Finland national cricket team

Finland
ICC status Affiliate member (2000)
ICC region Europe
WCL N/A
Coach Andrew Armitage
Captain Jonathan Scamans
First international
21 August 2000 v Austria at Seebarn Cricket Centre, Austria
As of 31 July 2007

The Finnish national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Finland in international cricket matches.

History

Cricket was first played in Finland in the 1960s, but didn't become formally organised until the 1970s, under the auspices of the Helsinki Cricket Club. More clubs were founded in the 1990s, and the Finnish Cricket Association was founded in 1999.[1] They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council the following year.[2] The CricketFinland logo/flag was designed by Jesse Karjalainen.

Cricket is growing in the country, and there are currently 10 teams contesting the national league, over 300 male players, 30 female players, 20 ECB qualified coaches, and over 30 qualified umpires.[1]

The Finnish national team has participated at various levels in European regional tournaments, their first coming in 2000, when they finished last in the ECC Representative Championship. They won the same tournament 2 years later, and were runners-up in 2004. They also competed in the ECC Affiliates Championship from 2001 to 2005, their best performance coming in their first year, when they finished in seventh place. They came last in 2005, placing them in Division Four of the newly expanded European Championship. They won that tournament in August 2006, giving them a spot in Division Three in 2007. In that tournament they were relegated to Division Four where they currently play.

Tournament history

European Cricket Championship

The future

Finland are due to play in Division Four of the European Cricket Championship again in 2011.

Finnish Cricket Association

The Finnish Cricket Association (Suomen Krikettiliitto ry) was set up in 1999 to develop and organise the game of cricket in Finland. The Finnish Cricket Association is currently responsible for the following areas:

Domestic structure

Cricket in Finland has been expanding, here is the current list of teams playing in SM50 (the first division), SM40 (the second division), Developmental T20 League, Open T20 League and Indoor League.

  • Bengal Tigers Cricket Club
  • Ekenäs Cricket Club (ECC)
  • Empire Cricket Club (also social team: Empiricists)
  • Espoo Cricket Club (ECC)
  • Finnish Pakistani Club (FPC)
  • FinnAsia Cricket Club
  • Helsinki Cricket Club (HCC)
  • Merisotakoulun Krikettiklubi – Naval Academy Cricket Club (MKK)
  • Men's Thinking Society (MTS)

  • Stadin Krikettikerho (SKK) (also social team: Socialists)
  • Tampere Cricket Club (TreCC)
  • Turku Cricket Club (TCC)
  • Vaasa Cricket Club
  • Vantaa Cricket Club (VCC)
  • Jyväskylä Cricket Club (JCC)
  • Finnish National Team
  • Finnish Youth National Team (YNT)
  • Phoenix – The Ladies Team
  • Everest 8848 CC

Current squad

The following list contains the 13 players in Finland's squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 4:[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Archived 8 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. The Home of CricketArchive. Cricketarchive.co.uk.
  3. European 4th Division Championships 2006. Cricketeurope4.net.
  4. European 3rd Division Championships 2007. Cricketeurope4.net.
  5. ICC European Division 4 Championship 2009. Cricketeurope4.net (13 September 2009).
  6. Archived 1 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. "Finland squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 3". European Cricket Council. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.

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