2023 European Cricket League
Dates27 February 2023 (2023-02-27) – 24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)
Administrator(s)European Cricket League
Cricket formatT10
Tournament format(s)Round robin and knockout
Host(s)Spain Spain
ChampionsFrance Dreux (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Hornchurch CC
Participants31
Player of the seriesIreland Jason Van Der Merwe
Most runsIreland Jason Van Der Merwe (641)
Most wicketsFrance Tabish Bhatti (27)

The 2023 European Cricket League was a T10 cricket competition organised by the European Cricket Network. It was the third edition of the European Cricket League and was once again held at the Cartama Oval in Málaga, Spain.

Background

It was announced that the tournament would be taking place between February 27 and March 24, with Finals Week starting on March 20. The 30 team format from the previous edition would remain in place, with 30 'National Champions' taking part in 6 groups across 6 weeks, with the winners of the groups joining 2022 winners Pak I Care Badalona in the Finals Week to determine the overall winner.

Participants

The following teams were invited to take part as champions of their domestic leagues, or an ECN-related 'Super Series'. The draw was made on January 13, 2023.[1] Previous Champions Pak I Care Badalona will participate in the Finals Week only.

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
England Hornchurch CC Netherlands V.O.C Rotterdam Belgium Beveren CC Scotland Forfarshire CC Italy Roma CC Ireland CIYMS CC
Guernsey Independents CC Jersey Farmers CC Hungary Royal Tigers Budapest France Dreux Ville Royale Spain Sporting Alfas Cyprus Punjab Lions Nicosia
Germany Darmstadt CC Denmark Svanholm CC Norway Fossum CC Austria Vienna CC Romania United CC Bucharest Sweden Ariana KIF
Estonia Tallinn Stallions Bulgaria Indo-Bulgarian CC Switzerland Olten CC Finland Helsinki Titans Croatia Zagreb Sokol Turkey Istanbul KSK
Greece Byron CC Malta American University of Malta CC Gibraltar Lathbury Lightning Czech Republic Brno CC Luxembourg Star CC Portugal Oeiras CC

The finals were made up of the 6 group winners, plus ECL22 winners Pak I Care Badalona

Finals
Spain Pak I Care Badalona
England Hornchurch CC
Jersey Farmers
Belgium Beveren
France Dreux
Spain Sporting Alfas
Ireland CIYMS

Group stage

The Group Stage is to be played across the first 3 weeks of the tournament, with each group lasting 4 days. Each group kicked off with a single-round robin stage, before entering a knockout, with seedings based on group standings. The Super 3 stage was eliminated, with teams instead advancing into a single knockout stage following the groups

Group A

Round robin

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Germany Darmstadt CC 4 3 1 0 6 +2.216
Greece Byron 4 3 1 0 6 -0.062
Guernsey Independents CC 4 2 2 0 4 +1.457
England Hornchurch CC 4 2 2 0 4 -1.118
Estonia Tallinn Stallions 4 0 4 0 0 -2.625
Source: European Cricket Network

Knockout Stage

Eliminator
1 March 2023
10:30
Scorecard
Independents CC Guernsey
109/7 (10 overs)
v
England Hornchurch CC
115/2 (9.0 overs)
Tom Nightingale 35 (20)
Adeel Malik 2/13 (2 overs)
Adeel Malik 57* (30)
Keiran Le Gallez 2/20 (2 overs)
Hornchurch CC beat Independents CC by 8 Wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Nilkesh Patel (SPA), Ian Ramage (SCO) and Suleman Saeed (ITA)
Player of the match: Adeel Malik
  • Independents CC won the toss and elected to bat
Qualifier 1
1 March 2023
12:30
Scorecard
Darmstadt CC Germany
115/4 (10 overs)
v
Greece Byron
119/7 (10 overs)
Abdul Shakoor 39 (16)
Shabbir Arslan 1/15 (2 overs)
Ahmed Mumtaz 46 (13)
Parwaiz Akhoudzada 2/8 (2 overs)
Byron beat Darmstadt CC by 4 runs
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Suleman Saeed (ITA), Tyrone Peters (SA) and Nilkesh Patel (SPA)
Player of the match: Ahmed Mumtaz
  • Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bowl
Qualifier 2
1 March 2023
15:30
Scorecard
Hornchurch CC England
135/3 (8.1 overs)
v
Germany Darmstadt
134/4 (10 overs)
Adeel Malik 66* (19)
Mansoor Khan 1/18 (2 overs)
Muhammad Umar 55 (17)
Gavin Griffiths 1/8 (2 overs)
Hornchurch CC beat Darmstadt CC by 7 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Ian Ramage (SCO), Nilkesh Patel (SPA) and Tyrone Peters (SA)
Player of the match: Adeel Malik
  • Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bat
Final
1 March 2023
18:30
Scorecard
Hornchurch CC England
100/0 (8.3 overs)
v
Greece Byron
99/5 (10 overs)
Paul Murray 42* (29)
Aslam Mohammad 0/14 (2 overs)
Aslam Mohammad 27 (18)
Mark James 2/15 (2 overs)
Hornchurch CC beat Byron by 10 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Tyrone Peters (SA), Suleman Saeed (ITA) and Ian Ramage (SCO)
Player of the match: Paul Murray
  • Hornchurch CC won the toss and elected to bowl

Group B

Round robin

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Denmark Svanholm 4 4 0 0 8 +5.009
Jersey Farmers 4 3 1 0 6 +1.001
Malta American University of Malta 4 1 3 0 2 -0.832
Netherlands V.O.C Rotterdam 4 1 3 0 2 -1.572
Bulgaria Indo-Bulgarian 4 1 3 0 2 -3.367
Source: European Cricket Network

Knockout Stage

Eliminator
4 March 2023
10:30
Scorecard
American University of Malta Malta
71/9 (10 overs)
v
Netherlands V.O.C Rotterdam
153/2 (10 overs)
Rocky Dianish 35 (22)
Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/2 (1 over)
Pieter Seelar 72 (26)
Abhishek Kuntala 1/11 (2 overs)
V.O.C. Rotterdam beat American University of Malta by 82 runs
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Tyrone Peters (SA), Ian Ramage (SCO) and Suleman Saeed (ITA)
Player of the match: Jelte Schoonheim
  • American University of Malta won the toss and elected to bowl
Qualifier 1
4 March 2023
12:30
Scorecard
Svanholm Denmark
76 (10 overs)
v
Jersey Farmers
79/2 (8.0 overs)
Saud Munir 25 (20)
Toby Britton 3/13 (2 overs)
Asa Tribe 31* (18)
Toqeer Ahmad 1/20 (2 overs)
Farmers beat Svanholm by 8 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Suleman Saeed (ITA), Nilkesh Patel (SPA) and Tyrone Peters (SA)
Player of the match: Toby Britton
  • Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl
Qualifier 2
4 March 2023
15:30
Scorecard
Svanholm Denmark
131/4 (10 overs)
v
Netherlands V.O.C Rotterdam
108/8 (10 overs)
Mads Henriksen 50 (23)
Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/20 (2 overs)
Burhan Niaz 27 (13)
Abdullah Mahmood 3/18 (2 overs)
Svanholm beat V.O.C. Rotterdam by 23 runs
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Ian Ramage (SCO), Tyrone Peters (SA) and Nilkesh Patel (SPA)
Player of the match: Mads Henriksen
  • V.O.C. Rotterdam won the toss and elected to bowl
Final
4 March 2023
18:30
Scorecard
Farmers Jersey
87/3 (9.5 overs)
v
Denmark Svanholm
85/4 (10 overs)
Asa Tribe 37* (25)
Hamid Shah 1/21 (2 overs)
Saud Munir 53* (30)
Toby Britton 2/8 (2 overs)
Farmers beat Svanholm by 7 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Nilkesh Patel (SPA), Saleem Suleman (SPA) and Ian Ramage (SCO)
Player of the match: Asa Tribe
  • Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl

Group C

Round robin

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Norway Fossum 2 1 0 1 3 +2.900
Switzerland Olten 2 1 1 1 3 +1.600
Belgium Beveren 2 1 1 0 2 +0.000
Gibraltar Lathbury Lightning 2 1 1 0 2 -0.008
Romania Royal Tigers Budapest 2 0 2 0 0 -3.304
Source: European Cricket Network

Stats

Most Runs

Runs Player Team Inns HS Ave SR 50 30 4s 6s
641 Jason Van Der Merwe Ireland CIYMS 15 95* 58.27 232.24 5 10 49 56
590 Ahmad Nabi France Dreux 15 93 49.16 241.80 4 9 23 67
542 George Hankins England Hornchurch CC 16 68* 45.16 200.74 6 8 30 51
394 Mohammad Nisar France Dreux 14 56* 43.77 196.02 3 5 20 38
365 Christopher Dougherty Ireland CIYMS 15 62* 30.41 201.65 3 6 36 24
350 Hamza Niaz France Dreux 15 115* 25.00 205.88 1 4 30 27
275 Carson McCullough Ireland CIYMS 13 51 27.50 162.72 1 3 20 19
266 Adeel Malik England Hornchurch CC 15 66* 22.16 212.80 2 4 8 32
263 Muhammad Rafah France Dreux 11 60 29.22 268.36 1 4 8 32
233 Joel Dudley Jersey Farmers 11 40 21.18 180.62 0 3 24 17
Source: European Cricket Network

Most Wickets

Wkts Player Team Mat Ave Econ SR BBI
27 Tabish Bhatti France Dreux 15 10.66 9.60 6.66 4/7
22 Jacob Mulder Ireland CIYMS 15 9.72 7.73 7.54 4/11
21 Carson McCullough Ireland CIYMS 15 13.57 110.17 8.00 4/4
18 Gavin Griffiths England Hornchurch CC 16 17.88 10.73 10.00 4/48
16 Adam Kennedy Ireland CIYMS 13 10.93 9.21 7.12 3/8
Jake Sunderland Spain Sporting Alfas 12 12.12 9.38 7.75 3/16
Garry Park Spain Sporting Alfas 13 13.93 11.15 7.50 3/31
Chris Robinson Ireland CIYMS 15 12.43 11.70 6.37 4/15
14 Usman Khan France Dreux 15 15.78 10.27 9.21 3/13
Marc Whitlock England Hornchurch CC 16 21.78 14.18 9.21 2/19
Source: European Cricket Network

References

  1. ↑ "EUROPEAN CRICKET LEAGUE - ECL23 - DRAW". 13 January 2023.
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