Cayman Cricket will be hosting the U19 Women’s National teams of United States of America (USA), Canada and Argentina, for the 2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier from August 09th – 16th, 2026, at the Jimmy Powell cricket oval. In a first, ICC Americas has also selected a NextGen XI squad comprising of players from other Associate Member boards in the region, and they will be playing all the other three (3) Nations in a double round-robin group stage format, following which the Team at the points table will be declared the Winner, and will advance to the main event in Bangladesh and Nepal.
This will be the inaugural edition of the Americas Qualifier for the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, with USA U19 Women having qualified for the first two (2) editions in 2023 and 2025, with no other Nation available to compete, to constitute a Qualifier. The opportunity created by the inclusion of the NextGen XI squad will be significant for the growth of the sport among the youth in the other Member countries in the region.
2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier Schedule
09th August 2026: Canada vs USA (Scorecard) ; NextGen XI vs Argentina (Scorecard)
10th August 2026: Canada vs NextGen XI (Scorecard) ; USA vs Argentina (Scorecard)
12th August 2026: USA vs NextGen XI (Scorecard) ; Canada vs Argentina (Scorecard)
13th August 2026: Argentina vs USA (Scorecard) ; NextGen XI vs Canada (Scorecard)
15th August 2026: Argentina vs Canada (Scorecard) ; NextGen XI vs USA (Scorecard)
16th August 2026: Argentina vs NextGen XI (Scorecard) ; USA vs Canada (Scorecard)
Americas NextGen XI: Clara Valencia (Argentina), Alina Emch (Argentina), Ja’Shay Trott (Bermuda), Giulia de Cassia Souza Ribeiro (Brazil), Evelyn Muller (Brazil), Arya Shah (Canada), Aarabhi Joshi (Canada), Jasmine Frederick (Cayman Islands), Samaya Thomas (Cayman Islands), Jazmin Cerdas Molina (Costa Rica), Disha Kaveripakam (USA), Saanvi Sood (USA), Sahasra Goria (USA) and Palak Chauhan (USA)
Argentina: Mili Bestani, Vicky Lehmann, Julia Andujar, Ana de Castelli, Mili Garcia Hagen, Jacinta Valencia, Dasha Mastrangelo, Rocio Roquel, Sofi Batteria, Lara Finocchio, Mora Finocchio, Luna Olivera, Anna Reinke and Julia Santos
Canada: Rabbjyot Rajput, Vritti Dahiya, Khadeeja Fatima, Elyssa Sun, Snigdha Malhotra, Harper Chalmers, Hasini Santhoshkumar, Maren Couch, Prakriti Jaiswal, Neha Teny, Rameen Rashid, Sanjana Rao, Shreya Vora and Namrit Dhillon
Warm-up Fixtures
07th August 2026: NextGen XI vs Cayman Women’s XI – 1st T20 (Scorecard) and 2nd T20 (Scorecard)