Philippines national cricket team

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Philippines
Philippine Cricket Association Logo.png
Philippine Cricket Association logo
Nickname(s)Carabaos
Association Philippine Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain Daniel Smith
Coach Henry Tyler (2022–)
Team information
Home venueFriendship Oval,
Dasmariñas, Cavite
History
Twenty20 debutv Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia at East Asia-Pacific Division Two, Apia, Samoa 4 April 2011
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
ICC region East Asia-Pacific
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 57th 42nd (2 May 2019)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea at Amini Park, Port Moresby; 22 March 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia at Udayana Cricket Ground, Jimbaran; 26 December 2023
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 23 5/16
(1 tie, 1 no result)
This year [4] 0 0/0
(1 tie, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances2 [lower-alpha 1] (first in 2022 )
Best result4th (2023)
As of 1 January 2024

The Philippine national cricket team is the men's team representing the Philippines in international cricket. It is organized by the Philippine Cricket Association (PCA) which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003. [5] The PCA has been an associate member since 2017. [1]

Contents

The Philippines were ranked at their career high 42nd in T20Is as of 3 May 2019 in the rankings released by the International Cricket Council for Twenty20 International. [6]

History

In 2011, The national team made their Twenty20 debut when they competed at the East Asia-Pacific Division 2 in Samoa, winning over Indonesia, the Cook Islands, Tonga and South Korea before conceding defeat to the host nation in the final. The tournament was the Philippines' first International Cricket Council (ICC)-sanctioned match. [7] The tournament was part of a qualifying pyramid for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.

The Philippines then played at the 2014 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship in New South Wales, Australia and finished fifth among eight national teams. [7] Indian expatriate, Awais Mohd became the first Philippine national team member to score a half-century in an ICC-sanctioned match while playing for the country in the EAP tournament. [8]

At the 2017 ICC World Cricket League East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifiers, the Philippines finished fourth out of six nations, failing to qualify for Division Five.

The national team decided not to participate at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games as it sought more Filipino players, sponsors and government support but planned to participate in the 2019 edition. [9]

2018–present

They tried to attempt to qualify for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Australia with the Philippines as one of the co-hosts of the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier. [10] They advanced to the Regional Finals in Papua New Guinea after finishing first among four participating teams at the qualifiers hosted at the cricket ground of the Emilio Aguinaldo College in December 2018 in Dasmariñas, Cavite. [11]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Philippines and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been full T20Is. [12]

Philippines made its Twenty20 International debut on 22 March 2019, losing to Papua New Guinea by 133 runs in the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier at Amini Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [13] The team would become inactive for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic before featuring in the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualifiers. [14]

Home ground

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Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Luzon in the Philippines

The Philippine national team had the Manila Nomads Sports Club grounds in Parañaque as its home venue. When the Nomads' grounds closed, the national team moved its home to the cricket grounds of the Emilio Aguinaldo College in Dasmariñas, Cavite, the sole cricket venue in the country as of 2017. [9]

Tournament history

ICC World Twenty20

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

World Cricket League

EAP Championship

Southeast Asian Games

Players

Philippines squad for 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier held at Papua New Guinea from 22–29 July 2023.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Philippines [16]

Last updated 26 December 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals235161122 March 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [16]

Records complete to T20I #2421. Last updated 26 December 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1010022 February 2022
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1010010 May 2023
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1010018 February 2022
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1010024 February 2022
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 6321022 December 202322 December 2023
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2020022 July 2023
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1010019 February 2022
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1010021 February 2022
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4030122 March 2019
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 101003 May 2023
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4220023 March 201924 March 2019

Other records

For a list of selected international matches played by Philippines, see Cricket Archive.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC East Asia-Pacific region from the 2023 edition.

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  12. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "1st Match, ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Final at Port Moresby, Mar 22 2019". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Cricket 'fairy tale': Philippines amateurs chase World Cup berth". The Daily Star. Agence France-Presse Manila. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  15. ↑ ICC, Accessed 30 May 2011 Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  16. 1 2 "Records / Philippines / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "Records / Philippines / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "Records / Philippines / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Records / Philippines / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Records / Philippines / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  21. ↑ "Records / Philippines / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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