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.

• Brøndby Stadium
• Copenhagen Ball Club
• Glostrup Cricket Club
• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
• Koge Stadium
• Albertslund Stadium
• Ringsted Cricket Club

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