Peru national cricket team
Encyclopedia
The Peru national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Peru
in international cricket
matches.
on 29 June 2007. They have played in every edition of the South American Championships from 1997 onwards, hosting in 1999 and 2007. They have competed in the ICC Americas Championship
since 2008.
ICC Americas Championship
.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
in international cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
matches.
History
Peru gained affiliate membership of the International Cricket CouncilInternational Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
on 29 June 2007. They have played in every edition of the South American Championships from 1997 onwards, hosting in 1999 and 2007. They have competed in the ICC Americas Championship
ICC Americas Championship
The ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Americas Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas...
since 2008.
ICC Americas ChampionshipICC Americas ChampionshipThe ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Americas Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas...
- 2000-06: Did not participate
- 2008: Division Three - 4th place
- 2009: Division Three - 4th place
The future
In 2011, Peru will again take part in Division Three of the ICC Americas ChampionshipICC Americas Championship
The ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Americas Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas...
.
Current squad
- The following list contains the 15 players in Peru's squad for the 2009/10 World Cricket League Americas Division Three:
- Miles Buesst (CaptainCaptain (cricket)The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
) - Chris Abbott (Wk)
- Harry Hildebrand
- Mike Soulsby
- Dinesh Ekanayake
- Nadeem Ansari
- Simon Walter
- John Bell
- Julian Walter
- Tony Stanford
- Manoj Rana
- Ian Hildebrand
- Hans de Witt
- Paul Barnes
- Tony Sanford