Wales national cricket team
| ICC status | Part of the England and Wales Cricket Board (n/a) |
|---|---|
| ICC region | n/a |
| WCL | n/a |
| Coach | n/a |
| Captain | n/a |
| First international | |
| 21 July 1923 v Scotland at Perth, Scotland | |
| World Cup Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1979) |
| Best result | First round, 1979 |
| As of 11 September 2006 | |
The Welsh cricket team (Welsh: Tîm criced cenedlaethol Cymru) is the representative cricket team for Wales. Despite Wales and England being represented in Test Cricket by the England team, the Welsh cricket team continues to play short form cricket periodically.
From 1923 to 1930 Wales played 16 first-class matches, and had some success against touring teams, drawing with the New Zealanders in 1927 and beating the West Indians a year later, as well as losing by only ten runs to the South Africans in 1929. Sydney Barnes, by this time well into his fifties, took 49 first-class wickets for Wales, including 7–51 in the victory over the West Indians.
Wales' next significant appearances came in the 1979 ICC Trophy. As several ICC members did not enter the competition, Wales were invited without qualification.
Playing in Group C, Wales had a reasonably successful tournament, opening with a win over the Netherlands in a rain-affected game at Enville. Jeffris Hopkins top scored with 71.
They next played Israel and piled up a daunting 234/5, this time Hopkins opened the batting and again top scored with 92, Geoffrey Williams hit 67. Some effective bowling by Alan Geoghegan (3/23) limited Israel and Wales finished the match 91 runs ahead.
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