International cricket season
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 involving ICC Associate members, that were of lesser notability than series covered in International cricket in 2021 .
Season overview [ ]
May [ ]
2021 Central Europe Cup [ ]
Main article: 2021 Central Europe Cup
Team
P
W
L
T
NR
Pts
NRR
Austria
4
3
1
0
0
12
+1.370
Luxembourg
4
2
2
0
0
8
–0.015
Czech Republic
4
1
3
0
0
4
–1.151
June [ ]
2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament [ ]
Round-robin
No.
Date
Team 1
Captain 1
Team 2
Captain 2
Venue
Result
WT20I 896
6 June
Rwanda
Sarah Uwera
Botswana
Laura Mophakedi
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Rwanda by 8 wickets
WT20I 897
6 June
Namibia
Irene van Zyl
Nigeria
Samantha Agazuma
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Namibia by 8 wickets
WT20I 898
7 June
Botswana
Laura Mophakedi
Kenya
Margaret Ngoche
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Kenya by 9 wickets
WT20I 899
7 June
Rwanda
Sarah Uwera
Namibia
Irene van Zyl
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Namibia by 43 runs
WT20I 900
8 June
Kenya
Margaret Ngoche
Nigeria
Samantha Agazuma
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Kenya by 8 wickets
WT20I 901
8 June
Botswana
Laura Mophakedi
Namibia
Irene van Zyl
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Namibia by 65 runs
WT20I 902
9 June
Kenya
Margaret Ngoche
Namibia
Irene van Zyl
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Namibia by 36 runs
WT20I 903
9 June
Rwanda
Sarah Uwera
Nigeria
Samantha Agazuma
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Rwanda by 6 runs
WT20I 904
10 June
Rwanda
Sarah Uwera
Kenya
Margaret Ngoche
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Kenya by 25 runs
WT20I 905
10 June
Botswana
Laura Mophakedi
Nigeria
Samantha Agazuma
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Nigeria by 3 wickets
Play-offs
WT20I 906
11 June
Namibia
Irene van Zyl
Nigeria
Samantha Agazuma
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Namibia by 91 runs
WT20I 907
11 June
Rwanda
Sarah Uwera
Kenya
Margaret Ngoche
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Kenya by 52 runs
WT20I 908
12 June
Rwanda
Sarah Uwera
Nigeria
Agatha Obulor
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Rwanda by 8 runs
WT20I 909
12 June
Kenya
Margaret Ngoche
Namibia
Irene van Zyl
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Kenya by 7 wickets
2021 Sofia Twenty20 Series [ ]
Main article: 2021 Sofia Twenty20
Teams
P
W
L
T
NR
Pts
NRR
Romania
3
3
0
0
0
6
+4.011
Bulgaria
3
2
1
0
0
4
+1.200
Greece
3
1
2
0
0
2
–1.445
Serbia
3
0
3
0
0
0
–3.502
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B [ ]
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
July [ ]
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C [ ]
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A [ ]
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Belgium in Malta [ ]
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
Marsa Sports Club , Marsa
Malta by 6 wickets
T20I 1183
8 July
Bikram Arora
Shaheryar Butt
Marsa Sports Club , Marsa
Belgium by 10 wickets
T20I 1184
9 July
Bikram Arora
Shaheryar Butt
Marsa Sports Club , Marsa
Belgium by 4 wickets
T20I 1186
10 July
Bikram Arora
Shaheryar Butt
Marsa Sports Club , Marsa
Malta by penalty runs
T20I 1187
10 July
Bikram Arora
Nemish Mehta
Marsa Sports Club , Marsa
Belgium by 39 runs
France women in Germany [ ]
WT20I series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
WT20I 913
8 July
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 9 wickets
WT20I 914
8 July
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 8 wickets
WT20I 915
9 July
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 65 runs
WT20I 917
10 July
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 9 wickets
WT20I 918
10 July
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 34 runs
Guernsey women in Jersey [ ]
The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WT20I series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
[1st WT20I]
23 July
Farmers' Field , Saint Martin
[2nd WT20I]
24 July
Farmers' Field , Saint Martin
[3rd WT20I]
25 July
Farmers' Field , Saint Martin
Austria in Belgium [ ]
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
Royal Brussels Cricket Club , Waterloo
Belgium by 7 wickets
T20I 1200
24 July
Sheraz Sheikh
Razmal Shigiwal
Royal Brussels Cricket Club , Waterloo
Belgium by 12 runs (DLS )
T20I 1202
25 July
Sheraz Sheikh
Razmal Shigiwal
Royal Brussels Cricket Club , Waterloo
Austria by 6 wickets
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier [ ]
The tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
August [ ]
2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series [ ]
Teams
P
W
L
T
NR
Pts
NRR
Germany
4
3
1
0
0
6
+0.809
Norway
4
2
2
0
0
4
+0.365
France
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
Germany
Venkatraman Ganesan
Norway
Raza Iqbal
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 5 wickets
T20I 1214
5 August
France
Usman Shahid
Norway
Raza Iqbal
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
France by 4 wickets
T20I 1215
6 August
Germany
Venkatraman Ganesan
France
Usman Shahid
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 2 wickets (DLS )
T20I 1217
7 August
Germany
Venkatraman Ganesan
France
Usman Shahid
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 48 runs
T20I 1219
7 August
France
Usman Shahid
Norway
Raza Iqbal
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Norway by 3 runs
T20I 1220
8 August
Germany
Venkatraman Ganesan
Norway
Raza Iqbal
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Norway by 51 runs
Final
T20I 1221
8 August
Germany
Venkatraman Ganesan
Norway
Raza Iqbal
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground , Krefeld
Germany by 6 wickets (DLS )
Austria women in Italy [ ]
2021 Baltic Cup [ ]
Matches played at the Baltic Cup did not have T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC.[3]
Teams
P
W
L
T
NR
Pts
NRR
Estonia
3
3
0
0
0
6
+3.054
3
2
1
0
0
4
+1.470
Estonia 'A'
3
1
2
0
0
2
+0.601
Lithuania
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
Estonia
Marko Vaik
Lithuania
Neeraj Madhivannan
National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn
Estonia by 143 runs
2nd Match
12 August
Estonia 'A'
Bejon Sarker
Biswajit Mohapathra
National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn
by 4 wickets
3rd Match
13 August
Estonia
Marko Vaik
Estonia 'A'
Tim Cross
National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn
Estonia by 7 wickets
4th Match
13 August
Mehdi Faraaz Abbas
Lithuania
Neeraj Madhivannan
National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn
by 89 runs
5th Match
13 August
Estonia
Marko Vaik
Mehdi Faraaz Abbas
National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn
Estonia by 12 runs
6th Match
13 August
Estonia 'A'
Tim Cross
Lithuania
Neeraj Madhivannan
National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn
Estonia 'A' by 8 wickets
Sweden in Denmark [ ]
Main article: Swedish cricket team in Denmark in 2021
T20I series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
T20I 1223
14 August
Frederik Klokker
Abhijit Venkatesh
Svanholm Park , Brøndby
Denmark by 8 runs
T20I 1224
14 August
Frederik Klokker
Abhijit Venkatesh
Svanholm Park , Brøndby
Sweden by 3 wickets
T20I 1225
15 August
Frederik Klokker
Abhijit Venkatesh
Svanholm Park , Brøndby
Denmark by 6 wickets
Ghana in Rwanda [ ]
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
Obed Harvey
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Rwanda by 1 wicket
T20I 1227
18 August
Clinton Rubagumya
Obed Harvey
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Ghana by 2 wickets
T20I 1229
20 August
Clinton Rubagumya
Obed Harvey
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Rwanda by 57 runs
T20I 1231
20 August
Clinton Rubagumya
Obed Harvey
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Ghana (Rwanda conceded)
T20I 1234
21 August
Clinton Rubagumya
Obed Harvey
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium , Kigali
Ghana by 7 wickets
2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series [ ]
Main article: 2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series
Teams
P
W
L
T
NR
Pts
NRR
Portugal
4
4
0
0
0
8
+3.110
Malta
4
2
2
0
0
4
–0.159
Gibraltar
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
Portugal
Najjam Shahzad
Malta
Bikram Arora
Gucherre Cricket Ground , Albergaria
Portugal by 6 wickets
T20I 1230
20 August
Gibraltar
Edmund Packard
Malta
Bikram Arora
Gucherre Cricket Ground , Albergaria
Malta by 8 wickets
T20I 1233
21 August
Portugal
Najjam Shahzad
Gibraltar
Edmund Packard
Gucherre Cricket Ground , Albergaria
Portugal by 96 runs
T20I 1236
21 August
Gibraltar
Edmund Packard
Malta
Bikram Arora
Gucherre Cricket Ground , Albergaria
Malta by 4 runs
T20I 1238
22 August
Portugal
Najjam Shahzad
Gibraltar
Edmund Packard
Gucherre Cricket Ground , Albergaria
Portugal by 110 runs
T20I 1240
22 August
Portugal
Najjam Shahzad
Malta
Bikram Arora
Gucherre Cricket Ground , Albergaria
Portugal by 3 wickets
Sweden in Finland [ ]
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
Kerava National Cricket Ground , Kerava
Finland by 4 wickets
T20I 1235
21 August
Nathan Collins
Abhijit Venkatesh
Kerava National Cricket Ground , Kerava
Finland by 4 wickets
T20I 1237
22 August
Nathan Collins
Abhijit Venkatesh
Kerava National Cricket Ground , Kerava
Sweden by 3 wickets (DLS )
T20I 1239
22 August
Nathan Collins
Abhijit Venkatesh
Kerava National Cricket Ground , Kerava
Sweden by 6 wickets
2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier [ ]
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2021. Source: ESPN Cricinfo
[4]
advances to global qualifier
Round-robin
No.
Date
Team 1
Captain 1
Team 2
Captain 2
Venue
Result
WT20I 929
26 August
Netherlands
Heather Siegers
Scotland
Kathryn Bryce
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Scotland by 6 wickets
WT20I 930
26 August
Germany
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Ireland
Laura Delany
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Ireland by 164 runs
WT20I 931
26 August
France
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Netherlands
Heather Siegers
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Netherlands by 9 wickets
WT20I 932
27 August
France
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Germany
Anuradha Doddaballapur
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Germany by 9 wickets
WT20I 933
27 August
Ireland
Laura Delany
Scotland
Kathryn Bryce
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Scotland by 5 wickets
WT20I 935
27 August
Germany
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Netherlands
Heather Siegers
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Netherlands by 7 wickets
WT20I 937
29 August
Germany
Anuradha Doddaballapur
Scotland
Kathryn Bryce
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Scotland by 10 wickets
WT20I 938
29 August
France
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Ireland
Laura Delany
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Ireland by 10 wickets
WT20I 940
30 August
Ireland
Laura Delany
Netherlands
Heather Siegers
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Ireland by 24 runs
WT20I 941
30 August
France
Emmanuelle Brelivet
Scotland
Kathryn Bryce
La Manga Club , Cartagena
Scotland by 7 wickets
Norway women in Sweden [ ]
WT20I match
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
WT20I 939
29 August
Gunjan Shukla
Pooja Kumari
Guttsta Wicked Cricket Ground, Kolsva
Sweden by 2 wickets
September [ ]
2021 Continental Cup [ ]
Main article: 2021 Continental Cup (cricket)
Group stage
No.
Date
Team 1
Captain 1
Team 2
Captain 2
Venue
Result
T20I 1245
2 September
Bulgaria
Prakash Mishra
Luxembourg
Joost Mees
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Luxembourg by 62 runs
T20I 1246
2 September
Czech Republic
Arun Ashokan
Hungary
Abhijeet Ahuja
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Hungary by 5 runs
T20I 1247
2 September
Luxembourg
Joost Mees
Malta
Amar Sharma
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Luxembourg by 4 wickets
T20I 1249
3 September
Romania
Ramesh Satheesan
Czech Republic
Arun Ashokan
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Romania by 35 runs
T20I 1250
3 September
Bulgaria
Prakash Mishra
Malta
Bikram Arora
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Malta by 7 wickets
T20I 1252
3 September
Romania
Ramesh Satheesan
Hungary
Abhijeet Ahuja
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Romania by 8 runs
Play-offs
T20I 1253
4 September
Bulgaria
Prakash Mishra
Czech Republic
Arun Ashokan
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Czech Republic by 7 wickets
T20I 1254
4 September
Luxembourg
Joost Mees
Hungary
Abhijeet Ahuja
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Luxembourg by 2 runs
T20I 1255
4 September
Romania
Ramesh Satheesan
Malta
Bikram Arora
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Romania by 36 runs
T20I 1257
5 September
Romania
Ramesh Satheesan
Luxembourg
Joost Mees
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Romania by 33 runs
T20I 1258
5 September
Hungary
Abhijeet Ahuja
Malta
Bikram Arora
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground , Ilfov County
Hungary by 8 wickets
Germany in Spain [ ]
T20I series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
T20I 1262
10 September
Christian Munoz-Mills
Venkatraman Ganesan
Desert Springs Cricket Ground , Almería
Germany by 7 wickets
T20I 1266
11 September
Christian Munoz-Mills
Venkatraman Ganesan
Desert Springs Cricket Ground , Almería
Spain by 5 wickets
T20I 1268
11 September
Christian Munoz-Mills
Venkatraman Ganesan
Desert Springs Cricket Ground , Almería
Spain by 1 wicket
See also [ ]
International cricket in 2021
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cricket
Notes [ ]
^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ Matches played at the Baltic Cup were not given T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC.
^ The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ The teams contested a single official WT20I, which was the last of a three-match T20 series that was won 3–0 by Sweden.
References [ ]
International cricket seasons
International cricket in 2021
May 2021
Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series
Scotland in Netherlands
Central Europe Cup
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
Scotland women in Ireland
June 2021 July 2021 August 2021 September 2021 Ongoing