History
Formed in 2008, the team is administered by the Icelandic Cricket Association (Krikketsamband Íslands). [1] An Icelandic team competed at the 2016 Pepsi Cup tournament in Prague, finishing fifth out of six teams. [2]
They played their first, unofficial, international matches in July 2018 during a tour to England, when they faced Switzerland at Weybridge in Surrey. [3] The costs of the tour were met through crowdfunding by members of the r/Cricket forum on Reddit, who became the team's official sponsors in the period 2018 to 2020. They won their first international match, a fifty-over game against Switzerland, by 215 runs. [4]
In August 2023 they played a two-match bilateral series in Tallinn against Estonia, losing both T20 matches by 6 wickets and 79 runs, respectively.
On 10 July 2025, the national team played in the Euro Cup in Warsaw, Poland, playing the host nation, Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania. They won three consecutive T20 matches against Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine, and finished level on points with Poland, the tournament winners.
Icelandic cricket lacks official recognition, but they plan to gain associate membership of the International Cricket Council. [5]
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Switzerland at Weybridge, England; 28 July 2018
