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2008 ICC Americas Championship

Field	Value
name	2008 ICC Americas Championship
imagesize	200px
cricket format	List A
tournament format	Round-robin
host	USA United States
champions
count	2
participants	6 of 13
matches	15
player of the series	USA Sushil Nadkarni
most runs	USA Sushil Nadkarni (407)
most wickets	USA Imran Awan (9)
ARG Diego Lord (9)

| player of the series = USA Sushil Nadkarni ARG Diego Lord (9)

The ICC Americas Championship is the continental cricket championship for the Americas region, for Affiliate and Associate members of the International Cricket Council in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Since 2006, the tournament is organized in three divisions.

The division three was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This tournament was won by Turks and Caicos and won one spot in the division two (played in Paramaribo, Suriname. The division two was won by the host. Suriname won one spot in the division one. The division one was played in Fort Lauderdale, United States, and was won by the host.

Division One

Main article: 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One

Division One was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, commencing on November 25. Six teams took part: United States (hosts), Bermuda (holders), Canada, Argentina, Cayman Islands, and Suriname (making their first appearance at this level after winning Division Two. The three venues was Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City, Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Turf Ground and Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Artificial Ground both in Fort Lauderdale

United States won the tournament won all its games. Sushil Nadkarni (USA) was named the player of the series. Nadkarni was the leader in runs with 407 and Imran Awan (USA) and Diego Lord (Argentina) taken 9 wickets. Suriname finished bottom of the table, and were relegated back to Division Two.

Points table

Division two

The 2008 Division Three tournament, held in Suriname, saw a very close contest, with three teams each finishing with two wins. The host nation defied the odds going into the last game, skittling the Bahamas for just 57 runs, allowing them to jump to the top of the table and qualify for Division One. Troy Dudnauth (Suriname) was named the player of the tournament.

Results

No.	Date	Captain 1	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1	3 April	Soyab Chohan	Deoraj Sewanan	Owru Kul oval, Paramaribo	by 31 runs
2	3 April	Ralph Doughty	Narendra Ekanayake	Snellen Park, Paramaribo	by 9 wickets
3	4 April	Soyab Chohan	Narendra Ekanayake	Snellen Park, Paramaribo	by 6 wickets
4	4 April	Deoraj Sewanan	Ralph Doughty	Owru Kul oval, Paramaribo	by 112 runs
5	5 April	Soyab Chohan	Ralph Doughty	Owru Kul oval, Paramaribo	by 95 runs
6	5 April	Deoraj Sewanan	Narendra Ekanayake	Snellen Park, Paramaribo	by 146 runs

Points Table

Played	Won	Lost	Points	NRR
3	2	1	8	1.513
3	2	1	8	1.023
3	2	1	8	-0.055
3	0	3	0	-2.734

Division three

The 2008 Division Three tournament was held in Argentina and again saw an official international debut, this time that of Peru. The tournament was won by the Turks and Caicos Islands who thereby gained a place in the 2008 edition of Division Two in Suriname. Simon Shalders (Chile) was named the player of the tournament

Results

No.	Date	Captain 1	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1	11 February	Simon Shalders	Dirk Sutherland	Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires	by 26 runs
2	11 February	Chris Abbott	Ralph Doughty	Maurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires	by 8 wickets
3	12 February	Ralph Doughty	Simon Shalders	Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires	by 8 wickets
4	12 February	Dirk Sutherland	Matt Featherstone	Maurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires	by 139 runs
5	13 February	Simon Shalders	Ian Hildebrand	Maurice Runnacles Oval, Buenos Aires	by 54 runs
6	13 February	Matt Featherstone	Ralph Doughty	Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires	by 5 wickets
7	15 February	Matt Featherstone	Simon Shalders	Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires	by 37 runs
8	15 February	Dirk Sutherland	Ian Hildebrand	Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires	by 34 runs
9	16 February	Ian Hildebrand	Matt Featherstone	Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires	by 63 runs
10	16 February	Ralph Doughty	Dirk Sutherland	Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires	by 3 runs

Points Table

Played	Won	Lost	Points	NRR
4	3	1	12	1.424
4	3	1	12	0.410
4	2	2	8	0.720
4	1	3	4	-0.782
4	1	3	4	-1.436

References

"USA crowned Americas cricket champions".
[http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/378242.html Cricinfo]
[http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/345448.html Cricinfo] "Suriname stun dire Bahamas" (retrieved April 8, 2008)
"Turks & Caicos Islands Win Division 3 in Thrilling Finale".

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