Greek cricket team
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The Greek cricket team is the team that represents the country of Greece in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council
in 1995. They are usually called Hellas when playing cricket. The governing body of the sport in the country is called the Hellenic Cricket Federation
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Cricket in the country is played mainly on the island of Corfu
which has eleven of the fourteen clubs in the country. The HCF are trying to expand the game further outside Corfu. Corfu itself sees many foreign teams visiting over the summer. http://www.cricketeurope.net/GREECE/DATABASE/ADMIN/history.shtml.
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 to RAF Lossiemouth
to play Israel
in the eighth place play-off, despite being fully aware that this would forfeit that game, and relegate them.http://www.cricketeurope.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000025/002587.shtml
In September 2009 Greece took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division Five in Corfu
, Greece. The national team won the event with five wins out the five gameshttp://www.icc-europe.org/EURODIV5/results.shtml.
European Cricket Championship
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
in 1995. They are usually called Hellas when playing cricket. The governing body of the sport in the country is called the Hellenic Cricket Federation
Hellenic Cricket Federation
The Hellenic Cricket Federation is the governing body of cricket in Greece. The current President is Joseph Nikitas. Greece was accepted into the European Cricket Council in 1995...
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Cricket in the country is played mainly on the island of Corfu
Corfu
Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...
which has eleven of the fourteen clubs in the country. The HCF are trying to expand the game further outside Corfu. Corfu itself sees many foreign teams visiting over the summer. http://www.cricketeurope.net/GREECE/DATABASE/ADMIN/history.shtml.
History
The Greek 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 the European ChampionshipEuropean 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 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 to RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. It is one of the RAF's biggest bases and is currently Britain's main base for Tornado GR4s. From 2013 the Northern QRA force of Typhoon F2 will relocate to Lossiemouth following the closure of...
to play Israel
Israeli cricket team
The Israel national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Israel in international cricket matches. Despite being geographically part of the Middle East, they are members of the European Cricket Council....
in the eighth place play-off, despite being fully aware that this would forfeit that game, and relegate them.http://www.cricketeurope.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000025/002587.shtml
In September 2009 Greece took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division Five in Corfu
Corfu
Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...
, Greece. The national team won the event with five wins out the five gameshttp://www.icc-europe.org/EURODIV5/results.shtml.
European Cricket ChampionshipEuropean Cricket ChampionshipThe 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,...
- 2000: 6th place (Division Two)http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2000/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/about.shtml
- 2006: Disqualified (Division Two)http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2006/TOURNAMENTS/EURODIV2/about.shtml
- 2009: 1st place (Division Five)http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2009/TOURNAMENTS/EURODIV5/index.shtml
The future
In 2011, Greece are due to compete In Division Four of the European Cricket Championship.Squad
- The following list contains the 14 players in Greece's squad for the European Cricket Championship Division 5:
- Constantinos Vassilas
- Mehmood Ahmed
- Anastasios Gialourakos
- Stamatios Giourgas
- Spyridon Goustis
- Hussin Imran Hayder
- Iordanis Kontarinis
- Spyridon-Marios Kawadias
- Christos Lagos
- Anastasios Manousis
- Georgios Toulantas
- Dimitrios Triantafilli
- Georgios Xenakis