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The Bermuda national cricket team represents the
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of
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in
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. The team is organised by the
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(BCB), which became an associate member of the
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(ICC) in 1966. A Bermudian national team was first organised in 1891, when a tour of
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arranged. In the years before World War I, Bermuda and American teams (including the Philadelphians) frequently exchanged tours, although it was not until 1912, when Australia toured, that the national team played a full international. After the 1920s, the focus of Bermudian cricket moved away from the United States towards the countries of the
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, although frequent tours from West Indian teams began only in the 1950s. The national team also played matches against international teams travelling to and from tours of the West Indies. However, only one of these games, against
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in 1972, held first-class status. The ICC Trophy (now the
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) commenced in 1979 as the first World Cup qualifying tournament for ICC associate members. Bermuda made the semi-finals that year, and at 1982 edition made the final, losing to
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. However, the side did not qualify for the World Cup, as it featured only one associate qualifier. By the time of the
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, the number of associate qualifiers had been increased to six. By making the semi-finals that year, Bermuda qualified for the 2007 World Cup, becoming the smallest country to do so (both in terms of population and area). The team also received
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(ODI) and
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(T20I) status until 2009. However, Bermuda performed poorly both at the World Cup and in subsequent ODI series, and after the 2009 World Cup Qualifier was relegated to the 2011 World Cricket League Division Two tournament. The team has since dropped three more divisions. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full
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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all
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matches played between Bermuda and other
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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. Later in 2019, Bermuda will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.


History


Beginnings

The first recorded cricket match to take place in Bermuda occurred on 30 August 1844. The Bermuda Cricket Club was formed one year later and had support from locals as well as British troops. Some international games were played against American sides, principally from
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in the late 19th century, but the cricketing strength of the island diminished greatly after the
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. Indeed, the only significant tour in the inter-War years was a five-match tour by a team led by Sir
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in 1933.


Post Second World War

After the
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cricket regained popularity in Bermuda, and many tours arrived, including some Test sides on the way to the
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. The first Bermudian tour of
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took place in 1960 and more tours followed. Bermuda also is the place where the first non-Yorkshireman played for
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. Yorkshire traditionally had a rule that no-one born outside the county could play for them, a rule abandoned in the 1990s. However, the rule was bent to allow Garry Sobers to play some games for them under the captaincy of
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during a festival match in Bermuda. In 1966 Bermuda was elected to Associate Membership of the
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. A match against
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in April 1972 was given first-class status. Since then they have competed in a wide range of international competitions including the ICC Trophy, a competition which was proposed by
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, the Bermudian delegate to the ICC.


21st century


Rise, ODI status and the 2005 ICC Trophy (2004–2006)

In 2003 and 2004 they competed in the
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, playing in the same group as
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and the
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. In 2004, the first running of the competition, they were knocked out after losing to Canada and drawing against the Americans. In
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, they won the American group after beating Canada and the
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in Canada. However, the semi-final against
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in October was lost. Bermuda's greatest cricketing moment came on 7 July 2005 when they qualified for the semi-finals of the
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. Qualification for the Semi-finals meant they won a place in the
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in the
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and that, from 1 January 2006 until the
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, they had official
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status.


Rapid decline and the 2007 Cricket World Cup (2006–2007)

Bermuda's first international engagement of 2006 ended in disappointment, when they lost every game on a five-match tour of the UAE. In April 2006 they hosted and took part in a Twenty20 tournament called the World Cricket Classic. Bermuda played their first One-Day International in May 2006, and were successful in their first outing, beating
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at the
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in
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as part of a triangular series which also included
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. This made them the fourth team to win their first ODI, after
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,
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and Zimbabwe. However, Bermuda lost their second ODI, against Zimbabwe by 194 runs having conceded 338 for seven. They went on to lose the final, again against Zimbabwe. In July 2006, they took part in the
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knock-out tournament, but lost to Jamaica. They were given $100,000 for participating in the event. The following month they toured Canada, playing a four-day
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game and two ODIs. They lost the Intercontinental Cup game by nine wickets in a match that went into the final hour, but won both of the two ODIs. They are due to play Kenya and
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in their other Intercontinental Cup matches later that year. Also in August, they played in Division One of the
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and went on to win the tournament for the first time, without losing a game. In November they visited
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for an Intercontinental Cup match and three ODIs. They drew the Intercontinental Cup match in a rain-affected game, and lost all three ODIs. They then went to South Africa, starting with an Intercontinental Cup game against the Netherlands. This was drawn, but highlighted by a record breaking innings from
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batsman David Hemp who scored 247 not out, the highest score in the history of the competition. This was followed by a triangular series against Canada and the Netherlands. They lost the first three games, but beat the Netherlands in the final, low-scoring game. At the end of January 2007, Bermuda travelled to Kenya for the
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tournament of the ICC World Cricket League. They lost 4 out of their 5 games: a 10 wicket loss to eventual champions
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, a 4 wicket loss to
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, losing by 56 runs to Canada (being bowled out inside just 16 overs) and losing by 8 wickets to
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; their only win coming against
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by 5 wickets. They finished bottom of the group, behind
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on net run rate (Bermuda with −1.310, Ireland with −0.061). This was followed by a
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, played at the
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in St. John's,
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, which saw Bermuda play
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and
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. Their opening match was against Bangladesh where they posted 205/8 in their 50 overs,
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top scoring with 33 off just 23 balls, however Bangladeshi opener
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quickly silenced any thought of Bermuda pulling off a win, posting 104 not out and guiding Bangladesh home to an 8 wicket win.
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and
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, for 57, as well as Lionel Cann and Delyone Borden, for 38. Cann top scored for Bermuda again, this time for 42 – notably off just 25 balls, including five sixes. Come the Canadian innings, opener Abdool Samad took to the crease in similar fashion to Nafees the day before. His 83 from 86 took Canada to 135/3, and well on the way to victory. Delyone Borden's spin bowling brought them back into the game – taking 4 wickets for just 33 runs, and reducing Canada to 179/6; but the tail end of Canada's batting order got them the 207 runs they required – with 6 overs to spare and losing just 1 more wicket – to finish on 207/7. On 5 March Bermuda played
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in
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. England were at 286–8 after the 50 overs thanks to a quick 76 by Jamie Dalrymple and with Ian Bell and
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scoring 46 and 43 respectively. The Bermudian innings came to a close after just 22.2 overs with England claiming all 10 wickets with just 45 runs on the scorecard, with the highest runner getting 11. Jon Lewis claimed 3 wickets with James Anderson and
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both getting 2. Their second warm-up match was against
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, also in St. Vincent. Bermuda won the toss and chose to bat, but soon started losing wickets. Janeiro Tucker scored 56, but was one of only 4 players to reach double figures before Bermuda were bowled out on the last ball of their innings for 136. Zimbabwe lost 2 wickets inside the first three overs, but Sean Williams top scored with 72 not out to reach their target of 137 in just 29 overs, losing just 4 wickets on the way. After more than a year of unconvincing defeats, Bermuda's first appearance in the World Cup was unsurprisingly marked with 3 heavy defeats, having been drawn with
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,
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and
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. In their opening game they posted a meager 78 all out, chasing Sri Lanka's 321/6. In their second game against India they struggled with the ball and India posted the highest total in World Cup history: 413/5. In response, David Hemp posted the maiden Bermudian half century in World Cup cricket with 76 not out. However, besides Hemp, the batsmen also struggled: the second highest scorer was Dean Minors with 21, and 5 of the 11 players were out for
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. Their final game, against Bangladesh, was hit heavily by rain: after originally being reduced to 41 overs a side it was ultimately decided that a maximum of 21 overs each could be played. Bermuda posted 94/9 in that time, with David Hemp top scoring again (with 23); but Bangladesh reached 96 in 17.3 overs, despite losing 3 quick wickets. August saw them lose to
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and
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by huge margins in the 2007–08
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, as well as an ODI series against the Netherlands. Between October and November they played the remainder of their Intercontinental Cup matches, against
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and the
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, as well as an ODI series against both nations. They finished last in the tournament.


Further decline and absolute collapse (2009–present)

The team then took part in
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where they finished 9th, and were relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and qualified for 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Shield. They lost heavily in the Intercontinental Shield. Bermuda finished last in the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, thus relegating them to
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. In April 2013 Bermuda hosted the
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in which they came 4th. At the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Bermuda finished 14th with wins over
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and a surprise win over Scotland, with outstanding bowling from Jacobi Robinson. In the
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, Bermuda capitulated against all teams, managing one win against Malaysia. They ended up coming last, thus relegating them to the
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. In the space of less than six years, Bermuda went from being in the ICC World Cup Qualifier Division, to Division Four. Bermuda progressed from 2018-19 Americas southern sub region qualifier to Regionals Finals in 2018.


International Grounds


Tournament history


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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

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: 13th/14 *2022: DNQ


ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...
: 3rd/6 (Q) *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
: 2nd/5 (Q) *
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...
: 3rd/4 *
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
: 2nd/4 (Q) *
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...
: 3rd/7


World Cricket League The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of ...

* 2007 Division One: 6th place * 2011 Division Two: 6th place – ''relegated'' * 2013 Division Three: 4th place * 2014 Division Three: 6th place – ''relegated'' * 2016 Division Four: 4th place * 2018 Division Four: 6th place – ''relegated''


ICC Intercontinental Cup The ICC Intercontinental Cup was a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It was designed to allow Associate Members of the ICC the chance to play fir ...

*
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
: First round *
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
: Semi-finals *
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...
: First round * 2007–08: Last place (8th) * 2009–10 (Intercontinental Shield): Last place (4th)


World Cup Qualifier The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are hel ...

*
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
: Semi-finals *
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
: Runners up *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...
: 4th place *
1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
: Plate competition *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
: 4th place *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
: Won Plate competition (9th place) *
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
: 9th place *
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
: 4th place *
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
: 9th place *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
: Did not qualify *
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
: Did not qualify


ICC Americas Championship The ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by ICC Americas for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas affiliated with the International Cricket Council. As well as providing the opportunity for national team ...

*2000: Runners up *2002: 4th place *2004: 3rd place *2006: Won (Division One) *
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
: 2nd place (Division One) *2010: 3rd place (Division One) *2011: 3rd place (Division One) *2013: 2nd place (Division Two)


Players

Squad for Oman ODI Series 1–13 December 2019 *
Terryn Fray Terryn Sunil Fray (born 30 June 1991) is a Bermudian cricketer who plays as a right-handed opening batsman. He represented Bermuda in the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and played one first-class match, three List A matches and eight Twenty2 ...
(captain) *
Rodney Trott Rodney Jamel Omar Trott (born 8 September 1987) is a Bermudian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler., he has played first-class and One Day International cricket for Bermuda. He made his first class debut in the ...
(vice-captain) * Derrick Brangman *
Justin Pitcher Justin Eugene Pitcher (born 17 February 1987) is a Bermudian cricketer. Pitcher is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Bermuda. In 2009, Pitcher made his debut for Bermuda in a first-class match against Nam ...
*
Zeko Burgess Zeko Burgess is a Bermudian cricketer. In August 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. In November 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Cricket W ...
*
Dion Stovell Dion Curt Stovell (born 12 August 1984) is a Bermudian cricketer and football player. Stovell is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Bermuda. Stovell also played football as a striker for Somerset Trojans. Cri ...
*
Tre Manders Tre Manders (born 30 January 1995) is a Bermudian cricketer. He played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. In April 2018, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament ...
* Kyle Hodsoll * Onias Bascome *
Okera Bascome Okera Bascome (born 2 February 1994) is a Bermudian cricketer. He played in six matches for Bermuda in the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia. In August 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Regional Fina ...
*
Kamau Leverock Kamau Sadiki Leverock (born 19 October 1994) is a Bermudian cricketer and the captain of the Bermuda cricket team. A nephew of two former ODI players, Dwayne Leverock (Bermuda) and Austin Codrington ( Canada), Leverock is a left-handed batsman w ...
*
Delray Rawlins Delray Millard Wendell Rawlins (born 14 September 1997) is a Bermudian international cricketer currently listed with Sussex in English county cricket. He made his senior debut for Bermuda's national team at the age of 15 (in February 2013), an ...
* Deunte Darrell * Sinclair Smith *
Pierre Smith Pierre Smith (born 1 September 1990) is a Bermudian cricketer. He was part of Bermuda's squad for the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In November 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in O ...


Records and statistics

International Match Summary – Bermuda ''Last updated 14 November 2021.''


One Day Internationals

* Highest team total: 275/8 v
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...
, 31 January 2007 at Jaffery Sports Club Ground,
Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ...
* Highest individual score: 102*, David Hemp v
Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...
, 6 April 2009 at
Senwes Park Senwes Cricket Stadium is a Cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted two Test matches, with the first in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here. It is also home to AFL South Africa, ...
,
Potchefstroom Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier ( Afrikaans for "pretty ri ...
* Best individual bowling figures: 5/53,
Dwayne Leverock Russell Dwayne Mark Leverock (born 14 July 1971) is a former Bermudian cricketer. Living above an Indian restaurant in Bermuda, Leverock is a jailer. At the 2007 Cricket World Cup he was the largest player to grace the pitch, weighing in at 2 ...
v
Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...
, 14 November 2006 at Mombasa Sports Club,
Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town ...
Most ODI runs for Bermuda Most ODI wickets for Bermuda Highest individual innings in ODI Best bowling figures in an innings in ODI ODI record versus other nations


Twenty20 Internationals

* Highest team total: 239/6 v.
Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the a ...
on 10 November 2021 at
Coolidge Cricket Ground The Coolidge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken over by American businessman and cricket enthusiast Allen Stanford, rebuilt i ...
,
Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...
. * Highest individual score: 84,
Tre Manders Tre Manders (born 30 January 1995) is a Bermudian cricketer. He played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. In April 2018, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament ...
v.
Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the a ...
on 10 November 2021 at
Coolidge Cricket Ground The Coolidge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken over by American businessman and cricket enthusiast Allen Stanford, rebuilt i ...
,
Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...
. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/18, Allan Douglas v.
Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...
, 25 August 2019 at White Hill Field,
Sandys Parish Sandys Parish ( "sands") is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named for English aristocrat Sir Edwin Sandys (1561–1629), and hence there is no apostrophe in the name. It is located in the south west of the island chain, occupying the ...
. Most T20I runs for Bermuda Most T20I wickets for Bermuda T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1429. Last updated 14 November 2021.''


Other records

*Highest team total: 407/8 v
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...
, 13 June 1986 at
Nuneaton Nuneaton ( ) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth in northern Warwickshire, England, close to the county border with Leicestershire and West Midlands County.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Nuneaton ...
, England *Highest individual score: 132, Janeiro Tucker v the USA, 7 July 1995 at
Waringstown Waringstown is a large village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies southeast of Lurgan, within the parish of Donaghcloney, and the barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,683 people. Over the years, ...
, Northern Ireland *Best innings bowling: 6/38, Pacer Edwards v
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...
, 11 June 1986 at Wellington Cricket Club, England


Coaching staff

* Chairman of High Performance Committee: Gershon Gibbons * Head coach: Clay Smith * Asst. coach:
Lorenzo Tucker Lorenzo Tucker (June 27, 1907 – August 19, 1986), known as the "Black Valentino," was an American stage and screen actor who played the romantic lead in the early black films of Oscar Micheaux. Acting career Born in Philadelphia, Tucker st ...
* Bowling coach:
Lorenzo Tucker Lorenzo Tucker (June 27, 1907 – August 19, 1986), known as the "Black Valentino," was an American stage and screen actor who played the romantic lead in the early black films of Oscar Micheaux. Acting career Born in Philadelphia, Tucker st ...
* Fielding coach: Reginald Tucker * Mental conditioning coach: Vacant * Fitness trainer: Nick Jones * Head Physiotherapist: Danielle Richold * Masseur: n/a * Performance analyst:
Lorenzo Tucker Lorenzo Tucker (June 27, 1907 – August 19, 1986), known as the "Black Valentino," was an American stage and screen actor who played the romantic lead in the early black films of Oscar Micheaux. Acting career Born in Philadelphia, Tucker st ...


See also

* Bermuda women's national cricket team * Bermuda at the Cricket World Cup * List of Bermuda ODI cricketers * List of Bermuda Twenty20 International cricketers * Bermudian national cricket captains


References


External links


Official website – Online schedule, StatisticsCricinfo page on Bermuda
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bermuda National Cricket Team Cricket in Bermuda National cricket teams National sports teams of Bermuda Bermuda in international cricket