The Surinamese cricket team is the team that represents the country of Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

 in international cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 matches.

History

Suriname 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 2002. Their international debut came in 2004 at the Americas Affiliates Championship, where they came last in the five team tournament. A big improvement came two years later in the new Division Three of the ICC Americas Championship

ICC Americas Championship

The ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Americas Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas...

 when they won a four team tournament also involving Brazil

Brazilian cricket team

The Brazilian cricket team is the team that represents the country of Brazil in international cricket matches.The Indian Test cricketer Ashok Gandotra was born in Rio de Janeiro.-History:...

, Chile

Chilean cricket team

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 and the Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands cricket team

The Turks and Caicos Islands cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2002...

. This qualified them for the Division Two tournament played in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 late in 2006, when they came fourth out of five teams, which means that they will keep their Division Two place in 2008.

Suriname placed fifth at the 2009 Global Division Seven

2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven

The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was a cricket tournament held in May 2009 in Guernsey. The tournament was the first stage of qualification structure for the 2015 World Cup as well as part of the wider ICC World Cricket League...

 tournament and was relegated to Division Eight

2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.-Teams:Relegated from...

.

ICC World Cricket League

• 2009: Division Seven
  2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven
  The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was a cricket tournament held in May 2009 in Guernsey. The tournament was the first stage of qualification structure for the 2015 World Cup as well as part of the wider ICC World Cricket League...
  
   fifth place
• 2010: Division Eight
  2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight
  The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.-Teams:Relegated from...
  
   fifth place

ICC Americas Championship

• 2000-04: Did not participate
• 2006: Division Three won, Division Two fourth place
• 2008
  2008 ICC Americas Championship
  The ICC Americas Championship is the continental cricket championship for the Americas region, for Affiliate and Associate members of the International Cricket Council in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Since 2006, the tournament is organized in three divisions.The division...
  
  : Division Two won, Division One sixth place
• 2010: Division Two second place

The future

In 2010, Suriname will head to Kuwait to take part in Division Eight

2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.-Teams:Relegated from...

 of the World Cricket League.

Current squad

The following list contains the 14 players in Suriname's squad for the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.-Teams:Relegated from...

:

• Deep Desai
• William Eaton
• Giovani Inderdath Gokoel
• Vishaul Angad Singh
• Troy Anthony Dudnath
• Mohindra Boodram
• Arun Kamesh Gokoel
• Shazam Ramjohn
• Carlton Randolph Baker
• Terbhawan Ranjit
• Radjeev Jagroep
• Bramha Prasad
• Anthony Seeraj
• Patrick Vishram
• Deoraj Sewanan
• Sanjeev Mangroo