Sports team that represents the Kingdom of Denmark in international cricket
The
Denmark national cricket team
represents
Denmark
in
international cricket
. They have been an associate member of the
International Cricket Council
(ICC) since 1966,
[5]
and have previously been a part of the ICC's
High Performance Programme
.
[6]
Denmark played in the inaugural edition of the
ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
, starting in August 2019, as a result of finishing in Division Three of the now defunct
World Cricket League
.
History
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Beginnings
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Cricket has been played in Denmark since the mid-19th century, with the first club being formed in 1865 by English railway engineers. The first organised match was played the following year between two teams of English players, with the first matches involving Danish players taking place in 1866. The game expanded greatly over the following twenty years, with 30 new clubs being formed in 1883.
[7]
Several touring sides from England and
Scotland
visited the country in the early part of the 20th century, including the famous
Marylebone Cricket Club
. In 1933, an attempt to organise the first international match against the
Netherlands
failed, and the Danish national side did not play their first match until 1954, against
Oxford University
, the year after the current Danish Cricket Federation was formed.
[7]
They then began to play against other national sides, primarily the Netherlands, who they first played in 1955. They played their first match against
Scotland
in 1961.
[7]
ICC membership
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Denmark became an associate member of the ICC in 1966,
[5]
drawing their international against Scotland that year. They played
Bermuda
for the first time in 1969 and drew their first match against
Ireland
in 1970. They finally picked up their first international win against the Netherlands in 1972.
[7]
They played their first matches against
Canada
in 1974, losing a three-day match but winning the
limited overs
match. They played home internationals against
East Africa
and
Sri Lanka
, beating East Africa. They toured East Africa the following year, drawing with both East Africa and
Kenya
.
[7]
They took part in the first
ICC Trophy
in
1979
, reaching the semi-final where they lost to Sri Lanka.
[8]
They did not take part in the
1982 tournament
.
[9]
In 1983,
Ole Mortensen
became the first Danish player to play
county cricket
.
[7]
Denmark returned to the ICC Trophy in 1986 and finished third after beating Bermuda in the third place play-off.
[10]
In 1989, Denmark hosted
Australia
for two one-day matches. They lost the first match in
Brøndby
by 45 runs
[11]
and lost the second in
Copenhagen
by 54 runs.
[12]
They fared better at home against Canada that year, winning twice against them. After playing both home and away against
Bangladesh
in 1990,
[7]
they played in the
ICC Trophy
, reaching the second round.
[13]
Denmark again played in the ICC Trophy in
1994
, finishing tenth in the tournament after losing to
Namibia
in the plate final.
[14]
They played their first matches against
France
in 1995, and hosted the first
European Cricket Championship
in 1996,
[7]
finishing third.
[15]
They finished fifth in the following years ICC Trophy
[16]
and were runners up in the European Championship in 1998.
[17]
In 1999, Denmark took part in the
NatWest Trophy
for the first time.
[7]
The following year, they took part in the
ICC Emerging Nations Tournament
in Zimbabwe, where they finished fourth,
[18]
and the European Championship, where they finished last, without winning a game.
[19]
The following year, they took part in the ICC Trophy in Canada, finishing eighth.
[20]
The MCC toured Denmark in 2002, and Denmark won all three matches.
[7]
They won just one match at that year's European Championship, finishing fifth ahead of
Italy
.
[21]
2000-2017
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The Netherlands visited Denmark in 2003, winning both matches. Denmark played a two match series against Ireland later in the year, losing both matches and missing out on qualification for the
ICC Intercontinental Cup
.
[7]
They again finished last in the European Championship the following year.
[22]
In 2005, they played their final match in the
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
, losing heavily to
Northamptonshire
at
Svanholm Park
before taking part in the
2005 ICC Trophy
, where they again finished eighth.
[23]
In 2006, Denmark again took part in the European Championship, finishing fourth after winning only against Italy.
[24]
At the end of that year, it was announced that they would join the ICC's High Performance Programme from 1 April 2007.
[6]
In August 2007, Denmark registered a win over Bermuda, an
ODI
playing country, and towards the end of October 2007 they played in Kenya against domestic teams and Kenya A. Denmark, led by
Freddie Klokker
who scored consecutive centuries in all their matches, clean swept the Kenyan sides and Kenya A. Denmark bowled, batted and fielded exceptionally well.
In November 2007, Denmark took part in
Division Two
of the
World Cricket League
. In finishing fourth, they qualified to compete in the
2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
. However, they eventually came last of the twelve teams, meaning they were relegated to Division Three of the World Cricket League. They next competed in the
2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
, where they came 5th to be relegated to the
Division Four
.
In November 2013, they competed in the
2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
in the
UAE
where they finished in last place, failing to win a game.
2018-Present
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In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full
Twenty20 International
(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all
Twenty20
matches played between Denmark and other
ICC members
after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.
[25]
In September 2018, Denmark qualified from Group A of the
2018?19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier
to the Regional Finals of the tournament.
[26]
Denmark played their first T20I match against
Jersey
on 16 June 2019.
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- First ever T20I match for Denmark.
Since April 2019, Denmark has played in the
2019?2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
.
[27]
Grounds
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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Denmark
Tournament history
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ICC World Cup Qualifier
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ICC World T20 Qualifier
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- 2008?2010: did not qualify
- 2012
: 16th place
- 2013
: 16th place
- 2023
(Europe Regional Final): 6th place
World Cricket League
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ICC 6 Nations Challenge
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- 2000: 4th place
[18]
- 2002: Did not participate
[29]
- 2004: Did not participate
[30]
European Cricket Championship
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- 1996: 3rd place
[15]
- 1998: Runners up
[17]
- 2000: 6th place (Division One)
[19]
- 2002: 5th place (Division One)
[21]
- 2004: 5th place (Division One)
[22]
- 2006: 4th place (Division One)
[24]
- 2008: 3rd place (Division One)
[31]
Players
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Current squad
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This lists all the active players who have played for the Denmark in the past 12 months and the forms in which they have played, or any players who have been selected in the team's most recent List A or T20 squad. Uncapped players are listed in
italics
.
Name
|
Age
|
Batting style
|
Bowling style
|
Forms
|
Last List A
|
Last T20
|
Notes
|
Batsmen
|
Shangeev Thanikaithasan
|
25
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
leg break
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Musa Shaheen
|
20
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Zameer Khan
|
33
|
Right-handed
|
|
List A
|
2022
|
2021
|
|
Rizwan Mahmood
|
34
|
Right-handed
|
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Freddie Klokker
|
41
|
Left-handed
|
|
T20I
|
2019
|
2022
|
|
Anique Uddin
|
26
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
T20I
|
2019
|
2023
|
|
All-rounders
|
Hamid Shah
|
31
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
Captain
|
Saif Ahmad
|
26
|
Left-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Surya Anand
|
26
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Nicolaj Laegsgaard
|
27
|
Left-handed
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Saran Aslam
|
33
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Lucky Ali
|
20
|
Left-handed
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
T20I
|
2019
|
2023
|
|
Simon Sørensen
|
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
T20I
|
?
|
?
|
|
Wicket-keepers
|
Abdul Hashmi
|
26
|
Right-handed
|
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
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Taranjit Bharaj
|
31
|
Right-handed
|
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
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Spin bowlers
|
Abdullah Mahmood
|
22
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
List A
, T20I
|
?
|
2023
|
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Eshan Karimi
|
19
|
Right-handed
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
List A, T20I
|
?
|
?
|
|
Pace bowlers
|
Oliver Hald
|
24
|
Left-handed
|
Left-arm
medium
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Saud Munir
|
25
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
List A, T20I
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Jino Jojo
|
37
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
List A
|
2022
|
2022
|
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Magnus Kristensen
|
25
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
T20I
|
?
|
2023
|
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Jonas Henriksen
|
24
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
List A, T20I
|
2019
|
2023
|
|
Shakeel Zeb
|
21
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium-fast
|
T20I
|
?
|
?
|
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Updated as on 21 July 2023
Other players
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- See
List of Denmark List A cricketers
and
Category:Danish cricketers
The following Danish players have played
first-class
or
List A cricket
for teams other than Denmark:
[32]
Records
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International Match Summary ? Denmark
[33]
Last updated 28 July 2023
Playing Record
|
Format
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M
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W
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L
|
T
|
NR
|
Inaugural Match
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Twenty20 Internationals
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36
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16
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18
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0
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2
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16 June 2019
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Twenty20 International
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Most T20I runs for Denmark
[37]
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Most T20I wickets for Denmark
[38]
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T20I record versus other nations
[33]
Records complete to T20I #2179. Last updated 28 July 2023.
Opponent
|
M
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
NR
|
First match
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First win
|
vs Full Members
|
Ireland
|
1
|
0
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1
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0
|
0
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21 July 2023
|
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vs Associate Members
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Austria
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1
|
1
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0
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0
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0
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24 July 2023
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24 July 2023
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Belgium
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1
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0
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1
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0
|
0
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1 July 2022
|
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Finland
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7
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6
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1
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0
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0
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13 July 2019
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13 July 2019
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Germany
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4
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0
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4
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0
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0
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19 June 2019
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Gibraltar
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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29 June 2022
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29 June 2022
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Guernsey
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2
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0
|
1
|
0
|
1
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18 June 2019
|
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Hungary
|
1
|
1
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0
|
0
|
0
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28 June 2022
|
28 June 2022
|
Italy
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5
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
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18 June 2019
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20 June 2019
|
Jersey
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
16 June 2019
|
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Norway
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2
|
2
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0
|
0
|
0
|
17 June 2019
|
17 June 2019
|
Portugal
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4 July 2022
|
4 July 2022
|
Spain
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2 July 2022
|
2 July 2022
|
Scotland
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
27 July 2023
|
|
Sweden
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
14 August 2021
|
14 August 2021
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See also
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Notes
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- ^
From 2023 edition onwards, T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Europe region.
References
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External links
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Former members
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See also
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1
For
Guyana
,
Jamaica
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
Barbados
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Anguilla
,
Dominica
,
Grenada
,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
,
Montserrat
,
Nevis
,
Saint Kitts
,
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 the
Republic of Ireland
and
Northern Ireland
, the national team is Ireland.
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