France national cricket team

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France
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Association France Cricket
Personnel
Coach Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim de Leede
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member with T20I status (1998)
ICC region Europe
ICC RankingsCurrent [1] Best-ever
T20I 52nd 39th (6 Aug 2021)
International cricket
First international Flag of France.svg France v. Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
(Paris; 19 August 1900)
One Day Internationals
World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2001 )
Best resultFirst round, 2001
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Norway.svg  Norway at Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld; 5 August 2021
Last T20Iv Flag of Malta.svg  Malta at Marsa Sports Club, Marsa; 16 July 2023
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [2] 18 9/9 (0 ties, 0 no results)
This year [3] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
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As of 1 January 2024

The France national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of France in international cricket. They became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998, having previously been an affiliate member since 1987. [4] The country is best known for winning the silver medal in the cricket event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, the only time cricket has been held at the Olympics. France now plays most of its matches in European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments, although the team also appeared at the 2001 ICC Trophy.

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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 France and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [5]

History

Early years

One of the many theories about the origin of cricket is that France could be a possible birthplace of the game: a mention of a bat and ball game called "criquet" in a village of the Pas-de-Calais occurs in a French manuscript of 1478, [6] and "criquet" is an old French word meaning "post" or "wicket". [7] However, it is also possible that this could be an early variant of croquet.

Horace Walpole, son of former British Prime Minister Robert Walpole mentioned seeing cricket in Paris in 1766. [7]

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) were due to make the first ever international cricket tour of France, in 1789, however this was cancelled due to the French Revolution. This match was finally played in 1989, as part of the bicentennial celebrations of the revolution, with France beating the MCC by 7 wickets. [8]

The first documented match took place in the Bois de Boulogne between Paris Cricket Club and Nottingham Amateurs in 1864. [9] The Paris Cricket Club published a book explaining the game the following year. [7]

Olympic Games

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Poster for the 1900 Summer Olympics cricket match

The first, and so far only, appearance of cricket at the Olympic Games took place in 1900, with the French team losing the only match played to Great Britain: France therefore remain the reigning silver medalist until 2028, when cricket will return to the Olympic Games (in the Twenty20 format).

The French team, however, consisted of ten British residents in Paris and two Frenchmen, members of the Standard Athletic Club. [10] The match was twelve-a-side, and the following players represented France:

19–20 August 1900
Scorecard
v
Flag of France.svg  France
145/5d
Alfred Bowerman 59
F. Roques 3/29
Great Britain won by 158 runs
Exhibition Ground, Vélodrome de Vincennes
Umpires: Delorme (Fra) and Wilian (Fra)
  • no toss
  • First ever International match for France.

The Standard Athletic Club restaged the 1900 Olympic cricket match in 1987, and France played the MCC in Meudon in 1989.

In 1910, France took part in an exhibition tournament in Brussels, also involving the MCC, the Netherlands and Belgium. They played one game, against the Netherlands, winning by 63 runs. [11]

The modern era

Many cricket clubs folded after the Second World War, but an influx of English and Asian immigrants led to a resurgence of the game in the early 1980s. [7] The current French Cricket Association was formed in 1987, and they gained Affiliate membership of the ICC the same year. [4]

After the win in the 1989 match mentioned above, there were a handful of tours from English county teams, and France toured Austria in 1996, losing both matches against the national team. [12] In 1997, they played in the European Nations Cup in Zuoz, Switzerland, [13] winning after beating Germany by one run in the final. [14] This match was included in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack list of 100 best matches of the 20th century as David Bordes ran the winning leg bye with a fractured skull. [15]

They played in the European Championship in the Netherlands in 1998, finishing eighth after losing to Germany in a play-off. [16] They became an associate member of the ICC the same year. [4] They finished third in Division Two of the 2000 European Championship. [17]

France played their only ICC Trophy in the 2001 tournament in Canada, though they did not progress beyond the first round. [18] The following year, they finished fifth in Division Two of the European Championships, [19] and finished as runners up in the 2004 tournament. [20] They finished sixth in the 2006 tournament after losing a play-off to Guernsey. [21]

In 2008, France finished fourth in Division 2 of the European Championship. In 2010, France finished third in the same competition, narrowly missing out on qualification for the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight. In 2011, they finished sixth in the ICC Europe Division 1 T20 Championship after losing the fifth place play-off match to Norway. In 2012, they finished second in the ICC European World Cricket League 8 Qualifier, held in La Manga, Spain; again missing out on qualification for Division 8 of the World Cricket League.

In 2018, France competed at the ICC World Twenty20 Europe Region Qualifier in Netherlands. [22]

In 2021, France played their first ever T20 international match against Norway in a tri-nation series in Germany, winning the match by 4 wickets.

5 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
112/7 (20 overs)
v
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113/6 (19.3 overs)
Waqas Ahmed 32* (36)
Dawood Ahmadzai 2/10 (4 overs)
Suventhiran Santhirakumaran 34 (39)
Raza Iqbal 2/13 (4 overs)
France won by 4 wickets
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Jason Flannery (Ger) and Vinay Malhotra (Ger)
Player of the match: Suventhiran Santhirakumaran (Fra)
  • France won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for France.

Grounds

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Cricket Ground, Parc du Grand Blottereau
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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within France

Tournament History

Summer Olympics

ICC Trophy

European Championship

Mdina Cup

Records and statistics

International match summary — France [24]

Last updated 16 July 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals1899005 August 2021

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [24]

Records complete to T20I #2143. Last updated 16 July 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1100024 July 202224 July 2022
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1100030 July 202230 July 2022
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 202006 August 2021
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 1010031 July 2022
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3210011 July 202311 July 2023
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 4220010 July 202310 July 2023
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 321005 August 20215 August 2021
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1100013 July 202313 July 2023
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2020025 July 2022

Notable players

The following French national team players have played first-class or List A cricket:

See also

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