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“We would like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all of our valued guests here in Slovenia. We hope that you get to experience some of our famous hospitality and enjoy some of our wonderful scenery.”
“We look forward to catching up with old friends as well as being able to make many new friendships that should last for many years to come. Welcome to all players, management, coaches, scorers, officials.”
“Best of luck to all teams and we wish that you all have an unforgettable trip to our little corner of the world.”
Yours sincerely
Dr Borut egovnik
Tournament Organiser
3 Valburga- Ljubljana Cricket Club
Osnovna Šola Simona Jenka Smlednik 73 1216.
4 Velden Cricket Ground, Latschach (Austria)
Cricket Club Velden 91 Latschah 24 Latschah 9536 Sankt Egyden, Austria.
5 Chris Porter Richard O'Sullivan Borut Cegovnik Paul Baldwin Dave Bray Jane Carpenter Manzoor Nazor Kamran Sadiq Jari Schabel Dermot Ward
Martina Cibej Leoneia Di Giglio Stephen Elder Daniel Renwick Parmjit Singh Lyudmil Trenev Paul Freebairn Jasa Zidar Barry Chambers John Elder Rod Lyall
6 11 May Czech Republic v Bulgaria Valburga, (10.00 start time) Estonia v Slovenia Velden, (10.00) Sweden v Estonia Valburga (15.30) Turkey v Slovenia Velden (15.30)
12 May Czech Republic v Estonia Valburga (10.00) Sweden v Turkey Velden (10.00) Turkey v Bulgaria Valburga (15.30) Slovenia v Sweden Velden (15.30)
13 May Bulgaria v Estonia Valburga (10.00) Turkey v Czech Republic Velden (10.00) Slovenia v Bulgaria Valburga (15.30) Czech Republic v Sweden Velden (15.30)
14 May Bulgaria v Sweden Valburga (10.00) Estonia v Turkey Velden (10.00) Slovenia v Czech Republic Valburga (15.30)
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The Bulgarian team played its first international game in 2004 when it beat the Serbian team of 'Tzurvena Zvezda'.
The BCF has received support from ICC Europe since 2002 with the Bulgarian national team participating in the 2004 European Representatives Championship held in Slovenia. Bulgaria finished last in the competition played with Croatia, Finland, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Slovenia.
In 2007 and 2008, Bulgarian teams competed in a friendly tournament against New Victoria Cricket Club for the New Victoria CC Challenge Cup donated by Rewardaward.
In 2009, the national team participated in the ICC European Championship - Division 5 in Greece, where it finished in fourth place. Bulgaria also competes in a European Twenty20 tournament.
Bulgaria Squad To be confirmed
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The Czech Republic became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2000. The Czech Republic cricket team made their competitive international debut in ICC European Division 5 Championship in 2009. They arrive in Slovenia, hoping to make an impression.
Czech Republic Squad
Sunil Ambar Mikulas Stary Hugo Banks Alexander Arthur Storek John Corness Jobi Samuel Sivagnanam Gnanatheeswaran Adam Holub Vojtech Hasa Damian Kesely Scott Page (Captain) Brigmam Smith Benjamin Soucek Manager- Timothy Hort
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Cricket has been played in Tallinn, Estonia for over 10 years now. Since then it has gone from a knockabout on the local football pitch to having an ICC recognised team competing alongside teams from all over Europe. Estonia played in its first ICC competition in the ICC European Division 5 championships in Corfu, 2009. Whilst there they recorded their first win and finished in 5th place.
Estonia Squad
Sivalingham Arunachalam Mart Tammoja Andres Burget Marko Vaik Vineeth Govind Kalle Vilslapuu Timothy Heath Peter van Buuren Marten Kundla Murali Obili Anil Puri Moshiur Rahman Nand Lal Riar Oliver Slobodetsky Manager- Paul Bushell
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The Swedish cricket team is the team that represents the country of Sweden in international cricket matches. There are currently 13 clubs playing in the national cricket league of Sweden.
They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1997.They took part in the ECC Trophy, a tournament for European affiliate members on two occasions. They returned to International tournaments in ICC European Division 5 Championship in Corfu 2009. There they finished in second place.
Sweden Squad
Imran Amjad (batsman/bowler) Reserves: Serge Conein (bowler) Ahmad Zadran (bowler) Sanaullah Habibzai (batsman) Aman Khan Zahid (bowler) Azam Khalil (batsman/bowler) Sandeep Sharma (bowler) Maqsood Khawaja (batsman/bowler) Azam Mohammad (batsman/bowler) Shahid Mustafa (batsman/wicketkeeper) Ewan Prezens (bowler) Piyal Rahman (batsman) Sunny Sharma (batsman/bowler) Sadat Sidiqi (wicketkeeper/batsman) Bilal Zaigham (batsman/bowler) Manager: Masood Zaigham Hassan Zaigham (batsman/bowler) Coach: Colin Siller
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There are seven regular teams that take part in domestic men's cricket in Turkey. Six of the teams are based in Ankara and one in Istanbul.
At the ICC Annual Conference in July 2008, Turkey was granted ICC Affiliate Membership and was then qualified to play international cricket.
Turkey's first ever international match took place in Corfu, Greece during the ICC European Division 5 Championship in September 2009. Although its baptism proved to a difficult one, Turkey did at least claim its first victory when it defeated Bulgaria.
Turkey Squad
Muhammad Aasim (Captain) Muneer Ahmed Salman Ali Sajjad Haider Mubashir Khan Nabeel Munir Abdullah Numan Mohammad Razak Huseyin Sen Imran Sharif Ali Turkmen Mecit Turkmenoglu Manager- Syed Shahid Hammad Ul Haq Coach- Athar Imran
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The Slovenian cricket team has been involved in European cricket competitions since debuting in 2000 in Vienna at the European Representative Tournament against Croatia, Finland, Austria and Norway. Since then it has participated in tournaments in Zagreb, Croatia (2002), as hosts in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2004), in Antwerp, Belgium (2006) and in Cyprus (2009). There has been a local league for four years now with 6 teams playing this year. Slovenia have also had a team (Ljubljana cc) in the Austrian Open League since the year 2000.
Slovenia Squad
Urban Blaznik Blaž Praper Domen Bohinc Primož Pustoslemšek Rok Bohinc Nejc Zupan Robert Crawford Bradley Eve Tom Furness (Captain) Lalantha Karunatilake Simon Kaui Stephen Mayland Manager: Matthew Charlesworth Mark Oman Coach: Jaša Zidar
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