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Luxembourg national cricket team

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The Luxembourg national cricket team is the team that represents Luxembourg in international cricket. The Luxembourg Cricket Federation became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]

Luxembourg
AssociationLuxembourg Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainShiv Gill
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 65th 40th (2-May-2019)
International cricket
First internationalv  France at Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 21 May 1990
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Turkey at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei; 29 August 2019
Last T20Iv  Israel at Roma Cricket Ground, Rome; 16 June 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 45 17/28
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 5 1/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I kit

As of 16 June 2024

Ground

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Luxembourg's home ground is at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, in Walferdange which belongs to the country's largest club, the Optimists Cricket Club. The ground is named after the late Pierre Werner, a former Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–74, 1979–84). Werner had fallen in love with cricket when living in London in 1930, and went on to become the Honorary President of the OCC, which had been established when he was Prime Minister. Werner opened the OCC's new ground in 1992.[6] Widely viewed as one of the best cricket grounds in mainland Europe (excluding grounds in the Netherlands), the ground lies in the picturesque setting just ten minutes from Luxembourg City center. It boasts a large outfield (with two tracks laid on different bases), four practice bays, a clubhouse with catering facilities, a cricket/tennis pavilion and various other amenities.[7]

History

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Luxembourg men's international debut came at the 1990 European Cricketer Cup, a European Cricket Council tournament.[8] Outside of occasional matches against Belgium, the team did not return to international level until 2003, when they finished last in the ECC Trophy, an eleven-team tournament for ICC affiliate members.[9] The following year, they took part in the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia, finishing in fifth place, nearly upsetting Croatia, and completing their first international win, against Bulgaria.[10]

In 2006, Luxembourg took part in Division Four of the European Championship in Belgium, beating Finland, losing narrowly to Slovenia, and losing in the last over against Cyprus.[11] Having narrowly missed out on promotion in 2006, they would play in Division Four again in 2009.

In 2009, Luxembourg again participated in Division Four of the ICC European Championship in Limassol, Cyprus. It won two games, against Slovenia and Finland, and lost three, finishing 4th out of six competing nations. The Luxembourg team won the Spirit of Cricket award.

In 2011, following a restructuring of the ICC European Divisions, Luxembourg participated in the ICC Europe Division 2 (T20) Championship, which took place in Belgium and involved 11 teams. Following a victory over Cyprus in the group stage, Luxembourg advanced to the 5th–8th place play-off where they eventually finished 8th. Belgium beat Austria in the final and both teams were promoted to ICC Europe Division 1.

2018-Present

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In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Luxembourg and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[12] Luxembourg played their first T20I match against Turkey on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.[13]

29 August 2019
12:15
Scorecard
Turkey  
28 (11.3 overs)
v
  Luxembourg
29/2 (3.1 overs)
Hasan Helva 7 (15)
Ankush Nanda 5/6 (2.3 overs)
Vikram Vijh 11* (3)
Serkan Kizilkaya 2/9 (1 over)
Luxembourg won by 8 wickets
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den)
  • Turkey won the toss and elected to bat.
  • First ever T20I match for Luxembourg.

Luxembourg women played as an international team for the first time in September 2021, in a friendly match against Belgium (who were preparing for a series of T20Is against Austria in Vienna). Playing at the Robert Schuman Oval in Évrange, Belgium scored 163 for 7 (Siofra Lawlor 2-24, Lydie Wykes-Templeman 2-30, Stella Wykes-Templeman 1-24). In reply Luxembourg scored 136 for 6, losing by 27 runs. Captain Kerry Fraser (15) and Lydie Wykes-Templeman (49) put on 118 for the second wicket. Lydie Wykes-Templeman went on to play T20Is for France in 2022.

Tournament history

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  • 2003: ECC Trophy – 11th Place
  • 2004: ECC Representative Tournament – 5th Place
  • 2006: ICC European Division 4 Championship – 3rd place
  • 2009: ICC European Division 4 Championship – 4th place
  • 2011: ICC European Division 2 Championship (T20) – 8th place

Current squad

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This lists all the players who have played for Luxembourg in the past 12 months or have been part of the latest T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Timothy Barker 29 Left-handed
Shiv Karan Gill 39 Right-handed Right-arm medium
James Barker 29 Right-handed
Girish Venkateswaran 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Anoop Orsu 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amit Halbhavi 34 Right-handed
All-rounders
Vikram Vijh 38 Left-handed Right-arm medium Vice-captain
William Cope 28 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keeper
Joost Mees 46 Right-handed Captain
Bowlers
Mohit Dixit 32 Right-handed Left-arm medium
Pankaj Malav 39 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Ankush Nanda 39 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amit Dhingra 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Eliyas Jabarkhel 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Updated as on 16 July 2023

Records

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International Match Summary — Luxembourg[14]

Last updated 16 June 2024.

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 45 17 28 0 0 29 August 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to T20I #2691. Last updated 16 June 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
  Austria 6 1 5 0 0 31 August 2019 23 May 2021
  Belgium 2 0 2 0 0 29 August 2020
  Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 0 2 September 2021 2 September 2021
  Czech Republic 7 2 5 0 0 1 September 2019 28 August 2020
  France 4 1 3 0 0 11 July 2023 15 July 2023
  Gibraltar 2 1 1 0 0 15 October 2023 15 October 2023
  Guernsey 1 0 1 0 0 25 July 2022
  Hungary 1 1 0 0 0 4 September 2021 4 September 2021
  Isle of Man 1 0 1 0 0 15 June 2024
  Israel 1 0 1 0 0 16 June 2024
  Italy 1 0 1 0 0 9 June 2024
  Malta 4 2 2 0 0 2 September 2021 2 September 2021
  Romania 4 1 3 0 0 30 August 2019 15 July 2023
  Slovenia 1 1 0 0 0 30 July 2022 30 July 2022
   Switzerland 6 3 3 0 0 11 June 2022 11 June 2022
  Turkey 2 2 0 0 0 29 August 2019 29 August 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "Luxembourg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  6. ^ "Pierre Werner". Optimists Cricket Club. 2002. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
  7. ^ "Optimists Cricket Club Location".
  8. ^ Other matches played by Luxembourg – CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. ^ "ECC Trophy 2003". European Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  10. ^ "European Representative Championship 2004". European Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  11. ^ "European Championship Division Four 2006 Points Table". CricketArchive. 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  12. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Continental Cricket Cup 2019". Cricket Romania. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via Facebook.
  14. ^ a b "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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