2008 ICC Americas Championship
| Cricket format | List A |
|---|---|
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | United States United States |
| Champions | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (2nd title) |
| Participants | 6 of 13 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | United States Sushil Nadkarni |
| Most runs | United States Sushil Nadkarni (407) |
| Most wickets | United States Imran Awan (9) Argentina Diego Lord (9) |
The ICC Americas Championship is the continental cricket championship for the Americas region, for Affiliate and Associate members of the International Cricket Council in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Since 2006, the tournament is organized in three divisions.
The division three was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This tournament was won by Turks and Caicos and won one spot in the division two (played in Paramaribo, Suriname. The division two was won by the host. Suriname won one spot in the division one. The division one was played in Fort Lauderdale, United States, and was won by the host.[1]
Division One
[edit | edit source]Division One was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, commencing on November 25. Six teams took part: United States (hosts), Bermuda (holders), Canada, Argentina, Cayman Islands, and Suriname (making their first appearance at this level after winning Division Two.[2] The three venues was Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City, Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Turf Ground and Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Artificial Ground both in Fort Lauderdale
United States won the tournament won all its games. Sushil Nadkarni (USA) was named the player of the series. Nadkarni was the leader in runs with 407 and Imran Awan (USA) and Diego Lord (Argentina) taken 9 wickets. Suriname finished bottom of the table, and were relegated back to Division Two.
Points table
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.822 |
| 2 |  Bermuda
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5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1.785 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1.714 |
| 4 | File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.719 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.253 |
| 6 | File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.698 |
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Division two
[edit | edit source]The 2008 Division Three tournament, held in Suriname, saw a very close contest, with three teams each finishing with two wins. The host nation defied the odds going into the last game, skittling the Bahamas for just 57 runs, allowing them to jump to the top of the table and qualify for Division One.[3] Troy Dudnauth (Suriname) was named the player of the tournament.
Results
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Points Table
[edit | edit source]| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Points | NRR |
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| File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.513 |
 Bahamas |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.023 |
| File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.055 |
| File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.734 |
Division three
[edit | edit source]The 2008 Division Three tournament was held in Argentina and again saw an official international debut, this time that of Peru. The tournament was won by the Turks and Caicos Islands who thereby gained a place in the 2008 edition of Division Two in Suriname.[4] Simon Shalders (Chile) was named the player of the tournament
Results
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Points Table
[edit | edit source]| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Points | NRR |
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| File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.424 |
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.410 |
| File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.720 |
| File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.782 |
| File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1.436 |