Sweden national cricket team

Sweden
The Crest of the Swedish Cricket Federation
ICC membership granted	1997
ICC member status	Affiliate member
ICC development region	Europe
World Cricket League division	N/A
Captain	Adnan Raza
Coach	Rajan Sharma
First recorded match	13 September 1999 v Portugal at Corfu, Greece
As of 2 September 2009

The Swedish cricket team is the team that represents the country of Sweden in international cricket matches. There are currently 13 clubs playing in the national cricket league of Sweden.

They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1997.^[1] They took part in the ECC Trophy, a tournament for European affiliate members on two occasions. They reached the semi-finals in 1999, but 2001 saw a downturn in fortunes and they came in last in the ten-team tournament. They have recently resumed playing internationally after a hiatus of several years.

2011 Championship schedule

ICC European Championship Schedule 2011:

ICC European Division 3 Championship (T20) 11–14 May, Slovenia

Participating Countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey

ICC European Division 2 Championship (T20) 20–25 June, Belgium

Participating Countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Hellas, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Sweden (winner of Division 3)

ICC European Division 1 Championship (T20) 19–24 July, Jersey & Guernsey

Participating Countries: Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Norway, & winner and runner up of Div 2

In September 2009 Sweden took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division 5 in Corfu, Greece.

Squad

The following list contains the 14 players in Sweden's squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 1:^[2]

Yasir Ikram (Captain)
Sandeep Sharma (Vice – Captain)
Sunny Sharma
Muhammad Naveed
Ashik Imtiaz Razib
Serge Conein
Naveed Anjum
Manuj Jadvest
Khalid Ahmad Zahid
Wakil Jalali
Aman Momand
Sadat Sidiqi
Azam Khalil
Mohammad Azam

References

↑ "Sweden CricketArchive page". CricketArchive. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
↑ "Sweden squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 5". European Cricket Council. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.

National cricket teams¹

Full members (10)

Associate members (38)

ODI and T20I only (6)	Afghanistan Hong Kong Ireland Papua New Guinea Scotland United Arab Emirates

T20I only (2)	Nepal Netherlands

HPP members (4)	Canada Kenya Namibia Uganda

Other associate members (26)	Argentina Belgium Bermuda Botswana Cayman Islands Denmark Fiji France Germany Gibraltar Guernsey Israel Italy Japan Jersey Kuwait Malaysia Nigeria Oman Singapore Suriname Tanzania Thailand USA Vanuatu Zambia

Affiliate members (53)

Suspended members (3)

Former members

Non-members

¹ For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Montserrat , Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Lucia, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. For England and Wales, the national team is England. For Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.

National sports teams of Sweden

American football M W Bandy M W Baseball Basketball M W M U18 Beach handball M W Cricket Field hockey M W Football M W M U21 M U19 W U19 M U17 W U17 Australian rules football Badminton Floorball M W Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey M W M J M U18 W U18 Inline hockey Korfball Roller derby Rugby league Rugby union M W Speedway M M U21 M U19 Squash M W Volleyball M W Water polo Tennis M W

Olympic Games Paralympic Games European Games

External links

Swedish Cricket Federation

Affiliate Members of the International Cricket Council