2005 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship

2005 Americas Under-19 Championship

Dates	8 – 13 August 2005
Administrator(s)	ICC Americas
Cricket format	50-over
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Canada
Champions	United States (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches played	10
Most runs	Trevin Bastiampillai (128)
Most wickets	Abhimanyu Rajp (11)

The 2005 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship was an international cricket tournament held in King City, Ontario, from 8 to 13 August 2005. It was the third edition of the ICC Americas Under-19 Championship, and the second in a row to be held in Canada.

The tournament featured five teams, the same as at the preceding 2003 edition, and the same format was used, a simple round-robin. The United States finished the tournament undefeated to win its first title, and consequently qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. The team had nearly been barred from playing, as part of proposed International Cricket Council (ICC) sanctions against the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) for maladministration, but the situation was resolved the month before the tournament.^[1][2] Canada was the runner-up at the championship, with the Cayman Islands placing third, Bermuda fourth, and Argentina placing last, again finishing winless.^[3] The tournament was affected by rain, with two matches being abandoned and another shortened. A feature of the championship was its low scoring, with only four innings above 200 being recorded from the ten matches played.^[4] The tournament's leading runscorer, Canadian batsman Trevin Bastiampillai, was the only player to record more than 100 runs,^[5] while the leading wicket-taker was American bowler Abhimanyu Rajp, who took two five-wicket hauls.^[6]

Fixtures

Qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	Ab	Pts	NRR
United States	4	4	0	0	0	8	+2.566
Canada	4	2	1	0	1	5	+1.084
Cayman Islands	4	1	2	0	1	3	–0.058
Bermuda	4	1	2	0	1	3	–0.853
Argentina	4	0	3	0	1	0	–3.564

8 August Scorecard

Argentina  92 (26.5 overs)	v	Bermuda 93/1 (16.2 overs)

Bermuda won by 9 wickets Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City Player of the match: Stefan Kelly (Ber)

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8 August Scorecard

United States  246 (50 overs)	v	Canada 207 (46.1 overs)

United States won by 39 runs Maple Leaf South-West Ground, King City Player of the match: Ravi Timbawala (USA)

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9 August Scorecard

Cayman Islands  286/6 (50 overs)	v	Argentina 113 (32.3 overs)

Cayman Islands won by 173 runs Maple Leaf South-West Ground, King City Player of the match: Marc Chin (Cay)

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9 August Scorecard

Bermuda  86 (36.2 overs)	v	United States 89/2 (16.5 overs)

United States won by 8 wickets Maple Leaf North-East Ground, King City Player of the match: Abhimanyu Rajp (USA)

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10 August Scorecard

Argentina  105 (38.3 overs)	v	United States 109/3 (20.2 overs)

United States won by 7 wickets Maple Leaf South-West Ground, King City Player of the match: Abhimanyu Rajp (USA)

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10 August Scorecard

Cayman Islands  143/8 (50 overs)	v	Canada 121/1 (18 overs)

Canada won by 9 wickets (DL) Maple Leaf North-East Ground, King City Player of the match: Kenneth Carto (Can)

• Canada's target was 121 runs in 36 overs.

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11 August Scorecard

Bermuda	v	Cayman Islands

Match abandoned

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11 August Scorecard

Argentina	v	Canada

Match abandoned

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13 August Scorecard

Canada  239/8 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 140 (42.5 overs)

Canada won by 99 runs Maple Leaf South-West Ground, King City Player of the match: Trevin Bastiampillai (Can)

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13 August Scorecard

Cayman Islands  86 (40.3 overs)	v	United States 87/4 (19.2 overs)

United States won by 6 wickets Maple Leaf South-West Ground, King City Player of the match: Hemant Punoo (USA)

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Trevin Bastiampillai	Canada	128	3	128.00	110*	1	0
Kenneth Carto	Canada	93	3	46.50	50*	0	1
Hemant Punoo	United States	87	4	43.50	42*	0	0
Ravi Timbawala	United States	81	4	27.00	67	0	1
Waqas Junaid	Canada	80	3	40.00	43	0	0

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wickettakers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	BBI
Abhimanyu Rajp	United States	31.3	11	8.72	17.18	3.04	5/7
Marc Chin	Cayman Islands	19.2	7	13.14	16.57	4.75	5/32
Stefan Kelly	Bermuda	24.5	7	13.71	21.28	3.86	4/22
Mohammad Rehman	United States	36.0	7	15.00	30.85	2.91	4/19
Hemant Punoo	United States	33.3	6	12.33	33.50	2.20	4/12

Source: CricketArchive

References

1. (4 July 2005). "ICC gives blunt warning to USA" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
2. Deb K. Das (4 July 2005). "MLC steps in with last-minute offer" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
3. Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
4. Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
5. Batting and fielding in Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
6. Bowling in Americas Under-19 Championship 2005 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2015.