Romania national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Romania women's national cricket team.

Romania
AssociationCricket Romania
Personnel
CaptainVasu Saini
CoachAndrew Begg
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 53th 37th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Bulgaria at Berceni cricket ground, Bucharest, 27 June 2009
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Austria at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei; 29 August 2019
Last T20Iv  Italy at Simar Cricket Ground, Rome; 16 June 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 46 31/15
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[4] 8 6/2
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 23 June 2024

The Romania national cricket team represents the country of Romania in international cricket. Cricket was played in Romania between 1893 and 1930. In recent years the game has begun to grow again, particularly in Bucharest, Timișoara and Cluj-Napoca. In July 2010, they played in a European Twenty20 tournament which was held in Skopje, Macedonia. On 29 June 2013, Romania was granted affiliate status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and are therefore entitled to participate in ICC official events.[5] Since 2017, they became an associate member[1]

As in a number of European countries, the game is dominated by expatriates from the Sub-Continent and other traditional cricket-playing countries. The main ground of the team for national and international matches is at Moara Vlăsiei, 26 km (16 miles) away from the Bucharest city centre. It was built between 2011 and 2013 and is the only turf ground in eastern and central Europe.

Romania won the 2021 Sofia Twenty20 cup, where they defeated Bulgaria in the final.[6]

History

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Romania and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]

Romania played its first T20I match against Austria on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.[8]

29 August 2019
09:00
Scorecard
Romania 
137/7 (20 overs)
v
 Austria
106 (19.4 overs)
Ijaz Hussain 35 (36)
Bilal Zalmai 4/12 (4 overs)
Anthony Lark 30 (41)
Ramesh Satheesan 3/14 (4 overs)
Romania won by 31 runs
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County
Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den)
  • Austria won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Romania.


Romania are scheduled to make their debut in an ICC event, when they take part in the Europe Qualifier tournament in 2021.[9]

International grounds

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Locations of stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Romania

Tournament history

Sofia Twenty20

Continental Cup

Valletta Cup

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Romania in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Sivakumar Periyalwar 36 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Ramesh Satheesan 42 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Anand Rajshekara 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Luca Petre 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rameez Khan 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Vasu Saini 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium Vice-captain
Taranjeet Singh 38 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Muhammad Moiz 36 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Adrian Lascu 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Cosmin Zavoiu 45 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Satvik Nadigotla 35 Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Pratham Hingorani 25 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Ali Hussain 31 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Manmeet Koli 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Shantanu Vashisht 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Ravindra Athapaththu 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Updated as on 16 June 2024

Records

International Match Summary — Romania[10]

Last updated 16 June 2024.

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 46 31 15 0 0 31 August 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[10]

Records complete to T20I #2696. Last updated 16 June 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Austria 2 2 0 0 0 29 August 2019 29 August 2019
 Bulgaria 9 8 1 0 0 16 October 2020 17 October 2020
 Cyprus 1 0 1 0 0 13 July 2022
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 0 31 August 2019 3 September 2021
 France 1 0 1 0 0 13 July 2023
 Gibraltar 2 1 1 0 0 14 May 2022 14 May 2022
 Greece 1 1 0 0 0 24 June 2021 24 June 2021
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 0 3 September 2021 3 September 2021
 Isle of Man 1 0 1 0 0 15 July 2022
 Israel 1 1 0 0 0 15 June 2024 15 June 2024
 Italy 1 0 1 0 0 16 June 2024
 Luxembourg 4 3 1 0 0 30 August 2019 30 August 2019
 Malta 9 5 4 0 0 4 September 2021 4 September 2021
 Portugal 1 1 0 0 0 10 June 2024 10 June 2024
 Serbia 3 3 0 0 0 25 June 2021 25 June 2021
 Sweden 1 0 1 0 0 19 July 2022
  Switzerland 1 0 1 0 0 13 July 2023
 Turkey 2 2 0 0 0 29 August 2019 29 August 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "Details of Affiliate Membership".
  6. ^ "Sofia Twenty20 Final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Continental Cricket Cup 2019". Facebook (Cricket Romania). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ "24 teams to compete in first step of Europe qualification for ICC Men's T20 world Cup 2021". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Records / Romania / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2021.