Luxembourg national cricket team
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| ICC membership granted | 1998 |
| ICC member status | Affiliate member |
| ICC development region | Europe |
| World Cricket League division | N/A |
| European Cricket Championship division | Four |
| Captain | William Heath |
| Coach | Graeme Rickman |
| First recorded match | 10 August 2003 v Switzerland at Seebarn Cricket Centre, Austria |
| As of 3 September 2009 | |
The Luxembourgian cricket team is the team that represents the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1998.[1]
Their international debut came in 2003, when they participated in the European Affiliates championship, finishing last in the eleven team tournament.[2] The following year, they took part in the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia, finishing in fifth place, nearly upsetting Croatia, and completing their first international win, against Bulgaria.[3]
In 2006, Luxembourg took part in Division Four of the European Championship in Belgium, beating Finland, losing narrowly to Slovenia, and losing in the last over against Cyprus.[4] Having narrowly missed out on promotion in 2006, they will play in Division Four again in 2009.
In 2009, Luxembourg again participated in Division Four of the ICC European Championship in Limassol, Cyprus. It won two games, against Slovenia and Finland, and lost three, finishing 4th out of six competing nations. The Luxembourg team won the Spirit of Cricket award.
The team has up to now played its home matches at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange, home of the Optimists Cricket Club. There is a second ground, the Schuman Oval, in Evrange with a Notts Sport pitch funded by the E.C.C. in late 2005. The ground was not used in 2006 due to the terrible weather and lack of a groundsman. Five matches were played here in 2007, however, and the facilities are set to improve (the E.C.C. funded a moveable cage for 2008).
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[edit] The future
Luxembourg will again compete in Division Four of the ICC European Championship, expected for 2011.
[edit] Current squad
- The following list contains the 13 players in Luxembourg's squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 4:[5]
- William Heath (Captain)
- Timothy Andrews
- Philip Burleigh
- Wayne Codd
- Graham Cope
- Mark Fitzgerald
- Brian Field
- Nishith Gandhi
- Piran Merkl
- Richard Neale
- Anand Pattabiraman
- Romesh Paul
- Tony Whiteman
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Luxembourg". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/111.html. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
- ^ "ECC Trophy 2003". European Cricket Council. http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/2003/TOURNAMENTS/ECCTROPHY/about.shtml. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
- ^ "European Representative Championship 2004". European Cricket Council. http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/2004/TOURNAMENTS/EUROREPCHAMS/about.shtml. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
- ^ "European Championship Division Four 2006 Points Table". CricketArchive. 2006. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/European_Championship_Division_Four_2006.html. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
- ^ http://www.icc-europe.org/EURODIV4/squads.shtml
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