Belize Cricket Association (BCA) will be hosting the Eighth (8th) edition of the Men’s Central American Championships from April 27th – May 01st, 2023. National teams from Mexico Cricket, Costa Rica Cricket and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will be joined by two (2) teams fielded by Belize Cricket in the tournament, which will be played in a single round-robin group stage format, before the Finals day on 30th April. The tournament will be the first overseas tour being taken by the MCC Men’s team in 2023, and will continue the teams consistent appearance in the Central American event over the past two (2) editions.
The Central American Championships were postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic situation, with the last edition being held in Mexico in April 2019, where all the teams mentioned above competed for the Title (along with Panama), with the matches between the Associate member countries played with ranking points. Belize Men’s team are the defending Champions from the 2019 edition, after winning the Final against the MCC team, while MCC team were the winners of the previous edition held in Belize in 2017.
Squads
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC): Steven Reingold (Captain), Ehtesham Ahmed, Simon Beetham, Lalit Bose, Gareth Davies, Joe Ellis-Grewal, Harry Killoran, Josh Knappett, Joe Ludlow, James Newland, Liam Phillips, William Purser and Matthew Tigg
2023 Men’s Central American Championships Schedule
27th April 2023: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) vs Belize 2 (Scorecard) ; Belize 1 vs MCC (Scorecard) ; Costa Rica vs Mexico Select (Scorecard)
28th April 2023: Mexico Select vs MCC (Scorecard) ; Belize 2 vs Costa Rica (Scorecard) ; Costa Rica vs Belize 1 (Scorecard)
29th April 2023: MCC vs Costa Rica (Scorecard) ; Mexico Select vs Belize 2 (Scorecard) ; Belize 1 vs Belize 2 (Scorecard)
30th April 2023: Mexico Select vs Belize 1 (Scorecard)
01st May 2023: MCC vs Mexico Select (Scorecard)
2 thoughts on “Belize Cricket to host 2023 Central American Championships in April”
Hello, can you tell me where the final will be played on Sunday and what time please? I would like to watch
Hello Jim
Right now, we only have the schedule for the group stage matches. As and when a Final game is updated in the schedule in Cricheroes app, we will update the same on our social media profiles and in the article.
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