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Portugal national cricket team
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAffiliate member (1996)
ICC regionEurope
WCLN/A
International cricket
First international19 August 1997 v Greece at Zuoz, Switzerland
As of 2 September 2009

The Portuguese cricket team is the team that represents the country of Portugal in international cricket matches.

History

Beginnings

Cricket in Portugal dates back to the Peninsular War of 1809-1814, when English troops were encamped in Lisbon. A game between sides from Porto and Lisbon has been played almost every year since 1861. The game was confined, however, to the expatriate community, particularly the port wine manufacturers of Porto, until events in 1974 gave Portuguese cricket an unexpected boost.

Playing numbers increase

The Carnation Revolution led to many Portuguese citizens returning from their former overseas territory of Goa and the subsequent independence of Mozambique brought many Portuguese citizens back, bringing cricket with them. Other Portuguese citizens living in Portugal's former African colonies moved to Rhodesia and South Africa, where their children were engrained into the sporting cultures of those countries and the subsequent socio-political changes there led to them bringing their love of cricket back to Portugal.

International competition

The Cricket Association of Portugal was founded in 1994 and they became an ICC member two years later. Their first international engagement was in the European Nations Cup in Switzerland in 1997, where they reached the semi finals. They competed in that tournament's successor, the ECC Trophy in 1999, finishing as runners up and qualifying for Division Two of the European Championship in 2000. They finished fourth in that tournament.

They again played in the ECC Trophy in 2001, this time winning the tournament, again qualifying for Division Two of the European Championship in 2002. They finished third and then played in the ECC Trophy in 2003. This time their performances from the previous two tournaments did not continue and they finished in 5th place, a performance they repeated in the European Affiliates Championship in 2005. They will compete in Division Three of the European Championships in 2007.

Tournament history

European Championship

  • 1996: Did not participate
  • 1998: Did not qualify
  • 2000: 4th place (Division Two)
  • 2002: 3rd place (Division Two)
  • 2004: Did not qualify
  • 2006: Did not qualify

Current squad

The following list contains the 13 players in Portugal's squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 3:[1]
  • Akbar Saiyad (Captain)
  • Ricardo Antunes
  • Muhammad Asif
  • Paulo Buccimazza
  • Syed Bukhari
  • Nadeem Butt
  • Jay da Costa (wk)
  • Ramesh Daia
  • Siddaharth Hazare
  • Humayun Shahzad
  • Dinesh Maugi
  • Intesab Medhi
  • Muhammad Mirza

References

  1. ^ "Portugal squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 3". European Cricket Council. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
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