Denmark national cricket team

Cricket match between players from Copenhagen and Jutland on the Eastern Common in Copenhagen 1867

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 it wasn't until 1954 when the Danish national side played their first match 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]

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]

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.

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 will be a full T20I.[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]

• 1979: Semi-finals[8]
• 1982: Did not participate[9]
• 1986: 3rd place[10]
• 1990: Second round[13]
• 1994: 10th place[14]
• 1997: 5th place[16]
• 2001: 8th place[20]
• 2005: 8th place[23]
• 2009: 12th place[28]
• 2014: did not qualify
• 2018: did not qualify

• 2008–2010: did not qualify
• 2012: 16th place
• 2013: 16th place
• 2015: did not qualify

• 2007: 4th place (Division Two)
• 2011: 5th place (Division Three) – relegated
• 2012: 4th place (Division Four)
• 2014: 3rd place (Division Four)
• 2016: 3rd place (Division Four)
• 2018: 2nd place (Division Four) – promoted
• 2018: 5th place (Division Three)

• 2000: 4th place[18]
• 2002: Did not participate[29]
• 2004: Did not participate[30]

• 1996: 3rd place[15]
• 1998: Runners up[17]
• 2000: 6th place (Division One)[19]
• 2002: 5th place (Division One)[21]
• 2004: 5th place (Division One)[22]
• 2006: 4th place (Division One)[24]
• 2008: 3rd place (Division One)[31]

This lists all the active players who have played for the Denmark in the past 12 months and the forms in which they have played, or any players who have been selected in the team's most recent List A or T20 squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Forms	Last List A	Last T20	Notes
Batsmen
Shangeev Thanikaithasan	25	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Musa Shaheen	19	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Zameer Khan	33	Right-handed		List A	2022	2021
Rizwan Mahmood	34	Right-handed		List A, T20I	2022	2023
Freddie Klokker	40	Left-handed		T20I	2019	2022
Anique Uddin	26	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	T20I	2019	2023
All-rounders
Hamid Shah	31	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	List A, T20I	2022	2023	Captain
Saif Ahmad	25	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Surya Anand	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Nicolaj Laegsgaard	26	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Saran Aslam	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Lucky Ali	20	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	T20I	2019	2023
Simon Sørensen		Right-handed	Right-arm medium	T20I	—	—
Wicket-keepers
Abdul Hashmi	26	Right-handed		List A, T20I	2022	2023
Taranjit Bharaj	30	Right-handed		List A, T20I	2022	2023
Spin bowlers
Abdullah Mahmood	21	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	List A, T20I	—	2023
Eshan Karimi	18	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	List A, T20I	—	—
Pace bowlers
Oliver Hald	23	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Saud Munir	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	List A, T20I	2022	2023
Jino Jojo	36	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	List A	2022	2022
Magnus Kristensen	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	T20I	—	2023
Jonas Henriksen	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	List A, T20I	2019	2023
Shakeel Zeb	21	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	T20I	—	—

Updated as on 21 July 2023

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

• Highest team total: 256/5 v. Gibraltar on 29 June 2022 at Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo.[34]
• Highest individual score: 99, Hamid Shah v. Finland on 8 May 2022 at Svanholm Park, Brøndby.[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 #2179. Last updated 28 July 2023.

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
Finland	7	6	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
Guernsey	2	0	1	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	4	0	4	0	0	16 June 2019
Norway	2	2	0	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	4	2	2	0	0	14 August 2021	14 August 2021