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]
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| Association | Bulgarian Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Prakash Mishra | |||||||||
| 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.  Romania at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County; 26 May 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 26 May 2024 | ||||||||||
History
editSince 2018
editIn 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.
Tournament history
editEuropean Cricket Championship
edit- 2009: 4th place (Division Five)
Euro Twenty-20
edit- 2010: 3rd place
Grounds
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Current squad
editThis lists all the players who have played for Bulgaria in the 2024 Continental Cup. Updated as of 26 May 2024.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Zaid Soulat | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Manan Bashir | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Boiko Ivanov | 44 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Prakash Mishra | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| Dimo Nikolov | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Isa Zaroo | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Zeerak Chugtai | 30 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Firas Hussain | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicketkeepers | ||||
| Saim Hussain | 27 | Left-handed | ||
| Jacob Gul | 22 | Right-handed | ||
| Bowlers | ||||
| Danyal Raja | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Gagandeep Singh | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Milen Gogev | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Waleed Waqar | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Records and statistics
editInternational Match Summary — Bulgaria[8]
Last updated 26 May 2024
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 47 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 14 October 2019 |
Twenty20 International
edit- 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 #2628. Last updated 26 May 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 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 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
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