Turkey national cricket team

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Turkey
Flag of Turkey.svg
Flag of Turkey
Association Turkish Cricket Board
Personnel
CaptainMecit Ozturk
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2008)
ICC region Europe
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 80th 73rd (19 July 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia at Corfu, Greece, 7 September 2009
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei, 29 August 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of France.svg  France at Roma Cricket Ground, Rome; 15 June 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 16 1/14
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year [4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 15 June 2024

The Turkish national cricket team is the team that represents Turkey in international cricket. They were granted affiliate status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in June 2008 and became associate member in 2017. [1]

Contents

History

An official national cricket league for Turkey was created in 2004, following on from previous ad hoc tournaments. The sport was introduced by Pakistani expatriates studying at Bilkent University and Middle East Technical University in Ankara. By 2009 the national league had five teams in Ankara and one team in Istanbul, and had begun to spread to native Turkish players. [5]

In September 2009 Turkey took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division 5 in Corfu, Greece. This was their first international cricket tournament. Turkey recorded their first win in international cricket against Bulgaria [6] during the tournament, although this could not stop them finishing sixth and last.

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

Turkey played their first T20I match against Luxembourg on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania. [8]

29 August 2019
12:15
Scorecard
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg
28 (11.3 overs)
v
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
29/2 (3.1 overs)
Hasan Helva 7 (15)
Ankush Nanda 5/6 (2.3 overs)
Vikram Vijh 11* (3)
Serkan Kizilkaya 2/9 (1 over)
Luxembourg won by 8 wickets
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den)
  • Turkey won the toss and elected to bat.

On 24 June 2023, Turkey registered their first win in T20Is against Croatia, in the 2023 Bulgaria Quadrangular Series. Turkey defeated Croatia by 8 wickets, by chasing a target of 84.

24 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg
83/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
88/2 (6 overs)
Sohail Ahmad 20 (16)
Muhammed Turkmen 3/7 (3 overs)
Ali Turkmen 40* (18)
Vedran Zanko 2/9 (2 overs)
Turkey won by 8 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Sam Romeo Ranjan (Bul)
Player of the match: Muhammed Turkmen (Tur)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Cihan Altun (Tur) made his T20I debut.

Squad

Records

International Match Summary — Turkey [9]

Last updated 15 June 2024.

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals161140129 August 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [9]

Records complete to T20I #2686. Last updated 15 June 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1010031 August 2019
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1010024 June 2023
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2100124 June 202324 June 2023
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1010015 July 2022
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1010030 August 2019
Flag of France.svg  France 1010015 June 2024
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 2020018 July 2022
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1010013 June 2024
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2020029 August 2019
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2020029 August 2019
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2020015 July 2022

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ↑ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ↑ Luke, Will (30 August 2009). "Welcome to cricket, Turkey". ESPN. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  6. ↑ ICC Database icc-europe.org [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Continental Cricket Cup 2019". Facebook (Cricket Romania). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 31 August 2019.


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