Sweden national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sweden women's national cricket team.

Sweden
AssociationSwedish Cricket Federation
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
Affiliate member (1997)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 55th 37th (2 May 2019)
International cricket
First internationalSweden Sweden v. Switzerland
(Berlin, Germany; 13 July 1993)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Denmark at Svanholm Park, Brøndby; 14 August 2021
Last T20Iv  Slovenia at Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld; 13 July 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 25 10/14 (1 tie, 0 no results)
This year[4] 4 2/2 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 13 July 2024

The Sweden national cricket team is the team that represents Sweden in international cricket. It is organised by the Swedish Cricket Federation which has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1997[5] and an associate member since 2017.[1] The team coach is former South African international Jonty Rhodes, who was appointed in September 2020.[6]

Sweden made its international debut in 1993, at the European Nations Cup, and has since played regularly in the lower divisions of European Cricket Council tournaments and in other series against European teams.[7] Sweden first hosted an ICC-approved international cricket tournament in August 2016, when the 2016 ICC Europe Division Two was played in Stockholm.[8]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Sweden and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[9]

  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. ^ "Sweden CricketArchive page". CricketArchive. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Jonty Rhodes signs on with Sweden". 10 September 2020.
  7. ^ Other matches played by Sweden Archived 27 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  8. ^ Andrew Nixon, "Germany top after opening day in Stockholm", CricketEurope, 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  9. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.