Denmark national cricket team

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Denmark
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Association Danish Cricket Federation
Personnel
Captain Hamid Shah
Coach Keith Dabengwa [1]
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member (1966)
ICC region Europe
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 42nd 24th (2 May 2019)
One Day Internationals
World Cup Qualifier appearances7 (first in 1979 )
Best result3rd place (1986)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv. Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey at King George V Sports Ground, Castel; 16 June 2019
Last T20Iv. Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey at King George V Sports Ground, Castel; 28 August 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 42 19/21 (0 ties, 2 no results)
This year [4] 6 3/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances3 [lower-alpha 1] (first in 2012 )
Best result6th (2023)
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T20I kit

As of 27 August 2024

The Denmark national cricket team represents Denmark in international cricket. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1966, [5] and have previously been a part of the ICC's High Performance Programme. [6]

Contents

Denmark played in the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, starting in August 2019, as a result of finishing in Division Three of the now defunct World Cricket League.

History

Beginnings

Cricket match between players from Copenhagen and Jutland on the Eastern Common in Copenhagen 1867 Oster Alle, cricketkamp mellem de kobenhavnske og jydske spillere.png
Cricket match between players from Copenhagen and Jutland on the Eastern Common in Copenhagen 1867

Cricket has been played in Denmark since the mid-19th century, with the first club being formed in 1865 by English railway engineers. The first organised match was played the following year between two teams of English players, with the first matches involving Danish players taking place in 1866. The game expanded greatly over the following twenty years, with 30 new clubs being formed in 1883. [7]

Several touring sides from England and Scotland visited the country in the early part of the 20th century, including the famous Marylebone Cricket Club. In 1933, an attempt to organise the first international match against the Netherlands failed, and the Danish national side did not play their first match until 1954, against Oxford University, the year after the current Danish Cricket Federation was formed. [7]

They then began to play against other national sides, primarily the Netherlands, who they first played in 1955. They played their first match against Scotland in 1961. [7]

ICC membership

Denmark became an associate member of the ICC in 1966, [5] drawing their international against Scotland that year. They played Bermuda for the first time in 1969 and drew their first match against Ireland in 1970. They finally picked up their first international win against the Netherlands in 1972. [7]

They played their first matches against Canada in 1974, losing a three-day match but winning the limited overs match. They played home internationals against East Africa and Sri Lanka, beating East Africa. They toured East Africa the following year, drawing with both East Africa and Kenya. [7]

They took part in the first ICC Trophy in 1979, reaching the semi-final where they lost to Sri Lanka. [8] They did not take part in the 1982 tournament. [9] In 1983, Ole Mortensen became the first Danish player to play county cricket. [7] Denmark returned to the ICC Trophy in 1986 and finished third after beating Bermuda in the third place play-off. [10]

In 1989, Denmark hosted Australia for two one-day matches. They lost the first match in Brøndby by 45 runs [11] and lost the second in Copenhagen by 54 runs. [12] They fared better at home against Canada that year, winning twice against them. After playing both home and away against Bangladesh in 1990, [7] they played in the ICC Trophy, reaching the second round. [13]

Denmark again played in the ICC Trophy in 1994, finishing tenth in the tournament after losing to Namibia in the plate final. [14] They played their first matches against France in 1995, and hosted the first European Cricket Championship in 1996, [7] finishing third. [15] They finished fifth in the following years ICC Trophy [16] and were runners up in the European Championship in 1998. [17]

In 1999, Denmark took part in the NatWest Trophy for the first time. [7] The following year, they took part in the ICC Emerging Nations Tournament in Zimbabwe, where they finished fourth, [18] and the European Championship, where they finished last, without winning a game. [19] The following year, they took part in the ICC Trophy in Canada, finishing eighth. [20] The MCC toured Denmark in 2002, and Denmark won all three matches. [7] They won just one match at that year's European Championship, finishing fifth ahead of Italy. [21]

2000-2017

The Netherlands visited Denmark in 2003, winning both matches. Denmark played a two match series against Ireland later in the year, losing both matches and missing out on qualification for the ICC Intercontinental Cup. [7] They again finished last in the European Championship the following year. [22] In 2005, they played their final match in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, losing heavily to Northamptonshire at Svanholm Park before taking part in the 2005 ICC Trophy, where they again finished eighth. [23]

In 2006, Denmark again took part in the European Championship, finishing fourth after winning only against Italy. [24] At the end of that year, it was announced that they would join the ICC's High Performance Programme from 1 April 2007. [6]

In August 2007, Denmark registered a win over Bermuda, an ODI playing country, and towards the end of October 2007 they played in Kenya against domestic teams and Kenya A. Denmark, led by Freddie Klokker who scored consecutive centuries in all their matches, clean swept the Kenyan sides and Kenya A. Denmark bowled, batted and fielded exceptionally well.

In November 2007, Denmark took part in Division Two of the World Cricket League. In finishing fourth, they qualified to compete in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. However, they eventually came last of the twelve teams, meaning they were relegated to Division Three of the World Cricket League. They next competed in the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, where they came 5th to be relegated to the Division Four.

In November 2013, they competed in the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE where they finished in last place, failing to win a game.

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Denmark and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. [25]

In September 2018, Denmark qualified from Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament. [26]

Denmark played their first T20I match against Jersey on 16 June 2019.

16 June 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Jersey  Flag of Jersey.svg
131/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
113/8 (20 overs)
Jonty Jenner 36 (27)
Hamid Shah 4/23 (4 overs)
Abdul Hashmi 29 (29)
Elliot Miles 3/10 (3 overs)
Jersey won by 18 runs
King George V Sports Ground, Castel
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Allan Haggo (Sco)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Denmark.

Since April 2019, Denmark has played in the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. [27]

Grounds

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Solvangs­parken
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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Denmark

Tournament history

ICC World Cup Qualifier

ICC World T20 Qualifier

World Cricket League

ICC 6 Nations Challenge

European Cricket Championship

Players

Current squad

This lists all the active players who have played for the Denmark in the past 12 months or selected in the team's most recent T20 squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleLast T20INotes
Batsmen
Shangeev Thanikaithasan 26Right-handedRight-arm leg break Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Hamid Shah 32Right-handedRight-arm off break Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024Captain
All-rounders
Nicolaj Laegsgaard 27Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Saif Ahmad 26Left-handedRight-arm off break Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Surya Anand 26Right-handedRight-arm medium Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Lucky Ali 20Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Flag of Jersey.svg 2023
Delawar Khan 27Left-handedLeft-arm medium Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Saran Aslam33Right-handedRight-arm medium Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Wicket-keepers
Taranjit Bharaj 31Right-handed Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Abdul Hashmi 27Right-handed Flag of Jersey.svg 2024
Torr Turner19Right-handed—
Spin bowlers
Abdullah Mahmood 22Right-handedRight-arm off break Flag of Greece.svg 2024
Eshan Karimi 19Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Pace bowlers
Oliver Hald 24Left-handedLeft-arm medium Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Saud Munir25Right-handedRight-arm medium Flag of Jersey.svg 2023
Toqeer Ahmad37Right-handedRight-arm medium Flag of Guernsey.svg 2024
Shakeel Zeb 21Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast —

Updated as on 28 Aug 2024

Other players

See List of Denmark List A cricketers and Category:Danish cricketers

The following Danish players have played first-class or List A cricket for teams other than Denmark: [32]

Records

International Match Summary — Denmark [33]

Last updated 28 August 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals4219210216 June 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [33]

Records complete to T20I #2825. Last updated 28 August 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Full Members
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 1010021 July 2023
vs Associate Members
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1100024 July 202324 July 2023
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 101001 July 2022
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1100027 August 202427 August 2024
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1100021 August 202421 August 2024
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7610013 July 201913 July 2019
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4040019 June 2019
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1100029 June 202229 June 2022
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1100022 August 202422 August 2024
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 3020118 June 2019
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1100028 June 202228 June 2022
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5130118 June 201920 June 2019
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 6060016 June 2019
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2200017 June 201917 June 2019
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 110004 July 20224 July 2022
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 110002 July 20222 July 2022
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1010027 July 2023
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4220014 August 202114 August 2021

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ From 2023 edition onwards, T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Europe region.

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  9. 1 2 1982 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
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  12. ↑ Scorecard of Denmark v Australia, 6 September 1989 at Cricket Archive
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  14. 1 2 Scorecard of Denmark v Namibia, 1 March 1994 at Cricket Archive
  15. 1 2 1996 European Championship Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
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  17. 1 2 1998 European Championship Archived 9 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
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