International cricket season
The 2019–20 international cricket season was from September 2019 to April 2020.[ 1] [ 2] 29 Test matches , 78 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 145 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), as well as 23 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 61 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), were scheduled to be played during this period. Additionally, a number of other T20I/WT20I matches were also scheduled to be played in minor series involving associate nations. The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings , England leading the ODI rankings and Pakistan leading the Twenty20 rankings . In the women's rankings, Australia women lead both the WODI and WT20I tables. The 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia took place during this time, starting on 21 February 2020, with hosts Australia winning the tournament for the fifth time.[ 3]
In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket , with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.[ 4] It was the first time that a Full Member of the ICC had been suspended.[ 5] As a result of Zimbabwe's suspension, they were replaced in the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament with Nigeria .[ 6] In October 2019, the ICC lifted its suspension on Zimbabwe Cricket, allowing them to take part in future ICC events. The Cricket Association of Nepal , which was suspended in 2016, was also readmitted as an ICC member.[ 7]
International men's cricket started with a one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan , which Afghanistan won. During the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series , the United States recorded their first win in ODIs. During the 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series , the United States were bowled out for 35 in their final match against Nepal , which was the joint-lowest innings total in an ODI match.[ 8] Leagues A and B of the World Cup Challenge League started in this season, with Canada winning the inaugural edition of the League A tournament.
In September 2019, Australia Women won the WODI series against the West Indies Women 3–0, becoming the first team to qualify for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup .[ 9] In October 2019, Australia Women were confirmed as the champions of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship , following their win in the second WODI against Sri Lanka Women .[ 10] Australia went on to win the third WODI by nine wickets, winning the series 3–0, and setting a new record for the most consecutive wins in WODIs, with 18.[ 11]
In October and November 2019, the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament was held in the UAE. Papua New Guinea and Ireland became the first two teams to qualify directly to the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia, when they won their respective groups.[ 12] [ 13] Namibia , the Netherlands , Oman and Scotland also qualified for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, with the Netherlands winning the Qualifier tournament.[ 14] The day after the final of the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament, the 1,000th men's T20I match was played, between India and Bangladesh , in Delhi .[ 15]
In December 2019, the Sri Lankan cricket team toured Pakistan playing two Test matches , marking the return of Test cricket in Pakistan after ten years .[ 16] In February 2020, Bangladesh won the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup , their first win in an ICC event at any level.[ 17]
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted on several international cricket fixtures and tournaments.[ 18] A women's quadrangular series was scheduled to take place in Thailand in April 2020,[ 19] but was cancelled a month before it was due to start.[ 20] The 2020 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A , scheduled to take place in March 2020, was postponed,[ 21] along with two T20I matches between a World XI and Asia XI side .[ 22] Australia Women's tour to South Africa in March 2020 became the first major international series not to go ahead as planned due to coronavirus.[ 23] On 13 March 2020, the ICC confirmed that the 2020 United States Tri-Nation Series had been postponed due to the outbreak and travel restrictions to the United States.[ 24] On the same day, the two-match Test series between Sri Lanka and England , scheduled to be played in March 2020, was also postponed.[ 25] The last two ODIs between India and South Africa were cancelled,[ 26] along with the Netherlands' tour to Namibia .[ 27] On 14 March 2020, Australia cancelled the final two ODIs and their T20I series against New Zealand.[ 28] On 16 March 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board cancelled the third leg of the series against Bangladesh , which was scheduled to have a one-off ODI and a Test match.[ 29] Later the same day, Ireland's tour to Zimbabwe was also cancelled.[ 30] On 24 March 2020, the ICC confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed.[ 31]
The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.
ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings 22 August 2019 [ 33] Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 England 54 6,745 125 2 India 58 7,071 122 3 New Zealand 43 4,837 112 4 Australia 50 5,543 111 5 South Africa 47 5,193 110 6 Pakistan 49 4,756 97 7 Bangladesh 46 3,963 86 8 Sri Lanka 54 4,425 82 9 West Indies 49 3,740 76 10 Afghanistan 40 2,359 59 11 Ireland 29 1,466 51 12 Zimbabwe 35 1,538 44 13 Netherlands 6 222 37 14 Scotland 15 534 36 15 Oman 8 174 22 16 Nepal 8 152 19 Only the top 16 teams are shown
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings 26 August 2019 [ 34] Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 Pakistan 26 7,365 283 2 England 16 4,253 266 3 South Africa 16 4,196 262 4 India 31 8,099 261 5 Australia 21 5,471 261 6 New Zealand 16 4,056 254 7 Afghanistan 16 3,849 241 8 Sri Lanka 18 4,093 227 9 West Indies 24 5,378 224 10 Bangladesh 16 3,525 220 11 Nepal 14 2,818 201 12 Scotland 11 2,185 199 13 United Arab Emirates 18 3,486 194 14 Zimbabwe 13 2,376 183 15 Ireland 21 3,817 182 16 Netherlands 15 2,710 181 Only the top 16 teams are shown
ICC Women's T20I Rankings 20 August 2019 [ 36] Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 Australia 31 8,819 284 2 England 34 9,448 278 3 New Zealand 32 8,837 276 4 West Indies 31 8,086 261 5 India 38 9,504 250 6 South Africa 33 8,015 243 7 Pakistan 39 8,874 228 8 Sri Lanka 32 6,569 205 9 Bangladesh 31 5,913 191 10 Ireland 25 4,368 175 11 Zimbabwe 28 4,337 155 12 Thailand 46 7,025 153 13 Scotland 18 2,696 150 14 Nepal 19 2,425 128 15 Papua New Guinea 15 1,899 127 16 United Arab Emirates 27 3,381 125 Only the top 16 teams are shown
On-going tournaments [ edit ] The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.
Afghanistan in Bangladesh [ edit ] Australia women in West Indies [ edit ] 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series[ edit ] 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series [ edit ] 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series[ edit ] South Africa in India [ edit ] The last two ODI matches were cancelled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 39]
2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A [ edit ] 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League – List A series No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st List A 16 September Denmark Hamid Shah Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Malaysia by 44 runs 2nd List A 17 September Singapore Amjad Mahboob Qatar Iqbal Hussain Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Qatar by 19 runs 3rd List A 17 September Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Selangor Turf Club , Selangor Canada by 5 wickets 4th List A 19 September Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Canada by 206 runs 5th List A 19 September Singapore Rezza Gaznavi Denmark Hamid Shah Selangor Turf Club , Selangor Singapore by 36 runs 6th List A 20 September Denmark Hamid Shah Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Denmark by 148 runs 7th List A 20 September Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Qatar Iqbal Hussain Selangor Turf Club , Selangor Qatar by 3 wickets 8th List A 22 September Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Qatar Iqbal Hussain Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Canada by 115 runs 9th List A 22 September Singapore Amjad Mahboob Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Selangor Turf Club , Selangor Singapore by 42 runs 10th List A 23 September Singapore Amjad Mahboob Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Singapore by 4 wickets 11th List A 23 September Denmark Hamid Shah Qatar Iqbal Hussain Selangor Turf Club , Selangor Denmark by 60 runs 12th List A 25 September Canada Nitish Kumar Denmark Hamid Shah Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Canada by 48 runs (DLS ) 13th List A 25 September Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Selangor Turf Club , Selangor Vanuatu by 13 runs 14th List A 26 September Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Qatar Iqbal Hussain Kinrara Academy Oval , Kuala Lumpur Qatar by 5 runs (DLS ) 15th List A 26 September Canada Nitish Kumar Singapore Amjad Mahboob Selangor Turf Club , Selangor Singapore by 4 runs (DLS )
South Africa women in India [ edit ] 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series[ edit ] Sri Lanka in Pakistan [ edit ] Sri Lanka women in Australia [ edit ] 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series[ edit ] No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 910 5 October Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Hong Kong Kinchit Shah Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Oman by 7 wickets T20I 911 5 October Ireland Gary Wilson Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Ireland by 6 wickets T20I 917 6 October Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Ireland Gary Wilson Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Oman by 43 runs T20I 918 6 October Nepal Paras Khadka Hong Kong Kinchit Shah Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Nepal by 4 wickets T20I 920 7 October Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Nepal Paras Khadka Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Nepal by 4 wickets T20I 921 7 October Hong Kong Kinchit Shah Ireland Gary Wilson Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Ireland by 66 runs T20I 923 9 October Ireland Gary Wilson Nepal Paras Khadka Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Ireland by 13 runs T20I 924 9 October Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Oman by 7 wickets T20I 927 10 October Hong Kong Kinchit Shah Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Netherlands by 37 runs T20I 928 10 October Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Nepal Paras Khadka Al Amerat Cricket Stadium , Muscat Oman by 6 wickets
2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier[ edit ] Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 935 18 October Scotland Kyle Coetzer Singapore Amjad Mahboob ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Singapore by 2 runs T20I 936 18 October Hong Kong Aizaz Khan Ireland Gary Wilson Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Ireland by 8 wickets T20I 937 18 October Kenya Shem Ngoche Netherlands Pieter Seelaar ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Netherlands by 30 runs T20I 939 18 October Oman Zeeshan Maqsood United Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Oman by 7 wickets T20I 940 19 October Bermuda Dion Stovell Papua New Guinea Assad Vala ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets T20I 941 19 October Jersey Charles Perchard Nigeria Ademola Onikoyi Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Jersey by 69 runs T20I 942 19 October Namibia Gerhard Erasmus Netherlands Pieter Seelaar ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Netherlands by 44 runs T20I 943 19 October Kenya Shem Ngoche Scotland Kyle Coetzer ICC Academy Ground No 2 , Dubai Scotland by 31 runs T20I 944 19 October Ireland Gary Wilson United Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates by 5 wickets T20I 946 20 October Namibia Gerhard Erasmus Papua New Guinea Assad Vala ICC Academy Ground No 2 , Dubai Papua New Guinea by 81 runs T20I 947 20 October Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Jersey Charles Perchard Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi Canada by 53 runs T20I 948 20 October Bermuda Dion Stovell Singapore Amjad Mahboob ICC Academy Ground No 2 , Dubai Singapore by 5 wickets T20I 949 20 October Hong Kong Aizaz Khan Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Oman by 7 wickets T20I 950 21 October Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Scotland Kyle Coetzer ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Scotland by 4 runs T20I 951 21 October Hong Kong Aizaz Khan United Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates by 8 wickets T20I 952 21 October Ireland Gary Wilson Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi Ireland by 35 runs T20I 953 21 October Bermuda Dion Stovell Kenya Shem Ngoche ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Kenya by 45 runs T20I 954 21 October Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Nigeria Ademola Onikoyi Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Canada by 50 runs T20I 955 22 October Namibia Gerhard Erasmus Scotland Richie Berrington ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Namibia by 24 runs T20I 956 22 October Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Singapore Amjad Mahboob ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Netherlands by 5 wickets T20I 957 22 October Jersey Charles Perchard United Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi Jersey by 35 runs T20I 958 23 October Bermuda Rodney Trott Namibia Gerhard Erasmus ICC Academy Ground No 2 , Dubai Namibia by 6 wickets T20I 959 23 October Nigeria Ademola Onikoyi Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi Oman by 7 wickets T20I 960 23 October Kenya Shem Ngoche Singapore Amjad Mahboob ICC Academy Ground No 2 , Dubai Kenya by 7 wickets T20I 961 23 October Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Ireland Gary Wilson Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Canada by 10 runs T20I 962 23 October Hong Kong Aizaz Khan Jersey Charles Perchard Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Hong Kong by 8 runs T20I 963 24 October Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Papua New Guinea Assad Vala ICC Academy Ground , Dubai Papua New Guinea by 5 wickets T20I 964 24 October Nigeria Ademola Onikoyi United Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates by 5 wickets T20I 965 24 October Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Hong Kong Aizaz Khan Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi Hong Kong by 32 runs T20I 966 24 October Bermuda Rodney Trott Scotland Kyle Coetzer Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai Scotland by 46 runs T20I 967 25 October Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Singapore Amjad Mahboob Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai Papua New Guinea by 43 runs T20I 968 25 October Ireland Gary Wilson Jersey Charles Perchard Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi Ireland by 8 wickets T20I 969 25 October Kenya Shem Ngoche Namibia Gerhard Erasmus Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai Namibia by 87 runs T20I 971 25 October Canada Navneet Dhaliwal Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Oman by 8 wickets T20I 972 26 October Ireland Gary Wilson Nigeria Ademola Onikoyi Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Ireland by 8 wickets T20I 974 26 October Bermuda Rodney Trott Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai Netherlands by 92 runs T20I 977 26 October Namibia Gerhard Erasmus Singapore Amjad Mahboob Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai Namibia by 87 runs T20I 979 27 October Kenya Shem Ngoche Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai Papua New Guinea by 45 runs T20I 980 27 October Hong Kong Aizaz Khan Nigeria Ademola Onikoyi Tolerance Oval , Abu Dhabi Hong Kong by 5 wickets T20I 982 27 October Jersey Charles Perchard Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium , Abu Dhabi Jersey by 14 runs T20I 983 27 October Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Scotland Kyle Coetzer Dubai International