South American Championships returns to Peru after five years

After the previously held edition in 2014, the South American Championships of cricket is back in Peru after a gap of five years and the 2019 edition will be a historic one, for both the men’s and women’s category matches will be eligible to be played with official T20I status.

Both the men’s and women’s tournaments will be held from Oct 03rd – 06th, 2019 and will be played across El Cortijo Polo Club ground (For men’s group stage fixtures) and the Lima Cricket and Football Club (women’s group stage fixtures). Finals for both the men’s and women’s title’s will be played at the Lima Cricket and Football Club. Cricket Peru will also be hosting the Junior South American Championships for the U-13 and U-17 teams from 27th – 30th Sep 2019, at Cambridge College and the Lima Cricket and Football Club.

The men’s edition will be the 16th edition of the iconic tournament, while the women’s will be the 10th edition of the tournament. The 2018 edition of women’s category was played with official T20I status between Brazil, Peru, Chile and Mexico. For the 2019 edition, Argentina Women, who are multiple times winner of the tournament in the past, will be back again in the tournament after missing out the 2018 edition. Brazil Women are the defending Champions from the 2018 edition held in Colombia.

The women’s edition will see all the participants play each other in a single round-robin format group stage, following the conclusion of which, the top 2 team’s in the points table will contest in the final.

2019 Women’s South American Championships Schedule

For the men’s category, host’s Peru will be competing against the 2018 Champions Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay. Colombia and Uruguay are not current Associate members under International Cricket Council (ICC) and hence, all the matches involving these two nations will not be considered for official T20I status. Mexico are the defending Champions from the 2018 edition held in Colombia. The men’s edition will see all the participants play each other in a single round-robin format group stage, following the conclusion of which, the top 2 team’s in the points table will contest in the final.

2019 Men’s South American Championships Schedule