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| ICC membership granted | 1974 |
| ICC member status | Associate Member |
| ICC development region | Americas |
| Captain | Esteban Macdermott |
| World Cricket League division | Two |
| ICC Americas Championship division | Two |
| First recorded match | 1868 v Uruguay |
| ICC Trophy | |
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1979) |
| Best result | Plate competition, 1990 and 1994 |
| First class cricket | |
| First class matches played | 13 |
| First class wins/losses | 3/6 |
| As of 15 July 2007 | |
The Argentina national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Argentina in international cricket matches. They are currently an associate member of the International Cricket Council.
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History
Cricket has been played in Argentina since 1806, with the international side making its first appearance in 1868 against Uruguay. Argentina played Uruguay 29 times up until World War II, winning 21 of the matches. They first played Brazil in 1888 and Chile in 1893. For their first match against Chile, they had to travel to Santiago by crossing the Andes by mule, taking three and half days.
First-class cricket
Argentina first played first-class cricket in 1912 against the MCC 1. They played a three match series against the visitors, winning the first game 2, but losing the second 3 and third 4. The teams were made up almost exclusively of British expatriates who were mostly employed on the railways, in export or in farming 5.
Between the wars, infrequent fixtures were played against Brazil and Argentina, and were at that time included in Wisden's cricket records 6. First-class matches were played against an elderly 7 MCC side in 1926/27, Sir Julien Cahn's XI in 1930 and Sir Theodore Brinckman's XI in 1937/38 1. The four-match series against the MCC was lost 2-1, with one game drawn 8. The three-match series against Sir Julien Cahn's XI finished with two draws, Cahn's XI winning the first game 9 and the series against Brinkman's XI was drawn 1-1 10. That series was Argentina's last involvement in first-class cricket to date 1.
Players and clubs
In 1932 a South American team toured England consisting mainly of Argentine based players. It played seven first class matches and twelve other fixtures 11.
A two match series against Chile in December 1938 was won by Argentina 12, the second match of which saw the interesting occurrence of Argentina's Alfred Jackson playing against his brother John Jackson 13.
Leading players during this period were the Ayling brothers, K Bush (who also played for Brazil), D Cavanagh, Herbert Dorning (the so called "Grand Old Man of Argentine Cricket") and Donald Forrester 5.
A strong club scene existed until the 1950s with Belgrano, BACA, Lomas and Hurlingham. This resulted in a relatively strong national side. Railway and Bank teams disbanded after the war along with the formerly strong San Isidro side. The national side sank to a low level, being heavily beaten by MCC in 1958-59 14.
ICC Trophy
Argentina participated in the first ICC Trophy in 1979 15 but missed the second in 1982 which was played in England and started only two days after the conclusion of Falklands War 16. They returned for the 1986 ICC Trophy 17 and played in every one following that until the 2001 event. They did not qualify for the 2005 tournament 18.
Americas Championship
Argentina hosted and won the first South American Championship in 1995 19 and still play in the tournament today, though they now send an "A" team 20. They also participated in the first ICC Americas Championship in 2000, finishing 5th 21. MCC visited again in March 2001, winning both matches 22.
Argentina hosted the Americas Championship in 2002, finishing sixth 23. MCC toured again in 2004, drawing the series 1-1 24. Later that year, Argentina finished 5th in the Americas Championship 25.
In 2006, the Americas Championship was split into two divisions and Argentina were placed in Division Two. They won the Division Two tournament and were promoted to Division One in Canada that August 26, where they finished 5th 27.
World Cricket League
This originally qualified them for Division Five of the World Cricket League, but they were placed in Division Three following the suspension of the USA from international cricket 28. They finished as runners-up to Uganda in the tournament and qualified for Division Two in Windhoek, Namibia.
Following their promotion, in November 2007, Argentina travelled to Namibia to take part in Division Two of the ICC World Cricket League. They played Denmark, the hosts, Oman and the UAE in addition to the other qualifer from Division Three; Uganda. Division Two proved to be a step too far for Argentina, as they lost all their group matches and then lost to Uganda in a positional playoff and finished sixth. On the basis of their sixth place finish in this tournament, Argentina were relegated back to Division Three. A tournament provisionally scheduled to be played in January/February 2009 and a tournament Argentina are likely to host.
Tournament History
World Cricket League
- 2007: Division Three runners-up29
- 2007: Division Two Sixth place
ICC Trophy
- 1979: First round15
- 1982: Did not participate16
- 1986: First round17
- 1990: Plate competition30
- 1994: Plate competition31
- 1997: 20th place32
- 2001: First round33
- 2005: Did not qualify18
ICC Americas Championship
- 2000: 5th place21
- 2002: 6th place23
- 2004: 5th place25
- 2006: Division Two winners,26 5th place (Division One)27
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b c Cricket in Argentina at Cricinfo
- ^ Scorecard of Argentina v MCC, 18 February 1912 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Argentina v MCC, 24 February 1912 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Argentina v MCC, 2 March 1912 at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b KR Bridger. North v South 1974
- ^ Wisden 1937 Records Section
- ^ Cricketer Spring Annual 1927 (including photograph
- ^ MCC in South America 1926/27 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Sir J Cahn's XI in South America 1929/30 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Sir TEW Brinkman's XI in South America 1937/38 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1933
- ^ Argentina in Chile 1938/39 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Chile v Argentina, 29 December 1938 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Cricketer Spring Annual 1959
- ^ a b 1979 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 1982 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 1986 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 2005 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ South American Championship history
- ^ Guyana Masters win South American Championship by Andrew Nixon, 12 April 2007 at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 2000 Americas Championship points table at Cricinfo
- ^ MCC in Argentina 2000/01 at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b 2002 Americas Championship points table at Cricket Archive
- ^ Report of first and second match on 2004 MCC tour of Argentina
- ^ a b 2004 Americas Championship points table at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b Argentina Triumph in Americas Division Two at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b 2006 Americas Championship Division One points table at Cricket Archive
- ^ Argentina to play in WCL Division Three by Andrew Nixon, 11 April 2007 at CricketEurope
- ^ Uganda lift Division Three title by Andrew Nixon, 2 June 2007 at CricketEurope
- ^ 1990 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ 1994 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ 1997 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ 2001 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
