Estonia national cricket team


The Estonian national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Estonia in international cricket. Granted affiliate status in June 2008 by the International Cricket Council
Estonians who have recently made the grade as international players include;
The most famous tourists to Estonia have been Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley, who supported the ICC event in 2012. Sir Tim Rice, and his team the Heartaches, the MCC, the Lord's Taverners and most recently Carmel & District Cricket Club captained by Timothy Abraham.
2007 saw the formation of the Estonian cricket league, which consists of four Tallinn-based teams who compete in a round-robin format. Players who are members of the Estonian Cricket League are eligible to be selected for the national side. 2007 and 2008 saw a victory for Kalev CC captained by Andres Burget.
2014 Saw a reshuffle of the domestic league, there are 4 teams currently playing in the league:
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Estonia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.

Highlights

Estonia in May 2011 competed in the European T20 Division 3 Championships in Slovenia, where after all matches were completed, finished as runners-up to a highly experienced Swedish National Team.
In August 2011, Estonia finished its international fixtures for the year, by becoming Baltic Champions in a final win over the Lithuanian Cricket Team.
In the 2007 season they won over 80% of all their games and in 2008 they won 94% of their games.
During the European T20 Division 3 Championships in Slovenia:
Captain Tim Heath scored a remarkable 113 of 45 deliveries.
The Estonian Domestic and Premier League competitions are growing year on year and an intense program of regional development will continue into 2011 and onwards. Their number of home-grown Estonian players is increasing along with the added experience of a number of expatriate persons from full member nations who have been residing in Estonia for a number of years and are always willing to pass on experience and general playing tips to up and coming Estonians for the future of Cricket here.
They have recently had several of our members complete & pass the ICC development course for Umpiring & also for Scoring both courses completed are for level 1.
2012: European Division 3 Champions – 8th in ICC Division 2 Corfu

Squad