T20I 1221	8 August						by 6 wickets (DLS)

Austria women in Italy

See main article: Austria women's cricket team in Italy in 2021.

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 924	9 August	Kumudu Peddrick	Gandhali Bapat		by 8 wickets
WT20I 925	10 August	Kumudu Peddrick	Gandhali Bapat		by 7 wickets
WT20I 926	11 August	Kumudu Peddrick	Gandhali Bapat		by 7 runs
WT20I 927	11 August	Kumudu Peddrick	Gandhali Bapat		by 6 wickets
WT20I 928	12 August	Kumudu Peddrick	Gandhali Bapat		by 1 run

2021 Baltic Cup

Matches played at the Baltic Cup did not have T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC.^[11]

Teams
	3	3	0	0	0	6	+3.054
	3	2	1	0	0	4	+1.470
	3	1	2	0	0	2	+0.601
	3	0	3	0	0	0	–5.287

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st Match	12 August		Marko Vaik		Neeraj Madhivannan		by 143 runs
2nd Match	12 August		Bejon Sarker		Biswajit Mohapathra		by 4 wickets
3rd Match	13 August		Marko Vaik		Tim Cross		by 7 wickets
4th Match	13 August		Mehdi Faraaz Abbas		Neeraj Madhivannan		by 89 runs
5th Match	13 August		Marko Vaik		Mehdi Faraaz Abbas		by 12 runs
6th Match	13 August		Tim Cross		Neeraj Madhivannan		by 8 wickets

Sweden in Denmark

See main article: Swedish cricket team in Denmark in 2021.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1223	14 August		Abhijit Venkatesh		by 8 runs
T20I 1224	14 August		Abhijit Venkatesh		by 3 wickets
T20I 1225	15 August		Abhijit Venkatesh		by 6 wickets

Ghana in Rwanda

See main article: Ghanaian cricket team in Rwanda in 2021.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1226	18 August	Clinton Rubagumya			by 1 wicket
T20I 1227	18 August	Clinton Rubagumya			by 2 wickets
T20I 1229	20 August	Clinton Rubagumya			by 57 runs
T20I 1231	20 August	Clinton Rubagumya			by concession
T20I 1234	21 August	Clinton Rubagumya			by 7 wickets

2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series

See main article: 2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series.

Teams
	4	4	0	0	0	8	+3.110
	4	2	2	0	0	4	–0.159
	4	0	4	0	0	0	–2.952

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 1228	19 August		Najjam Shahzad		Bikram Arora	Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria	by 6 wickets
T20I 1230	20 August		Edmund Packard		Bikram Arora	Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria	by 8 wickets
T20I 1233	21 August		Najjam Shahzad		Edmund Packard	Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria	by 96 runs
T20I 1236	21 August		Edmund Packard		Bikram Arora	Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria	by 4 runs
T20I 1238	22 August		Najjam Shahzad		Edmund Packard	Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria	by 110 runs
T20I 1240	22 August		Najjam Shahzad		Bikram Arora	Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria	by 3 wickets

Sweden in Finland

See main article: Swedish cricket team in Finland in 2021.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1232	21 August	Nathan Collins	Abhijit Venkatesh		by 4 wickets
T20I 1235	21 August	Nathan Collins	Abhijit Venkatesh		by 4 wickets
T20I 1237	22 August	Nathan Collins	Abhijit Venkatesh		by 3 wickets (DLS)
T20I 1239	22 August	Nathan Collins	Abhijit Venkatesh		by 6 wickets

2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

See main article: 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier.

advances to global qualifier

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
WT20I 929	26 August						by 6 wickets
WT20I 930	26 August						by 164 runs
WT20I 931	26 August		Emmanuelle Brelivet				by 9 wickets
WT20I 932	27 August		Emmanuelle Brelivet				by 9 wickets
WT20I 933	27 August						by 5 wickets
WT20I 935	27 August						by 7 wickets
WT20I 937	29 August						by 10 wickets
WT20I 938	29 August		Emmanuelle Brelivet				by 10 wickets
WT20I 940	30 August						by 24 runs
WT20I 941	30 August		Emmanuelle Brelivet				by 7 wickets

Norway women in Sweden

See main article: Norway women's cricket team in Sweden in 2021.

September

2021 Continental Cup

See main article: 2021 Continental Cup (cricket).

Teams
	2	2	0	0	0	4	+1.692
	2	1	1	0	0	0	+1.484
	2	0	2	0	0	0	–3.549

Teams
	2	2	0	0	0	4	+1.075
	2	1	1	0	0	2	–0.075
	2	0	2	0	0	0	–1.000

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 1245	2 September		Prakash Mishra		Joost Mees		by 62 runs
T20I 1246	2 September		Arun Ashokan		Abhijeet Ahuja		by 5 runs
T20I 1247	2 September		Joost Mees		Amar Sharma		by 4 wickets
T20I 1249	3 September		Ramesh Satheesan		Arun Ashokan		by 35 runs
T20I 1250	3 September		Prakash Mishra		Bikram Arora		by 7 wickets
T20I 1252	3 September		Ramesh Satheesan		Abhijeet Ahuja		by 8 runs
Play-offs
T20I 1253	4 September		Prakash Mishra		Arun Ashokan		by 7 wickets
T20I 1254	4 September		Joost Mees		Abhijeet Ahuja		by 2 runs
T20I 1255	4 September		Ramesh Satheesan		Bikram Arora		by 36 runs
T20I 1257	5 September		Ramesh Satheesan		Joost Mees		by 33 runs
T20I 1259	5 September		Abhijeet Ahuja		Bikram Arora		by 8 wickets

Germany in Spain

See main article: German cricket team in Spain in 2021.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 1262	10 September	Christian Munoz-Mills			by 7 wickets
T20I 1266	11 September	Christian Munoz-Mills			by 5 wickets
T20I 1268	11 September	Christian Munoz-Mills			by 1 wicket

See also

• International cricket in 2021
• 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. 14 December 2020.
2. Web site: ICC welcomes Mongolia, Tajikistan and Switzerland as new Members . International Cricket Council . 18 July 2021.
3. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6. The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
7. Matches played at the Baltic Cup were not given T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC.
8. The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
9. The teams contested a single official WT20I, which was the last of a three-match T20 series that was won 3–0 by Sweden.
10. Web site: Three men's T20 World Cup 2022 qualifying events called off because of Covid-19 . ESPN Cricinfo. 5 May 2021.
11. Web site: Baltic Cup Schedule 2021. cricheroes. 14 August 2021.