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HISTORY The first recorded cricket match to take place in Bermuda occurred on 30 August 1844 . The Bermuda Cricket Club was formed one year later and had support from locals as well as British troops. Some international games were played against American sides, principally from Philadelphia in the late 19th Century , but the cricketing strength of the island diminished greatly after the First World War . Indeed, the only significant tour in the inter-War years was a five-match tour by a team led by Sir Julien Cahn in 1933 . After the Second World War cricket regained popularity in Bermuda, and many tours arrived, including some Test sides on the way to the West Indies . The game against the New Zealanders in 1972 was even accorded First-class Status . The first Bermudian tour of England took place in 1960 and more tours followed. Bermuda also is the place where the first non-Yorkshireman played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club . Yorkshire traditionally had a rule that no-one born outside the county could play for them, a rule only finally abandoned in the 1990 s. However, the rule was bent to allow Garry Sobers to play some games for them under the captaincy of Brian Close during a festival match in Bermuda. The highlight of the Bermuda season is the annual Cup Match, played between two of the island's leading clubs of Somerset and St. George's, which was first played in 1902 . The game is played in a carnival atmosphere. In 1966 Bermuda was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council . Since then they have competed in a wide range of international competitions including the ICC Trophy , a competition which was proposed by Alma Hunt, the Bermudian delegate to the ICC. In 2004 and 2005 they have competed in the ICC Intercontinental Cup , playing in the same group as Canada and the United States . In 2004, the first running of the competition, they were knocked out after losing to Canada and drawing against the Americans. Tournament History World Cup The 2007 World Cup will be the first for Bermuda, they have not qualified for the tournament prior to this. Intercontinental Cup
ICC Trophy
ICC Americas Championship
PRESENT Bermuda's greatest cricketing moment came on 7 July 2005 when they qualified for the semi-finals of the 2005 ICC Trophy . Qualification for the semis meant they won a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies and that, from 1 January 2006 until the 2009 ICC Trophy, they will have official One-day International status. Bermuda's first international engagement of 2006 ended in disappointment, when they lost every game on a five-match tour of the UAE . It should be pointed out that the UAE team was much stronger than the one fielded at the 2005 ICC Trophy, as several players selected are not eligible for selection in ICC-sanctioned tournaments. CRICKET IN 2006/07 2006 into 2007 will see the Bermuda team take part in several One Day Internationals. Their first matches at this level will take place in May, when they will take on Canada and Zimbabwe in a triangular tournament. Bermuda are scheduled to host this tournament, subject to a ground inspection by the ICC. They will play in further triangular tournaments in Canada, South Africa and the West Indies prior to the World Cup, in addition to a 3 match ODI series against Kenya in November 2006 and the Division One tournament of the ICC World Cricket League in January 2007. Bermuda will also compete in the Intercontinental Cup in 2006/07 where they are drawn in the same group as Canada, The Netherlands and Kenya. Bermuda have also been chosen as one of the Caribbean nations to compete in the first Stanford 20/20 tournament, devised by US business man Allen Stanford . Their first match in the knockout tournament will take place against Jamaica on the 21st of July 2006. They will receive US$100,000 for particpating in the tournament. In addition to the Stanford money, further funding is coming from the Bermudian government, who will provide $11,000,000 to the Bermuda Cricket Board to aid in their preperation for the World Cup. At the conclusion of the 2006 English domestic season, Bermuda will be joined by Glamorgan batsman David Hemp , who was born on the island, and recently had to complete a residential qualification in order to be able to represent the country of his birth. He brings with him 15 years of first class cricket experience, which includes an England A tour in 1994/95. He is sure to give a formidable backbone to the Bermuda batting order, which was sorely missed on their tour of the UAE. SEE ALSO 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup In 2005 they won the Intercontinental Cup Americas region by beating Canada and the Cayman Islands in Canada. They lost in the semi finals of the Intercontinental cup against Kenya in Namibia in October 2005. Ireland beat the UAE in the other smi final and were the eventual winners when they beat Kenya in the final. REFERENCES |
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