Turkey

Flag of Turkey
Association	Turkish Cricket Board
Personnel
Captain	Mecit Ozturk
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2008)
ICC region	Europe
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever T20I 80th 73rd (19 July 2022)
International cricket
First international	v  Estonia at Corfu, Greece, 7 September 2009
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Luxembourg at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei, 29 August 2019
Last T20I	v  Croatia at National Sports Academy, Sofia; 25 June 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[3] 12 1/10 (0 ties, 1 no result) This year[4] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 January 2024

The Turkish national cricket team is the team that represents Turkey in international cricket. They were granted affiliate status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in June 2008 and became associate member in 2017.^[1]

History

An official national cricket league for Turkey was created in 2004, following on from previous ad hoc tournaments. The sport was introduced by Pakistani expatriates studying at Bilkent University and Middle East Technical University in Ankara. By 2009 the national league had five teams in Ankara and one team in Istanbul, and had begun to spread to native Turkish players.^[5]

In September 2009 Turkey took part in the 2009 European Cricket Championship Division 5 in Corfu, Greece. This was their first international cricket tournament. Turkey recorded their first win in international cricket against Bulgaria^[6] during the tournament, although this could not stop them finishing sixth and last.

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Turkey and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.^[7]

Turkey played their first T20I match against Luxembourg on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.^[8]

29 August 2019 12:15 Scorecard

Turkey  28 (11.3 overs)	v	Luxembourg 29/2 (3.1 overs)
Hasan Helva 7 (15) Ankush Nanda 5/6 (2.3 overs)		Vikram Vijh 11* (3) Serkan Kizilkaya 2/9 (1 over)

Luxembourg won by 8 wickets Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Thomas Kentorp (Den)

• Turkey won the toss and elected to bat.

On 24 June 2023, Turkey registered their first win in T20Is against Croatia, in the 2023 Bulgaria Quadrangular Series. Turkey defeated Croatia by 8 wickets, by chasing a target of 84.

24 June 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Croatia  83/8 (20 overs)	v	Turkey 88/2 (6 overs)
Sohail Ahmad 20 (16) Muhammed Turkmen 3/7 (3 overs)		Ali Turkmen 40* (18) Vedran Zanko 2/9 (2 overs)

Turkey won by 8 wickets National Sports Academy, Sofia Umpires: Ivan Dimitrov (Bul) and Sam Romeo Ranjan (Bul) Player of the match: Muhammed Turkmen (Tur)

• Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Cihan Altun (Tur) made his T20I debut.

Squad

• Mecit Ozturk (c)
• Gokhan Alta
• Ilyas Ataullah
• Cagri Bayraktar
• Hasan Cakir
• Zafer Durmaz
• Shamsullah Ehsan
• Ishak Elec
• Emin Kuyumcu
• Deniz Mutu
• Romeo Nath (wk)
• Tunahan Turan
• Ali Turkmen
• Tunahan Ulutuna
• Dr Mohsin Azam

Records

International Match Summary — Turkey^[9]

Last updated 25 June 2022.

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 147 v. Bulgaria on 24 June 2023 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.^[10]
• Highest individual score: 52, Ishak Elec v. Bulgaria on 24 June 2023 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.^[11]
• Best individual bowling figures: 4/31, Ishak Elec v. Isle of Man on 18 July 2022 at Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava.^[12]

T20I record versus other nations^[9]

Records complete to T20I #2116. Last updated 25 June 2023.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Austria	1	0	1	0	0	31 August 2019
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	0	24 June 2023
Croatia	2	1	0	0	1	24 June 2023	24 June 2023
Cyprus	1	0	1	0	0	15 July 2022
Czech Republic	1	0	1	0	0	30 August 2019
Isle of Man	1	0	1	0	0	18 July 2022
Luxembourg	1	0	1	0	0	29 August 2019
Romania	2	0	2	0	0	29 August 2019
Serbia	2	0	2	0	0	15 July 2022