The Chile national cricket team is the team that represents

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. The team is organised by the

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, which became an affiliate member of the

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(ICC) in 2001 and an associate member in 2017. However, the national side had debuted as early as 1893, when it played

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. 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 since then. 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. In the

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, which began in 1995, Chile has participated in every edition, but won only twice, in 2011 & 2016.

History

Cricket was first played in the country in 1829 and the first club, the

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Cricket Club was formed in 1860. Their first international fixture was played in 1893 against

Chile provided two players to the South American cricket team in England in 1932, 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

until 2002

Their first ICC tournament was the Division Three tournament of the

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, played in

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in February 2006. The Chileans finished in third place, their only win coming against

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. 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

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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

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Chile and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. Chile played their first T20I match against

on 3 October 2019 during the 2019 South American Cricket Championship in Peru

Tournament history

ICC Americas Championship

* 2006: 3rd place (Division Three) *

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: 2nd place * 2009: 3rd place

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* 1995: 2nd place * 1997: 4th place * 1999: 3rd place * 2000: 2nd place * 2002: 2nd place * 2004: 4th place * 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 *

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: 7th place

Records

International Match Summary — Chile ''Last updated 5 October 2019''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 104/6 (17.3 overs) v.

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on 4 October 2019 at

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. * Highest individual score: 32, Major Mandy v.

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on 5 October 2019 at

. * Best individual bowling figures: 4/21, Hirenkumar Patel v.

on 4 October 2019 at

. Most T20I runs for Chile Most T20I wickets for Chile T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #915. Last updated 5 October 2019.''

Other matches

For a list of selected international matches played by Chile, se
Cricket Archive

References

External links

Official Site
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Chile in international cricket

History

Tournament history

ICC Americas Championship

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Records

Twenty20 International

Other matches

See also

References

External links