Campaign for a Wales cricket team

A movement for the establishment of a national cricket team representing Wales.[1]

Logo of Welsh fire cricket team who play in the England and Wales cricket board.
Tom Maynard batting for Glamorgan against Somerset in a 2010 Twenty20 match

Status Quo

Wales is currently represented by the England and Wales Cricket Board, however, the team is known as ‘England’.[1]

Clubs in Wales

Welsh Fire is a cricket club that plays in the hundred series.[2]

The only "first-class cricket club in Wales" is Glamorgan County, a team that plays in the English county competition.[3]

Previous Existence

A Wales team existed in the 1920s and 1930s playing against touring sides such as the West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand and secured a win against the West Indies. Wales competed in the 1979 ICC Trophy, winning two of four matches and narrowly missing out on a place in the semi-finals.[4]

Calls for a national cricket team

Wales Online noted that Scotland and Ireland have their own international cricket team despite fewer cricket players than Wales.[1]

Jonathan Edwards MP called for a national Welsh cricket team in 2019 saying; “The greatest honour in any sport is to play for your national team – Welsh cricket players are denied that opportunity,”.[1]

Bethan Sayed, Plaid Cymru's spokesperson on heritage, culture, sport and broadcasting argued in 2015 that “Wales is the second-oldest cricket playing country in the world, yet it is alone in the British Isles in not having its own national side. Even Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have their own teams. Rugby and football players get to grow up dreaming of playing for Wales. But for those who love cricket, there is no Welsh team to dream of playing for or to support.” [4]

References
  1. "Call for Wales cricket team after England World Cup win". Nation.Cymru. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. "The Hundred team names, kits and badges revealed for the first time". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. "GLAMORGAN CRICKET". Visit Cardiff. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. Says, John Fielding (2015-02-24). "The case for a Welsh national cricket team". Gair Rhydd. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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