Norway national cricket team
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| ICC membership granted | 2000 |
| ICC member status | Affiliate member |
| ICC development region | Europe |
| Captain | Zeeshan Ali |
| World Cricket League division | Five |
| European Cricket Championship division | One |
| First recorded match | 22 August 2000 v Austria at Seebarn Cricket Centre, Austria |
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The Norwegian cricket team is the national cricket team of Norway. Although the team is by name Norwegian, the players all currently descend from the countries of the Indian subcontinent, i.e. Pakistan, India or Sri Lanka. 90% of players domestically are of Asian descent, although most are Norwegian citizens and nationals. [1]
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[edit] History
Cricket was first organised in the 1960s by a few Asian immigrants and has grown to the current state of 18 clubs playing in two divisions.
Norway became a member of the International Cricket Council in 2000 [2], and played their first international tournament that year, the European Representative Championships in Austria. They won the tournament without losing a game, but did not play again until 2003 when they took part in the ECC Trophy for the first time. They won this tournament too, again without losing a game. This qualified them for Division Two of the European Championship in 2004. They finished fourth in the six team tournament, gaining wins against Gibraltar and Israel.
In 2005 they won the European Affiliates Championship, the equivalent of the ECC Trophy. They once again won the tournament without losing a game, and again qualified for Division Two of the European Championship in 2006. They won the tournament, beating debutants Jersey in the final after losing to them in the group stage. This gave them a place in Division One for the first time in 2008 where they will meet the top nations of European cricket; Denmark, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. It also gave them a place in Division Five of the World Cricket League in 2008, where they will play Afghanistan, Argentina, Botswana, the Cook Islands and three teams yet to be announced. This tournament will form part of the qualification structure for the 2011 World Cup.
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] European Championship
- 1996 to 2002: Did not participate
- 2004: 4th place (Division Two)
- 2006: Division Two winners
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