Belize and Panama registered their maiden T20I wins in the men’s category on the opening day of action in the 7th Central American Championships in Mexico City. While Belize scored their maiden win against the host’s Mexico, Panama registered theirs over Costa Rica, while all the four nations made their official T20I debut’s on the same day.
Belize took on Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in their 2nd match of the day, which they lost. All matches are being played at Reforma Athletic Club ground in Mexico City. MCC are the defending champions from the previous edition of CAC held in 2017 in Belize.
It has been a long wait for all the nations involved in the tournament as Mexico’s last International assignment was in 2018 South American Championships in Colombia, which they eventually won and Belize & Panama took part in the ICC Americas sub-regional qualifiers for 2020 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup along with USA and Canada.
Costa Rica Women’s squad will be making their T20I debut on the 2nd day of 2019CAC, as they take on Mexico Women’s squad in a 3-match series, with the host’s already having made their T20I debut in the 2018 South American Championships in Colombia.
Brief Scores:
Mexico 108/9 in 20 overs (Pradeep Chandran 23, Ashwin Sathya 14, Aaron Muslar 3/18, Herbert Banner 2/18, Kenroy Reynolds 2/20) lost to Belize 112/6 in 12.3 overs (Bernan Stephenson 48, Keenan Flowers 17, Glenford Banner 12 n.o, Rama Krishna Inampudi 2/29, Ashwin Sathya 2/32, Revanakumar Ankad 1/16) by 4 wickets
Costa Rica 112/5 in 20 overs (Joel Cutinho 32, Sachin Ravikumar 29 n.o, Dilip Kumar 2/11, Imran Bulbulia 2/22) lost to Panama 113/3 in 15.4 overs (Yusuf Ebrahim 35 n.o, Imran Bulbulia 32, Anilkumar Natubhai 19, Zain Ul Tashnam 1/16, Sam Oswald 1/17, Sachin Ravikumar 1/28) by 7 wickets
Belize 125/9 in 20 overs (Aaron Muslar 35, Andrew Banner 22, Bernan Stephenson 15, Clint McCabe 4/24, Kez Ahmed 2/16, James Hawley 2/33) lost to Marylebone Cricket Club 129/6 in 18.4 overs (James Hawley 29, Thomas Jenkins 26 n.o, Sam Smith 19 n.o, Aaron Muslar 2/16, Herbert Banner 1/19, George Hyde 1/26) by 4 wickets
