The Luxembourgian cricket team is the team that represents the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

 in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council

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 1998.

The team has up to now played its home matches at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground

Pierre Werner Cricket Ground

The Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, also known as the Walferdange Cricket Ground, is a cricket ground in Walferdange, in central Luxembourg. It is the premier cricket venue in Luxembourg, being the home ground of the country's top club, the Optimists Cricket Club, which plays in the Belgian Cricket...

 in Walferdange

Walferdange

Walferdange is a commune and small town in central Luxembourg. It is located north of Luxembourg City., the town of Walferdange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 728. Other towns within the commune include Helmsange and Bereldange.The commune of Walferdange was formed...

, home of the Optimists Cricket Club. There is a second ground, the Schuman Oval, in Evrange

Évrange

Évrange is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.-Transportation:Évrange is served by the N53 Route nationale....

 with a Notts Sport pitch funded by the E.C.C. in late 2005. The ground was not used in 2006 due to the terrible weather and lack of a groundsman. Five matches were played here in 2007, however, and the facilities are set to improve (the E.C.C. funded a moveable cage for 2008).

History

Luxembourg's international debut came in 2003, when they participated in the European Affiliates championship, finishing last in the eleven team tournament. The following year, they took part in the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia

Slovenia

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, finishing in fifth place, nearly upsetting Croatia, and completing their first international win, against Bulgaria.

In 2006, Luxembourg took part 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,...

 in Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, beating Finland, losing narrowly to Slovenia, and losing in the last over

Over (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....

 against Cyprus

Cypriot cricket team

The Cypriot cricket team is the team that represents the country of Cyprus in international cricket matches. They became an International Cricket Council affiliate member in 1999 , although it wasn't until August 2006 that they made their international debut, finishing as runners up in Division...

. Having narrowly missed out on promotion in 2006, they would play in Division Four again in 2009.

In 2009, Luxembourg again participated in Division Four of the ICC European Championship in Limassol, Cyprus. It won two games, against Slovenia and Finland, and lost three, finishing 4th out of six competing nations. The Luxembourg team won the Spirit of Cricket award.

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: 3rd place (Division Four)
• 2009: 4th place (Division Four)

The future

Luxembourg will again compete in Division Four of the ICC European Championship, expected for 2011.

Current squad

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

• William Heath (Captain
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• Timothy Andrews
• Philip Burleigh
• Wayne Codd
• Graham Cope
• Mark Fitzgerald
• Brian Field
• Nishith Gandhi
• Piran Merkl
• Richard Neale
• Anand Pattabiraman
• Romesh Paul
• Tony Whiteman