Chile national cricket team


The Chile national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Chile in international cricket. The team is organised by the Chilean Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2001 and an associate member in 2017. However, the national side had debuted as early as 1893, when it played Argentina in Santiago. Chile began playing regular international matches in the early 1920s, and, with the exception of a gap during World War II, has continued to do so since then. Until the team affiliated to the ICC, its opponents were almost all other South American teams. It first participated in an ICC tournament in 2006, when it fielded a team in division three of the 2006 ICC Americas Championship. In the South American Championships, which began in 1995, Chile has participated in every edition, but won only twice, in 2011 & 2016.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Chile and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.

History

Cricket was first played in the country in 1829 and the first club, the Valparaíso Cricket Club was formed in 1860. Their first international fixture was played in 1893 against Argentina. Chile provided two players to the South American combined cricket team which toured England in 1932 – Alfred Jackson and Charles Sutton.
Interest in the game had waned after the Second World War, although a national side continued to play regular matches, and Chile did not become a member of the International Cricket Council until 2002. .
Their first ICC tournament was the Division Three tournament of the ICC Americas Championship, played in Suriname in February 2006. The Chileans finished in third place, their only win coming against Brazil.
The February 2008 edition of the Division 3 tournament was held in Argentina. Chile defeated Belize, Turks & Caicos Islands and Peru only to lose to Brazil. Chile finished the tournament second due to net run rate.
Chile has participated in every edition of the South American Championship since it was first held in 1995, and hosted it twice. It won the tournament in 2016 & 2011, and has been runner-up on six other occasions.

Tournament history

ICC Americas Championship

International Match Summary — Chile

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Chile
PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Hirenkumar Patel7418.502019–2019
Major Mandy5413.502019–2019
Kamlesh Gupta4615.332019–2019
Aresh Srivastav256.252019–2019
Hardev Singh237.662019–2019

Most T20I wickets for Chile
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Hirenkumar Patel711.712019–2019
Amit Uniyal414.752019–2019
Major Mandy314.332019–2019
Aresh Srivastav324.332019–2019

T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #915. Last updated 5 October 2019.