 Germany Cricket Federation logo | ||||||||||
| Association | German Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Venkatraman Ganesan | |||||||||
| Coach | Atiq-uz-Zaman[1] | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Affiliate (1991) Associate (1999) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v. Denmark atKolding; 26 May 1989(as West Germany) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v. Belgium atRoyal Brussels Cricket Club,Waterloo; 11 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v. Malawi atTCA Oval,Blantyre; 13 July 2025 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 2[a] (first in2022) | |||||||||
| Best result | 5th place (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 13 July 2025 | ||||||||||
TheGerman national cricket team is the men's team that representsGermany ininternational cricket. TheGerman Cricket Federation, which organises the team, has been an associate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) since 1999, having previously been an affiliate member from 1991.[5][6] The team made its international debut againstDenmark in 1989, playing asWest Germany.[7] It has since played regularly inEuropean Cricket Championship tournaments, as well as twice in the lower divisions of theWorld Cricket League.[8] In 2001, Germany also competed in theICC Trophy (now theWorld Cup Qualifier) for the first and only time.[9] In 2022, they played their firstT20 World Cup Global Qualifier.[10]
Germany became an affiliate member of theICC in 1991.[5] As West Germany, the country had played its first internationals in 1989, a two-match series againstDenmark. The team made its international tournament debut in 1990, at the European Cricketer Cup inGuernsey.[7] They hosted that tournament (which had been renamed the European Nations Cup) in 1996, playing againstFrance,Portugal, andSweden,[11] and finished as runners up in the 1997 tournament after losing toFrance by one run in the final, the winning run being scored by David Bordes whilst he had askull fracture.[12] TheWisden Cricketers' Almanack later listed the final as one of the 100 best matches of the 20th century.[13]
In 1998, Germany competed in theEuropean Championship for the first time and finished seventh.[14] They became an associate member of the ICC the following year[5] and played in Division Two of the European Championship in 2000, finishing as runners-up toGibraltar.[15]
They played at the2001 ICC Trophy in Canada, their first and, to date, only appearance in theICC Trophy.[16] They failed to progress beyond the first round[17] and again finished as runners up to Gibraltar in Division Two of the European Championship the following year.[18] They also played in Division Two in 2004, finishing third,[19] and in 2006, again finishing third.[20]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Germany and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 have had the full T20I status.[21]
In September 2018, Germany qualified from Group A of the2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament.[22]
Germany played their first Twenty20 Internationals in May 2019, when they travelled toBrussels for three matchesagainst Belgium, and then two matchesagainst Italy in the Netherlands later the same month.[23] These matches provided the team with some preparation ahead of the ICC World T20European regional qualifier finals that were played in June 2019.
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Germany won by 9 runs Royal Brussels Cricket Club,Waterloo Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Andrew Scott (Bel) Player of the match:Ahmed Wardak (Ger) |
| Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier records | |||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
 2008 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2010 | |||||||
| 2012 | |||||||
| 2013 | |||||||
 2015 | |||||||
| 2019 | |||||||
 2022 | 7th place (DNQ) | 7/8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1/7 | 0 Title | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| ICC T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final[b] records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2019 | Runners-up | 2/6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 2021 | Runners-up (Advance to Global Qualifiers) | 2/4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Round-robin | 5/7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
 2025 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 3/4 | 0 Title | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| European Cricket Championship records | ||||||||
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| Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 1996 | Did not participate[24] | |||||||
| 1998 | Round-robin | 10/10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1/8 | 0 Titles | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| European Cricket Championship Division Two records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2000 | Runners-up[15] | 2/6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 2002 | Runners-up[18] | 2/6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 3rd-place[19] | 3/6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 3rd-place[20] | 3/6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 5th-place | 5/6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||
 2012 | ||||||||
 2014 | ||||||||
 2016 | ||||||||
| Total | 5/11 | 0 Titles | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| World Cricket League (List A) | ICC Trophy (One-day) | T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers (T20I) |
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Updated as of 3 July 2025
This lists all the players who were part of the German squad for2025 Malawi Quad Nations T20 Cup.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Last T20I | Notes |
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| Batters | |||||
| Harmanjot Singh | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | 2025 | Captain |
| Hassan Khan | 23 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | 2025 | |
| Sachin Mandy | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Shahid Afridi | 26 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Fayaz Khan | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Mussadiq Ahmed | 36 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | 2025 | |
| Muslim Yar | 26 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2025 | |
| Wicket-keeper | |||||
| Kyle Klasse | 23 | Right-handed | — |  2025 | |
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Abdul Shakoor | 26 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2023 | |
| Ghulam Ahmadi | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2025 | |
| Jatinder Kumar | 33 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2025 | |
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Abdul Bashir | 27 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Adil Khan | 21 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Sajid Liaqat | 40 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Position | Name |
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| Head Coach | Atiq-uz-Zaman |
| Assistant Coach | Steven Knox |
| National Development Manager | Daniel Weston |
| Physiotherapist | Lukas Müller |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Tobias Kramer |
| Analyst | Felix Schneider |
| Ground | City | State | Capacity | Matches hosted | Notes |
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| Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground | Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2,000 | T20Is, ICC qualifiers | Main international venue; hosted ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifiers |
| National Performance Centre, Krefeld | Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,500 | T20Is | High-performance centre and alternate national ground |
| Rudi-Stephan-Gymnasium Ground | Mainz | Rhineland-Palatinate | 1,000 | Youth, dev matches | Occasionally used for development-level internationals |
International Match Summary — Germany[25]
Last updated 13 July 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 64 | 39 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Germany[29]
| Most T20I wickets for Germany[30]
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T20I record versus other nations[25]
Records complete to T20I #3313. Last updated 13 July 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2022 | |
| vs Associate Members | |||||||
| Austria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 9 June 2022 |
 Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2022 | |
| Belgium | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 | 11 May 2019 |
 Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 February 2022 | |
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 July 2024 | 14 July 2024 |
| Denmark | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 June 2019 | 19 June 2019 |
 France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 August 2021 | 6 August 2021 |
 Gibraltar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2024 | 8 July 2024 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 June 2019 | 15 June 2019 |
 Italy | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 May 2019 | 17 October 2021 |
| Jersey | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 June 2019 | 20 June 2019 |
| Malawi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 July 2025 | 5 July 2025 |
 Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 June 2019 | 20 June 2019 |
 Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 February 2022 | 24 February 2022 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 July 2023 | |
 Spain | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 March 2020 | 8 March 2020 |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 9 June 2022 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 July 2025 | 7 July 2025 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2022 | |
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