Belgium national cricket team

Belgium national cricket team

Infobox non test cricket team
country_name = Belgium



image_caption = Flag of Belgium
icc_member_year = 1991
icc_status = Associate Member
icc_region = Europe
current_captain = Atif Malik
WCL_division = n/a
regional_tournament = European Cricket Championship
regional_tournament_division = Three
first_match = 1905 v The Netherlands
world_ranking = Not ranked
regional_ranking = 14th
asofdate = 24 July 2007

The Belgium national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Belgium in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 2005 after previously being an affiliate member since 1991. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/39.html Belgium] at Cricket Archive] They currently play in Division Three of the European Cricket Championship. [http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/2007/TOURNAMENTS/EURODIV3/about.shtml 2007 European Championship Division Three] at the official site of the European Cricket Council]

History

Beginnings

The first game of cricket in Belgium appears to have been a match played by British soldiers before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The first record of organised cricket is a painting dated 1870 that hangs in the pavilion of Lord's Cricket Ground in London that depicts the opening of the Brussels cricket ground in 1866 by mayor Jules Anspach. [http://www.cricketeurope.net/BELGIUM/DATABASE/ADMIN/history.shtml History of Belgian Cricket] at the official site of the Belgian Cricket Federation]

The national team first played a match in 1905 when they played against the Netherlands. The match was played almost every year until 1986. Belgium hosted a tournament as part of the 1910 Brussels Exhibition also involving France, the MCC and the Netherlands. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/BELGIUM/1910_BELGIUM_Brussels_Exhibition_Tournament_1910.html Brussels Exhibition Tournament 1910] at Cricket Archive] Belgium lost their match against the MCC by an innings [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/103/103066.html Scorecard] of Belgium v MCC, 20 June 1910 at Cricket Archive] and lost to the Netherlands by 116 runs. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/103/103065.html Scorecard] of Belgium v Netherlands, 25 June 1910 at Cricket Archive]

ICC Membership

Belgium became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1991. They began to play in European tournaments, playing in the ECC Trophy for the first time in 1999 when they finished last. [http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/1999/TOURNAMENTS/ECCTROPHY/about.shtml 1999 ECC Trophy] at the official site of the European Cricket Council] They fared better in the next tournament, reaching the semi finals of the 2001 ECC Trophy in Austria. [http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/2001/TOURNAMENTS/ECCTROPHY/about.shtml 2001 ECC Trophy] at the official site of the European Cricket Council]

They finished sixth in the ECC Trophy in 2003, [http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/2003/TOURNAMENTS/ECCTROPHY/about.shtml 2003 ECC Trophy] at the official site of the European Cricket Council] and gained associate membership of the ICC two years later. Belgium finished fourth in the European Affiliates Championship in 2005 [http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/2005/TOURNAMENTS/EUROAFFILIATES/about.shtml 2005 European Affiliates Championship] at the official site of the European Cricket Council] and will play in and host Division Three of the newly restructured European Championship in August 2007 .

Tournament History

European Affiliates Championship

*1999: 7th place
*2001: Semi-finals
*2003: 6th place
*2005: 4th place
*2007: 5th place [http://www.cricketeurope.net/ECC/DATABASE/2007/TOURNAMENTS/EUROAFFILIATES/about.shtml 2007 European Affiliates Championship] at the official site of the European Cricket Council]

References


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