Turkey national cricket team

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Turkey
Turkish Cricket Board
ICC status Affiliate-Member (2008)
ICC region Europe
WCL n/a
Coach Raj Chaudhuri
Captain Jonathan Clarkson
First international
7 September 2009 v Estonia at Corfu, Greece
As of 2 September 2009

The Turkish national cricket team (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Kriket Takımı) is a fledgling team, which represents Turkey in international cricket competitions. They were granted affiliate status by the International Cricket Council in June 2008.

History

In September 2009 Turkey took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division 5 in Corfu, Greece. This was their first international cricket tournament. Turkey recorded their first win in international cricket against Bulgaria[1] during the tournament, although this could not stop them finishing sixth and last.

Squad

The following list contains the 14 players in Turkey's squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 5:[2]
  • Jonathan Clarkson (Captain)
  • Hüseyin Şener Şen
  • Mubashir Khan
  • Athar Imran Opal
  • Mohammad Razak
  • Abdul Hamid Chohan
  • Muhammad Aasim
  • Colin Sutcliffe
  • Imran Sharif
  • Syed Ateeq Ahmad
  • Christopher Wade
  • Sajjad Haider
  • Stephen Bryant
  • Hunnain Durrani
  • Saran Girdwood

Records

References

  1. http://www.icc-europe.org/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000052/005231.shtml
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  3. 3.0 3.1 Turkey v Czech Republic at icc-europe
  4. Turkey v Greece at icc-europe
  5. Turkey v Bulgaria at icc-europe
  • 'Slogging The Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus', by Angus Bell

External links


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