Luxembourg national cricket team

The Luxembourg national cricket team is the team that represents the Grand Duchy of 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 62nd 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  Belgium at Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange, 30 August 2020
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 8 2/6
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 6 January 2021

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'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 its 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.

Squad


  • Joost Mees (c)
  • Advyth Manepalli
  • Ankush Nanda
  • James Barker
  • Marcus Cope
  • Mohit Dixit
  • Pankaj Malav
  • Reinhardt Heyns
  • Saransh Kulshretha
  • Scott Browne
  • Shameek Vats
  • Tony Whiteman
  • Vikram Vijh
  • William Cope

Reserves

  • Girish Venkateswaran
  • Mohd Dilshad

[14]

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

Records

International Match Summary — Luxembourg[15]

Last updated 30 August 2020.

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals8260029 August 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[15]

Records complete to T20I #1092. Last updated 30 August 2020.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Austria1010031 August 2019
 Belgium2020029 August 2020
 Czech Republic312001 September 201928 August 2020
 Romania1010030 August 2019
 Turkey1100029 August 201929 August 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. "Luxembourg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  6. "Pierre Werner". Optimists Cricket Club. 2002. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
  7. http://www.optimists.cc/location/default.aspx?locationID=2137
  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. https://luxembourgcricket.org/national-team-news
  15. "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  16. "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  17. "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  18. "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  19. "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  20. "Records / Luxembourg / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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