Turkey national cricket team

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Turkey
Flag of Turkey
AssociationTurkish Cricket Board
Personnel
CaptainMecit Ozturk
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2008)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 80th 73rd (19 July 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Estonia at Corfu, Greece, 7 September 2009
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Luxembourg at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei, 29 August 2019
Last T20Iv  Croatia at National Sports Academy, Sofia; 25 June 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 12 1/10
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 January 2024

The Turkish national cricket team is the team that represents Turkey in international cricket. They were granted affiliate status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in June 2008 and became associate member in 2017.[1]

History[edit]

An official national cricket league for Turkey was created in 2004, following on from previous ad hoc tournaments. The sport was introduced by Pakistani expatriates studying at Bilkent University and Middle East Technical University in Ankara. By 2009 the national league had five teams in Ankara and one team in Istanbul, and had begun to spread to native Turkish players.[5]

In September 2009 Turkey took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division 5 in Corfu, Greece. This was their first international cricket tournament. Turkey recorded their first win in international cricket against Bulgaria[6] during the tournament, although this could not stop them finishing sixth and last.

2018-Present[edit]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Turkey and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]

Turkey played their first T20I match against Luxembourg on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.[8]

29 August 2019
12:15
Scorecard
Turkey 
28 (11.3 overs)
v
 Luxembourg
29/2 (3.1 overs)
Hasan Helva 7 (15)
Ankush Nanda 5/6 (2.3 overs)
Vikram Vijh 11* (3)
Serkan Kizilkaya 2/9 (1 over)
Luxembourg won by 8 wickets
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den)
  • Turkey won the toss and elected to bat.

On 24 June 2023, Turkey registered their first win in T20Is against Croatia, in the 2023 Bulgaria Quadrangular Series. Turkey defeated Croatia by 8 wickets, by chasing a target of 84.

24 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Croatia 
83/8 (20 overs)
v
 Turkey
88/2 (6 overs)
Sohail Ahmad 20 (16)
Muhammed Turkmen 3/7 (3 overs)
Ali Turkmen 40* (18)
Vedran Zanko 2/9 (2 overs)
Turkey won by 8 wickets
National Sports Academy, Sofia
Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Sam Romeo Ranjan (Bul)
Player of the match: Muhammed Turkmen (Tur)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Cihan Altun (Tur) made his T20I debut.

Squad[edit]

  • Mecit Ozturk (c)
  • Gokhan Alta
  • Ilyas Ataullah
  • Cagri Bayraktar
  • Hasan Cakir
  • Zafer Durmaz
  • Shamsullah Ehsan
  • Ishak Elec
  • Emin Kuyumcu
  • Deniz Mutu
  • Romeo Nath (wk)
  • Tunahan Turan
  • Ali Turkmen
  • Tunahan Ulutuna
  • Dr Mohsin Azam

Records[edit]

International Match Summary — Turkey[9]

Last updated 25 June 2022.

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 12 1 10 0 1 29 August 2019

Twenty20 International[edit]

T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #2116. Last updated 25 June 2023.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Austria 1 0 1 0 0 31 August 2019
 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 0 24 June 2023
 Croatia 2 1 0 0 1 24 June 2023 24 June 2023
 Cyprus 1 0 1 0 0 15 July 2022
 Czech Republic 1 0 1 0 0 30 August 2019
 Isle of Man 1 0 1 0 0 18 July 2022
 Luxembourg 1 0 1 0 0 29 August 2019
 Romania 2 0 2 0 0 29 August 2019
 Serbia 2 0 2 0 0 15 July 2022

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ Luke, Will (30 August 2009). "Welcome to cricket, Turkey". ESPN. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  6. ^ ICC Database icc-europe.org[dead link]
  7. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Continental Cricket Cup 2019". Facebook (Cricket Romania). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Records / Turkey / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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