Belgium Cricket

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Address of governing body: Belgian Cricket Federation. Mortselstraat 18, 2650 Edegem, Belgium
Belgian Cricket Federation


The Belgian Cricket Federation is the official ICC recognised cricket board of Belgium. Belgium has been an ICC associate member since 2005, meaning cricket is becoming established but remains a minority sport. As such, the nation does not yet qualify for full membership. The boards headquarters are located in Berchem.

Belgium national cricket team
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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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* 1 History
o 1.1 Beginnings
o 1.2 ICC Membership
o 1.3 Tournament History
+ 1.3.1 European Affiliates Championship
* 2 References

[edit] History

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] Tournament History

[edit] European Affiliates Championship

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

Belgium at Cricket Archive
2007 European Championship Division Three at the official site of the European Cricket Council
History of Belgian Cricket at the official site of the Belgian Cricket Federation
Brussels Exhibition Tournament 1910 at Cricket Archive
Scorecard of Belgium v MCC, 20 June 1910 at Cricket Archive
Scorecard of Belgium v Netherlands, 25 June 1910 at Cricket Archive
1999 ECC Trophy at the official site of the European Cricket Council
2001 ECC Trophy at the official site of the European Cricket Council
2003 ECC Trophy at the official site of the European Cricket Council
2005 European Affiliates Championship at the official site of the European Cricket Council

Austria national cricket team

Austria national cricket team
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Austria
Flag of Austria
Flag of Austria
ICC membership granted 1992
ICC member status Affiliate member
ICC development region Europe
Captain Wasif Mohammed
World Cricket League division n/a
European Cricket Championship division Four
First recorded match 18 August 1997 v Malta at Zuoz, Switzerland
World ranking not ranked
Regional non-test ranking 23rd
As of 31 July 2007

The Austrian Cricket Team is the representative cricket team of the country of Austria.

Austria was elected to the ICC in 1992 and is today an ICC Affiliate Member.

The Austrian National Team is composed of players who belong to Austrian cricket clubs and play their cricket either wholly or predominantly in the Austrian cricket leagues. The National Team is selected in line with ICC regulations on player eligibility, with the team composed of a mixture of Austrian citizens, residents and acquired passport holders, and with a maximum of 2 deemed nationals who have been resident for a minimum of 4 years.

[edit] International Competition

The Austrian National Team has participated in a considerable number of international tournaments, including hosting three tournaments since 2000:

2000 ECC (European Cricket Council) Representative Festival (5 teams - Norway, Slovenia, Croatia, Finland and Austria} 2001 ECC Trophy in Seebarn and Velden (10 teams - Sweden, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Croatia and Finland) 2002 ECC European Cricket Championships, B Division in Northern Ireland (6 teams - Austria, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel and Portugal) 2003 ECC Notts Sport Trophy in Seebarn and Markomannenstrasse (11 teams - Malta, Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Austria and Norway).

They have been placed in Division Five of the newly-expanded European Championship from 2008.

[edit] Club Cricket In Austria

There are three club competitions within Austria: the ACA (Austrian Cricket Association) League, and ACA Trophy (north & south).

The ACA League comprises (in 2006) 14 teams, 10 of which are based in Vienna. The ACA Trophy sometimes includes teams from outside Austria, for example from Poland and the Czech Republic.

Austrian Cricket Association

Austrian Cricket Association
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Contents


* 1 About the Austrian Cricket Association
* 2 Executive Committee
* 3 Member Clubs
* 4 Competitions organised
o 4.1 ACA Open League
o 4.2 ACA Trophy
* 5 Austrian National Team
* 6 See also
* 7 External links

[edit] About the Austrian Cricket Association

The Austrian Cricket Association is the National Governing Body of Cricket in Austria. It was founded in 1981 by Kerry Tattersall, as the Austrian Cricketers Association, following the re-introduction of cricket to Austria in 1975. Cricket was recorded as being played in Vienna as far back as the 1890s, traditionally by gardeners of mercantile families. During the post-war occupation of Austria, cricket was also played by allied forces members. Since 1992, the Austrian Cricket Association has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council, and it is one of the founding members of the European Cricket Council.

Executive Committee

Its Executive Committee is elected every two years and consists of five elected members. In March 2007, Michael Bailey was re-elected to serve a second term as Chairman, having previously served as Secretary, succeeding Andrew Simpson-Parker. Sivabala Nadarajah holds the position of Cricket Development Officer and Arvinder Ghai is the Association Treasurer. Graham Tebb subsequently took over Walter Blaschke's place on the executive committee following his election as Chairman of the Austrian Union of Cricket Umpires and Scorers (AUCUS). All officers are volunteer workers.

Member Clubs

The association's members are cricket clubs, with 13 member clubs as at 25 July 2007, each holding a single vote, with clubs having to be registered with the Austrian Vereinspolizei. Currently there are clubs from four of Austria's 9 federal provinces: Whilst the majority of clubs are based in Vienna, there are also clubs in Salzburg, Graz and Velden.

Austria Cricket Club Wien (ACC Wien)

Cricket Club Velden '91 (CCV91)

Five Continents Cricket Club (FCCC)

Graz Cricket Club (GCC)

Lords Cricket Club (LCC)

Pakistan Cricket Club (PCC)

Pakistan Falken Cricket Club (PFCC)

Pakistan United Cricket Club (PUCC)

Salzburg Cricket Club (SCC)

Sri Lankan Cricket Club (SLCC)

United Nations Cricket Club (UNCC)

Vienna Cricket Club (VCC)

Vienna Lions Cricket Club (VLCC)

Competitions organised

The Austrian Cricket Association is responsible amongst other duties for the administration of organised cricket competitions in Austria, with the ACA Open League perceived to be its premier competition.

ACA Open League

The ACA Open League is a 50 overs single innings league, and in 2006 was split into two parallel conferences (Austrian Conference and National Conference) to allow more teams to enter the league. The top three teams of each conference qualified for the Super Sixes stage, with the top two contesting a final to decide the Open League Champions. Teams not qualifying for the Super Sixes stage played in localised plate competitions - the Viennese Plate and the Southern Plate.

Vienna Lions CC won the Open League in 2006, defeating Five Continents CC in the final played in September 2006 in Seebarn. United Nations CC won the Viennese Plate competition, with CC Velden '91 winning the Southern Plate competition.

ACA Trophy

Vienna Lions CC won the 2006 ACA Trophy (North). The competition has been regionalised since 2002, with Salzburg CC having dominated the ACA Trophy (South).

Austrian National Team

The Austrian national team is open to players who are qualified to play for Austria under the International Cricket Council's qualification criteria and fulfil a nationality and development criteria. The Austrian national team made its competitive début in 1990 in Guernsey and played regularly until 2003. In 2006 the national team was revived, playing two international matches against the Czech Republic.



List of Austrian Cricketers

A

* Raza Aqif

C

* Marco Celeghin

G

* Thomas Grabetz
* Erwin Grasinger


H

* Lukas Haider
* Tim Hind

K

* Lakmal Kasturiarachchige
* Ashwani Khanna

L

* Benji Loader


M

* Farrakh Malik

N

* Michi Nedoma

S

* Warner Schnabl
* Andrew Simpson-Parker
* Robert Sturm


External links

* [1]Austrian Cricket Association Website
Cricket in Austria Trailer

Australian Cricket

Cricket Australia, formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches. [1] It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, limited by guarantee.

Cricket Australia
Image:CricketAustraliaLogo.png
Type Sports administration
Founded 1905
Headquarters Jolimont, Victoria Flag of Australia
Key people Creagh O'Connor (Chairman)
James Sutherland (CEO)
Industry Sports (Cricket)
Operating income ($AU) 72,000,000
Website

Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Australian cricket team, the Australia national women's cricket team and youth sides as well. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test tours and One Day Internationals with other nations, and scheduling the home international fixtures.

Cricket Australia is in charge of regional development of cricket in the Pacific region, under the International Cricket Council's development program.
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* 1 Overview
o 1.1 State representative sides
* 2 History
o 2.1 Name changes
* 3 Finances
* 4 Competitions
* 5 Honours
* 6 Principals of Cricket Australia
o 6.1 Chairmen
o 6.2 Secretaries/ Chief Executive Officers
o 6.3 National Selection Panel
o 6.4 Board of Directors
* 7 See also
* 8 External links
* 9 References
* 10 Notes

[edit] Overview

Cricket Australia is an administrative organisation responsible for the promotion, development and organisation of cricket in Australia. Cricket Australia has six member organisations that represent each of the Australian states. These organisations are:

* Cricket New South Wales
* Queensland Cricket
* South Australian Cricket Association
* Tasmanian Cricket Association
* Cricket Victoria
* Western Australian Cricket Association

The Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association and the Northern Territory Cricket Association are non-member associations, although they participate in lower level Cricket Australia tournaments such as the Cricket Australia Cup.

Each of the member organisations elects representatives to the 14 man Cricket Australia Board of Directors, and to the Senior Management Team, which consists of about 60 members of staff. For historical reasons, the states are not represented equally on the board. The membership of the 14 man board is New South Wales (three Directors), Queensland (two Directors), South Australia (three Directors), Tasmania (one Director), Victoria (three Directors),and Western Australia (two Directors). The board develops Cricket Australia's strategic plan, but the plan is implemented by the Senior Management Team and the Chief Executive officer.

Each of the state cricket associations that are members of Cricket Australia also selects a representative side to participate in Australia's major domestic cricket tournaments.

[edit] State representative sides
State Mens side Womens side
New South Wales New South Wales Blues New South Wales Breakers
Queensland Queensland Bulls Queensland Fire
South Australia Southern Redbacks South Australian Scorpions
Tasmania Tasmanian Tigers No womens side
Victoria Victorian Bushrangers Victorian Spirit
Western Australia Western Warriors Western Fury

Cricket Australia's organisational structure is designed to efficiently operate the game, and is divided into separate components focused on specific responsibilities, such as: Cricket Marketing Services, Cricket Operations, Finance and Business Services, Game Development, Legal and Business Affairs, and Public Affairs.

Cricket Australia also maintains a healthy but independent association with the Australian Cricketers' Association in order to provide proper player's rights and welfare requirements.

[edit] History

The first centralised authority for the administration of cricket in Australia was established in 1892 when representatives from the state associations of New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria came together to establish the Australasian Cricket Council, with the Sheffield Shield also established in that year. However the Australasian Cricket Council was disbanded in 1898.

What is now known as Cricket Australia was established in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket.[1] Before its establishment, tours by Australian teams to England were organised and funded by private groups or by the players themselves. Similarly invitations to English teams were made by private promoters or by individual clubs, such as the Melbourne Cricket Club.[citation needed] The predecessor organisation, the Australasian Cricket Council which had existed from 1892 to 1898 but was ineffective due to a lack of funding. Its one lasting action was to establish the Sheffield Shield, the major cricket competition between the Australian colonies.[2]

These early tours were lucrative for the players and promoters and cricket administrators looked to find ways to channel some of this money to the destitute clubs, through the State Associations. Formal discussions began in January 1905 in Sydney for the formation of a body to take control of tours from the players. A draft constitution was discussed by members of the New South Wales, Victoria, South Australian and Queensland associations.[3] The first meeting of the new board was held at Wesley College in Melbourne on 6 May 1905.

The foundation members were the New South Wales Cricket Association and the Victorian Cricket Association. South Australia's delegates refused to join the Board because the Board structure denied the players any representation. The Queensland Cricket Association was represented as an observer only.[1]

Queensland did decide to formally join the association with one delegate member the following year, and the constitution was amended in 1906, so that New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria would each have three permanant representatives, and Queensland one representative. In 1907 Tasmania was also permitted to send a single representative, and Western Australia did likewise in 1913. Changes to this structure were made in 1914 and 1974 respectively, when Queensland and Western Australia formally added to their representation to two each.

[edit] Name changes

Cricket Australia has had three different names since its foundation. They are:

* Australian Board of Control for International Cricket (1905 – 1973)
* Australian Cricket Board (1973 – 2003)
* Cricket Australia (2003 – present)

[edit] Finances

The organisation's revenue was AUD72 million in the year ended 30 June 2005 (AUD 83.8 million to 30 June 2004; this decrease reflects the fact that income streams vary greatly over a four year cycle depending on which teams/competitions Australia plays, rather than long term decline). Just over half of this came from media rights and just over a quarter from sponsorship.

[edit] Competitions

As well as responsibility for Australian international sides, Cricket Australia organises domestic inter-state cricket in Australia, including the three premier competitions in each of the major forms of the game. These are the Pura Cup in first-class cricket, the Ford Ranger One Day Cup, which is the domestic one-day competition, and the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which is the domestic Twenty20 competition.

Cricket Australia's competitions:

* Pura Cup
* Ford Ranger Cup
* KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
* Cricket Australia Cup
* Women's National Cricket League
* CA Under-19 Cup
* CA Under-17 Cup

[edit] Honours

Cricket Australia also provides awards for various categories of players, including Test Players of the Year, One Day Players of the Year, Bradman Young Players of the Year, State Cricket Players of the Year, Women International Cricket Players of the Year and the Allan Border Medal for the overall best Australian cricket of the year.

Cricket Australia also honours players for exception service to the game of cricket in Australia by annually adding former players of great distinction to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

[edit] Principals of Cricket Australia

[edit] Chairmen

* Richard Teece (New South Wales) : 1892-1893
* Richard Best (Victoria): 1893-1895
* Mostyn Evan (South Australia): 1895-1896; 1910-1911
* John Gibson (New South Wales): 1896-1897
* Will Whitridge (South Australia): 1897-1900
* Lawrence Adamson (Victoria): 1905-1906
* Ernie Bean (Victoria): 1906-1907; 1912-1913
* George Barbour (New South Wales): 1907-1908
* George Foxton (Queensland): 1908-1910
* Charles Eady (Tasmania): 1911
* William McElhone (New South Wales): 1911-1912
* James Allen (Queensland): 1913-1914
* Harry Blinman (South Australia): 1914-1919
* Harold Bushby (Tasmania) 1919: 1925-1926
* Harry Gregory (Western Australia): 1919-1920; 1922-1923; 1926-1927
* Harry Rush (Victoria): 1920-1922
* John Hutcheon (Queensland): 1923-1924
* Bernard Scrymgour (South Australia): 1924-1925
* Aubrey Oxlade (New South Wales): 1927-1930; 1933-1936; 1945-1948; 1951-1952
* Dr Allen Robertson (Victoria): 1930-1933; 1936-1945; 1948-1951
* Roy Middleton (South Australia): 1952-1955
* Frank Cush (New South Wales): 1955-1957
* Bill Dowling (Victoria): 1957-1960
* Sir Donald Bradman (South Australia): 1960-1963; 1969-1972
* Ewart Macmillan (New South Wales): 1963-1966
* Bob Parish (Victoria): 1966-1969; 1975-1980
* Tim Caldwell (New South Wales): 1972-1975
* Phil Ridings (South Australia): 1980-1983
* Fred Bennett (New South Wales): 1983-1986
* Malcolm Gray (Victoria): 1986-1989
* Colin Egar (South Australia): 1989-1992
* Alan Crompton (New South Wales): 1992-1995
* Denis Rogers (Tasmania): 1995-2001
* Robert Merriman (Victoria): 2001–2005
* Creagh O'Connor (South Australia): 2005 - present

[edit] Secretaries/ Chief Executive Officers

* John Portus (New South Wales): 1892-1896
* John Creswell (South Australia): 1896-1900
* William McElhone (New South Wales): 1905-1910
* Colin Sinclair (New South Wales): 1910-1911
* Sydney Smith (New South Wales): 1911-1927
* William Jeanes (South Australia): 1927-1954
* Jack Ledward (Victoria): 1954-1960
* Alan Barnes (New South Wales): 1960-1980
* David Richards (Victoria): 1980-1993
* Graham Halbish (Victoria): 1993-1997
* Malcolm Speed (Victoria): 1997-2001
* James Sutherland (Victoria): 2001 - present

[edit] National Selection Panel

The National Selection Panel is the part of Cricket Australia responsible for team selections for each of the Australian national sides in every form of cricket.

Current members are:

* Andrew Hilditch (Chairman)
* David Boon
* Jamie Cox
* Merv Hughes

[edit] Board of Directors

Cricket Australia is governed by 14 Directors appointed by each of the state member associations. The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Directors.

* Chairman: Creagh O'Connor
* Allan Border AO
* Jack Clark
* Wally Edwards
* Daryll Foster OAM
* Dr Harry Harinath
* Tony Harrison
* Robert Horsell
* The Hon Ian McLachlan AO
* Bryan Phelan
* Tony Steele
* Geoff Tamblyn
* Mark Taylor AO
* Peter Warner

[edit] See also

* Australian national cricket team
* Australia national women's cricket team
* Cricket in Australia

[edit] External links

* Cricket Australia web site
* Cricket Feature - Daily Telegraph

[edit] References

* Wisden Cricketers Almanack
* Pollard, Jack (1988). Australian Cricket: The game and the players. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0 207 15269 1.

[edit] Notes

*

1. ^ a b Pollard, p. 57.
2. ^ Pollard, pp. 49–50.
3. ^ Pollard, p. 56.

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