2000 Americas Cricket Cup

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{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 2000 Americas Cricket Cup

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| administrator = ICC Americas

| cricket format = 50 overs

| tournament format = Round-robin

| host = {{flag|Canada}}

| champions = {{cr|CAN}}

| count = 1

| participants = 5

| matches = 10

| attendance =

| player of the series = {{flagicon|CAN}} Joseph Harris

| most runs =

| most wickets =

| website =

| previous_year =

| previous_tournament =

| next_year = 2002

| next_tournament = 2002 ICC Americas Championship

}}

The 2000 Americas Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament held in Canada between 7 and 12 August 2000. It was the inaugural edition of what is now the ICC Americas Championship.

The tournament was contested by the five associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) located in the ICC Americas development region – Argentina, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, and the United States.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Americas_Championship_2000.html Americas Championship 2000] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2016. It was played as a round-robin, with each participant playing the other once. The home team, Canada, won all four of its matches, with Bermuda runner-up.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/5/Americas_Championship_2000.html Americas Championship 2000 table] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2016. Canada's captain, Joseph Harris, was the player of the tournament.

Teams and squads

Points table

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=200| Team

!width=20| {{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20| {{Tooltip|W|Won – 2 points}}

!width=20| {{Tooltip|L|Lost – 0 points}}

!width=20| {{Tooltip|T|Tied – 1 point}}

!width=20| {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=45| {{Tooltip|NRR|Net run rate}}

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| style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|CAN}}

44008+1.426
style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|BER}}43106+1.409
style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|USA}}42204–0.424
style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|CAY}}41302–0.535
style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|ARG}}40400–1.946

Fixtures

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 7 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|BER}}

| score1 = 346/8 (50 overs)

| team2 ={{cr|ARG}}

| score2 = 153/9 (49 overs)

| result = Bermuda won by 193 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101387.html Scorecard]

| venue = Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 7 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|CAY}}

| score1 = 137 (43.5 overs)

| team2 ={{cr|USA}}

| score2 = 138/9 (40 overs)

| result = United States won by 1 wicket

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101388.html Scorecard]

| venue = Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 8 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|CAY}}

| score1 = 206/9 (50 overs)

| team2 ={{cr|ARG}}

| score2 = 78/4 (26 overs)

| result = Cayman Islands won by 30 runs (D/L)

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101389.html Scorecard]

| venue = Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 8 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|CAN}}

| score1 = 251/8 (50 overs)

| team2 ={{cr|USA}}

| score2 = 71/5 (27.1 overs)

| result = Canada won by 70 runs (D/L)

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101390.html Scorecard]

| venue = Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 10 August

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ARG}}

| score1 = 158/9 (50 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|CAN}}

| score2 = 160/5 (38 overs)

| result = Canada won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101392.html Scorecard]

| venue = Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 10 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|BER}}

| score1 = 105 (34.3 overs)

| team2 ={{cr|CAY}}

| score2 = 73 (38.3 overs)

| result = Bermuda won by 32 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101391.html Scorecard]

| venue = Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 11 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|BER}}

| score1 = 232 (47.5 overs)

| team2 ={{cr|USA}}

| score2 = 149 (45.1 overs)

| result = Bermuda won by 83 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101394.html Scorecard]

| venue = G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 11 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|CAN}}

| score1 = 112 (25.3 overs)

| team2 ={{cr|CAY}}

| score2 = 62 (20.5 overs)

| result = Canada won by 49 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101396.html Scorecard]

| venue = G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 12 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|USA}}

| score1 = 243 (? overs)

| team2 ={{cr|ARG}}

| score2 = 202 (? overs)

| result = United States won by 41 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101393.html Scorecard]

| venue = G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 12 August

| team1 ={{cr-rt|BER}}

| score1 = 186 (? overs)

| team2 ={{cr|CAN}}

| score2 = 190/3 (43 overs)

| result = Canada won by 7 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101395.html Scorecard]

| venue = G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario

}}

References