Switzerland national cricket team explained

Switzerland
Association:Cricket Switzerland
Coach:Chris Lodge
Captain:Faheem Nazir [1]
Icc Status:Associate member
Icc Member Year:2021
Icc Status2:Affiliate member
Icc Member Year2:1985
Icc Region:Europe
T20i Rank:45th
T20i Rank Best:45th (1 May 2024)
First Match: Switzerland v.
(Castel, Guernsey; 21 May 1990)
First T20i:v at Marsa Sports Club, Marsa; 22 October 2021
Most Recent T20i:v at Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld; 13.July 2024
Num T20is:22
Num T20is This Year:4
T20i Record:14/8 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20i Record This Year:2/2 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Asofdate:13 July 2024

The Switzerland national cricket team represents the country of Switzerland in international cricket.

History

Cricket has been played in Switzerland since at least 1817.[2]

The association (renamed to Cricket Switzerland[3] in 2014), became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1985.[4] They hosted the first tournament for European affiliate members in Zuoz in 1997, the European Nations Cup, where they came fifth in the seven team tournament. They then played in the successor tournament, the European Cricket Council Trophy in 1999, 2001 and 2003, their best result coming in 1999 when they reached the semi-finals. They then played in the European Representative Championship in Slovenia in 2004, where they came third in the six team tournament.

They played in Division Four of the European Championship in 2009 having been promoted from Division Five, playing Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Luxembourg and Slovenia.

Switzerland was ranked to participate in ICC European Division II, Belgium 2011, but unfortunately, internal differences meant Switzerland were forced to withdraw from the tournament and hence was demoted to Division III.

These internal differences resulted from two rival governing bodies attempting to govern cricket in Switzerland, and this along with various breaches of membership regulations of the International Cricket Council led to Switzerland being expelled from the council.[5]

With these governance issues resolved, an application to rejoin the ICC was submitted in October 2020.[6] Switzerland were granted associate ICC Membership on 23 July 2021.

There are currently more than 30 clubs playing in Switzerland.[7]

Tournament History

Valetta Cup

Did not enter

2nd

Did not enter

Champions

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Switzerland[8] Last updated 13 July 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 22 14 8 0 0 22 October 2021

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[8]

Records complete to T20I #2758. Last updated 13 July 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
1 0 1 0 0 7 July 2024
1 1 0 0 0 22 October 2021 22 October 2021
1 1 0 0 0 13 July 2024 13 July 2024
1 0 1 0 0 30 July 2022
1 1 0 0 0 27 July 2022 27 July 2022
2 2 0 0 0 25 July 2022 25 July 2022
1 1 0 0 0 22 October 2021 22 October 2021
1 0 1 0 0 9 July 2024
6 3 3 0 0 11 June 2022 11 June 2022
4 3 1 0 0 23 October 2021 23 October 2021
1 0 1 0 0 28 July 2022
1 1 0 0 0 13 July 2023 13 July 2023
1 1 0 0 0 11 July 2024 11 July 2024

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faheem Nazir Profile - Cricket Player Switzerland | Stats, Records, Video .
  2. Web site: About - Cricket Switzerland . Cricketswitzerland.ch . 2015-09-13.
  3. Web site: Cricket Switzerland - Cricket Switzerland . Cricketswitzerland.ch . 2015-09-13.
  4. Web site: The Home of CricketArchive . Cricketarchive.co.uk . 2015-08-06 . 2015-09-13.
  5. Web site: ICC Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur. International Cricket Council. 9 July 2012.
  6. Web site: Switzerland re-apply for ICC membership. 23 October 2020. Emerging Cricket. 23 October 2020.
  7. Web site: Clubs & Affiliates - Cricket Switzerland . Cricketswitzerland.ch . 2021-10-22.
  8. Web site: Records / Switzerland / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . . 22 October 2021.