 Austrian Cricket Association logo | ||||||||||
| Association | Austrian Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Aqib Iqbal(2024) | |||||||||
| Coach | Daniel Eckstein | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v Guernsey atCastel, Guernsey, 21 May 1990 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Romania atMoara Vlasiei Cricket Ground,Moara Vlăsiei; 29 August 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Romania atMoara Vlasiei Cricket Ground,Moara Vlăsiei; 19 October 2025 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1[a] (first in2023) | |||||||||
| Best result | 7th place (2023) | |||||||||
| As of 19 October 2025 | ||||||||||
TheAustria national cricket team (German:Österreichische Cricketnationalmannschaft) is the men's team that represents theRepublic of Austria ininternational cricket. The team is organised by theAustrian Cricket Association (ACA), which became an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in 1992 and anassociate member in 2017.[1]
The Austria national team made its international debut in 1990, at the European Cricketer Cup inGuernsey. It has since regularly competed inEuropean Cricket Council tournaments, usually in the lower divisions, and also often plays bilateral series against other European sides.[5]
Cricket was played by English gardeners, tradesmen and bank staff working in Vienna at the end of the 19th century. In 1894, theVienna Cricket and Football-Club was founded. However cricket then disappeared in Austria until after theSecond World War, when it was played recreationally by British occupying troops.[6]
The modern era of Austrian cricket began in May 1975, when the Australian Kerry Tattersall introduced the game to his pupils at the Wiener Handelsakademie (Viennese Commercial Academy) where he was teaching English, and formed the Vienna Cricket Club. Early opponents came from the United Nations (United Nations CC) and diplomatic services (Five Continents CC), and these founder clubs survive to this day.[6]
Cricket in Austria predominantly remains Vienna-based: 11 of the 18 member clubs are based in Vienna. CC Velden '91 is the oldest non-Viennese club, operating since 1991. The latest addition to the ACA is ASKÖ Steyr CC fromUpper Austria.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Austria and otherICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[7]
Austria played its first T20I match againstRomania on 29 August 2019 during the2019 Continental Cup inRomania.[8]
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Ijaz Hussain 35 (36) Bilal Zalmai 4/12 (4 overs) | Anthony Lark 30 (41) Ramesh Satheesan 3/14 (4 overs) |
Romania won by 31 runs Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground,Ilfov County Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den) |
| ICC T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final records | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2021 | ||||||||
 2023 | Round-robin | 7/7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
 2025 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 1/4 | 0 Title | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers | European Cricket Championship | European T20 Championship |
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The Austria national team has participated in a considerable number of international tournaments, including hosting three tournaments since 2000:
| Year | Event and location | Participating nations | No. |
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| 2000 | ECC (European Cricket Council) Representative Festival | Norway, Slovenia, Croatia, Finland, Austria | 5 |
| 2001 | ECC Trophy inSeebarn and Velden | Sweden, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Croatia, Finland | 10 |
| 2002 | ECC European Cricket Championships, B Division in Northern Ireland | Austria, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel, Portugal | 6 |
| 2003 | ECC Notts Sport Trophy inSeebarn and Markomannenstrasse | Malta, Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Austria, Norway | 11 |
Austria have been placed in Division Five of the newly-expandedEuropean Championship from 2008.
Updated as of 23 August 2025.
This lists all the players who were part of the Austrian squad for the2025 home series against Belgium.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Last T20I | Notes |
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| Batters | |||||
| Armaan Randhawa | 30 | Right-handed | N/a |  2025 | |
| Zeshan Arif | 28 | Right-handed | Leg break |  2025 | |
| All-rounder | |||||
| Aqib Iqbal | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | Captain |
| Bilal Zalmai | 37 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2025 | |
| Ranjit Singh | 36 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Karanbir Singh | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Zeeshan Goraya | 42 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Wicket-keeper | |||||
| Amar Naeem | 46 | Right-handed | N/a | 2025 | |
| Mehar Cheema | 32 | Right-handed | N/a | 2025 | |
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Hamid Safi | 25 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Saad Cheema | 22 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Baseer Khan | 29 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Sahel Zadran | 36 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Umair Tariq | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Waqar Zalmai | 35 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
| Ziaurahman Shinwari | 24 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2025 | |
There are three club competitions within Austria: the ACA (Austrian Cricket Association) League, and ACA Trophy (north & south).
The ACA League comprises (in 2006) 14 teams, 10 of which are based inVienna.The ACA Trophy sometimes includes teams from outside Austria, for example fromPoland and theCzech Republic.
International Match Summary — Austria[9]
Last updated 19 October 2025.
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 84 | 55 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 29 August 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Austria[13]
| Most T20I wickets for Austria[14]
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T20I record versus other nations[9]
Records complete to T20I #3531. Last updated 19 October 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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 Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 July 2023 | |
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| Belgium | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 2021 | 25 July 2021 |
 Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 July 2022 | 30 July 2022 |
 Czech Republic | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 August 2019 | 30 August 2019 |
 Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 2023 | |
 France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 June 2024 | 16 June 2024 |
 Germany | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 10 June 2022 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 July 2022 | 27 July 2022 |
 Hungary | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 June 2022 | 4 June 2022 |
 Isle of Man | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 July 2023 | |
 Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2024 | 10 June 2024 |
| Jersey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 July 2023 | |
 Luxembourg | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2019 | 31 August 2019 |
 Malta | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 February 2025 | 3 February 2025 |
| Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 July 2022 | 31 July 2022 |
 Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 June 2024 | 12 June 2024 |
| Romania | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 August 2019 | 25 July 2025 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2023 | |
 Slovenia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2022 | 25 July 2022 |
 Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 May 2025 | 30 May 2025 |
 Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2022 | 10 June 2022 |
 Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2019 | 31 August 2019 |
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