Bermudian cricket team
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| Bermuda | |
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| ICC membership granted | 1966 |
| ICC member status | Associate with ODI status |
| ICC development region | Americas |
| Captain | Irving Romaine |
| World Cricket League division | One |
| ICC Americas Championship division | One |
| First recorded match | March 1891 v Philadelphia Zingari |
| ICC Trophy | |
| Appearances | 8 (First in 1979) |
| Best result | Runners up, 1982 |
| One-day Internationals | |
| ODI matches played | 12 |
| ODI wins/losses | 4/8 |
| First class cricket | |
| First class matches played | 9 |
| First class wins/losses | 2/3 |
| List A cricket | |
| List A matches played | 39 |
| List A wins/losses | 7/29 |
| As of 2 December 2006 | |
The Bermudian cricket team is the team representing Bermuda in the sport of cricket. Cricket in Bermuda is governed by the Bermuda Cricket Board. Bermuda has approximately 2,000 cricket players. The Bermuda Cricket Board was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council, the global ruling body for the sport, in 1966. It has played in 7 ICC Trophies, the one-day competition for non-full-members of the ICC, and they were runners-up in 1982. They won the Plate (a competition for teams knocked out of the ICC Trophy in the early rounds) in 1997. The highlight of the Bermuda season is the annual Cup Match, played between two of the island's leading clubs of Somerset and St. George's, which was first played in 1902. The game is played in a carnival atmosphere over two public holidays.
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[edit] History
[edit] Beginnings
The first recorded cricket match to take place in Bermuda occurred on 30 August 1844. The Bermuda Cricket Club was formed one year later and had support from locals as well as British troops. Some international games were played against American sides, principally from Philadelphia in the late 19th century, but the cricketing strength of the island diminished greatly after the First World War. Indeed, the only significant tour in the inter-War years was a five-match tour by a team led by Sir Julien Cahn in 1933.
[edit] Post Second World War
After the Second World War cricket regained popularity in Bermuda, and many tours arrived, including some Test sides on the way to the West Indies. The first Bermudian tour of England took place in 1960 and more tours followed. Bermuda also is the place where the first non-Yorkshireman played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Yorkshire traditionally had a rule that no-one born outside the county could play for them, a rule only finally abandoned in the 1990s. However, the rule was bent to allow Garry Sobers to play some games for them under the captaincy of Brian Close during a festival match in Bermuda.
In 1966 Bermuda was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council. A match against New Zealand in 1972 was given first-class status. Since then they have competed in a wide range of international competitions including the ICC Trophy, a competition which was proposed by Alma Hunt, the Bermudian delegate to the ICC.
[edit] Present Day
In 2004 and 2005 they competed in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, playing in the same group as Canada and the United States. In 2004, the first running of the competition, they were knocked out after losing to Canada and drawing against the Americans. In 2005, they won the American group after beating Canada and the Cayman Islands in Canada. However, the semi-final against Kenya in October was lost.
Bermuda's greatest cricketing moment came on 7 July 2005 when they qualified for the semi-finals of the 2005 ICC Trophy. Qualification for the semis meant they won a place in the 2007 cricket World Cup in the West Indies and that, from 1 January 2006 until the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier, they will have official one-day international status.
Bermuda's first international engagement of 2006 ended in disappointment, when they lost every game on a five-match tour of the UAE. It should be pointed out that the UAE team was much stronger than the one fielded at the 2005 ICC Trophy, as several players selected are not eligible for selection in ICC-sanctioned tournaments.
Bermuda played their first One-day International in May 2006, and were successful in their first outing, beating Canada at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad as part of a triangular series which also included Zimbabwe. This made them the fourth team to win their first ODI, after Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. However, Bermuda lost their second ODI, against Zimbabwe, by 194 runs, after conceding 338 for seven and also lost the final, again against Zimbabwe.
In July 2006, they took part in the Stanford 20/20 knock-out tournament, but lost to Jamaica. They were given $100,000 for participating in the event. The following month they toured Canada, playing a four-day Intercontinental Cup game and two ODIs. They lost the Intercontinental Cup game by nine wickets in a match that went into the final hour, but won both of the two ODIs. They are due to play Kenya and The Netherlands in their other Intercontinental Cup matches later this year.
Also in August, they played in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship, and they won the tournament for the first time, without losing a game.
In November they visited Kenya for an Intercontinental Cup match and three ODIs. They drew the Intercontinental Cup match in a rain-affected game, and lost all three ODIs. They then went to South Africa, starting with an Intercontinental Cup game against the Netherlands. This was drawn, but highlighted by a record breaking innings from Glamorgan batsman David Hemp who scored 247 not out, the highest score in the history of the competition.
This was followed by a triangular series against Canada and the Netherlands. They lost the first three games, but beat the Netherlands in the final, low-scoring game.
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] World Cup
The 2007 World Cup will be the first for Bermuda, they have not qualified for the tournament prior to this.
[edit] Intercontinental Cup
- 2004: First round
- 2005: Semi Finals
[edit] ICC Trophy
- 1979: Semi Finals
- 1982: Runners up
- 1986: 4th place
- 1990: Plate competition
- 1994: 4th place
- 1997: Won Plate competition (9th place)
- 2001: 9th place
- 2005: 4th place
[edit] ICC Americas Championship
- 2000: Runners up
- 2002: 4th place
- 2004: 3rd place
- 2006: Won
[edit] Cricket in 2007
At the end of January, Bermuda will travel to Kenya for the Division One tournament of the ICC World Cricket League. This will be followed by a triangular series in Antigua, which will see Bermuda take on Bangladesh and Canada. They then take part in their first world cup, playing Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
The remainder of 2007 will see them play Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and the UAE, all away from home. They will also play one-day internationals in the Netherlands and Kenya.
[edit] Records
[edit] One-day Internationals
- Highest team total: 272/7 v Canada, 21 August 2006 at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Canada
- Highest individual score: 101, Irving Romaine v Canada, 21 August 2006 at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Canada
- Best innings bowling: 5/53, Dwayne Leverock v Kenya, 14 November 2006 at Mombasa Sports Club Ground
[edit] ICC Trophy
- Highest team total: 407/8 v Hong Kong, 13 June 1986 at Nuneaton, England
- Highest individual score: 132, Janeiro Tucker v the USA at Waringstown, Northern Ireland
- Best innings bowling: 6/38, A Edwards v Fiji, 11 June 1986 at Wellington Cricket Club, England
