 Flag of Turkey | ||||||||||
| Association | Turkish Cricket Board | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Mecit Ozturk | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2008) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v Estonia atCorfu,Greece, 7 September 2009 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Luxembourg atMoara Vlasiei Cricket Ground,Moara Vlăsiei, 29 August 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v France atRoma Cricket Ground,Rome; 15 June 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 15 June 2024 | ||||||||||
TheTurkish national cricket team is the team that representsTurkey ininternational cricket. They were granted affiliate status by theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in June 2008 and becameassociate member in 2017.[1]
An official national cricket league for Turkey was created in 2004, following on from previous ad hoc tournaments. The sport was introduced by Pakistani expatriates studying atBilkent University andMiddle East Technical University inAnkara. By 2009 the national league had five teams in Ankara and one team inIstanbul, and had begun to spread to native Turkish players.[5]
In September 2009 Turkey took part in the 2009 European Cricket ChampionshipDivision 5 inCorfu, Greece. This was their first international cricket tournament. Turkey recorded their first win in international cricket againstBulgaria[6] during the tournament, although this could not stop them finishing sixth and last.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between the Turkey and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]
Turkey played their first T20I match againstLuxembourg on 29 August 2019 during the2019 Continental Cup inRomania.[8]
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Hasan Helva 7 (15) Ankush Nanda 5/6 (2.3 overs) | Vikram Vijh 11* (3) Serkan Kizilkaya 2/9 (1 over) |
Luxembourg won by 8 wickets Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground,Ilfov County Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den) |
On 24 June 2023, Turkey registered their first win in T20Is againstCroatia, in the 2023 Bulgaria Quadrangular Series. Turkey defeated Croatia by 8 wickets, by chasing a target of 84.
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Sohail Ahmad 20 (16) Muhammed Turkmen 3/7 (3 overs) | Ali Turkmen 40* (18) Vedran Zanko 2/9 (2 overs) |
Turkey won by 8 wickets National Sports Academy,Sofia Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Sam Romeo Ranjan (Bul) Player of the match: Muhammed Turkmen (Tur) |
International Match Summary — Turkey[9]
Last updated 15 June 2024.
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 29 August 2019 |
T20I record versus other nations[9]
Records complete to T20I #2686. Last updated 15 June 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| vs Associate Members | |||||||
 Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2019 | |
 Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 June 2023 | |
 Croatia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 June 2023 | 24 June 2023 |
 Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 July 2022 | |
 Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 August 2019 | |
| France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 June 2024 | |
 Isle of Man | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 July 2022 | |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 June 2024 | |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 August 2019 | |
 Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 August 2019 | |
 Serbia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 July 2022 | |
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| Mixed | |
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