Serbia national cricket team
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The Serbian Cricket Team is a fledgling team which represents the nation of Serbia
in International Cricket competitions. In recent years the game has begun to grow again, a recent article on Cricinfo highlighted the progress made by the team. Serbia are not officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council
and are therefore not entitled to participate in ICC Official events. However, Serbian Cricket Federation is recognized by the ICC-Europe as a sole governing body of cricket in Serbia, which should see them granted Affiliate Status in the near future. In October 2009, Serbian national team made its first away appearance, losing one and winning one match against Slovenian team Mezica CC. Currently there are 3 active teams: Kablarski Soko (Čačak), Mirijevo (Belgrade) and Stari Grad (Belgrade). 40- and 20-over championships are played and the season runs from April to October. The curiosity of Serbian cricket is that there is a cap on expat players (4 per team), which enables greater involvement to local players.
Current squad
The following table lists the players in the Serbia squad for the 2010 European Twenty20 Championship:[1]
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
in International Cricket competitions. In recent years the game has begun to grow again, a recent article on Cricinfo highlighted the progress made by the team. Serbia are not officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council
International 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...
and are therefore not entitled to participate in ICC Official events. However, Serbian Cricket Federation is recognized by the ICC-Europe as a sole governing body of cricket in Serbia, which should see them granted Affiliate Status in the near future. In October 2009, Serbian national team made its first away appearance, losing one and winning one match against Slovenian team Mezica CC. Currently there are 3 active teams: Kablarski Soko (Čačak), Mirijevo (Belgrade) and Stari Grad (Belgrade). 40- and 20-over championships are played and the season runs from April to October. The curiosity of Serbian cricket is that there is a cap on expat players (4 per team), which enables greater involvement to local players.
Current squad
The following table lists the players in the Serbia squad for the 2010 European Twenty20 Championship:[1]
- Haris Dajč (Captain)
- Vladimir Ninković
- Nebojša Đurić
- Pavle Obradović
- Ian Bancroft
- Vijayakumar Perumalsamy
- Dhanushka Kumara
- Amberish Sarang
- Slobodan Tošić
- Ranit Ranitović
- Luka Manitašević
- Darko Ivić
- Dragan Đokić (wk)
- Nenad Dugić
- Miloš Bulj
- Nikola Pantelić
- Bogdan Azarić