Argentina & Brazil crowned Champions of 2019 Men’s/Women’s South American Championships

Czarsportz Admin
- October 7, 2019

Argentina Men’s national squad and Brazil Women’s national squad have won the respective men’s and women’s categories in the 2019 South American Championships played from Oct 03rd – 06th, 2019 at Lima Cricket and Football ground in Peru.

While Argentina men defeated Mexico to lift the men’s title, Brazil women defeated Argentina in the final to win the women’s title. The men’s final saw Mexico score 105/9 in their 20 overs, with Argentina chasing the total in 18.4 overs, scoring 111/6, thus winning the match by 4 wickets. In the women’s final, Argentina were bowled out for 73 runs in 16.1 overs, which was chased down by Brazil in 17 overs, scoring 74/6, thus winning the match by 4 wickets.

2019 Men’s South American Championships Top Run-Scorer’s

Name	Country	Innings	50’s	Highest	Runs	Average	S/R
Hirenkumar Patel	Chile	6	1	50	129	21.5	99.23
Shantanu Kaveri	Mexico	6	0	43	124	41.33	93.23
Shaikh Fahad Ashraf	Peru	6	0	38	123	20.5	128.13
Greigor Caisley	Brazil	6	1	56 n.o	123	24.6	96.85
Martin Siri	Argentina	5	0	49 n.o	122	30.5	112.96
Tarun Sharma	Mexico	7	0	36	116	16.57	94.31
Major Singh Sohi Mandy	Chile	6	0	42	115	19.17	100
Savin Prakash	Uruguay	6	0	43 n.o	109	21.8	106.86
Alejandro Ferguson	Argentina	4	1	51	102	34	91.07
Yasar Haroon	Brazil	6	0	38	100	16.67	87.72

Argentina men remained unbeaten in the group stages, winning all their 6 matches (4 T20I’s against Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Chile), while Mexico and Peru finished on equal points after winning 4 matches out of their completed six games. Mexico (+0.756) edged past Peru (+0.310) through to the finals on a better net run-rate maintained during the group stages. Both Mexico and Peru registered 2 T20I wins in the group stages, while Chile, Brazil and Peru registered a solitary T20I win during the group stages.

2019 Men’s South American Championships Top Wicket-taker’s

Player	Country	Innings	Runs	Wickets	5W/Inn	Average	S/R	Economy
Hirenkumar Patel	Chile	6	111	14	0	7.93	9.43	5.05
Guy Leslie	Colombia	5	56	11	1	5.09	7.64	4
Luis Alberto Hermida	Mexico	7	123	11	0	11.18	13.64	4.92
Chris LAAS	Colombia	6	106	10	0	10.6	11.4	5.58
Yasar Haroon	Brazil	6	108	10	0	10.8	12.6	5.14
Pedro Arrighi	Argentina	7	113	10	1	11.3	14.4	4.71
Gokul G	Uruguay	6	129	10	0	12.9	12	6.45
Hernan Fennell	Argentina	7	67	9	0	7.44	9.33	4.79
Ruann Van der Merwe	Argentina	7	72	9	0	8	10	4.8
Shantanu Kaveri	Mexico	7	74	9	0	8.22	9.89	4.99

In the women’s category, Brazil were unbeaten throughout the group stages and the final, to register 5 T20I wins during the event. Brazil captain Roberta Moretti Avery was the leading scorer of the tournament, making 116 runs in 4 innings, followed by Samantha Hickman of Peru (91 runs in 4 innings) and Renata Souza of Brazil (89 runs in 4 innings). Alison Stocks (Argentina), Nikki Monteiro (Brazil) and Samantha Hickman (Peru) were the leading wicket-taker’s in the tournament with 8 wickets to their names.

Scores from the group stages and finals for the men’s category can be viewed here. For matches in the women’s category, the results can be viewed here.

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