2019 European Cricket League

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2019 European Cricket League
Dates29 – 31 July 2019
Administrator(s)European Cricket Network
Cricket format T10
Tournament format(s) Group stage and knock-out
Host(s)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
ChampionsVOC Rotterdam (1st title)
Runners-upSG Findorff
Participants8
Matches17
Player of the series Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max O'Dowd
Most runs Flag of the Netherlands.svg Scott Edwards (233)
Most wickets Flag of Spain.svg Syed Sherazi (9)
Official website European Cricket Network
2022

The 2019 European Cricket League (abbreviated as ECL19) was the inaugural edition of the European Cricket League. It was held in July 2019 with eight European champion club teams. [1] [2] At ECL19, the domestic club champions of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia and Spain all competed for the chance to become club cricket's European champions. Players from 18 European nations as well as from more traditional cricket-playing nations took part. The league has adopted the T10 format and was played over three days. The La Manga Club in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain hosted the tournament, which was staged between July 29 and July 31, 2019. [3]

Contents

Tournament Play / Broadcast at ECL19

Packing 17 matches into a T10 format over three days, every match was televised live in Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia across a combination of broadcast, digital and social channels, including the newly-launched European Cricket Network. [4] Over 100 countries worldwide broadcast coverage including the UK, Australia, India, Middle East, UAE, France, Germany, Turkey, Spain, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Teams were split into two groups of four with matches being played on a round-robin basis in La Manga with the top two from each progressing to contest the semi-finals and final.

The current ECL title holders are V.O.C Rotterdam of the Netherlands, who won the inaugural 2019 season, beating SG Findorff (Bremen) from Germany in the final. [5] [6]

Participating teams

Eight clubs from across Europe participated in the inaugural edition. [7]

  1. Flag of Denmark.svg Svanholm Cricket Club, Brøndby
  2. Flag of France.svg Dreux Cricket Club, Dreux
  3. Flag of Germany.svg Sportgemeinschaft Findorff, Bremen
  4. Flag of Italy.svg Janjua Cricket Club, Brescia
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Volharding Olympia Combinatie, Rotterdam
  6. Flag of Romania.svg Cluj Cricket Club, Cluj-Napoca
  7. Flag of Russia.svg St. Petersburg Lions, Saint Petersburg
  8. Flag of Spain.svg Catalunya Cricket Club, Girona

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPts NRR Qualification
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg V.O.C. Rotterdam33063.450Advanced to semi-finals
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Svanholm Cricket Club32141.740
3 Flag of France.svg Dreux Cricket Club31221.170Advanced to 5th place playoff
4 Flag of Romania.svg Cluj Cricket Club3030−6.060Advanced to 7th place playoff

Fixtures

29 July 2019
08:00
Scorecard
Dreux Cricket Club Flag of France.svg
98/7 (10 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg V.O.C. Rotterdam
99/2 (7.4 overs)
Muhammad Bhatti 37* (23)
Pierce Fletcher 2/19 (2 overs)
Max O'Dowd 53 (22)
Mohammad Shahzeb 1/8 (0.4 overs)
V.O.C. Rotterdam won by 8 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Lars Anderson and Muhammad Adnan
  • V.O.C. Rotterdam won the toss and elected to bowl.

29 July 2019
12:00
Scorecard
Dreux Cricket Club Flag of France.svg
60/9 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Denmark.svg Svanholm Cricket Club
63/1 (6.3 overs)
Mohammad Shahzeb 14* (13)
Zeeshan Khan 3/10 (2 overs)
Zishan Shah 35* (23)
Yaseen Afridi 1/21 (2 overs)
Svanholm Cricket Club won by 9 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Andrew Begg and Muhammad Adnan
  • Dreux CC won the toss and elected to bat.

29 July 2019
16:00
Scorecard
Cluj Cricket Club Flag of Romania.svg
87/5 (10 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg V.O.C. Rotterdam
88/2 (5.3 overs)
Taranjeet Singh 42 (26)
Max O'Dowd 1/4 (1 over)
Pieter Seelaar 25* (11)
Taranjeet Singh 2/24 (2 overs)
V.O.C. Rotterdam won by 8 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Shanaka Weerahennedige and Lars Anderson

30 July 2019
08:00
Scorecard
Dreux Cricket Club Flag of France.svg
164/6 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Romania.svg Cluj Cricket Club
69/5 (10 overs)
Ahmad Nabi 105 (30)
Muhammad Ahmed 2/11 (1 over)
Satwik Nadigotla 27* (25)
Wahid Abdul 3/9 (2 overs)
Dreux Cricket Club won by 95 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Shanaka Weerahennedige and Andrew Schou

30 July 2019
12:00
Scorecard
Cluj Cricket Club Flag of Romania.svg
75/7 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Denmark.svg Svanholm Cricket Club
76/0 (8.2 overs)
Taranjeet Singh 35 (18)
Zeeshan Khan 2/10 (2 overs)
Zishan Shah 53* (34)
Svanholm Cricket Club won by 10 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Martin Hancock and Andrew Schou

30 July 2019
18:00
Scorecard
V.O.C. Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg
133/7 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Denmark.svg Svanholm Cricket Club
126/8 (10 overs)
Corey Rutgers 29* (7)
Zeeshan Khan 2/36 (2 overs)
Mads Henriksen 53* (21)
Pierce Fletcher 2/14 (2 overs)
V.O.C. Rotterdam won by 7 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Andrew Schou and Muhammad Adnan

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPts NRR Qualification
1 Flag of Germany.svg SG Findorff33060.690Advanced to semi-finals
2 Flag of Spain.svg Catalunya Cricket Club32141.060
3 Flag of Russia.svg St. Petersburg Lions3122−4.790Advanced to 5th place playoff
4 Flag of Italy.svg JCC Brescia†30303.570Advanced to 7th place playoff

Lost all points due to player eligibility infringement. [8]


29 July 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Catalunya Cricket Club Flag of Spain.svg
128/5 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Russia.svg St. Petersburg Lions
62/7 (10 overs)
Muhammad Mughal 76 (27)
Vijay Gautam 3/12 (2 overs)
Rinku Singh 24 (20)
Syed Sherazi 3/5 (2 overs)
Catalunya Cricket Club won by 66 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Martin Hancock and Waseem Dar

|toss=Catalunya CC won the toss and elected to bat.


29 July 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Catalunya Cricket Club Flag of Spain.svg
118/2 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Italy.svg JCC Brescia
120/4 (8.3 overs)
Muhammad Khan 63* (32)
Muhammad Iqbal 1/21 (2 overs)
Muhammad Jafri 38 (15)
Muhammad Mughal 2/19 (2 overs)
Catalunya Cricket Club declared winners†
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Andrew Schou and Martin Hancock

|toss=Catalunya CC won the toss and elected to bat.

JCC Brescia initially won all their matches, but were later found breaching the player eligibility criteria and thus their opponents were declared winners.


29 July 2019
18:00
Scorecard
SG Findorff Flag of Germany.svg
97/5 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Italy.svg JCC Brescia
99/2 (5.5 overs)
Ahmed Wardak 37 (25)
Zahid Cheema 1/17 (2 overs)
Muhammad Jafri 59 (17)
Israr Khan 2/15 (2 overs)
SG Findorff declared winners†
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Andrew Begg and Waseem Dar

|toss=JCC Brescia won the toss and elected to bowl.

JCC Brescia initially won all their matches, but were later found breaching the player eligibility criteria and thus their opponents were declared winners.


30 July 2019
10:00
Scorecard
St. Petersburg Lions Flag of Russia.svg
53/8 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg SG Findorff
59/2 (6 overs)
Vijay Gautam 18 (23)
Iftikhar Khan 2/12 (2 overs)
Israr Khan 25* (17)
Lalit Lalit 1/14 (2 overs)
SG Findorff won by 8 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Muhammad Adnan and Waseem Dar

30 July 2019
14:00
Scorecard
JCC Brescia Flag of Italy.svg
116/7 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Russia.svg St. Petersburg Lions
91/6 (10 overs)
Muhammad Jafri 40 (15)
Lalit Lalit 3/10 (2 overs)
Anil Singh 35 (13)
Muhammad Iqbal 2/30 (2 overs)
St. Petersburg declared winners†
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Lars Anderson and Andrew Begg

JCC Brescia initially won all their matches, but were later found breaching the player eligibility criteria and thus their opponents were declared winners.


30 July 2019
16:00
Scorecard
Catalunya Cricket Club Flag of Spain.svg
115/7 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg SG Findorff
116/4 (8.4 overs)
Rauf Zaman 41* (16)
Iftikhar Khan 2/11 (2 overs)
Ammar Khalid 45* (15)
Syed Sherazi 3/24 (2 overs)
SG Findorff won by 6 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Shanaka Weerahennedige and Martin Hancock

Minor play-offs

7th place playoff

31 July 2019
09:00
Scorecard
Cluj Cricket Club Flag of Romania.svg
84/7 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Italy.svg JCC Brescia
86/4 (9.1 overs)
Vasu Saini 25 (14)
Zain ul Abdeen 2/15 (2 overs)
Shahrukh Nawaz 25* (15)
Gaurav Mishra 2/10 (2 overs)
JCC Brescia won by 6 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Andrew Schou and Martin Hancock

5th place playoff

31 July 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Dreux Cricket Club Flag of France.svg
82/7 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Russia.svg St. Petersburg Lions
70/7 (10 overs)
Niaz Hamza 22 (16)
Rinku Singh 2/18 (2 overs)
Anil Singh 34 (22)
Muhammad Bhatti 3/4 (2 overs)
Dreux Cricket Club won by 12 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Andrew Begg and Muhammad Adnan

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

31 July 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Catalunya Cricket Club Flag of Spain.svg
129/5 (10 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg V.O.C. Rotterdam
133/1 (7.4 overs)
Yasir Ali 45 (15)
Jelte Schoonheim 2/12 (1 over)
Scott Edwards 55 (15)
Syed Sherazi 1/21 (2 overs)
V.O.C. Rotterdam won by 9 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Lars Anderson and Waseem Dar
  • Catalunya CC won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Semi-final

31 July 2019
15:00
Scorecard
Svanholm Cricket Club Flag of Denmark.svg
88/4 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg SG Findorff
94/3 (8.5 overs)
Mads Henriksen 27 (11)
Israr Khan 2/10 (2 overs)
Aziz Dawodzy 25 (13)
Zeeshan Khan 1/10 (2 overs)
SG Findorff won by 7 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Martin Hancock and Shanaka Weerahennedige
  • SG Findorff won the toss and elected to bowl.

Final

31 July 2019
17:00
Scorecard
V.O.C. Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg
222/0 (10 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg SG Findorff
121/9 (10 overs)
Scott Edwards 137* (39)
Farooq Amirie 45 (17)
Dirk van Baren 3/8 (1 over)
V.O.C. Rotterdam won by 101 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Lars Anderson and Waseem Dar

Player of the Tournament

Max O'Dowd of V.O.C. Rotterdam was awarded “Player of the Tournament” at the 2019 European Cricket League. O’Dowd scored 219 runs in five innings (2 not outs) at an average of 73 and strike rate of 263.86, including an undefeated 74 in the final against SG Findorff. He also took four wickets in the tournament with his leg-break bowling with a best of 2-25 against Catalunya Cricket Club in the semi-final. O’Dowd is a current Netherlands international. [9] [10] [11]

Pavel Florin at ECL19

The inaugural tournament gained significant worldwide prominence after the remarkable performances of Cluj all-rounder Pavel Florin during the group stages. [12] Florin, a 40-year-old professional bodyguard and president of Cluj Cricket Club in Romania, caused a stir after his bowling performance went viral on social media. Many of the sport's most famous figures, including Australian legend Shane Warne, expressed their support and admiration of Florin because of his pure unaffected love for the game. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] Florin has since gone on to play in Australia where he again hit the headlines over the winter. Florin will take part in the second-staging of the European Cricket League - ECL20 - with Cluj Cricket Club, Romania.

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