Cricket in Norway

Cricket in Norway represents the Kingdom of Norway in international cricket matches. The Norwegian Cricket Board became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and the national side played its first international match later that year. Most of the side's matches have been against members of the European Cricket Council (ECC), although in more recent years Norway has fielded sides in the lower divisions of the World Cricket League (WCL).[1] The team's current head coach is Muhammad Haroon, a former first-class player in Pakistan, who was appointed in early 2014.[2] In September 2018, Norway qualified from Group C of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier[3]

History

Norway is one of cricket's most northern stations however the game has a solid and developing situation in a country of just 5,000,000 individuals. The main cricket coordinate in Norway was played in 1866. Regardless of endeavors to develop the game at the time, cricket had everything except vanished by the turn of the century. During the 1970s, cricket encountered a resurrection in Norway as Asian workers began playing matches in and around Oslo. Subsequently, the main Norwegian cricket club was established in 1974.

Cricket became gradually through the 1980s before intrigue got fundamentally during the 1990s. The Norwegian Cricket Federation was built up in 1994 and, in June 2000, Norway picked up offshoot individuals with the ICC. In May 2007, cricket got affirmation as a perceived game in Norway when the Federation was allowed participation into the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF).

Today, there are 67 cricket clubs in Norway with 5000 dynamic individuals. Class play is sorted out into six divisions for men and one division for ladies. Cricket is being played over all ages and is perceived as Norway's most various game. In July 2008, Norway met the top nations of European cricket when they participated in Division One of the European Championship.[4]

References
  1. "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. "Norway under-19 cricket team enjoy tour of Lincolnshire" – Lincolnshire Echo. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. "Denmark and Norway join Italy in regional final". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. http://www.icc-europe.org/EURODIV1/results.shtml, official website ICC-Europe, retrieved 7 August 2008
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