Bulgaria national cricket team

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Bulgaria
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
AssociationBulgaria Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainPrakash Mishra
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 76th 52nd (30-Aug-2020)
International cricket
First internationalBulgaria Bulgaria v. Switzerland  
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 August 2004)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Serbia at Marina Ground, Corfu; 14 October 2019
Last T20Iv  Gibraltar at Marsa Sports Club, Marsa; 24 October 2021
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 22 6/14 (0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[4] 13 3/9 (0 ties, 1 no result)
As of 24 October 2021

The Bulgaria national cricket team represents the Republic of Bulgaria in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bulgaria Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1] Bulgaria made its international debut in 2004, at the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia. The majority of its matches since then have come against other European affiliate members of the ICC, including in several European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments.[6]

History[]

2018-Present[]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bulgaria and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]

Bulgaria played their first T20I on 14 October 2019, against Serbia, during the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.

14 October 2019
14:30
Scorecard
Serbia 
156/6 (20 overs)
v
 Bulgaria
161/4 (18 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 104* (61)
Prakash Mishra 3/12 (4 overs)
Kiran Dasan 74 (59)
Apon Mustafizur 2/30 (3 overs)
Bulgaria won by 6 wickets
Marina Ground, Gouvia
Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Ruban Sivanadian (Can)
  • Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • First ever T20I match for Bulgaria.

Tournament history[]

European Cricket Championship[]

  • 2009: 4th place (Division Five)

Euro Twenty-20[]

  • 2010: 3rd place

Grounds[]

Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Bulagria

Records and Statistics[]

International Match Summary — Bulgaria[8]

Last updated 24 October 2021

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 22 6 14 0 2 14 October 2019

Twenty20 International[]

T20I record versus other nations[8]

Records complete to T20I #1356. Last updated 24 October 2021.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Czech Republic 1 0 1 0 0 4 September 2021
 Gibraltar 2 1 1 0 0 23 October 2021 24 October 2021
 Greece 4 2 1 0 1 16 October 2019 18 October 2019
 Luxembourg 1 0 1 0 0 2 September 2021
 Malta 5 0 4 0 1 23 September 2020
 Romania 6 1 5 0 0 16 October 2020 16 October 2020
 Serbia 2 2 0 0 0 14 October 2019 14 October 2019
  Switzerland 1 0 1 0 0 22 October 2021

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ Bulgaria Archived 28 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. ^ Other matches played by Bulgaria Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  • 'Slogging The Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus', by Angus Bell

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