Sweden national cricket team
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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]
Association | Swedish Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (1997) | |||||||||
ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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International cricket | ||||||||||
First international | Sweden v. (Berlin, Germany; 13 July 1993) | |||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First T20I | v Denmark at Svanholm Park, Brøndby; 14 August 2021 | |||||||||
Last T20I | v Finland at Solvangs Park, Glostrup; 21 May 2023 | |||||||||
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As of 1 January 2024 |
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]