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| Association | Swedish Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Imal Zuwak | |||||||||
| Coach | Dharmender Singh | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (1997) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international |  Sweden v. (Berlin,Germany; 13 July 1993) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Denmark atSvanholm Park,Brøndby; 14 August 2021 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Isle of Man at Cronkbourne Sports and Social Club Ground,Tromode; 6 September 2025 | |||||||||
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| As of 6 September 2025 | ||||||||||
TheSweden national cricket team representsSweden ininternational cricket. It is organised by theSwedish Cricket Federation, an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) since 1997[5] and anassociate member since 2017.[1]
Sweden made its international debut in 1993 at the European Nations Cup. It has since played regularly in the lower divisions ofEuropean Cricket Council tournaments and other series against European teams.[6] Sweden first hosted an ICC-approved international cricket tournament in August 2016, when the2016 ICC Europe Division Two was played inStockholm.[7]
In April 2018, the ICC granted all its members fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Sweden and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[8]
The first cricket club in Sweden was formed inGothenburg in 1883. One of the founders, Erik Blidbert, had learnt the game inLondon[9] and became a natural leader for Sweden's pioneering Cricket enthusiasts. The club's full name wasLyckans Samfund (Society of Joy), a pun on the name of the local neighbourhood.
The first organised club of modern times, called theStockholm Cricket Club, was created in 1948 by the staff of theBritish Embassy in Stockholm. They played against the crews of passing ships and made annual visits toHelsinki.Västerås started in the 1960s and teams from Gothenburg andMariestad (founded by Ugandan-Indians) followed in the 1970s.
TheSwedish Cricket Federation (SCF) was formed in 1990. The driving force behind it was theGuttsta Wicked Cricket Club. The Swedish Cricket Federation became a Member of the ICC in 1991. Over the years, clubs likeStockholms Akademiska Cricketsällskap, set up by students atStockholm University in 1996 and now one of the largest clubs in the country, have fuelled the growth of Cricket in Sweden. In the initial years, progress was slow, but there was interest. Foreign teams also toured Sweden from time to time to keep things interesting.MCC visited Sweden in June 1999, which was one of the high points for Cricket in the country.
After becoming an affiliate member of the ICC, Sweden participated in many ICC-organised tournaments. In 1997 Sweden successfully hosted its first everICC Europe (then ECF) tournament, an indoor tournament inHalmstad.
In 2011, Sweden participated in and won the European Division 3 inSlovenia. The following year, Sweden became runners-up in the European Division 2 championship inCorfu,Greece, which earned the national team a place in the European Division 1, the highest-level tournament Sweden ever played in.
Inspired by the national team's achievements, the national club scene started taking cricket seriously and in 2012, the SCF increased its membership to 21 clubs. The newly formed Division 2 was set up the same year. In 2013, six new clubs joined the league, with the total number of players in the country standing at around 1500. With the ICC development fund, youth cricket also got much attention, with youth camps organised in the three larger cricket regions: Stockholm,Malmö, andGothenburg. All of this meant further strengthening the club scene and adding to the membership of SCF. In 2014, the SCF applied to become a member of theSwedish Sports Confederation (Riksidrottsförbundet, RF). The RF accepted the application and recognized SCF as its 71st member organisation in May 2015.
2016 was the first year the government funding was available to SCF. This helped build many new cricket facilities in the country and made it possible to host the ICC Europe WCL Division 2 tournament in Stockholm. Sweden finished runners-up in that tournament and again gained promotion to European division 1. In 2015–16, Sweden was one of the largest receivers of refugees in Europe; many of these refugees came from cricket-playing countries. This helped form many new clubs and helped existing clubs gain new members because of the government's integration initiatives. Cricket is growing rapidly in Sweden, and clubs exist in almost every part of the country.
In 2021, Sweden was among five teams excluded from theICC T20I Championship for failing to play enough fixtures in the relevant period, an effect of theCOVID-19 pandemic.[10]
Sweden will make their T20I debut duringthe tour to Denmark in August 2021.
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Hamid Shah 25 (21) Hassan Mehmood 5/14 (3.5 overs) | Abhijit Venkatesh 27 (31) Delawar Khan 3/17 (4 overs) |
Denmark won by 8 runs Svanholm Park,Brøndby Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Jesper Jensen (Den) Player of the match: Hassan Mehmood (Swe) |
International Match Summary — Sweden[11]
Last updated 6 September 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 14 August 2021 |
T20I record versus other nations[11]
Records complete to T20I #3440. Last updated 6 September 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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 Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2022 | |
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 July 2022 | 13 July 2022 |
| Denmark | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 August 2021 | 14 August 2021 |
 Finland | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 August 2021 | 22 August 2021 |
 France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 August 2025 | 7 August 2025 |
 Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | |
 Gibraltar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 July 2024 | 11 July 2024 |
 Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 July 2022 | 18 July 2022 |
 Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 August 2025 | 17 August 2025 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 September 2025 | 6 September 2025 |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 July 2022 | |
 Norway | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 May 2023 | 19 May 2023 |
 Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 July 2022 | 19 July 2022 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 July 2024 | 13 July 2024 |
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