The Chile national cricket team is the team that represents Chile in international cricket. The team is organised by the Chilean Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and an associate member in 2017.[1] However, the national side had debuted as early as 1893, when it played Argentina in Santiago.[5] Chile began playing regular international matches in the early 1920s, and, with the exception of a gap during World War II, has continued to do so. Until the team affiliated to the ICC, its opponents were almost all other South American teams. It first participated in an ICC tournament in 2006, when it fielded a team in division three of the 2006 ICC Americas Championship.[6] In the South American Championships, which began in 1995, Chile has participated in every edition, but won only twice, in 2011 & 2016.[7]
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| Association | Chilean Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Captain | Alexander Carthew | |||||||||
| Coach | Interim | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v.  Argentina at Santiago, Chile; 1893 | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v.  Brazil at El Cortijo Polo Club, Lima; 3 October 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v. Argentina at St. George's College Ground 1, Quilmes; 20 October 2023 | |||||||||
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| As of 1 January 2024 | ||||||||||
History
editCricket was first played in the country in 1829 and the first club, the Valparaíso Cricket Club was formed in 1860. Their first international fixture was played in 1893 against Argentina. [1] Chile provided two players to the South American combined cricket team which toured England in 1932 (playing several first-class matches) – Alfred Jackson and Charles Sutton.
Interest in the game had waned after the Second World War, although a national side continued to play regular matches, and Chile did not become a member of the International Cricket Council until 2002. [2].
Their first ICC tournament was the Division Three tournament of the ICC Americas Championship, played in Suriname in February 2006. Coached by Arjun Menon,[8] the Chileans finished in third place, their only win coming against Brazil.
The February 2008 edition of the Division 3 tournament was held in Argentina. Chile defeated Belize, Turks & Caicos Islands and Peru only to lose to Brazil. Chile finished the tournament second due to net run rate.
Chile has participated in every edition of the South American Championship since it was first held in 1995, and hosted it twice. It won the tournament in 2016 and 2011, and has been runner-up on six other occasions.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Chile and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[9]
Chile played their first T20I match against Brazil on 3 October 2019 during the 2019 South American Cricket Championship in Peru
Tournament history
editICC Americas Championship
edit- 2006: 3rd place (Division Three)
- 2008: 2nd place
- 2009: 3rd place
- 1995: 2nd place
- 1997: 4th place
- 1999: 3rd place
- 2000: 2nd place
- 2002: 2nd place
- 2004: 4th place[10]
- 2007: 3rd place
- 2009: 2nd place
- 2011: 1st place
- 2013: 2nd place
- 2014: 2nd place
- 2015: 3rd place
- 2016: 1st place
- 2017: 2nd place
- 2018: 8th place
- 2019: 7th place[11]
- 2022: 3rd place
- 2023: 8th place
- 2024: 6th place
Records
editInternational Match Summary — Chile[12]
Last updated 20 October 2023
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 October 2019 |
Twenty20 International
edit- Highest team total: 104/6 (17.3 overs) v. Mexico on 4 October 2019 at El Cortijo Polo Club, Lima.[13]
- Highest individual score: 32, Major Mandy v. Peru on 5 October 2019 at El Cortijo Polo Club, Lima.[14]
- Best individual bowling figures: 4/21, Hirenkumar Patel v. Mexico on 4 October 2019 at El Cortijo Polo Club, Lima.[15]
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Most T20I runs for Chile[16]
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Most T20I wickets for Chile[17]
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T20I record versus other nations[12]
Records complete to T20I #2323. Last updated 20 October 2023.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Argentina |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2019 | |
| Brazil |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 October 2019 | |
 Mexico |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 October 2019 | 4 October 2019 |
 Peru |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2019 | |
Other matches
editFor a list of selected international matches played by Chile, see Cricket Archive.
Players
editCurrent squad
editThe following 17 players were called up to the squad for the 2023 Men's South American Cricket Championship matches.
- Alexander Carthew (captain)
- Alfredo Valdés Puentes
- Amit Uniyal
- Anthony Glynn Roe
- Benjamín Figueroa Constanzo
- Edward Gareth Taylor
- Eduardo Carrasco Leal
- Guillermo Aburto Contreras
- Ignacio Lisboa Miranda
- John William Bartlett (wicket-keeper)
- Jack Inglis
- James Miley
- Joseph Head
- Mario Pavez Ovalle (wicket-keeper)
- Michael Roe Espinoza
- Nelson Navarrete Aburto
- Simon Peter Shalders
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Argentina Archived 9 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Other matches played by Chile Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ 9th South American Championship, Santiago, 2011 Archived 26 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine – Peru Cricket. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Munro, Tony; Williams, Joseph (23 January 2006). "Hectic times for Chile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ In 2004 Chile hosted the tournament for the first time & also fielded a "Chile A" side
- ^ "SAC Mens Standings Table". CricHQ. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Records / Chile / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Records / Chile / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Records / Chile / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Records / Chile / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Records / Chile / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Records / Chile / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.