1996 European Cricket Championship

The 1996 European Cricket Championship was an international limited-overs cricket tournament, contested in Denmark from 15 to 19 July 1996. Eight teams took part in the Five-day tournament. Ireland won the tournament, beating Netherlands in the final.[1]

1996 European Cricket Championship
Administrator(s) European Cricket Council
Cricket format 50 overs per side
Tournament format(s) round robin
Host(s)  Denmark
Champions  Ireland (1st title)
Participants 8
Matches played 16

Teams

Qualification Team Previous Best

Performance

 Appearance
Host  Denmark Debut 1
1996 ECC PARTICIPANTS
Qualifiers  England NCA Debut 1
 Gibraltar Debut 1
 Ireland Debut 1
 Israel Debut 1
 Italy Debut 1
 Netherlands Debut 1
 Scotland Debut 1

Venue

A Total of 16 matches were played among the following grounds, while Brondby Stadium hosted the final of 1996 European Cricket Championship.

Fixture and Result

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld W L Tied NR Pts NRR
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 0 4 2.113
 England NCA 3 2 1 0 0 4 1.647
 Scotland 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.589
 Israel 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.816
15 July
Scorecard
England  NCA
260/8 (50 overs)
v
 Scotland
214 (45.4 overs)
MJ Roberts 66*
Blain 4/34 (10 overs)
GN Reifer 59
Laudat 2/30 (10 overs)
England NCA won by 46 runs
Broendby Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
Umpires: N Bindslev and PL O'Hara
Player of the match: J Robinson (Eng NCA)
16 July
Scorecard
Netherlands 
342/9 (50 overs)
v
 England NCA
206/9 (45.4 overs)
L Van Troost 81*
Roshier 4/64 (10 overs)
D Clarke 76
Khan 3/25 (10 overs)
Netherlands won by 136 runs
Kjobenhavns Boldklub, Denmark
Umpires: N Bindslev and J Luther
Player of the match: P Roshier (Eng NCA)
16 July
Scorecard
Israel 
110/9 (50 overs)
v
 Scotland
111/3 (18 overs)
D Silver 51*
Williamson 3/28 (10 overs)
IL Philip 50
Kemker 1/27 (5 overs)
Scotland won by 7 wickets
Koge, Denmark
Umpires: N Bindslev and J Luther
Player of the match: JG Williamson (Sco)
17 July
Scorecard
Netherlands 
324/8 (50 overs)
v
 Israel
142/8 (50 overs)
M Mota 74*
Masil 3/43 (10 overs)
D Silver 31
Zuiderent 3/21 (7 overs)
Netherlands won by 182 runs
Glostrup, Denmark
Umpires: S Marino and J Luther
Player of the match: None
18 July
Scorecard
England NCA
375/9 (50 overs)
v
 Israel
38 (25.5 overs)
D Clarke 119
Divekar 3/62 (09 overs)
I Masil 08
Roshier 4/11 (09 overs)
England NCA won by 337 runs
Ringsted, Denmark
Umpires: S Marino and J Luther
Player of the match: D Clarke (Eng NCA)
18 July
Scorecard
Netherlands 
162 (47.4 overs)
v
 Scotland
163/8 (50 overs)
KJ van Noortwijk 64
M Allingham 4/35 (10 overs)
I Stanger 33
Zulfiqar 2/18 (07 overs)
Scotland won by 2 Wickets
Albertslund, Denmark
Umpires: N Bindslev and PL O'Hara
Player of the match: M Allingham (Sco)
  • Netherlands Qualified for the Final as the Result of this match

Group B

Team Pld W L Tied NR Pts NRR
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 0 6 -
 Denmark 3 2 1 0 0 4 -
 Gibraltar 3 1 2 0 0 2 -
 Italy 3 0 3 0 0 0 -
15 July
Scorecard
Denmark 
359/9 (50 overs)
v
 Gibraltar
71 (37 overs)
M Saddique 83
D Johnson 4/65 (10 overs)
N Churuman 30
S Soerensen 5/16 (08 overs)
Denmark won by 288 runs
Glostrup, Denmark
Umpires: J Bloodworth and PS Bemnolkar
Player of the match: D Johnson (Gibraltar)
15 July
Scorecard
Ireland 
255/6 (50 overs)
v
 Italy
86 (48.3 overs)
JD Curry 44
S Ahmed 2/30 (08 overs)
A Amati 17
MW Patterson 3/21 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 169 runs
Copenhagen Ball Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
Umpires: J Luther and WB Smith
Player of the match: R Eagleson (Ireland)
16 July
Scorecard
Denmark 
218/8 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
222/6 (48.3 overs)
Ireland won by 4 wickets
Bronby, Denmark
Player of the match: N Doak (Ireland)
16 July
Scorecard
Italy 
172 (50 overs)
v
 Gibraltar
173/4 (42 overs)
Gibraltar won by 6 wickets
Albertslund, Denmark
Player of the match: V Zuppiroli (Italy)
18 July
Scorecard
Italy 
105 (50 overs)
v
 Denmark
106/1 (18.5 overs)
Denmark won by 9 wickets
Kjobenhavns Boldklub, Denmark
Player of the match: SA Nielsen (Denmark)
18 July
Scorecard
Gibraltar 
91 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
97/2 (11.4 overs)
Ireland won by 8 wickets
Koge, Denmark
Player of the match: JD Curry (Ireland)

Play-offs

7th Place Playoff

19 July
Scorecard
Israel 
97 (50 overs)
v
 Italy
98/3 (27.4 overs)
Italy won by 7 wickets
Koge, Denmark
Player of the match: V Zuppiroli (Italy)

5th Place Playoff

19 July
Scorecard
Gibraltar 
72 (50 overs)
v
 Scotland
76/0 (9.3 overs)
Scotland won by 10 wickets
Ringsted, Denmark
Player of the match: BMW Patterson (Scotland)

3rd Place Playoff

19 July
Scorecard
England NCA
97 (50 overs)
v
 Denmark
99/4 (32.1 overs)
Denmark won by 6 wickets
Glostrup, Denmark
Player of the match: S Klitgaard (Denmark)

Finals

19 July
Scorecard
Netherlands 
223/9 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
225/7 (46.2 overs)
Ireland won by 3 wickets.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Player of the match: JDR Benson (Denmark)

Final Standing

Standings Team
1  Ireland
2  Netherlands
3  Denmark
4  England NCA
5  Scotland
6  Gibraltar
7  Italy
8  Israel

References

  1. ↑ "CricketEurope International Tournament Archives". www.cricketeuropearchives.com. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
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