Cyprus national cricket team
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The Cypriot national cricket team represents Cyprus in international cricket. They became an International Cricket Council (ICC) affiliate member in 1999,[6] and an associate member in 2017,[1] although it was not until August 2006 that they made their international debut, finishing as runners up in Division Four of the European Championship.
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| Nickname | The cricket map | |||||||||
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| Association | Cyprus Cricket Association | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Nick Stav | |||||||||
| Coach | Ruel Brathwaite | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v.  Slovenia at Antwerp Cricket Club, Antwerp; 26 August 2006 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v.  Estonia at Happy Valley Ground, Episkopi; 5 October 2021 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v.  Croatia at Happy Valley Ground, Episkopi; 22 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| As of 22 May 2026 | ||||||||||
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Cyprus and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have T20I status.[7]
History
In 2007, the Cyprus Cricket National team competed in the European Division 3 Championships where they finished in 7th place out of 8.
In 2009, Cyprus then hosted the ICC Division 4 Championships in Cyprus which turned out to be a great success for the Cyprus National cricket team winning the Division 4 championship.
In 2011, Cyprus then competed in the ICC Division 2 T20 Championships held in Belgium where they came 10th place in the tournament, beating Sweden in the play-off game for 10th/11th place.
Cyprus were ranked 24th in the ICC European Twenty20 Rankings (as of 29 December 2012).[8]
In 2018, the Cyprus National Team; captained by Muhammad Husain took part in ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier which took place in Holland. Cyprus could only win one game against Austria.
In 2021, Cyprus played 2-match bilateral series against Estonia, making their T20I debut and won the series 2–0. On the same tour, Cyprus hosted a tri-series by inviting Isle of Man alongside Estonia. Estonia couldn't secure a single win on that tour while Isle of Man took the title home.[9]
In 2022, National team played in the ICC Men's Europe Qualifier for 2024 T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Gurpratap Singh.[citation needed]
Tournament history
Squad
The following list contains the players in the Cyprus squad that competed at the ICC World T20 Europe Qualifier in July 2022.[14]
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Format | S/N | Remarks |
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| Gurpratap Singh | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Punjab Lions | T20I | 12 | Captain |
| Muhammad Husain | 45 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Cyprus Moufflons | T20I | 1 | |
| Tejwinder Singh | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast | Punjab Lions | T20I | 18 | - |
| Neeraj Tiwari | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Punjab Lions | T20I | 45 | - |
| Akila de Silva | 31 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Sri Lankan Nicosia | - | 92 | - |
| Iftekar Jaman | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Nicosia Tigers | T20I | 89 | - |
| Riyaz Kajalwala | 40 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Cyprus Moufflons | - | 24 | - |
| Muhammad Farooq | 38 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Limassol Qalandars | - | 17 | - |
| Shoaib Ahmad | 45 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Riyaan | - | 10 | - |
| Roman Mazumder | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Nicosia Tigers | T20I | 42 | - |
| Nalin Pathirana | 42 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Sri Lankan Lions Limassol | T20I | 55 | Wicket-keeper |
| Chamal Sadun | 36 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Sri Lankan Lions Limassol | T20I | 11 | - |
| Scott Austin | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Cyprus Moufflons | T20I | 222 | - |
| Ruwan Manawasingha | 45 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Sri Lankan Lions Limassol | - | 3 | - |
Coaching staff
- Head Coach – Ruel Brathwaite
Records
International Match Summary — Cyprus[15]
Last updated 22 May 2026.
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| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 42 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2021 |
Twenty20 International
T20I record versus other nations[15]
Records complete to T20I #3895. Last updated 22 May 2026.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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 Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 March 2026 | 14 March 2026 |
 Bulgaria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 November 2025 | 2 November 2025 |
| Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 August 2025 | 7 August 2025 |
 Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 August 2024 | |
 Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 August 2024 | |
| Estonia | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2021 | 5 October 2021 |
 Finland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 July 2022 | 8 May 2026 |
 France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 May 2026 | |
 Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 August 2024 | 24 August 2024 |
 Isle of Man | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 October 2021 | |
 Jersey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 May 2026 | |
 Malta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 August 2024 | 28 August 2024 |
 Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 July 2022 | 13 July 2022 |
 Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 July 2022 | 31 October 2025 |
 Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 August 2024 | |
 Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 May 2026 | |
 Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 July 2022 | 16 July 2022 |
Other results
For a list of selected international matches played by Cyprus, see Cricket Archive.