| Austria | |
| Association: | Austrian Cricket Association |
| Icc Status: | Associate member[1] |
| Icc Member Year: | 2017 |
| Icc Region: | Europe |
| T20i Rank: | 48th |
| T20i Rank Best: | 36th (2-May-2019) |
| Wcl Division: | n/a (regional tournaments) |
| Coach: | Cookie Patel (2022) |
| Captain: | Razmal Shigiwal (2019) |
| First Match: | v at Castel, Guernsey, 21 May 1990 |
| First T20i: | v at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei; 29 August 2019 |
| Most Recent T20i: | v at Simar Cricket Ground, Rome; 16 June 2024 |
| Num T20is: | 48 |
| Num T20is This Year: | 9 |
| T20i Record: | 26/20 (0 ties, 2 no results) |
| T20i Record This Year: | 6/3 (0 ties, 0 no results) |
| Wt20q Apps: | 1 |
| Wt20q First: | 2023 |
| Wt20q Best: | 7th place (2023) |
| Asofdate: | 16 June 2024 |
The Austria national cricket team (German: Österreichische Cricketnationalmannschaft) is the men's team that represents the Republic of Austria in international cricket. The team is organised by the Austrian Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1992 and an associate member in 2017.[1]
The Austria national team made its international debut in 1990, at the European Cricketer Cup in Guernsey. It has since regularly competed in European Cricket Council tournaments, usually in the lower divisions, and also often plays bilateral series against other European sides.[2]
Having been played by English gardeners, tradesmen and the expat staff of banks working in Vienna at the end of the 19th century - at which time the Vienna Cricket and Football-Club was founded, cricket disappeared in Austria until after the Second World War, when it was played by British occupying troops on a recreational basis.
The modern era as such began in May 1975, when the Australian Kerry Tattersall introduced the game to his pupils at the Vienna Handelsakademie (commercial academy) where he was teaching English, and formed the Vienna Cricket Club. Early opponents came from the United Nations (United Nations CC) and diplomatic services (Five Continents CC) and these founder clubs survive to this day.[3]
Cricket remains predominantly Viennese-based with eleven of the 18 member clubs being based in Vienna. CC Velden '91 is the oldest non-Viennese club, operating since 1991. The latest addition to the ACA is ASKÖ Steyr CC from Upper-Austria.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Austria and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[4]
Austria played its first T20I match against Romania on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.[5]
The Austria national team has participated in a considerable number of international tournaments, including hosting three tournaments since 2000:
2000 ECC (European Cricket Council) Representative Festival (5 teams – Norway, Slovenia, Croatia, Finland and Austria)2001 ECC Trophy in Seebarn and Velden (10 teams – Sweden, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Croatia and Finland)2002 ECC European Cricket Championships, B Division in Northern Ireland (6 teams – Austria, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel and Portugal)2003 ECC Notts Sport Trophy in Seebarn and Markomannenstrasse (11 teams – Malta, Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Austria and Norway)
They have been placed in Division Five of the newly expanded European Championship from 2008.
7th place
This lists all the players who have played for Austria in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 16 June 2024.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||
| Armaan Randhawa | Right-handed | ||||
| Mark Simpson-Parker | Right-handed | ||||
| Baseer Khan | Right-handed | ||||
| Amar Naeem | Right-handed | ||||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Karanbir Singh | Right-handed | ||||
| Imran Asif | Right-handed | ||||
| Bilal Zalmai | Right-handed | ||||
| Shadnan Khan | Right-handed | ||||
| Wicket-keeper | |||||
| Abrar Bilal | Right-handed | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Abdullah Akbarjan | Left-handed | ||||
| Zeeshan Arif | Right-handed | ||||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Aqib Iqbal | Right-handed | Captain | |||
| Waqar Zalmai | Right-handed | ||||
| Itibarshah Deedar | Right-handed | ||||
| Adeel Tariq | Right-handed | ||||
There are three club competitions within Austria: the ACA (Austrian Cricket Association) League, and ACA Trophy (north & south).
The ACA League comprises (in 2006) 14 teams, 10 of which are based in Vienna.The ACA Trophy sometimes includes teams from outside Austria, for example from Poland and the Czech Republic.
International Match Summary — Austria[6] Last updated 16 June 2024.
| Playing Record | |||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 48 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 29 August 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Austria[10]
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Razmal Shigiwal | 990 | 33.00 | 2019–2023 | |
| Iqbal Hossain | 532 | 25.33 | 2021–2023 | |
| Mark Simpson-Parker | 494 | 17.64 | 2019–2024 | |
| Bilal Zalmai | 477 | 47.70 | 2021–2024 | |
| Mirza Ahsan | 443 | 21.09 | 2019–2023 |
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Akbarjan | 45 | 15.86 | 2019–2024 | |
| Aqib Iqbal | 45 | 20.91 | 2019–2024 | |
| Amit Nathwani | 34 | 18.47 | 2019–2023 | |
| 29 | 18.37 | 2021–2023 | ||
| Bilal Zalmai | 21 | 13.90 | 2019–2024 | |
| Sahel Zadran | 21 | 30.14 | 2021–2023 |
T20I record versus other nations[6]
Records complete to T20I #2690. Last updated 16 June 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v. Full members | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 July 2023 | |||
| vs Associate Members | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 2021 | 25 July 2021 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 July 2022 | 30 July 2022 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 August 2019 | 30 August 2019 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 2023 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 June 2024 | 16 June 2024 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 10 June 2022 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 July 2022 | 27 July 2022 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 June 2022 | 4 June 2022 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 July 2023 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2024 | 10 June 2024 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 July 2023 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2019 | 31 August 2019 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 July 2022 | 31 July 2022 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 June 2024 | 12 June 2024 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 August 2019 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2023 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2022 | 25 July 2022 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2022 | 10 June 2022 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2019 | 31 August 2019 | ||