The Falkland Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the

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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) on 29 June 2007 (although

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abstained from the vote admitting it as a member) and became an associate member in 2017. The Falkland Islands played its first international match in February 2004, playing against

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. The team did not make its debut in an ICC-sanctioned tournament until June 2010, when it took part in the 2010 Americas Championship Division Four event in Mexico. The following year, the Falklands played in the 2011 Americas Twenty20 Division Three tournament in Costa Rica, losing all five of its matches. The territory currently has only a single cricket pitch, located on Mount Pleasant Airfield Oval, which hampers the national team's ability to participate internationally. , there were plans to construct the islands' second cricket pitch, to be built in the capital

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. 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 the Falkland Islands and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.

Records

One-Day

Below is a record of international matches played in

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events by the Falkland Islands.

References

Cricket in the Falkland Islands National cricket teams Falkland Islands in international cricket

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