The Cypriot cricket team is the team that represents the country of Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 in international cricket matches. They became an International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

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 affiliate member in 1999 , although it wasn't until August 2006 that they made their international debut, finishing as runners up in Division Four of the European Championship

European Cricket Championship

The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. The tournament is designed to encourage and develop the best players in countries where cricket is not a major sport and Europe's only Test cricket playing country,...

. They will play in the tournament again in 2009.

Domestic structure

There are currently ten league teams, made up of cricketers from Cyprus, South Africa

South Africa

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, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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, India

India

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, Australia

Australia

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, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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 and England

England

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. In addition to the league there is also a Twenty20 knockout competition. The following is a list of domestic teams in Cyprus:

• Amdocs
• Aynic Taverners
• Bangladesh Paphos
• Fellows
• Flames
• Kings Punjab
• Moufflons
• Sri Lankans Nicosia
• Taj Pavilion
• WSBA

European Cricket Championship

European Cricket Championship

The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. The tournament is designed to encourage and develop the best players in countries where cricket is not a major sport and Europe's only Test cricket playing country,...

• 2006: 2nd place (Division Four)
• 2007: 7th place (Division Three)
• 2009: 1st place (Division Four)

The future

Cyprus are due to compete in Division Three of the European Cricket Championship

European Cricket Championship

The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. The tournament is designed to encourage and develop the best players in countries where cricket is not a major sport and Europe's only Test cricket playing country,...

 in 2011.

Current squad

The following list contains the 13 players in Cyprus' squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 4:

• Michael Kyriacou (Captain
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• Manjula Kandage
• Dineja Agathocleous
• Dhanuka Agathocleous
• Sarwar Bashir
• Syed Hussain
• Pelawatha Janaka
• Christos Markides
• Kashif Mustaq
• Anil Nair
• Udumulle Sirithunga
• Christos Vassiliades
• Kapila Wickramathanthrigie

Cyprus Youth

Cyprus also have an under 15 youth cricket team which entered the under 15 European championships in 2007.