International Defence Cricket Challenge
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| Administrator | Australian Services Cricket Association (ASCA) |
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| Format | One Day International, Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2009 |
| Latest edition | 2015 |
| Tournament format | various |
| Number of teams |  Australia New Zealand Pakistan Malaysia Fiji United Kingdom |
| Host | Australia |
| Most successful | Pakistan (2 titles) |
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International Defence Cricket Challenge (IDCC) is an inter-service cricket championship of One Day International and Twenty20 formats coordinated by the Australian Services Cricket Association (ASCA) in Canberra. Chiefly focused on "defence unity through cricket", the tournament was originally introduced in 2007 for various international defence teams to establish better military relations between the associated nations through cultural and sports competitions.[1]
The tournament is held in Australia after every two years participated by eight teams, including men and women armed forces from six countries[2] such as Royal New Zealand Air Force, the New Zealand Army, the Royal Malaysian Air Force, the Australian Army and the Pakistan Armed Forces. Pakistan participated first time in 2012.[1][3]
2012/13 statistics
The 2009 men's final was played by the Australian Army and Royal Malaysian Air Force at Manuka Oval on 26 Nov 2009[4] while 2012 tournament final was played by the Pakistan Joint Services and the Royal Malaysian Air Force at Manuka Oval on 23 Nov 2012.[5] The tournament's last match was played by the Pakistan Navy and Royal Malaysian Air Force at Manuka Oval, Canberra on 28 November 2015.[6] The 2015 women's final was played between the British Army and the Australian Navy which was won by the British Army against Australia.[1]
| Participant(s) | Match(es) played | Match(es) won | Tied | Lost | Net run rate | Ref. |
| Pakistan Joint Services – Navy | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.345 | [7] |
| Australian Army | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.182 | ||
| Royal Malaysian Air Force | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.515 | ||
| Royal Australian Air Force | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.472 | ||
| Royal New Zealand Air Force | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.919 | ||
| Royal Australian Navy | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.922 | ||
| New Zealand Army | 1 | 0 | 6 | -1.327 | ||
| ANZAC Barbarians | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1.915 |