The 2021 Associate international cricket season was from May to September 2021. All official twenty over matches between Associate members of the ICC were eligible to have full Twenty20 International (T20I) or Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 July 2018 (women's teams) and 1 January 2019 (men's teams). The season included all T20I/WT20I cricket series mostly involving ICC Associate members, that were played in addition to series covered in International cricket in 2021. In July 2021, Mongolia and Tajikistan were awarded Associate Membership of the ICC, and Switzerland were also readmitted as associate members.
Season overview International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] T20I 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 International tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 2021 Central Europe Cup 2021 Sofia Twenty20 The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B Cancelled The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C Cancelled The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A Cancelled The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier Postponed 2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series Matches played at the Baltic Cup were not given T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC. 2021 Baltic Cup 2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series 2021 Continental Cup
Women's international tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] WT20I 5–0 The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2–3 The teams contested a single official WT20I, which was the last of a three-match T20 series that was won 3–0 by Sweden. 1–0 Women's international tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
May 2021 Central Europe Cup
Team 4 3 1 0 0 12 +1.370 4 2 2 0 0 8 –0.015 4 1 3 0 0 4 –1.151 T20I series No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 1159 21 May Sudesh Wickramasekara Joost Mees Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague by 9 wickets T20I 1160 21 May Razmal Shigiwal Joost Mees Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague by 5 runs (DLS) T20I 1161 22 May Sudesh Wickramasekara Razmal Shigiwal Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague by 78 runs T20I 1162 22 May Sudesh Wickramasekara Joost Mees Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague by 6 wickets T20I 1163 23 May Razmal Shigiwal Joost Mees Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague by 5 wickets T20I 1164 23 May Sudesh Wickramasekara Razmal Shigiwal Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague by 4 wickets (DLS)
June 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
Teams 4 4 0 0 0 8 +2.662 4 3 1 0 0 6 +0.957 4 2 2 0 0 4 +0.095 4 1 3 0 0 2 –0.993 4 0 4 0 0 0 –3.249 Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result WT20I 896 6 June Sarah Uwera Laura Mophakedi Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 8 wickets WT20I 897 6 June Irene van Zyl Samantha Agazuma Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 8 wickets WT20I 898 7 June Laura Mophakedi Margaret Ngoche Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 9 wickets WT20I 899 7 June Sarah Uwera Irene van Zyl Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 43 runs WT20I 900 8 June Margaret Ngoche Samantha Agazuma Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 8 wickets WT20I 901 8 June Laura Mophakedi Irene van Zyl Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 65 runs WT20I 902 9 June Margaret Ngoche Irene van Zyl Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 36 runs WT20I 903 9 June Sarah Uwera Samantha Agazuma Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 6 runs WT20I 904 10 June Sarah Uwera Margaret Ngoche Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 25 runs WT20I 905 10 June Laura Mophakedi Samantha Agazuma Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 3 wicketsPlay-offs WT20I 906 11 June Irene van Zyl Samantha Agazuma Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 91 runs WT20I 907 11 June Sarah Uwera Margaret Ngoche Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 52 runs WT20I 908 12 June Sarah Uwera Agatha Obulor Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 8 runs WT20I 909 12 June Margaret Ngoche Irene van Zyl Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 7 wickets
2021 Sofia Twenty20 Series
Teams 3 3 0 0 0 6 +4.011 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.200 3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.445 3 0 3 0 0 0 –3.502 Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 1166 24 June Prakash Mishra Aleksa Djorovic National Sports Academy, Sofia by 61 runs T20I 1167 24 June Anastasios Manousis Ramesh Satheesan National Sports Academy, Sofia by 3 wickets T20I 1169 25 June Anastasios Manousis Aleksa Djorovic National Sports Academy, Sofia by 5 wickets T20I 1170 25 June Prakash Mishra Ramesh Satheesan National Sports Academy, Sofia by 7 wickets T20I 1171 25 June Ramesh Satheesan Aleksa Djorovic National Sports Academy, Sofia by 91 runs T20I 1172 26 June Prakash Mishra Anastasios Manousis National Sports Academy, Sofia by 64 runsPlay-offs T20I 1173 26 June Ramesh Satheesan Aleksa Djorovic National Sports Academy, Sofia by 10 wickets T20I 1175 26 June Prakash Mishra Anastasios Manousis National Sports Academy, Sofia No result T20I 1177 27 June Prakash Mishra Ramesh Satheesan National Sports Academy, Sofia by 7 wickets
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
July 2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier C
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier A
The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Belgium in Malta
WT20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I 1182 8 July Bikram Arora Shaheryar Butt Marsa Sports Club, Marsa by 6 wickets T20I 1183 8 July Bikram Arora Shaheryar Butt Marsa Sports Club, Marsa by 10 wickets T20I 1184 9 July Bikram Arora Shaheryar Butt Marsa Sports Club, Marsa by 4 wickets T20I 1186 10 July Bikram Arora Shaheryar Butt Marsa Sports Club, Marsa by penalty runs T20I 1187 10 July Bikram Arora Nemish Mehta Marsa Sports Club, Marsa by 39 runs
France women in Germany
WT20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result WT20I 913 8 July Anuradha Doddaballapur Emmanuelle Brelivet Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 9 wickets WT20I 914 8 July Anuradha Doddaballapur Emmanuelle Brelivet Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 8 wickets WT20I 915 9 July Anuradha Doddaballapur Emmanuelle Brelivet Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 65 runs WT20I 917 10 July Anuradha Doddaballapur Emmanuelle Brelivet Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 9 wickets WT20I 918 10 July Anuradha Doddaballapur Emmanuelle Brelivet Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 34 runs
Guernsey women in Jersey
The series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Inter-Insular WT20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result [1st WT20I] 23 July Farmers' Field, Saint Martin [2nd WT20I] 24 July Farmers' Field, Saint Martin [3rd WT20I] 25 July Farmers' Field, Saint Martin
Austria in Belgium
T20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I 1199 24 July Sheraz Sheikh Razmal Shigiwal Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo by 7 wickets T20I 1200 24 July Sheraz Sheikh Razmal Shigiwal Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo by 12 runs (DLS) T20I 1202 25 July Sheraz Sheikh Razmal Shigiwal Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo by 6 wickets
2021 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
The tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
August 2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series
Teams 4 3 1 0 0 6 +0.809 4 2 2 0 0 4 +0.365 4 1 3 0 0 2 –1.161 Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 1213 5 August Venkatraman Ganesan Raza Iqbal Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 5 wickets T20I 1214 5 August Usman Shahid Raza Iqbal Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 4 wickets T20I 1215 6 August Venkatraman Ganesan Usman Shahid Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 2 wickets (DLS) T20I 1217 7 August Venkatraman Ganesan Usman Shahid Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 48 runs T20I 1219 7 August Usman Shahid Raza Iqbal Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 3 runs T20I 1220 8 August Venkatraman Ganesan Raza Iqbal Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 51 runsFinal T20I 1221 8 August Venkatraman Ganesan Raza Iqbal Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld by 6 wickets (DLS)
Austria women in Italy
WT20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result WT20I 924 9 August Kumudu Peddrick Gandhali Bapat Roma Cricket Ground, Rome by 8 wickets WT20I 925 10 August Kumudu Peddrick Gandhali Bapat Roma Cricket Ground, Rome by 7 wickets WT20I 926 11 August Kumudu Peddrick Gandhali Bapat Roma Cricket Ground, Rome by 7 runs WT20I 927 11 August Kumudu Peddrick Gandhali Bapat Roma Cricket Ground, Rome by 6 wickets WT20I 928 12 August Kumudu Peddrick Gandhali Bapat Roma Cricket Ground, Rome by 1 run
2021 Baltic Cup Matches played at the Baltic Cup did not have T20I status as only Estonia were members of the ICC. Teams 3 3 0 0 0 6 +3.054 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.470 3 1 2 0 0 2 +0.601 3 0 3 0 0 0 –5.287 Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st Match 12 August Marko Vaik Neeraj Madhivannan National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn by 143 runs 2nd Match 12 August Bejon Sarker Biswajit Mohapathra National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn by 4 wickets 3rd Match 13 August Marko Vaik Tim Cross National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn by 7 wickets 4th Match 13 August Mehdi Faraaz Abbas Neeraj Madhivannan National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn by 89 runs 5th Match 13 August Marko Vaik Mehdi Faraaz Abbas National Cricket Field 1, Tallinn by 12 runs 6th Match 13 August Tim Cross Neeraj Madhivannan National Cricket Field 2, Tallinn by 8 wickets
Sweden in Denmark
T20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I 1223 14 August Frederik Klokker Abhijit Venkatesh Svanholm Park, Brøndby by 8 runs T20I 1224 14 August Frederik Klokker Abhijit Venkatesh Svanholm Park, Brøndby by 3 wickets T20I 1225 15 August Frederik Klokker Abhijit Venkatesh Svanholm Park, Brøndby by 6 wickets
Ghana in Rwanda
T20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I 1226 18 August Clinton Rubagumya Obed Harvey Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 1 wicket T20I 1227 18 August Clinton Rubagumya Obed Harvey Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 2 wickets T20I 1229 20 August Clinton Rubagumya Obed Harvey Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 57 runs T20I 1231 20 August Clinton Rubagumya Obed Harvey Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by concession T20I 1234 21 August Clinton Rubagumya Obed Harvey Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali by 7 wickets
2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series
Teams 4 4 0 0 0 8 +3.110 4 2 2 0 0 4 –0.159 4 0 4 0 0 0 –2.952 Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 1228 19 August Najjam Shahzad Bikram Arora Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria by 6 wickets T20I 1230 20 August Edmund Packard Bikram Arora Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria by 8 wickets T20I 1233 21 August Najjam Shahzad Edmund Packard Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria by 96 runs T20I 1236 21 August Edmund Packard Bikram Arora Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria by 4 runs T20I 1238 22 August Najjam Shahzad Edmund Packard Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria by 110 runs T20I 1240 22 August Najjam Shahzad Bikram Arora Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria by 3 wickets
Sweden in Finland