Turkey national cricket team

Turkey
First international

ICC status	Affiliate-Member (2008)
ICC region	Europe
WCL	n/a
Coach	Raj Chaudhuri
Captain	Jonathan Clarkson
7 September 2009 v Estonia at Corfu, Greece
As of 2 September 2009

The Turkish national cricket team (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Kriket Takımı) is a fledgling team, which represents Turkey in international cricket competitions. They were granted affiliate status by the International Cricket Council in June 2008.

History

In September 2009 Turkey took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division 5 in Corfu, Greece. This was their first international cricket tournament. Turkey recorded their first win in international cricket against Bulgaria^[1] during the tournament, although this could not stop them finishing sixth and last.

Squad

The following list contains the 14 players in Turkey's squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 5:^[2]

Jonathan Clarkson (Captain)
Hüseyin Şener Şen
Mubashir Khan
Athar Imran Opal
Mohammad Razak
Ali Türkmen
Muhammad Aasim
Colin Sutcliffe
I. Sharif
Syed Ateeq Ahmad
Christopher Wade
S. Haider
Stephen Bryant
K. Anwar
Hunnain Durrani
Saran Girdwood

Records

Highest team total: 129 all out v Czech Republic, 8 September 2009 at Corfu, Greece^[3]
Lowest team total: 41 all out v Greece, 11 September 2009 at Corfu, Greece^[4]
Highest individual innings: 39, Muhammad Aasim v Czech Republic, 8 September 2009 at Corfu, Greece^[3]
Best innings bowling: 5/8, Mohammad Razak v Bulgaria, 12 September 2009 at Corfu, Greece^[5]

References

↑ http://www.icc-europe.org/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000052/005231.shtml
↑ "Turkey squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 5". European Cricket Council. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
1 2 Turkey v Czech Republic at icc-europe
↑ Turkey v Greece at icc-europe
↑ Turkey v Bulgaria at icc-europe

'Slogging The Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus', by Angus Bell

External links

Turkish Cricket Board

National sports teams of Turkey

Men's teams	Amputee football Baseball Basketball U-20 U-18 & U-19 U-16 & U-17 3x3 Beach handball Beach soccer Cricket Curling Football U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 Futsal Goalball Handball Ice hockey U-20 U-18 Lacrosse Rugby union Tennis Volleyball Water polo Wheelchair basketball

Women's teams	Basketball U-20 U-18 & U-19 U-16 & U-17 3x3 Beach handball Curling Football U-21 U-19 U-17 Goalball Handball Ice hockey Rugby union Tennis Volleyball junior youth Wheelchair basketball

Other teams	Korfball

Olympics Paralympics Universiade Mediterranean Games

National cricket teams

Full members (10)

Associate members (39)

ODI and T20I only	Afghanistan Hong Kong Ireland³ Papua New Guinea Scotland United Arab Emirates

T20I only	Netherlands Oman

Other associate members	Argentina Belgium Bermuda Botswana Canada Cayman Islands Denmark Fiji France Germany Gibraltar Guernsey Israel Italy Japan Jersey Kenya Kuwait Malaysia Namibia Nigeria Nepal Saudi Arabia Singapore Suriname Tanzania Thailand Uganda United States (suspended) Vanuatu Zambia

Affiliate members (56)

Former members (6)

Non-members

¹ For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Montserrat , Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. ² For England and Wales, the national team is England. ³ For Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.

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