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| Association | Hellenic Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] withT20I status (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international |  Greece v.Spain  (St Peter Port, Guernsey; 21 May 1990) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Serbia atMarina Ground,Corfu; 15 October 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Czech Republic atKing George V Sports Ground,Castel; 27 August 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 27 August 2024 | ||||||||||
TheGreece national cricket team is the team that represents the country ofGreece ininternational cricket. The side is organised by theHellenic Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in 1995 and anassociate member in 2017.[1]
Greece made its international debut at the 1990 European Cricketer Cup inGuernsey, and has participated regularly inEuropean Cricket Council tournaments since then.[5] Cricket in the country is played mainly on the island ofCorfu. This strong cricket tradition is due to the50 years British rule of theIonian islands at the time of the liberation of Greece from theOttoman Empire. Efforts are currently underway to expand the game further outside Corfu.[6]
TheGreek cricket team appeared in every edition of the ECC Trophy from 1999 to 2005, hosting and winning the tournament in 1999. This enabled them to play in Division Two of theEuropean Championship in 2000, finishing in sixth place. They once again played in the tournament in 2006, but this time they met with controversy. After winning all three of their first round group games, they looked to be a favourite for the tournament, and promotion to Division One. However, it was revealed that they had fielded two ineligible players and their wins were cancelled. Then they opted not to travel toRAF Lossiemouth to playIsrael in the eighth place play-off, despite being fully aware that this would forfeit that game, and relegate them.[1]
In September 2009 Greece took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division Five inCorfu, Greece. The national team won the event with five wins out the five games[2].
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Greece and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]
Greece played their first T20I on 15 October 2019, againstSerbia, during the2019 Hellenic Premier League.
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Apon Mustafizur 11 (26) Arslan Ahmed 3/15 (4 overs) | Muhammad Awais 32* (18) |
Greece won by 10 wickets Marina Ground,Gouvia Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Ruban Sivanadian (Can) |
The last squad to participate in Division 3 is as follows:
In 2012 the European T20 Championship was held in Corfu. Hellas were captained by former Hampshire wicket-keeper Nic Pothas.
International Match Summary — Greece[8]
Last updated 27 August 2024
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| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 15 October 2019 |
T20I record versus other nations[8]
Records complete to T20I #2818. Last updated 27 August 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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 Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 October 2019 | 16 October 2019 |
 Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 July 2022 | |
 Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 August 2024 | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 August 2024 | |
 Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 August 2024 | |
 Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 July 2022 | |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 July 2022 | |
 Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 June 2021 | |
| Serbia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 October 2019 | 15 October 2019 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 August 2024 | |
 Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 July 2022 | |
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