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| Association | Chilean Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Alexander Carthew | |||||||||
| Coach | Interim | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v. Argentina atSantiago,Chile; 1893 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v. Brazil atEl Cortijo Polo Club,Lima; 3 October 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v. Argentina atSt. George's College Ground 1,Quilmes; 20 October 2023 | |||||||||
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| As of 1 January 2024 | ||||||||||
TheChile national cricket team is the team that representsChile ininternational cricket. The team is organised by theChilean Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and anassociate member in 2017.[1] However, the national side had debuted as early as 1893, when it playedArgentina inSantiago.[5] Chile began playing regular international matches in the early 1920s, and, with the exception of a gap during World War II, has continued to do so. Until the team affiliated with the ICC, its opponents were almost all other South American teams. It first participated in an ICC tournament in 2006, when it fielded a team in division three of the2006 ICC Americas Championship.[6] In theSouth American Championships, which began in 1995, Chile has participated in every edition, but won only twice, in 2011 & 2016.[7]
Cricket was first played in the country in 1829 and the first club, theValparaíso Cricket Club was formed in 1860. Their first international fixture was played in 1893 againstArgentina.[1] Chile provided two players to theSouth American combined cricket team which toured England in 1932 (playing severalfirst-class matches) –Alfred Jackson andCharles Sutton.
Interest in the game had waned after the Second World War, although a national side continued to play regular matches, and Chile did not become a member of theInternational Cricket Council until 2002.[2].
Their first ICC tournament was the Division Three tournament of theICC Americas Championship, played inSuriname in February 2006. Coached byArjun Menon,[8] the Chileans finished in third place, their only win coming againstBrazil.
The February 2008 edition of the Division 3 tournament was held in Argentina. Chile defeated Belize, Turks & Caicos Islands and Peru only to lose to Brazil. Chile finished the tournament second due to net run rate.
Chile has participated in every edition of theSouth American Championship since it was first held in 1995, and hosted it twice. It won the tournament in 2016 and 2011, and has been runner-up on six other occasions.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Chile and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[9]
Chile played their first T20I match againstBrazil on 3 October 2019 during the2019 South American Cricket Championship in Peru.
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Muhammad Saleem 52 (40) Major Mandy 1/5 (1 over) | Hirenkumar Patel 20 (19) Kevin Silva 2/1 (1 over) |
Brazil won by 35 runs El Cortijo Polo Club Pitch 1,Lima Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Rakesh Jain (Per) |
International Match Summary — Chile[12]
Last updated 20 October 2023
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| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 October 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Chile[16]
| Most T20I wickets for Chile[17]
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T20I record versus other nations[12]
Records complete to T20I #2323. Last updated 20 October 2023.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2019 | |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 October 2019 | |
 Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 October 2019 | 4 October 2019 |
 Peru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2019 | |
For a list of selected international matches played by Chile, seeCricket Archive.
The following 17 players were called up to the squad for the2023 Men's South American Cricket Championship matches.
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