Bulgaria national cricket team explained

Bulgaria
Association:Bulgarian Cricket Federation
Icc Status:Associate member[1]
Icc Member Year:2017
Icc Region:Europe
T20i Rank:74th
T20i Rank Best:52nd (30 Aug 2020)
Captain:Prakash Mishra
First Match:v. at Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 August 2004
First T20i:v. at Marina Ground, Corfu; 14 October 2019
Most Recent T20i:v. at Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club Ground, Port Soif; 21 August 2024
Num T20is:48
Num T20is This Year:4
T20i Record:15/30 (0 ties, 3 no results)
T20i Record This Year:0/4 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Asofdate:21 August 2024

The Bulgaria national cricket team represents Bulgaria in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bulgarian Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008[2] and an associate member in 2017.[1] Bulgaria made its international debut in 2004, at the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia. The majority of its matches since then have come against other European affiliate members of the ICC, including in several European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments.[3]

History

Since 2018

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bulgaria and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the T20I status.[4]

Bulgaria played their first T20I on 14 October 2019, against Serbia, during the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.

Tournament history

European Cricket Championship

Euro Twenty-20

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Bulgaria in the 2024 Continental Cup. Updated as of 26 May 2024.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Zaid Soulat Right-handed
Manan Bashir Right-handed
Boiko Ivanov Right-handed
All-rounders
Prakash Mishra Right-handed Captain
Dimo Nikolov Right-handed
Isa Zaroo Right-handed
Zeerak Chugtai Left-handed
Firas Hussain Right-handed
Wicketkeepers
Saim Hussain Left-handed
Jacob Gul Right-handed
Bowlers
Danyal Raja Right-handed
Gagandeep Singh Right-handed
Milen Gogev Right-handed
Waleed Waqar Right-handed

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Bulgaria[5] Last updated 21 August 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 48 15 30 0 3 14 October 2019

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Bulgaria[9]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Hristo Lakov 825 31.73 2019–2022
Aravinda De Silva 795 24.84 2020–2022
Kevin D'Souza 669 27.87 2020–2022
Saim Hussain 578 38.53 2022–2023
Prakash Mishra 547 14.02 2019–2024

Most T20I wickets for Bulgaria[10]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Prakash Mishra 41 27.00 2019–2024
Hristo Lakov 32 30.90 2019–2022
Asad Ali Rehemtulla 17 23.76 2020–2022
Sulaiman Ali 14 29.50 2020–2022
Delrick Varghese 13 49.76 2020–2023

T20I record versus other nations[5]

Records complete to T20I #2785. Last updated 21 August 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
1 0 1 0 0 30 July 2022
1 1 0 0 0 23 June 2023 23 June 2023
3 0 3 0 0 4 September 2021
5 2 3 0 0 23 October 2021 24 October 2021
4 2 1 0 1 16 October 2019 18 October 2019
2 0 2 0 0 24 July 2022
1 0 1 0 0 11 May 2022
2 0 2 0 0 2 September 2021
6 0 5 0 1 23 September 2020
9 1 8 0 0 16 October 2020 16 October 2020
11 7 3 0 1 14 October 2019 14 October 2019
1 1 0 0 0 27 July 2022 27 July 2022
1 0 1 0 0 22 October 2021
1 1 0 0 0 24 June 2023 24 June 2023

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform. International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. 1 September 2018.
  2. http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/176/icc-members/affiliate-members/bulgaria Bulgaria
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/3/3167/Other_Matches.html Other matches played by Bulgaria
  4. Web site: All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status. International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. 1 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . . 9 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals . ESPNcricinfo . 23 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores . ESPNcricinfo . 14 October 2019.
  8. Web site: Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures . ESPNcricinfo . 23 June 2023.
  9. Web site: Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs . . 23 September 2020.
  10. Web site: Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets . . 23 September 2020.