Bulgaria national cricket team

The Bulgaria national cricket team represents the Republic of Bulgaria in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bulgaria Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1] Bulgaria made its international debut in 2004, at the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia. The majority of its matches since then have come against other European affiliate members of the ICC, including in several European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments.[6]

Bulgaria
AssociationBulgaria Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainPrakash Mishra
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 65th 52nd (30-Aug-2020)
International cricket
First international Bulgaria v. Switzerland  
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 August 2004)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Serbia at Marina Ground, Corfu; 14 October 2019
Last T20Iv  Romania at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei, 18 October 2020
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 10 3/6 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 6 January 2021

History

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

Bulgaria played their first T20I on 14 October 2019, against Serbia, during the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.

14 October 2019
14:30
Scorecard
Serbia 
156/6 (20 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
161/4 (18 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 104* (61)
Prakash Mishra 3/12 (4 overs)
Kiran Dasan 74 (59)
Apon Mustafizur 2/30 (3 overs)
Bulgaria won by 6 wickets
Marina Ground, Gouvia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Ruban Sivanadian (Can)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • First ever T20I match for Bulgaria.

Tournament history

European Cricket Championship
  • 2009: 4th place (Division Five)

Euro Twenty-20
  • 2010: 3rd place

Grounds
Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Bulagria

Players
The following list contains the players in Bulgaria's squad against Malta on 23 – 24 September 2020.[8]
  • Prakash Mishra (c)
  • Agagyul Ahmadhel
  • Sulaiman Ali
  • Rohan Bhavesh Patel
  • Kevin D'Souza
  • Aravinda De Silva
  • Kiran Dasan (wk)
  • Boiko Ivanov
  • Hristo Ivanov (wk)
  • Ivaylo Katzarski
  • Hristo Lakov (vc)
  • Fayaz Mohammad
  • Bakhtiar Tahiri
  • Delrick Varghese

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Bulgaria[9]

Last updated 18 October 2020

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals10360114 October 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #1104. Last updated 18 October 2020.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Greece2110016 October 201918 October 2019
 Malta3020123 September 2020
 Romania4130016 October 202016 October 2020
 Serbia1100014 October 201914 October 2019

See also

References
  1. "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 - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. Bulgaria Archived 28 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. Other matches played by Bulgaria – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. "Bulgaria set to host Malta for men's T20 series". Emerging Cricket. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  9. "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  10. "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  11. "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  12. "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  13. "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  14. "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  • 'Slogging The Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus', by Angus Bell


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