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| Nickname(s) | Gombey Warriors | |||||||||
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| Association | Bermuda Cricket Board | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Delray Rawlins | |||||||||
| Coach | Niraj Odedra[1] | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (1966) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v  Canada at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain; 17 May 2006 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v  Netherlands at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom; 8 April 2009 | |||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 1 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
| Best result | First round (2007) | |||||||||
| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 8 (first in 1979) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runner-up (1982) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Scotland at Stormont, Belfast; 3 August 2008 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Canada at Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton; 7 October 2023 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 5[a] (first in 2008) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 1 January 2024 | ||||||||||
The Bermuda men's national cricket team represents the British overseas territory of Bermuda in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB), which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1966.
A Bermudian national team was first organised in 1891, when a tour of New York City was arranged. In the years before World War I, Bermuda and American teams (including the Philadelphians) frequently exchanged tours, although it was not until 1912, when Australia toured, that the national team played a full international. After the 1920s, the focus of Bermudian cricket moved away from the United States towards the countries of the West Indies, although frequent tours from West Indian teams began only in the 1950s.[8] The national team also played matches against international teams travelling to and from tours of the West Indies. However, only one of these games, against New Zealand in 1972, held first-class status.[9]
The ICC Trophy (now the World Cup Qualifier) commenced in 1979 as the first World Cup qualifying tournament for ICC associate members. Bermuda made the semi-finals that year, and at the 1982 edition made the final, losing to Zimbabwe. However, the side did not qualify for the World Cup, as it featured only one associate qualifier. By the time of the 2005 ICC Trophy, the number of associate qualifiers had been increased to six. By making the semi-finals that year, Bermuda qualified for the 2007 World Cup, becoming the smallest country to do so (both in terms of population and area). The team also received One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status until 2009. However, Bermuda performed poorly both at the World Cup and in subsequent ODI series, and after the 2009 World Cup Qualifier was relegated to the 2011 World Cricket League Division Two tournament. The team has since dropped three more divisions.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bermuda and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[10] Later in 2019, Bermuda played in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[11]
In 2023 they played, the regional finals of Americas Qualifier for 2024 T20 World Cup, where they had equal points with Canada but on the basis of NRR (Net Run Rate) Canada qualified. Bermuda player Kamau Leverock was player of the series of that tournament.
- ^ Murley, Sam (29 June 2022). "Indian Niraj Odedra appointed Bermuda coach on short-term deal". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "ICC unveils Global Men's T20I Rankings Table featuring 80 teams". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Other matches played by Bermuda Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ First-class matches played by Bermuda – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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