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Argentina national cricket team


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.

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 . They played a three match series against the visitors, winning the first game , but losing the second and third . The teams were made up almost exclusively of British expatriates who were mostly employed on the railways, in export or in farming .

Between the wars, infrequent fixtures were played against Brazil and Argentina, and were at that time included in Wisden's cricket records . First-class matches were played against an elderly MCC side in 1926/27, Sir Julien Cahn's XI in 1930 and Sir Theodore Brinckman's XI in 1937/38 . The four-match series against the MCC was lost 2-1, with one game drawn . The three-match series against Sir Julien Cahn's XI finished with two draws, Cahn's XI winning the first game and the series against Brinkman's XI was drawn 1-1 . That series was Argentina's last involvement in first-class cricket to date .

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 .

A two match series against Chile in December 1938 was won by Argentina , the second match of which saw the interesting occurrence of Argentina's Alfred Jackson playing against his brother John Jackson .

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 .

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 .

ICC Trophy

Argentina participated in the first ICC Trophy in 1979 but missed the second in 1982 which was played in England and started only two days after the conclusion of Falklands War . They returned for the 1986 ICC Trophy and played in every one following that until the 2001 event. They did not qualify for the 2005 tournament .

Americas Championship

Argentina hosted and won the first South American Championship in 1995 and still play in the tournament today, though they now send an "A" team . They also participated in the first ICC Americas Championship in 2000, finishing 5th . MCC visited again in March 2001, winning both matches .

Argentina hosted the Americas Championship in 2002, finishing sixth . MCC toured again in 2004, drawing the series 1-1 . Later that year, Argentina finished 5th in the Americas Championship .

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 , where they finished 5th .

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 . 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, for the 2009 tournament which Argentina hosted from January 24 to 31 2009. However, Argentina again struggled, losing all five of their games to finish bottom of the table and relegated to the 2010 Global Division Four.

Tournament history

World Cricket League

2007: Division Three runners-up

2007: Division Two Sixth place

2009: Division Three Sixth place

ICC Trophy

1979: First round

1982: Did not participate

1986: First round

1990: Plate competition

1994: Plate competition

1997: 20th place

2001: First round

2005: Did not qualify

ICC Americas Championship

2000: 5th place

2002: 6th place

2004: 5th place

2006: Division Two winners, 5th place (Division One)

The future

In May 2010, Argentina will head to Bermuda to take part in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship.

Argentina will also take part in Division Four of the World Cricket League in Italy.

See also

Argentina national women's cricket team

External links

Cricket Argentina official site

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