Cricket in Norway Norway is one of cricket's most northern stations however the game has a solid and developing situation in the country, but most players of the sport are from or descended from

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. The

Norwegian Cricket Board Norwegian Cricket Board is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Norway. Its headquarters is located in Oslo, Norway. Norwegian Cricket Board is Norway's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate membe ...

became an affiliate member of the

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(ICC) in 2000, and the

Norway national cricket team The Norway national cricket team is the team that represents Norway in international cricket matches. The Norwegian Cricket Board became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and the national side played its fir ...

played its first international match later that year. Most of the side's matches have been against members of the

European Cricket Council The European Cricket Council (ECC) is an international body which oversaw cricket in European countries other than the Test-playing cricketing nation of England, the only European Full Member of the ICC for the duration of the ECC's existence. ...

(ECC), although in more recent years Norway has fielded sides in the lower divisions of the

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(WCL). The team's current head coach is Muhammad Haroon, a former first-class player in Pakistan, who was appointed in early 2014. In September 2018, Norway qualified from Group C of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier

History

The first cricket match in Norway was played in 1866, and the

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-born cricketer

Buster Nupen Eiulf Peter "Buster" Nupen (1 January 1902 – 29 January 1977) was a cricketer who played in 17 Test matches for South Africa between 1921–22 and 1935–36. He was born in Norway, lost an eye in a childhood accident, and was shot through bot ...

played for the

South Africa national cricket team The South Africa national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa (CSA). South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (I ...

from 1922 to 1936. Regardless of endeavours to develop the game at the time in Norway, cricket had everything except vanished by the turn of the century. During the 1970s, cricket encountered a resurrection in Norway as South Asian migrant workers began playing matches in and around

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. Subsequently, the first Norwegian cricket club was established in 1974. The Norwegian Cricket Board was founded in 1994 and, in June 2000, joined with the ICC. In May 2007, The Norwegian Cricket Federation joined the

Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in No ...

. Today, there are 67 cricket clubs in Norway with 5000 members combined. There are six divisions for men and one division for woman.http://www.icc-europe.org/EURODIV1/results.shtml , official website ICC-Europe, retrieved 7 August 2008

References

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