Cricket in Austria
Cricket isa marginal sportin Austria . However, in recent years there has been an upward trend in terms of awareness and popularity of the sport. There is a professionally organized league and the Austrian Cricket Association has been a recognized member ( affiliate member ) of the International Cricket Council since 1992.
history
The first documented cricket games in Vienna took place in the 1890s. During the occupation of Austria after World War II , cricket was mainly played by Allied soldiers . As a popular sport , cricket has not been able to establish itself in Austria, as in the rest of continental Europe . Even today, the majority of active players in Austria originally come from "traditional" cricket nations such as Australia , England , India and Pakistan .
Austrian Cricket Association
| Austrian Cricket Association | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| Place of foundation | Vienna , Austria |
| Chairman | Muhammad Ashfaq |
| Board | Wolfgang Tesar ( General Secretary ) Surinder Sethi (Finance) Lakhvir Hira (Tournaments) Anish Gupta (Development) |
| societies | 15th |
| Association headquarters | Vienna , Austria |
| Homepage | Austrian Cricket Association website |
The Austrian Cricket Association ( Engl .: Austrian Cricket Association ) is the national umbrella organization for cricket in Austria . It was founded in 1981 by Kerry Tattersall (Marketing Director of the Austrian Mint ), an Australian living in Vienna , as the Austrian Cricketers Association .
The association is responsible for hosting the national league, the ACA Open League . The Open League games are played as 50-over matches, like one-day internationals . In addition, until 2007 there was the ACA Trophy , a knockout tournament with 40-over matches. This was replaced by the ACA Twenty20 Tournament from the following year .
The board of the Austrian Cricket Association is re-elected every two years and originally consisted of three honorary members. In January 2013 it was expanded to five members.
Current board member
| Surname | position |
|---|---|
| Muhammad Ashfaq | Chairman of the board / chairman |
| Wolfgang Tesar | Secretary General |
| Surinder Sethi | Finances |
| Lakhvir Hira | Tournaments |
| Anish Gupta | development |
List of CEOs of the Austrian Cricket Association
| From | To | CEO |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | March 2005 | Andrew Simpson-Parker |
| March 2005 | April 2008 | Michael Bailey |
| May 2008 | June 2009 | Marcel Biersteker |
| June 2009 | January 2013 | Naresh Laddha |
| January 2013 | March 2014 | Hammad Hassan |
societies
There are currently 15 cricket clubs from five federal states registered in Austria, most of them from Vienna. The other clubs are from Attnang-Puchheim , Graz , Salzburg and Velden . In addition, a club from Slovenia also takes part in the ACA Open League .
Current list of clubs
| Vorarlberg Cricket Club | Abbreviation VCC | City of Vorarlberg | Country Austria | logo |
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| Afghan Styria Cricket Club | ASCC | Graz | Austria |
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| Attnang-Puchheim Cricket Club | APCC | Attnang-Puchheim | Austria |
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| Austria Cricket Club Vienna | ACC Vienna | Vienna | Austria |
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| Austrian Cricket Tigers (formerly Pakistan Cricket Vienna) |
ACT | Vienna | Austria |
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| Bangladesh Cricket Club Austria |
BCCA | Vienna | Austria |
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| Cricket Club Velden 91 | CCV91 | Velden | Austria |
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| Cricketer Cricket Club | CCC | Vienna | Austria |
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| Graz Cricket Club | GCC | Graz | Austria |
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| Lords Cricket Club | LCC | Vienna | Austria |
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| Ljubljana Cricket Club | LJCC | Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
| Pakistan Cricket Club | PCC | Vienna | Austria |
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| Pakistan Falcons Cricket Club | PFCC | Vienna | Austria |
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| Salzburg Cricket Club | SCC | Salzburg | Austria |
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| Sri Lankan Cricket Club | SLCC | Vienna | Austria |
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| United Nations Cricket Club | UNCC | Vienna | Austria |
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| Vienna Cricket Club | VCC | Vienna | Austria |
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| Vienna Lions Cricket Club | VLCC | Vienna | Austria |
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Former clubs in the ACA Open League
- ASKÖ CC Steyr (ASCC)
- Five Continents Cricket Club (FCCC)
- Linz Cricket Club (LZCC)
- Pakistan United Cricket Club (PUCC)
- Sri Lankan Sports Club (SLSC)
- St Pölten Cricket Club (SPCC)
- Zagreb Cricket Club (ZCC)
Tournaments
ACA Open League
The ACA Open League is a single innings 50- over cricket league in Austria. In 2006 it was split into two parallel conferences , the Austrian Conference and the National Conference, to allow more teams to participate. The first three teams per conference qualified for the Super Sixes. The best two teams from the Super Sixes then played against each other in the final. Teams that could not qualify for the Super Sixes continued to play in local consolation tournaments, the so-called plate competitions : Viennese Plate (for the Viennese clubs) and Southern Plate (for everyone else).
In 2009 the tournament had to be held as a 35-over tournament because there were problems with the timing of the league due to the unavailability of the cricket ground in Markomannenstrasse (Vienna). In the previous year, logistical problems led to the parallel conference system being modified. A regionalized structure was introduced, a Viennese group and a non-Viennese group. The best 6 Viennese teams and the best 2 non-Viennese teams then qualified for the knockout phase.
The first winner of the Open League since the division into conferences was the Vienna Lions CC, after the Five Continents CC was defeated in the final. This game took place in September 2006 in Seebarn. In this first Open League in the current format, the United Nations CC won the Viennese Plate and the CC Velden '91 the Southern Plate.
ACA Open League winners and finalists 1991–2012
| year | Open League winner | Open League finalist |
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| 1991 | Concordia CC | Vienna CC |
| 1992 | Vienna CC | Concordia CC |
| 1993 | Concordia CC | Vienna CC |
| 1994 | Pakistan CC | Vienna CC |
| 1995 | Pakistan CC | Vienna CC |
| 1996 | Concordia CC | Pakistan CC |
| 1997 | Lords CC | |
| 1998 | Lords CC | |
| 1999 | Lords CC | |
| 2000 | Lords CC | United Nations CC |
| 2001 | Concordia CC | Pakistan Falcons CC |
| 2002 | Pakistan Falcons CC | Pakistan CC |
| 2003 | Concordia CC | Five Continents CC |
| 2004 | Vienna CC | Austria CC Vienna |
| 2005 | Austria CC Vienna | Pakistan CC |
| 2006 | Vienna Lions CC | Five Continents CC |
| 2007 | Pakistan CC | Salzburg CC |
| 2008 | Pakistan CC | Austria CC Vienna |
| 2009 | Pakistan CC | Vienna CC |
| 2010 | Pakistan CC | Lords CC |
| 2011 | Pakistan Cricket Vienna | Vienna CC |
| 2012 | Austria CC Vienna | Vienna Lions CC |
| 2013 | tbc | tbc |
| 2014 | Austria CC Vienna | Vienna CC |
| 2015 | Vienna CC | Pakistan CC |
Open League wins:
8: Concordia CC / Austria CC Vienna
6: Pakistan CC
4: Lords CC
3: Vienna CC
1: Pakistan Falken CC, Vienna Lions CC, Pakistan Cricket Vienna
ACA Trophy
The ACA Trophy was a knockout tournament with 40-over matches. This was replaced in 2008 by the ACA Twenty20 Tournament . The last winner in the ACA Trophy (North) was the Pakistan CC, after the defending champion Vienna Lions CC was defeated in Seebarn in the final of the last tournament (2007). The ACA Trophy (South) has been won by the Salzburg CC since the regionalization in 2002, but was not held every year.
ACA Trophy winners and finalists 2000–2007
| year | winner | finalist |
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| 2000 | Vienna CC | Pakistan CC |
| 2001 | Pakistan CC | Vienna CC |
| year | Winner (north) | Winner (south) | Finalist (north) | Finalist (south) |
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| 2002 | Lords CC | Salzburg CC | Five Continents CC | Ljubljana CC |
| 2003 | Pakistan CC | Salzburg CC | Concordia CC | Ljubljana CC |
| 2004 | Austria CC Vienna | resting | Sri Lankan CC | resting |
| 2005 | Austria CC Vienna | Salzburg CC | Lords CC | Graz CC |
| 2006 | Vienna Lions CC | |||
| 2007 | Pakistan CC | Vienna Lions CC |
ACA Twenty20 Tournament
The ACA Twenty20 Tournament was introduced in 2008 as the successor to the ACA Trophy . Pakistan CC won the first tournament by beating Pakistan Falken CC in the 2008 final. In 2009, the United Nations CC defeated the defending champions in the final of the second Twenty20 tournament. From 2011 the tournament was divided into two groups to accommodate the increased interest. As in the ACA Open League , plate competitions were also introduced here for teams who had dropped out.
ACA Twenty20 winners 2008-2015
| year | winner | finalist | Plate winner | Plate finalist | Participating teams |
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| 2008 | Pakistan CC | Pakistan Falcons CC | 5 | ||
| 2009 | United Nations CC | Pakistan CC | 6th | ||
| 2010 | Pakistan CC | Pakistan Falcons CC | 7th | ||
| 2011 | Vienna Lions CC | Pakistan CC | United Nations CC | Vienna CC | 12 |
| 2012 | xx | ||||
| 2013 | Pakistan Falcons CC | Salzburg CC | xx | ||
| 2014 | Afghan Styria CC | Austrian Cricket Tigers | 12 | ||
| 2015 | Cricketer CC | Pakistan CC | 13 |
Austrian national cricket team
The Austrian national team consists of players who meet the relevant criteria of the International Cricket Council and who are Austrian citizens. The national team's first game took place in Guernsey in 1990 , after which it regularly played international games until 2003. In 2006 the national team was revived and played two games against the Czech Republic .
Austria is currently in 11th place in the Europe ranking.
European Championship
2009
In 2009 Austria played in the European Championships Division 4 (ICC Europe). After victories against Luxembourg , Cyprus , Slovenia and Finland , as well as a defeat against Switzerland , they finished third.
2011
In 2011, ICC Europe reduced the European group from six to three divisions and placed Austria in the European Championships Division 2 , which was held in Belgium . After Austria had defeated the tournament favorites Isle of Man in the semi-finals in a superior manner, the team rose to Division 1 as a finalist and Vice European Champion Division 2.
In the European Championship Division 1 Austria reached the 8th place. In the group stage of this tournament, the Austrian wicket keeper Amar Naeem set an official Twenty20 world record against Croatia : five stumpings and one run out in one innings. In addition, he was also the outstanding batsman of this game with 100 runs .
2012
With 8th place in the European Championship Division 1 , Austria qualified for a qualification tournament in Spain (Club La Manga). In preparation for this qualifying tournament, Austria played several friendlies in Seebarn :
| date | Game form | opponent | Result |
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| May 5, 2012 | 50-over match |
 Germany
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Austria wins by 8 wickets |
| May 6, 2012 | 50-over match |
Germany
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Germany wins by 4 wickets |
| June 9, 2012 | 50-over match (reduced to 46 overs due to rain) |
 Switzerland
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Austria wins by 184 runs |
| June 10, 2012 | Twenty20 | Austria wins by 7 wickets |
Swiss national cricket team in Seebarn
Austrian national cricket team in Seebarn
At the tournament in La Manga in June 2012, Belgium , France and Gibraltar were played . After 3 defeats, however, this was finished in last place. Belgium qualified as the winner of the tournament for the World Cricket League Division 8.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.club-carriere.com/phpscripts/inserat.php?name=Kerry%20Tattersall&K_ID=10055
- ↑ ICC Europe Rankings ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ European Division Four Championship 2009 ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ↑ European Division 2 Championship 2011 ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ↑ European Championship Division One Twenty20 2011 ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ↑ Austria v Croatia in 2011 ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ↑ ICC World Cricket League Division Eight Europe Qualifier 2012 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
