Cyprus national cricket team

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ICC region Europe Captain Mike Kyriacou Icc membership granted 1999		WCL N/A Location Cyprus

ICC status Affiliate member (1999) Coaches Graeme Rickman, Terry Holt

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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, 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).

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

Amdocs

AyNic Taverners

Bangladesh Paphos

Dhekelia Village

EUC Flames

Fellows

Moufflons Cricket Club

Mustangs

Sri Lankans

WSBA

Pakistanis

Episkopi Lions

European Cricket Championship

2006: 2nd place (Division Four)

2007: 7th place (Division Three)

2009: 1st place (Division Four)

2011: 10th place (T20) (Division two)

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 NRREstonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

Group B

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

Cyprus national cricket team Wikipedia

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