Denmark national cricket team

Beginnings

Cricket has been played in Denmark since the mid-19th century, with the first club being formed in 1865 by English railway engineers. The first organised match was played the following year between two teams of English players, with the first matches involving Danish players taking place in 1866. The game expanded greatly over the following twenty years, with 30 new clubs being formed in 1883.^[7]

Several touring sides from England and Scotland visited the country in the early part of the 20th century, including the famous Marylebone Cricket Club. In 1933, an attempt to organise the first international match against the Netherlands failed, and the Danish national side did not play their first match until 1954, against Oxford University, the year after the current Danish Cricket Federation was formed.^[7]

They then began to play against other national sides, primarily the Netherlands, who they first played in 1955. They played their first match against Scotland in 1961.^[7]

ICC membership

Denmark became an associate member of the ICC in 1966,^[5] drawing their international against Scotland that year. They played Bermuda for the first time in 1969 and drew their first match against Ireland in 1970. They finally picked up their first international win against the Netherlands in 1972.^[7]

They played their first matches against Canada in 1974, losing a three-day match but winning the limited overs match. They played home internationals against East Africa and Sri Lanka, beating East Africa. They toured East Africa the following year, drawing with both East Africa and Kenya.^[7]

They took part in the first ICC Trophy in 1979, reaching the semi-final where they lost to Sri Lanka.^[8] They did not take part in the 1982 tournament.^[9] In 1983, Ole Mortensen became the first Danish player to play county cricket.^[7] Denmark returned to the ICC Trophy in 1986 and finished third after beating Bermuda in the third place play-off.^[10]

In 1989, Denmark hosted Australia for two one-day matches. They lost the first match in Brøndby by 45 runs^[11] and lost the second in Copenhagen by 54 runs.^[12] They fared better at home against Canada that year, winning twice against them. After playing both home and away against Bangladesh in 1990,^[7] they played in the ICC Trophy, reaching the second round.^[13]

Denmark again played in the ICC Trophy in 1994, finishing tenth in the tournament after losing to Namibia in the plate final.^[14] They played their first matches against France in 1995, and hosted the first European Cricket Championship in 1996,^[7] finishing third.^[15] They finished fifth in the following years ICC Trophy^[16] and were runners up in the European Championship in 1998.^[17]

In 1999, Denmark took part in the NatWest Trophy for the first time.^[7] The following year, they took part in the ICC Emerging Nations Tournament in Zimbabwe, where they finished fourth,^[18] and the European Championship, where they finished last, without winning a game.^[19] The following year, they took part in the ICC Trophy in Canada, finishing eighth.^[20] The MCC toured Denmark in 2002, and Denmark won all three matches.^[7] They won just one match at that year's European Championship, finishing fifth ahead of Italy.^[21]

2000-2017

The Netherlands visited Denmark in 2003, winning both matches. Denmark played a two match series against Ireland later in the year, losing both matches and missing out on qualification for the ICC Intercontinental Cup.^[7] They again finished last in the European Championship the following year.^[22] In 2005, they played their final match in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, losing heavily to Northamptonshire at Svanholm Park before taking part in the 2005 ICC Trophy, where they again finished eighth.^[23]

In 2006, Denmark again took part in the European Championship, finishing fourth after winning only against Italy.^[24] At the end of that year, it was announced that they would join the ICC's High Performance Programme from 1 April 2007.^[6]

In August 2007, Denmark registered a win over Bermuda, an ODI playing country, and towards the end of October 2007 they played in Kenya against domestic teams and Kenya A. Denmark, led by Freddie Klokker who scored consecutive centuries in all their matches, clean swept the Kenyan sides and Kenya A. Denmark bowled, batted and fielded exceptionally well.

In November 2007, Denmark took part in Division Two of the World Cricket League. In finishing fourth, they qualified to compete in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. However, they eventually came last of the twelve teams, meaning they were relegated to Division Three of the World Cricket League. They next competed in the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, where they came 5th to be relegated to the Division Four.

In November 2013, they competed in the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE where they finished in last place, failing to win a game.

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 Denmark and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.^[25]

In September 2018, Denmark qualified from Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament.^[26]

Denmark played their first T20I match against Jersey on 16 June 2019.

16 June 2019 10:45 Scorecard

Jersey  131/9 (20 overs)	v	Denmark 113/8 (20 overs)
Jonty Jenner 36 (27) Hamid Shah 4/23 (4 overs)		Abdul Hashmi 29 (29) Elliot Miles 3/10 (3 overs)

Jersey won by 18 runs King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Allan Haggo (Sco)

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
• First ever T20I match for Denmark.

Since April 2019, Denmark has played in the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.^[27]

World Cup Qualifier

More information Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records, Year ...

Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1979[8]	Semi-finals	3/15	5	4	1	0	0
1982	Did not participate
1986	Semi-finals	3/16	7	5	2	0	0
1990[13]	Second round	6/17	6	3	3	0	0
1994[14]	Plate competition	10/20	7	4	3	0	0
1997[16]	Play-offs	5/22	9	6	2	0	1
2001[20]	Super League	8/24	9	4	5	0	0
2005[23]	Play-offs	8/12	7	2	4	0	1
2009[28]	Play-offs	12/12	7	0	7	0	0
2014	Did not qualify
2018
2023
Total	8/12	0 Title	57	28	27	0	2

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T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final

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ICC T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	Round-robin	4/6	5	2	3	0	0
2021	Round-robin	4/4	6	0	6	0	0
2023	Round-robin	6/7	6	1	5	0	0
2025	Did not qualify
Total	3/4	0 Titles	17	3	14	0	0

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T20 World Cup Qualifier

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Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012	Play-offs	16/16	8	1	7	0	0
2013	Play-offs	16/16	8	0	7	0	1
2015	Did not qualify
2019
/ 2022
Total	2/7	0 Title	16	1	14	0	1

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Other tournaments

Current squad

Updated as on 18 August 2025

This lists all the active players who were part of the Denmark squad for the 2025 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A (Jersey). Players who have played in List A matches but are uncapped in T20Is are listed in italics.

More information Name, Age ...

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Last T20I	Notes
Batsmen
Shangeev Thanikaithasan	27	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2025
Hamid Shah	33	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2025	Captain
Musa Shaheen	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025
All-rounders
Surya Anand	28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025
Lucky Ali	22	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2025
Delawar Khan	29	Right-handed	Left-arm medium	2024
Mustakin Aslam	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	—N/a
Wicket-keepers
Taranjit Bharaj	33	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2025	Vice-captain
Sebastian Heath	19	Right-handed	—N/a	—N/a
Spin bowlers
Abdullah Mahmood	23	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2025
Eshan Karimi	21	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2025
Pace bowlers
Saud Munir	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025
Shakeel Zeb	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025

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Other players

See List of Denmark List A cricketers and Category:Danish cricketers

The following Danish players have played first-class or List A cricket for teams other than Denmark:^[32]

• Amjad Khan
• Thomas Hansen
• Soren Henriksen
• Frederik Klokker
• Johan Malcolm
• Ole Mortensen

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 256/5 v. Gibraltar on 29 June 2022 at Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo.^[34]
• Highest individual score: 100, Hamid Shah v. Czech Republic on 21 August 2024 at King George V Sports Ground, Castel.^[35]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/21, Saud Munir v. Norway on 18 May 2023 at Svanholm Park, Brøndby.^[36]

T20I record versus other nations^[33]

Records complete to T20I #3232. Last updated 14 June 2025.

More information Opponent, M ...

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Full Members
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	21 July 2023
vs Associate Members
Austria	1	1	0	0	0	24 July 2023	24 July 2023
Belgium	1	0	1	0	0	1 July 2022
Cyprus	1	1	0	0	0	27 August 2024	27 August 2024
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	0	21 August 2024	21 August 2024
Finland	8	7	1	0	0	13 July 2019	13 July 2019
Germany	4	0	4	0	0	19 June 2019
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0	0	29 June 2022	29 June 2022
Greece	1	1	0	0	0	22 August 2024	22 August 2024
Guernsey	3	0	2	0	1	18 June 2019
Hungary	1	1	0	0	0	28 June 2022	28 June 2022
Italy	5	1	3	0	1	18 June 2019	20 June 2019
Jersey	6	0	6	0	0	16 June 2019
Norway	3	2	1	0	0	17 June 2019	17 June 2019
Portugal	1	1	0	0	0	4 July 2022	4 July 2022
Spain	1	1	0	0	0	2 July 2022	2 July 2022
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	27 July 2023
Sweden	5	3	2	0	0	14 August 2021	14 August 2021

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