# 2023 European Cricket League

The 2023 European Cricket League (abbreviated as ECL23) was a T10 cricket competition organised by the European Cricket Network. It was the third edition of the European Cricket League and was once again held at the Cartama Oval in Málaga, Spain.

## Background

It was announced that the tournament would be taking place between February 27 and March 24, with Finals Week starting on March 20. The 30 team format from the previous edition would remain in place, with 30 'National Champions' taking part in 6 groups across 6 weeks, with the winners of the groups joining 2022 winners Pak I Care Badalona in the Finals Week to determine the overall winner.

### Popularity

This tournament was viewed by about 35 million people globally.

## Participants

The following teams were invited to take part as champions of their domestic leagues, or an ECN-related 'Super Series'. The draw was made on January 13, 2023. Previous Champions Pak I Care Badalona will participate in the Finals Week only.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F |
| Hornchurch CC | V.O.C Rotterdam | Beveren CC | Forfarshire CC | Roma CC | CIYMS CC |
| Independents CC | Farmers CC | Royal Tigers Budapest | Dreux Ville Royale | Sporting Alfas | Punjab Lions Nicosia |
| Darmstadt CC | Svanholm CC | Fossum CC | Vienna CC | United CC Bucharest | Ariana KIF |
| Tallinn Stallions | Indo-Bulgarian CC | Olten CC | Helsinki Titans | Zagreb Sokol | Istanbul KSK |
| Byron CC | American University of Malta CC | Lathbury Lightning | Brno CC | Star CC | Oeiras CC |
The finals were made up of the 6 group winners, plus ECL22 winners Pak I Care Badalona
* Finals
* Pak I Care Badalona
* Hornchurch CC
* Farmers
* Beveren
* Dreux
* Sporting Alfas
* CIYMS

## Group stage

The Group Stage is to be played across the first 3 weeks of the tournament, with each group lasting 4 days. Each group kicked off with a single-round robin stage, before entering a knockout, with seedings based on group standings. The Super 3 stage was eliminated, with teams instead advancing into a single knockout stage following the groups

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Darmstadt CC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +2.216 |
| Byron | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -0.062 |
| Independents CC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +1.457 |
| Hornchurch CC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1.118 |
| Tallinn Stallions | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2.625 |
| Source: European Cricket Network |||||||

#### Knockout Stage

* Eliminator 1 March 2023 10:30 Scorecard
| Independents CC 109/7 (10 overs) | v | Hornchurch CC 115/2 (9.0 overs) |
| Tom Nightingale 35 (20) Adeel Malik 2/13 (2 overs) | | Adeel Malik 57* (30) Keiran Le Gallez 2/20 (2 overs) |
* Hornchurch CC beat Independents CC by 8 Wickets Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Nilkesh Patel (SPA), Ian Ramage (SCO) and Suleman Saeed (ITA) Player of the match: Adeel Malik
* Independents CC won the toss and elected to bat
* Qualifier 1 1 March 2023 12:30 Scorecard
| Darmstadt CC 115/4 (10 overs) | v | Byron 119/7 (10 overs) |
| Abdul Shakoor 39 (16) Shabbir Arslan 1/15 (2 overs) | | Ahmed Mumtaz 46 (13) Parwaiz Akhoudzada 2/8 (2 overs) |
* Byron beat Darmstadt CC by 4 runs Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Suleman Saeed (ITA), Tyrone Peters (SA) and Nilkesh Patel (SPA) Player of the match: Ahmed Mumtaz
* Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bowl
* Qualifier 2 1 March 2023 15:30 Scorecard
| Hornchurch CC 135/3 (8.1 overs) | v | Darmstadt 134/4 (10 overs) |
| Adeel Malik 66* (19) Mansoor Khan 1/18 (2 overs) | | Muhammad Umar 55 (17) Gavin Griffiths 1/8 (2 overs) |
* Hornchurch CC beat Darmstadt CC by 7 wickets Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Ian Ramage (SCO), Nilkesh Patel (SPA) and Tyrone Peters (SA) Player of the match: Adeel Malik
* Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bat
* Final 1 March 2023 18:30 Scorecard
| Hornchurch CC 100/0 (8.3 overs) | v | Byron 99/5 (10 overs) |
| Paul Murray 42* (29) Aslam Mohammad 0/14 (2 overs) | | Aslam Mohammad 27 (18) Mark James 2/15 (2 overs) |
* Hornchurch CC beat Byron by 10 wickets Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Tyrone Peters (SA), Suleman Saeed (ITA) and Ian Ramage (SCO) Player of the match: Paul Murray
* Hornchurch CC won the toss and elected to bowl

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Svanholm | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +5.009 |
| Farmers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1.001 |
| American University of Malta | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -0.832 |
| V.O.C Rotterdam | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1.572 |
| Indo-Bulgarian | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -3.367 |
| Source: European Cricket Network |||||||

#### Knockout Stage

* Eliminator 4 March 2023 10:30 Scorecard
| American University of Malta 71/9 (10 overs) | v | V.O.C Rotterdam 153/2 (10 overs) |
| Rocky Dianish 35 (22) Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/2 (1 over) | | Pieter Seelar 72 (26) Abhishek Kuntala 1/11 (2 overs) |
* V.O.C. Rotterdam beat American University of Malta by 82 runs Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Tyrone Peters (SA), Ian Ramage (SCO) and Suleman Saeed (ITA) Player of the match: Jelte Schoonheim
* American University of Malta won the toss and elected to bowl
* Qualifier 1 4 March 2023 12:30 Scorecard
| Svanholm 76 (10 overs) | v | Farmers 79/2 (8.0 overs) |
| Saud Munir 25 (20) Toby Britton 3/13 (2 overs) | | Asa Tribe 31* (18) Toqeer Ahmad 1/20 (2 overs) |
* Farmers beat Svanholm by 8 wickets Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Suleman Saeed (ITA), Nilkesh Patel (SPA) and Tyrone Peters (SA) Player of the match: Toby Britton
* Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl
* Qualifier 2 4 March 2023 15:30 Scorecard
| Svanholm 131/4 (10 overs) | v | V.O.C Rotterdam 108/8 (10 overs) |
| Mads Henriksen 50 (23) Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/20 (2 overs) | | Burhan Niaz 27 (13) Abdullah Mahmood 3/18 (2 overs) |
* Svanholm beat V.O.C. Rotterdam by 23 runs Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Ian Ramage (SCO), Tyrone Peters (SA) and Nilkesh Patel (SPA) Player of the match: Mads Henriksen
* V.O.C. Rotterdam won the toss and elected to bowl
* Final 4 March 2023 18:30 Scorecard
| Farmers 87/3 (9.5 overs) | v | Svanholm 85/4 (10 overs) |
| Asa Tribe 37* (25) Hamid Shah 1/21 (2 overs) | | Saud Munir 53* (30) Toby Britton 2/8 (2 overs) |
* Farmers beat Svanholm by 7 wickets Cartama Oval, Cartama Umpires: Nilkesh Patel (SPA), Saleem Suleman (SPA) and Ian Ramage (SCO) Player of the match: Asa Tribe
* Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Fossum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2.900 |
| 2 | Olten | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1.600 |
| 3 | Beveren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.000 |
| 4 | Lathbury Lightning | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.008 |
| 5 | Royal Tigers Budapest | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3.304 |
Source: European Cricket Network

## Statistics
### Most Runs

| Runs | Player | Team | Inns | HS | Ave | SR | 50 | 30 | 4s | 6s |
| 641 | Jason Van Der Merwe | CIYMS | 15 | 95* | 58.27 | 232.24 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 56 |
| 590 | Ahmad Nabi | Dreux | 15 | 93 | 49.16 | 241.80 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 67 |
| 542 | George Hankins | Hornchurch CC | 16 | 68* | 45.16 | 200.74 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 51 |
| 394 | Mohammad Nisar | Dreux | 14 | 56* | 43.77 | 196.02 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 38 |
| 365 | Christopher Dougherty | CIYMS | 15 | 62* | 30.41 | 201.65 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 |
| 350 | Hamza Niaz | Dreux | 15 | 115* | 25.00 | 205.88 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 27 |
| 275 | Carson McCullough | CIYMS | 13 | 51 | 27.50 | 162.72 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 |
| 266 | Adeel Malik | Hornchurch CC | 15 | 66* | 22.16 | 212.80 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 263 | Muhammad Rafah | Dreux | 11 | 60 | 29.22 | 268.36 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 233 | Joel Dudley | Farmers | 11 | 40 | 21.18 | 180.62 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 17 |
| Source: European Cricket Network |||||||||||

### Most Wickets

| Wkts | Player | Team | Mat | Ave | Econ | SR | BBI |
| 27 | Tabish Bhatti | Dreux | 15 | 10.66 | 9.60 | 6.66 | 4/7 |
| 22 | Jacob Mulder | CIYMS | 15 | 9.72 | 7.73 | 7.54 | 4/11 |
| 21 | Carson McCullough | CIYMS | 15 | 13.57 | 110.17 | 8.00 | 4/4 |
| 18 | Gavin Griffiths | Hornchurch CC | 16 | 17.88 | 10.73 | 10.00 | 4/48 |
| 16 | Adam Kennedy | CIYMS | 13 | 10.93 | 9.21 | 7.12 | 3/8 |
| 16 | Jake Sunderland | Sporting Alfas | 12 | 12.12 | 9.38 | 7.75 | 3/16 |
| 16 | Garry Park | Sporting Alfas | 13 | 13.93 | 11.15 | 7.50 | 3/31 |
| 16 | Chris Robinson | CIYMS | 15 | 12.43 | 11.70 | 6.37 | 4/15 |
| 14 | Usman Khan | Dreux | 15 | 15.78 | 10.27 | 9.21 | 3/13 |
| 14 | Marc Whitlock | Hornchurch CC | 16 | 21.78 | 14.18 | 9.21 | 2/19 |
| Source: European Cricket Network ||||||||