# 2000 Americas Cricket Cup

The 2000 Americas Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament held in Canada between 7 and 12 August 2000. It was the inaugural edition of what is now the ICC Americas Championship.
The tournament was contested by the five associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) located in the ICC Americas development region – Argentina, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, and the United States. It was played as a round-robin, with each participant playing the other once. The home team, Canada, won all four of its matches, with Bermuda runner-up. Canada's captain, Joseph Harris, was the player of the tournament.

## Teams and squads

| Argentina | Bermuda | Canada | Cayman Islands | United States |
| Guillermo Kirschbaum (c) Hernan Pereyra (vc) Martin Cortabarria Murray Davis Alejandro Ferguson Donald Forrester Tomas Francis Charles Gibson Bernardo Irigoyen Diego Lord Matias Paterlini Lucas Paterlini Andres Perez Rivero Martin Siri Christian Tuñon | Richard Basden Lionel Cann Michael Crane Curtis Jackson Charlie Marshall Steven Outerbridge Dennis Pilgrim Oliver Pitcher Justin Robinson Clay Smith Janeiro Tucker Kwame Tucker Jermaine Warner Wendell White | Joseph Harris (c) Paul Prashad (vc) Desmond Chumney George Codrington Melvin Croning John Davison Nicholas Ifill Davis Joseph Damian Mills Brian Rajadurai Sukhjinder Rana Kevin Sandher Surendra Seeraj Sanjayan Thuraisingam | Michael Wight (c) Ryan Bovell Larry Cunningham Ronald Ebanks Steve Gordon Steadman Gray Franklyn Hinds Carley James Joseph Kirkconnell Oscar Owen Gary Tulloch Chris Wight David Wight Philip Wight | Raymond Denny (c) Nezam Hafiz (vc) Rohan Alexander Nirosh DeSilva Winston Lewis Steve Mangru Naseer Islam Kuldeep Patel Mihirkumar Patel Charles Reid Sunderdat Sookram Dave Wallace Waqas Shahid Zamin Amin |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | Pts | NRR |
| Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.426 |
| Bermuda | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1.409 |
| United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | –0.424 |
| Cayman Islands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | –0.535 |
| Argentina | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –1.946 |

## Fixtures

* 7 August Scorecard
| Bermuda 346/8 (50 overs) | v | Argentina 153/9 (49 overs) |
* Bermuda won by 193 runs Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario
* 7 August Scorecard
| Cayman Islands 137 (43.5 overs) | v | United States 138/9 (40 overs) |
* United States won by 1 wicket Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario
* 8 August Scorecard
| Cayman Islands 206/9 (50 overs) | v | Argentina 78/4 (26 overs) |
* Cayman Islands won by 30 runs (D/L) Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario
* 8 August Scorecard
| Canada 251/8 (50 overs) | v | United States 71/5 (27.1 overs) |
* Canada won by 70 runs (D/L) Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario
* 10 August Scorecard
| Argentina 158/9 (50 overs) | v | Canada 160/5 (38 overs) |
* Canada won by 5 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario
* 10 August Scorecard
| Bermuda 105 (34.3 overs) | v | Cayman Islands 73 (38.3 overs) |
* Bermuda won by 32 runs Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario
* 11 August Scorecard
| Bermuda 232 (47.5 overs) | v | United States 149 (45.1 overs) |
* Bermuda won by 83 runs G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario
* 11 August Scorecard
| Canada 112 (25.3 overs) | v | Cayman Islands 62 (20.5 overs) |
* Canada won by 49 runs G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario
* 12 August Scorecard
| United States 243 (? overs) | v | Argentina 202 (? overs) |
* United States won by 41 runs G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario
* 12 August Scorecard
| Bermuda 186 (? overs) | v | Canada 190/3 (43 overs) |
* Canada won by 7 wickets G. Ross Lord Park, Toronto, Ontario