2023 European Cricket League
Dates | 27 February – 24 March 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | European Cricket League |
Cricket format | T10 |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 31 |
Player of the series | ![]() |
Most runs | ![]() |
Most wickets | ![]() |
Official website | European Cricket Network |
The 2023 European Cricket League (abbreviated as ECL23) was a T10 cricket competition organised by the European Cricket Network. It was the third edition of the European Cricket League and was once again held at the Cartama Oval in Málaga, Spain.
Background
It was announced that the tournament would be taking place between February 27 and March 24, with Finals Week starting on March 20. The 30 team format from the previous edition would remain in place, with 30 'National Champions' taking part in 6 groups across 6 weeks, with the winners of the groups joining 2022 winners Pak I Care Badalona in the Finals Week to determine the overall winner.
Popularity
This tournament was viewed by about 35 million people globally.[1]
Participants
The following teams were invited to take part as champions of their domestic leagues, or an ECN-related 'Super Series'. The draw was made on January 13, 2023.[2] Previous Champions Pak I Care Badalona will participate in the Finals Week only.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F |
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The finals were made up of the 6 group winners, plus ECL22 winners Pak I Care Badalona
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Group stage
The Group Stage is to be played across the first 3 weeks of the tournament, with each group lasting 4 days. Each group kicked off with a single-round robin stage, before entering a knockout, with seedings based on group standings. The Super 3 stage was eliminated, with teams instead advancing into a single knockout stage following the groups
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +2.216 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -0.062 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +1.457 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1.118 |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2.625 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Knockout Stage
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Tom Nightingale 35 (20)
Adeel Malik 2/13 (2 overs) |
Adeel Malik 57* (30)
Keiran Le Gallez 2/20 (2 overs) |
- Independents CC won the toss and elected to bat
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Abdul Shakoor 39 (16)
Shabbir Arslan 1/15 (2 overs) |
Ahmed Mumtaz 46 (13)
Parwaiz Akhoudzada 2/8 (2 overs) |
- Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bowl
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Adeel Malik 66* (19)
Mansoor Khan 1/18 (2 overs) |
Muhammad Umar 55 (17)
Gavin Griffiths 1/8 (2 overs) |
- Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bat
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Paul Murray 42* (29)
Aslam Mohammad 0/14 (2 overs) |
Aslam Mohammad 27 (18)
Mark James 2/15 (2 overs) |
- Hornchurch CC won the toss and elected to bowl
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +5.009 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1.001 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -0.832 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1.572 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -3.367 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Knockout Stage
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Rocky Dianish 35 (22)
Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/2 (1 over) |
Pieter Seelar 72 (26)
Abhishek Kuntala 1/11 (2 overs) |
- American University of Malta won the toss and elected to bowl
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Saud Munir 25 (20)
Toby Britton 3/13 (2 overs) |
Asa Tribe 31* (18)
Toqeer Ahmad 1/20 (2 overs) |
- Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl
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Mads Henriksen 50 (23)
Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/20 (2 overs) |
Burhan Niaz 27 (13)
Abdullah Mahmood 3/18 (2 overs) |
- V.O.C. Rotterdam won the toss and elected to bowl
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Asa Tribe 37* (25)
Hamid Shah 1/21 (2 overs) |
Saud Munir 53* (30)
Toby Britton 2/8 (2 overs) |
- Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2.900 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1.600 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.000 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.008 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3.304 |
Source: European Cricket Network
Statistics
Most Runs
Runs | Player | Team | Inns | HS | Ave | SR | 50 | 30 | 4s | 6s |
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641 | Jason Van Der Merwe | ![]() |
15 | 95* | 58.27 | 232.24 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 56 |
590 | Ahmad Nabi | ![]() |
15 | 93 | 49.16 | 241.80 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 67 |
542 | George Hankins | ![]() |
16 | 68* | 45.16 | 200.74 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 51 |
394 | Mohammad Nisar | ![]() |
14 | 56* | 43.77 | 196.02 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 38 |
365 | Christopher Dougherty | ![]() |
15 | 62* | 30.41 | 201.65 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 |
350 | Hamza Niaz | ![]() |
15 | 115* | 25.00 | 205.88 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 27 |
275 | Carson McCullough | ![]() |
13 | 51 | 27.50 | 162.72 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 |
266 | Adeel Malik | ![]() |
15 | 66* | 22.16 | 212.80 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
263 | Muhammad Rafah | ![]() |
11 | 60 | 29.22 | 268.36 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
233 | Joel Dudley | ![]() |
11 | 40 | 21.18 | 180.62 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 17 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Most Wickets
Wkts | Player | Team | Mat | Ave | Econ | SR | BBI |
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27 | Tabish Bhatti | ![]() |
15 | 10.66 | 9.60 | 6.66 | 4/7 |
22 | Jacob Mulder | ![]() |
15 | 9.72 | 7.73 | 7.54 | 4/11 |
21 | Carson McCullough | ![]() |
15 | 13.57 | 110.17 | 8.00 | 4/4 |
18 | Gavin Griffiths | ![]() |
16 | 17.88 | 10.73 | 10.00 | 4/48 |
16 | Adam Kennedy | ![]() |
13 | 10.93 | 9.21 | 7.12 | 3/8 |
Jake Sunderland | ![]() |
12 | 12.12 | 9.38 | 7.75 | 3/16 | |
Garry Park | ![]() |
13 | 13.93 | 11.15 | 7.50 | 3/31 | |
Chris Robinson | ![]() |
15 | 12.43 | 11.70 | 6.37 | 4/15 | |
14 | Usman Khan | ![]() |
15 | 15.78 | 10.27 | 9.21 | 3/13 |
Marc Whitlock | ![]() |
16 | 21.78 | 14.18 | 9.21 | 2/19 | |
Source: European Cricket Network |
References
- ^ Finch, Daryl (13 February 2024). "European Cricket League makes its return to Cártama at the end of the month". Sur in English. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "EUROPEAN CRICKET LEAGUE - ECL23 - DRAW". 13 January 2023.
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