Bulgaria national cricket team
Cricket team
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| Association | Bulgarian Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Dimo Nikolov | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v.  Switzerland at Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 August 2004 | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v.  Serbia at Marina Ground, Corfu; 14 October 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v. Serbia at National Sports Academy, Sofia; 25 June 2023 | |||||||||
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| As of 1 January 2024 | ||||||||||
The Bulgaria national cricket team represents Bulgaria in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bulgarian Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1] Bulgaria made its international debut in 2004, at the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia. The majority of its matches since then have come against other European affiliate members of the ICC, including in several European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments.[6]
History
Since 2018
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bulgaria and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the T20I status.[7]
Bulgaria played their first T20I on 14 October 2019, against Serbia, during the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.
14 October 2019 14:30 Scorecard |
v |  Bulgaria161/4 (18 overs) | |
Leslie Dunbar 104* (61) Prakash Mishra 3/12 (4 overs) | Kiran Dasan 74 (59) Apon Mustafizur 2/30 (3 overs) |
Bulgaria won by 6 wickets Marina Ground, Gouvia Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Ruban Sivanadian (Can) |
- Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
Tournament history
European Cricket Championship
- 2009: 4th place (Division Five)
Euro Twenty-20
- 2010: 3rd place
Grounds
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Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within BulagriaCurrent squad
This lists all the players who have played for Bulgaria in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 11 July 2022.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batters | ||||
| Ishan de Silva | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Kevin D'Souza | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Omar Rassol | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Ivaylo Katzarski | 42 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Fayaz Mohammad | 48 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Vasil Hristov | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Prakash Mishra | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Hristo Lakov | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Vice-captain |
| Jacob Albin | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Mukul Kadyan | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Sulaiman Ali | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Dimo Nikolov | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| Bakhtiar Tahiri | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicketkeeper | ||||
| Saim Hussain | 27 | Left-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Sandeep Nair | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Delrick Verghese | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ahsan Khan | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Asad Ali Rehemtulla | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Agagyul Ahmadhel | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Karthik Pillai | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Bulgaria[8]
Last updated 25 June 2023
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 44 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 14 October 2019 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 246/4 v Serbia on 26 June 2022 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.[9]
- Highest individual score: 108*, Saim Hussain v Malta on 14 May 2022 at Marsa Sports Club, Marsa.[10]
- Best individual bowling figures: 5/16 (3.4 overs), Prakash Mishra v Croatia on 23 June 2023 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.[11]
| Most T20I runs for Bulgaria[12]
| Most T20I wickets for Bulgaria[13]
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T20I record versus other nations[8]
Records complete to T20I #2118. Last updated 25 June 2023.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| vs Associate Members | |||||||
 Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 July 2022 | |
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 June 2023 | 23 June 2023 |
 Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 September 2021 | |
 Gibraltar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 October 2021 | 24 October 2021 |
 Greece | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 October 2019 | 18 October 2019 |
 Guernsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 2022 | |
 Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2022 | |
 Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 September 2021 | |
 Malta | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 September 2020 | |
 Romania | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 October 2020 | 16 October 2020 |
| Serbia | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 October 2019 | 14 October 2019 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 July 2022 | 27 July 2022 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2021 | |
 Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 June 2023 | 24 June 2023 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Bulgaria Archived 28 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Other matches played by Bulgaria Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – 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.
- ^ a b "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Records / Bulgaria / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- 'Slogging The Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus', by Angus Bell
External links
- Official Site
- Cricinfo Bulgaria
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1 For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. 2 For England and Wales, the national team is England. 3 For the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.
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