Cyprus national cricket team

Cyprus

ICC status	Affiliate member (1999)
ICC region	Europe
WCL	N/A
Coach	Graeme Rickman
Captain	Michael Kyriacou
First international
26 August 2006 v Slovenia at Antwerp Cricket Club, Antwerp, Belgium
As of 2 September 2009

National team 2011

The Cypriot cricket team is the team that represents the country of Cyprus in international cricket matches. They became an International Cricket Council affiliate member in 1999,^[1] although it was not until August 2006 that they made their international debut, finishing as runners up in Division Four of the European Championship. In 2007, the Cyprus Cricket National team competed in the European Division 3 Championships where they finished in 7th place out of 8. In 2009, Cyprus then Hosted the ICC Division 4 Championships in Cyprus which turned out to be a great success for the Cyprus National cricket team winning the Division 4 championship. In 2011, Cyprus then competed in the ICC Division 2 T20 Championships held in Belgium where they came 10th place in the tournament, beating Sweden in the play-off game for 10th/11th place. Cyprus are ranked 24th in the ICC European Twenty20 Rankings (as of 29 December 2012).^[2]

Domestic structure

There are currently twelve league teams, made up of cricketers from Cyprus, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Australia, Bangladesh and England. In addition to the league there is also a Twenty20 competition.

The following is a list of domestic teams in Cyprus^[3]

• Amdocs
• AyNic Taverners
• Bangladesh Paphos
• Dhekelia Village
• EUC Flames
• Fellows
• Moufflons Cricket Club
• Mustangs
• Sri Lankans
• WSBA
• Pakistanis
• Episkopi Lions

Tournament history

European Cricket Championship

• 2006: 2nd place (Division Four)^[4]
• 2007: 7th place (Division Three)^[5]
• 2009: 1st place (Division Four)^[6]
• 2011: 10th place (T20) (Division two)^[7]

The future

Cyprus are due to compete in the Upcoming ICC Division 2 T20 Championships to be held in Corfu, Greece 3–8 September 2012

The groups are as follows

• Group A

                P W    T NR L  Pts NRR
Estonia 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Israel 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Luxembourg 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Malta 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Portugal 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Spain 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000

• Group B

                 P W    T NR L  Pts NRR
Croatia 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Cyprus 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Finland 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Greece 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Isle of Man 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000
Sweden 0     0 0   0 0   0 0.000

Cyprus Fixtures are as follows

3 September

• Cyprus v Isle of Man (10:30, Maessonghi)

4 September

• Cyprus v Croatia (10:30, Marina)
• Cyprus v Finland (15:30, Marina)

5 September

• Cyprus v Sweden (15:30, Ropa 1)

6 September

• Cyprus v Hosts Greece(Hellas) (10:30, Maessonghi)

Depending on where they come in group B Cyprus play 2 play-off games after the Group Stages

Current Cyprus national squad

This year's Cyprus squad is different to the last year's squad that competed in the I.C.C Division 2 T20 Championships held in Belgium. This year's squad has a new coach, a new manager and there are 4 new caps to make their first International Appearance in the squad. South African-born Cypriot Mike Kyriacou has been captaining the side since 2006 and he will be leading the Cyprus team in the T20 tournament to be held in Greece Corfu

The following list contains the 14 players in the Cyprus squad that will be competing in the Icc Division 2 T20 Europeam Championships in Greece Corfu

Coaching Staff

• Graeme Rickman – Head Coach England
• Rudolph Crasto – Team Manager India
• Phil Bell – Chief Selector / Assistant Coach England
• Andrew Crook – Assistant Coach England
• John Howden – Scorer
• Andrew Pepper – Official Photographer England

Cyprus Youth

Cyprus also had an under 15 youth cricket team which competed in an Icc European Division two Championships in 2007 where they came 8th place out of 10 in the tournament.

References

External links

• Official Site
• Cyprus Cricket Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/177244039002476/
• I.C.C Division 2 T20 Championships 2012 http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2012/TOURNAMENTS/EURODIV2/index.shtml