| Germany | |
| Association: | German Cricket Federation |
| Coach: | Atiq-uz-Zaman[1] |
| Icc Status: | Affiliate |
| Icc Member Year: | 1991 |
| Icc Status2: | Associate |
| Icc Member Year2: | 1999 |
| Icc Region: | Europe |
| T20i Rank: | 34th |
| T20i Rank Best: | 30th (26 June 2019) |
| First Match: | v. at Kolding; 26 May 1989 (as West Germany) |
| First T20i: | v. at Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo; 11 May 2019 |
| Most Recent T20i: | v. at Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld; 14 July 2024 |
| Num T20is: | 58 |
| Num T20is This Year: | 4 |
| T20i Record: | 36/22 (0 ties, 0 no results) |
| T20i Record This Year: | 3/1 (0 ties, 0 no results) |
| Wt20q Apps: | 2 |
| Wt20q First: | 2022 |
| Wt20q Best: | 5th place (2023) |
| A Pattern B: | _germany_t20i23 |
| A Pattern Pants: | _germany_23 |
| A Leftarm: | da0227ff |
| A Body: | da0227ff |
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| A Title: | T20I kit |
| Asofdate: | 14 July 2024 |
The German national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of Germany in international cricket. The German Cricket Federation, which organises the team, has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1999, having previously been an affiliate member from 1991.[2] [3] The team made its international debut against Denmark in 1989, playing as West Germany.[4] It has since played regularly in European Cricket Championship tournaments, as well as twice in the lower divisions of the World Cricket League.[5] In 2001, Germany also competed in the ICC Trophy (now the World Cup Qualifier) for the first and only time.[6] In 2022, they played their first T20 World Cup Global Qualifier.[7]
Germany became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1991. As West Germany, the country had played its first internationals in 1989, a two-match series against Denmark. The team made its international tournament debut in 1990, at the European Cricketer Cup in Guernsey.[4] They hosted that tournament (which had been renamed the European Nations Cup) in 1996, playing against France, Portugal, and Sweden,[8] and finished as runners up in the 1997 tournament after losing to France by one run in the final, the winning run being scored by David Bordes whilst he had a skull fracture.[9] The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack later listed the final as one of the 100 best matches of the 20th century.[10]
In 1998, Germany competed in the European Championship for the first time and finished seventh.[11] They became an associate member of the ICC the following year and played in Division Two of the European Championship in 2000, finishing as runners-up to Gibraltar.[12]
They played at the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada, their first and, to date, only appearance in the ICC Trophy.[13] They failed to progress beyond the first round[14] and again finished as runners up to Gibraltar in Division Two of the European Championship the following year.[15] They also played in Division Two in 2004, finishing third,[16] and in 2006, again finishing third.[17]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Germany and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 had the full T20I status.[18]
In September 2018, Germany qualified from Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament.[19]
Germany played their first Twenty20 Internationals in May 2019, when they travelled to Brussels for three matches against Belgium, and then two matches against Italy in the Netherlands later the same month.[20] These matches provided the team with some preparation ahead of the ICC World T20 European regional qualifier finals that were played in June 2019.
7th place
Not eligible – ICC affiliate member
Not eligible – ICC affiliate member
First round
Did not qualify[21]
Champions
This lists all the players who have played for Germany in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 14 July 2024
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Ben Kohler-Cadmore | Left-handed | ||||
| Vaseekaran Aritharan | Right-handed | ||||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Left-handed | Captain | ||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Wicket-keeper | |||||
| Sachin Mandy | Right-handed | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Ghulam Rasul Ahmadi | Right-handed | ||||
| Vishnu Elam Bharathi | Right-handed | ||||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Zahid Zadran | Right-handed | ||||
| Fayaz Khan | Right-handed | ||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Left-handed | |||||
| Adil Khan | Right-handed | ||||
International Match Summary — Germany[23] Last updated 14 July 2024
| Playing Record | |||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 58 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Germany[27]
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 619 | 23.80 | 2019–2024 | ||
| 577 | 18.61 | 2019–2024 | ||
| 575 | 23.00 | 2019–2023 | ||
| 532 | 23.13 | 2019–2023 | ||
| 511 | 30.05 | 2019–2023 |
Most T20I wickets for Germany[28]
| Player | Wicket | Average | Career span | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 16.32 | 2019–2024 | ||
| 52 | 19.19 | 2021–2024 | ||
| 46 | 14.60 | 2020–2023 | ||
| 43 | 15.34 | 2019–2023 | ||
| 28 | 19.14 | 2020–2023 |
T20I record versus other nations[23]
Records complete to T20I #2761. Last updated 14 July 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs Full Members | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2022 | |||
| vs Associate Members | ||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 9 June 2022 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2022 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 | 11 May 2019 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 February 2022 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 July 2024 | 14 July 2024 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 June 2019 | 19 June 2019 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 August 2021 | 6 August 2021 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2024 | 8 July 2024 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 June 2019 | 15 June 2019 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 May 2019 | 17 October 2021 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 June 2019 | 20 June 2019 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 June 2019 | 20 June 2019 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 February 2022 | 24 February 2022 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 July 2023 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 March 2020 | 8 March 2020 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 9 June 2022 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2022 | |||