Luxembourg national cricket team

The Luxembourg national cricket team is the team that represents Luxembourg in international cricket. The Luxembourg Cricket Federation became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]

Luxembourg
AssociationLuxembourg Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainJoost Mees
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 63rd 40th (2-May-2019)
International cricket
First internationalv  France at Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 21 May 1990
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Turkey at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei; 29 August 2019
Last T20Iv  Switzerland at Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa; 31 July 2022
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 27 11/16
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 14 May 2023

Ground

Luxembourg's home ground is at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, in Walferdange which belongs to the country's largest club, the Optimists Cricket Club. The ground is named after the late Pierre Werner, a former Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–74, 1979–84). Werner had fallen in love with cricket when living in London in 1930, and went on to become the Honorary President of the OCC, which had been established when he was Prime Minister. Werner opened the OCC's new ground in 1992.[6] Widely viewed as one of the best cricket grounds in mainland Europe (excluding grounds in the Netherlands), the ground lies in the picturesque setting just ten minutes from Luxembourg City center. It boasts a large outfield (with two tracks laid on different bases), four practice bays, a clubhouse with catering facilities, a cricket/tennis pavilion and various other amenities.[7]

History

Luxembourg men's international debut came at the 1990 European Cricketer Cup, a European Cricket Council tournament.[8] Outside of occasional matches against Belgium, the team did not return to international level until 2003, when they finished last in the ECC Trophy, an eleven-team tournament for ICC affiliate members.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] Having narrowly missed out on promotion in 2006, they would 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.

In 2011, following a restructuring of the ICC European Divisions, Luxembourg participated in the ICC Europe Division 2 (T20) Championship, which took place in Belgium and involved 11 teams. Following a victory over Cyprus in the group stage, Luxembourg advanced to the 5th–8th place play-off where they eventually finished 8th. Belgium beat Austria in the final and both teams were promoted to ICC Europe Division 1.

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 Luxembourg and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[12] Luxembourg played their first T20I match against Turkey on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.[13]

29 August 2019
12:15
Scorecard
Turkey 
28 (11.3 overs)
v
 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.
  • First ever T20I match for Luxembourg.

Luxembourg women played as an international team for the first time in September 2021, in a friendly match against Belgium (who were preparing for a series of T20Is against Austria in Vienna). Playing at the Robert Schuman Oval in Évrange, Belgium scored 163 for 7 (Siofra Lawlor 2-24, Lydie Wykes-Templeman 2-30, Stella Wykes-Templeman 1-24). In reply Luxembourg scored 136 for 6, losing by 27 runs. Captain Kerry Fraser (15) and Lydie Wykes-Templeman (49) put on 118 for the second wicket. Lydie Wykes-Templeman went on to play T20Is for France in 2022.

Tournament history
  • 2003: ECC Trophy – 11th Place
  • 2004: ECC Representative Tournament – 5th Place
  • 2006: ICC European Division 4 Championship – 3rd place
  • 2009: ICC European Division 4 Championship – 4th place
  • 2011: ICC European Division 2 Championship (T20) – 8th place

Current Squad

Luxembourg's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier B

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Timothy Barker27Left-handed
James Barker27Right-handed
Girish Venkateswaran32Right-handedRight-arm medium
Anoop Orsu33Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Vikram Vijh36Left-handedRight-arm mediumVice-captain
Shiv Karan Gill38Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Joost Mees44Right-handedCaptain
Spin Bowlers
William Cope26Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Saransh Kushretha38Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Pankaj Malav37Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mohit Dixit30Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Atif Kamal42Right-handedRight-arm medium
Amit Dhingra24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ankush Nanda37Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records

International Match Summary — Luxembourg[14]

Last updated 31 July 2022.

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals2711160029 August 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to T20I #1715. Last updated 31 July 2022.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Austria6150031 August 201923 May 2021
 Belgium2020029 August 2020
 Bulgaria220002 September 20212 September 2021
 Czech Republic725001 September 201928 August 2020
 Guernsey1010025 July 2022
 Hungary110004 September 20214 September 2021
 Malta110002 September 20212 September 2021
 Romania2020030 August 2019
 Slovenia1100030 July 202230 July 2022
 Switzerland3210011 June 202211 June 2022
 Turkey1100029 August 201929 August 2019

See also

References
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  2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "T20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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  6. "Pierre Werner". Optimists Cricket Club. 2002. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
  7. "Optimists Cricket Club Location".
  8. Other matches played by Luxembourg – CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. "ECC Trophy 2003". European Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  10. "European Representative Championship 2004". European Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  11. "European Championship Division Four 2006 Points Table". CricketArchive. 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  12. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  13. "Continental Cricket Cup 2019". Facebook (Cricket Romania). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  14. "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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