Falkland Islands national cricket team explained

Falkland Islands
Association:Falkland Cricket Association
Icc Status:Associate member[1]
Icc Member Year:2017
Icc Region:Americas
First Match: in Santiago; February 2004
Num T20is:0
T20i Record:0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
Asofdate:1 January 2023

The Falkland Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands in international cricket.

The team is organised by the Falkland Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 29 June 2007 (Argentina abstained from the vote admitting it as a member)[2] and became an associate member in 2017.[1] The Falkland Islands played its first international match in February 2004, playing against Chile in Santiago.[3] The team did not make its debut in an ICC-sanctioned tournament until June 2010, when it took part in the 2010 Americas Championship Division Four event in Mexico. The following year, the Falklands played in the 2011 Americas Twenty20 Division Three tournament in Costa Rica, losing all five of its matches.[4] The territory currently has only a single cricket pitch, located on Mount Pleasant Airfield Oval, which hampers the national team's ability to participate internationally., there were plans to construct the islands' second cricket pitch, in the capital Stanley.[5]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Falkland Islands and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the T20I status.[6]

Records

One-Day

Below is a record of international matches played in ICC Americas Championship events by the Falkland Islands.[7]

!Opponent!M!W!L!T!NR
11000
10100
Total21100

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. Web site: Nixon. Andrew. New members for the ICC. CricketEurope. 23 June 2015. 29 June 2007.
  3. Clinton Porteous (9 February 2004). "Falklands cricketers play abroad" – BBC News. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/12/12496/Other_Matches.html Other matches played by Falkland Islands
  5. Web site: Munro. Tony. A festival of cricket for the Falklands. espncricinfo. 23 June 2015. Falkland Islands. 12 August 2010.
  6. Web site: All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status. International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. 1 September 2018.
  7. Web site: The Home of CricketArchive.