Austria national cricket team

Having been played by the gardeners of rich aristocratic families at the end of the 19th century - at which time Vienna Cricket and Football Club was founded, cricket disappeared in Austria until after the Second World War, when it was played by British occupying troops on a recreational basis.

The modern era as such began in May 1975, when Kerry Tattersall introduced the game to his pupils at the commercial academy where he was teaching English and formed Vienna Cricket Club. Early opponents came from the United Nations (United Nations CC) and diplomatic services (Five Continents CC) and these founder clubs survive to this day.

Cricket remains predominantly Viennese-based with eleven of the 18 member clubs being based in Vienna. CC Velden '91 is the oldest non-Viennese club, operating since 1991. The latest addition to the ACA is ASKÖ Steyr CC from Upper-Austria.

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 Austria and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[6]

Austria played its first T20I match against Romania on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.[7]

29 August 2019 09:00 Scorecard

Romania  137/7 (20 overs)	v	Austria 106 (19.4 overs)
Ijaz Hussain 35 (36) Bilal Zalmai 4/12 (4 overs)		Anthony Lark 30 (41) Ramesh Satheesan 3/14 (4 overs)

Romania won by 31 runs Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den)

• Austria won the toss and elected to field.
• First ever T20I match for Austria.

• Razmal Shigiwal (c)
• Habib Ahmadzai
• Mirza Ahsan
• Abdullah Akbarjan
• Arsalan Arif
• Zeshan Arif
• Abrar Bilal
• Aqib Iqbal
• Kunal Joshi
• Anthony Lark
• Amit Nathwani
• Abdul Rahman
• Mark Simpson-Parker
• Bilal Zalmai

The Austrian National Team has participated in a considerable number of international tournaments, including hosting three tournaments since 2000:

2000 ECC (European Cricket Council) Representative Festival (5 teams – Norway, Slovenia, Croatia, Finland and Austria) 2001 ECC Trophy in Seebarn and Velden (10 teams – Sweden, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Croatia and Finland) 2002 ECC European Cricket Championships, B Division in Northern Ireland (6 teams – Austria, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel and Portugal) 2003 ECC Notts Sport Trophy in Seebarn and Markomannenstrasse (11 teams – Malta, Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Austria and Norway)

They have been placed in Division Five of the newly expanded European Championship from 2008.

There are three club competitions within Austria: the ACA (Austrian Cricket Association) League, and ACA Trophy (north & south).

The ACA League comprises (in 2006) 14 teams, 10 of which are based in Vienna. The ACA Trophy sometimes includes teams from outside Austria, for example from Poland and the Czech Republic.

International Match Summary — Austria[8]

Last updated 1 September 2019.

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 239/3 v Luxembourg, 31 August 2019 at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei[9]
• Highest individual score: 111*, Bilal Zalmai v Czech Republic, 1 September 2019 at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei[10]
• Best individual bowling figures: 4/10, Zeshan Arif v Turkey, 31 August 2019 at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei[11]

T20I record versus other nations[8]

Records complete to T20I #877. Last updated 1 September 2019.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	0	30 August 2019	30 August 2019
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	0	31 August 2019	31 August 2019
Romania	1	0	1	0	0	29 August 2019
Turkey	1	1	0	0	0	31 August 2019	31 August 2019

• List of Austria Twenty20 International cricketers
• Austria women's national cricket team
• List of International Cricket Council members

• Austrian Cricket Association
• Cricinfo – Austria
• Afghans' cricket in Austria