# Switzerland national cricket team

The Switzerland national cricket team represents the country of Switzerland in international cricket.

## History

Cricket has been played in Switzerland since at least 1817.
The association (renamed to Cricket Switzerland in 2014), became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1985. They hosted the first tournament for European affiliate members in Zuoz in 1997, the European Nations Cup, where they came fifth in the seven team tournament. They then played in the successor tournament, the European Cricket Council Trophy in 1999, 2001 and 2003, their best result coming in 1999 when they reached the semi-finals. They then played in the European Representative Championship in Slovenia in 2004, where they came third in the six team tournament.
They played in Division Four of the European Championship in 2009 having been promoted from Division Five, playing Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Luxembourg and Slovenia.
Switzerland was ranked to participate in ICC European Division II, Belgium 2011, but unfortunately, internal differences meant Switzerland were forced to withdraw from the tournament and hence was demoted to Division III.
These internal differences resulted from two rival governing bodies attempting to govern cricket in Switzerland, and this along with various breaches of membership regulations of the International Cricket Council led to Switzerland being expelled from the council.
With these governance issues resolved, an application to rejoin the ICC was submitted in October 2020. Switzerland were granted associate ICC Membership on 23 July 2021.
There are currently more than 30 clubs playing in Switzerland.
* 22 October 2021 10:00 Scorecard
| Gibraltar 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Switzerland 134/1 (14.4 overs) |
| Louis Bruce 31 (27) Aidan Andrews 3/21 (4 overs) | | Osama Mahmood 58* (46) Charles Harrison 1/19 (2 overs) |
* Switzerland won by 9 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Tony Slater (Mlt) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Osama Mahmood (Sui)
* Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
* First ever T20I match for Switzerland.

## Tournament History
### Valletta Cup

* 2019: Did not enter
* 2021: 2nd
* 2022: Did not enter
* 2023: Champions

## Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Switzerland
Last updated 13 July 2024
Playing Record :
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2021 |

### Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #2758. Last updated 13 July 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
| vs Associate Members ||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 July 2024 | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2021 | 22 October 2021 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 July 2024 | 13 July 2024 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 July 2022 | |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 July 2022 | 27 July 2022 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2022 | 25 July 2022 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2021 | 22 October 2021 |
| Jersey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 July 2024 | |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 June 2022 | 11 June 2022 |
| Malta | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 October 2021 | 23 October 2021 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 July 2022 | |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 July 2023 | 13 July 2023 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 July 2024 | 11 July 2024 |