Belgian Cricket

Belgium national cricket teamWikipedia

Belgium
Flag of Belgium
Flag of Belgium
ICC membership granted 1991
ICC member status Associate Member
ICC development region Europe
Captain Atif Malik
World Cricket League division n/a
European Cricket Championship division Three
First recorded match 1905 v The Netherlands
World ranking Not ranked
Regional non-test ranking 14th
As of 24 July 2007

The Belgium national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Belgium in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 2005 after previously being an affiliate member since 1991.[1] They currently play in Division Three of the European Cricket Championship.[2]

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History

Beginnings

The first game of cricket in Belgium appears to have been a match played by British soldiers before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The first record of organised cricket is a painting dated 1870 that hangs in the pavilion of Lord's Cricket Ground in London that depicts the opening of the Brussels cricket ground in 1866 by mayor Jules Anspach.[3]

The national team first played a match in 1905 when they played against the Netherlands. The match was played almost every year until 1986.[3] Belgium hosted a tournament as part of the 1910 Brussels Exhibition also involving France, the MCC and the Netherlands.[4] Belgium lost their match against the MCC by an innings[5] and lost to the Netherlands by 116 runs.[6]

ICC Membership

Belgium became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1991.[1] They began to play in European tournaments, playing in the ECC Trophy for the first time in 1999 when they finished last.[7] They fared better in the next tournament, reaching the semi finals of the 2001 ECC Trophy in Austria.[8]

They finished sixth in the ECC Trophy in 2003,[9] and gained associate membership of the ICC two years later.[1] Belgium finished fourth in the European Affiliates Championship in 2005[10] and will play in and host Division Three of the newly restructured European Championship in August 2007.[2]

Tournament History

European Affiliates Championship

  • 1999: 7th place[7]
  • 2001: Semi-finals[8]
  • 2003: 6th place[9]
  • 2005: 4th place[10]
  • 2007: 5th place[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Belgium at Cricket Archive
  2. ^ a b 2007 European Championship Division Three at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  3. ^ a b History of Belgian Cricket at the official site of the Belgian Cricket Federation
  4. ^ Brussels Exhibition Tournament 1910 at Cricket Archive
  5. ^ Scorecard of Belgium v MCC, 20 June 1910 at Cricket Archive
  6. ^ Scorecard of Belgium v Netherlands, 25 June 1910 at Cricket Archive
  7. ^ a b 1999 ECC Trophy at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  8. ^ a b 2001 ECC Trophy at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  9. ^ a b 2003 ECC Trophy at the official site of the European Cricket Council
  10. ^ a b 2005 European Affiliates Championship at the official site of the European Cricket Council
Club Links



Belgian Cricket Federation

Formed in 1990 as a non-profit organisation, the Belgian Cricket Federation is a Founding Member of the European Cricket Council (ECC) and an Affiliate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The ECC assists the BCF through subsidising a number of items such as travel and junior equipment, by supplying coaches and trainers for coaching courses, and sometimes by granting aid for capital improvements by member clubs.

A former BCF chairman, Paul Larivière, was a previous member of the ECC Executive Committee, while Ken Farmiloe, also a former chairman, currently holds a seat on the ECC Executive Committee.

All Officers and Executive Committee members of the BCF are directly elected by majority club vote at the Annual General Meeting towards the end of each year. All serve entirely voluntarily.

The BCF may be contacted at
Belgian Cricket Federation
C/o Ken Farmiloe (CEO/Chairman)
Kanunnik Peetersstraat 154
2600 Berchem
Tel: 03 239 7403
Mobile: 0475 977 001
Fax: 03 239 6615

12 Stars
undefined		Contact: Peter Whitten (Chairman) pwhitten@skynet.be

Web Site: www.12stars.cricket.org		Leuvensesteenweg 19, 3080 Tervuren
Tel:
From Exit 1 Brussels RING, take the N3 from Quatre Bras direction Leuven. At the second roundabout, take the last exit (left) direction Leuven. The BSB (The British School of Brussels) is about 500m past the African Museum on the right. The 44 Tram runs direct from the city centre and stops quite conveniently close by the ground. Nets take place in the big green sports barn behind the astro-turf hockey pitch.		Antwerp
Contact: Dennis Newport (Chairman) dennis.newport@pandora.be

Web Site: www.antwerp-cc.be		Plantenhoekstraat, 2840 Rumst
Tel: 03 844 2522
From Antwerp		Antwerp Indians
Contact: lalit@village.uunet.be

Web Site: www.antwerpindian.com		Laarstraat 20, 2610 Antwerpen
Tel:
Arcadians
Contact: Charles Blommaert charles@arcadians-cricket.net

Web Site: www.arcadians-cricket.net		Domein Claeys-Bouüaert, 9030 Mariakerke (Gent)
Tel:
From all major motorways (E17 Antwerp/Kortrijk or E40 Brussels/Ostend), take the first exit to the R4 (Ghent ring way), make sure you choose direction Eeklo. Follow the R4 until you come to the exit Vinderhoute.		Crescent
Contact: Rafi Faisal rafi.faisal@pandora.be

Web Site: www.crescentcc.tk
Tel: 0496/372126
Heerlen CC
Contact: Andrew Davies info@cricketheerlen.com

Web Site: www.cricketheerlen.com 		Sportcomplex De Kaldeborn - Stadionbaan, Heerlen-Zuid
Tel: +31 45 5416999
Directions		Kortrijk
Contact: Salman Khan salmankhan1st@hotmail.com

Web Site: users.skynet.be/kortrijkcricketclub		Moerlei (SK Wilrijk), 2610 Antwerpen
Tel:
Kortrijk share ground with Crescent CC.		Mechelen
Contact: info@mechelencc.be

Web Site: www.mechelencc.be		Hombekerkouter 14, 2811 Mechelen-Hombeek
Tel:
Coming from Antwerp		Mechelen Eagles
Contact: Rodney Benn Rodney.Benn@gmail.com

Web Site: users.pandora.be/py/MECC_fr.htm		Vrijbroekpark, Mechelen
Tel: 015261886 or 0473554634
Optimists
Contact:

Web Site: www.optimists.cc		Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Rue du PrÈs, Walferdange (Luxembourg)
Tel:
Ostend
Contact:

Web Site: 		No ground at present.
Tel:
Coming at the end of the motorway u will come onto a round about. Take the		Pakistan CC Belgium
Contact: Javaid M. Siddiqi mhb.Siddiqi@skynet.be

Web Site: 		Plantenhoekstraat, 2840 Rumst
Tel: 03 844 2522
See Antwerp CC for ground directions.		PCCB Greens
Contact: Butt Tufail Aamir (Secretary) aamir@skynet.be

Web Site: www.greenspccb.com		Plantenhoekstraat, 2840 Rumst
Tel: 03 844 2522
See Antwerp CC.		Royal Brussels
Contact: Ted Vorzanger (Chairman) t.vorzanger@skynet.be

Web Site: www.rbcc.be		Sports Village, Chemin des Messes, 1328 Ohain
Tel: 02 633 4101
From Brussels/Zaventem

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