Greece national cricket team

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Greece
Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Greece
Association Hellenic Cricket Federation
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] with T20I status (2017)
ICC region Europe
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 92nd 62nd (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First international Flag of Greece.svg Greece v. Spain  Flag of Spain.svg
(St Peter Port, Guernsey; 21 May 1990)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia at Marina Ground, Corfu; 15 October 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic at King George V Sports Ground, Castel; 27 August 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 15 3/11 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year [4] 4 0/4 (0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 27 August 2024

The Greece national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Greece in international cricket. The side is organised by the Hellenic Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1995 and an associate member in 2017. [1]

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Greece made its international debut at the 1990 European Cricketer Cup in Guernsey, and has participated regularly in European Cricket Council tournaments since then. [5] Cricket in the country is played mainly on the island of Corfu. This strong cricket tradition is due to the 50 years British rule of the Ionian islands at the time of the liberation of Greece from the Ottoman Empire. Efforts are currently underway to expand the game further outside Corfu. [6]

History

The Greek cricket team appeared in every edition of the ECC Trophy from 1999 to 2005, hosting and winning the tournament in 1999. This enabled them to play in Division Two of the European Championship in 2000, finishing in sixth place. They once again played in the tournament in 2006, but this time they met with controversy. After winning all three of their first round group games, they looked to be a favourite for the tournament, and promotion to Division One. However, it was revealed that they had fielded two ineligible players and their wins were cancelled. Then they opted not to travel to RAF Lossiemouth to play Israel in the eighth place play-off, despite being fully aware that this would forfeit that game, and relegate them.

In September 2009 Greece took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division Five in Corfu, Greece. The national team won the event with five wins out the five games .

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 Greece and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. [7]

Greece played their first T20I on 15 October 2019, against Serbia, during the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.

15 October 2019
14:30
Scorecard
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg
52 (15.2 overs)
v
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
56/0 (4.3 overs)
Apon Mustafizur 11 (26)
Arslan Ahmed 3/15 (4 overs)
Muhammad Awais 32* (18)
Greece won by 10 wickets
Marina Ground, Gouvia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Ruban Sivanadian (Can)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Greece.

International Grounds

Greece location map.svg
Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Greece

Tournament history

European Cricket Championship

The last squad to participate in Division 3 is as follows:

In 2012 the European T20 Championship was held in Corfu. Hellas were captained by former Hampshire wicket-keeper Nic Pothas.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Greece [8]

Last updated 27 August 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals153110115 October 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [8]

Records complete to T20I #2818. Last updated 27 August 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 4120116 October 201916 October 2019
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1010015 July 2022
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1010024 August 2024
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1010027 August 2024
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1010022 August 2024
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1010016 July 2022
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1010012 July 2022
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1010024 June 2021
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2200015 October 201915 October 2019
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1010025 August 2024
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1010018 July 2022

See also

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