Argentina national cricket team
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{{Infobox non test cricket team
| country_name = [[Argentina]]
| image_file = EstabanMacDermott.jpg
| image_caption = Esteban MacDermott, Argentine captain
| icc_member_year = 1974
| icc_status = Associate Member
| icc_region = Americas
| current_captain = [[Esteban Macdermott]]
| WCL_division = Two
| regional_tournament = ICC Americas Championship
| regional_tournament_division = Two
| first_match = 1868 v [[Uruguay national cricket team|Uruguay]]
| world_ranking = 22nd
| regional_ranking = 3rd
| icc_trophy_apps = 6
| icc_trophy_first = [[1979 ICC Trophy|1979]]
| icc_trophy_best = Plate competition, [[1990 ICC Trophy|1990]] and [[1994 ICC Trophy|1994]]
| fc_matches = 13
| fc_win_loss_record = 3/6
| asofdate = [[15 July]] [[2007]]}}
The '''Argentina national cricket team''' is the team that represents the country of [[Argentina]] in international [[cricket]] matches. They are currently an associate member of the [[International Cricket Council]].
==History==
Cricket has been played in Argentina since 1806, with the international side making its first appearance in 1868 against [[Uruguay national cricket team|Uruguay]]. Argentina played Uruguay 29 times up until [[World War II]], winning 21 of the matches. They first played [[Brazil national cricket team|Brazil]] in 1888 and [[Chile national cricket team|Chile]] in 1893. For their first match against Chile, they had to travel to [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] by crossing the [[Andes]] by [[mule]], taking three and half days.
===First-class cricket===
Argentina first played [[first-class cricket]] in 1912 against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]] <ref name="Hist">[http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ICC_MEMBERS/ARG/HISTORY.html Cricket in Argentina] at [[Cricinfo]]</ref>. They played a three match series against the visitors, winning the first game <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8627.html Scorecard] of Argentina v MCC, [[18 February]] [[1912]] at [[Cricket Archive]]</ref>, but losing the second <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8631.html Scorecard] of Argentina v MCC, [[24 February]] [[1912]] at Cricket Archive</ref> and third <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8632.html Scorecard] of Argentina v MCC, [[2 March]] [[1912]] at Cricket Archive</ref>. The teams were made up almost exclusively of British ex-patriots who were mostly employed on the railways, in export or in farming <ref name="NVS">KR Bridger. North v South 1974</ref>.
Between the wars, infrequent fixtures were played against Brazil and Argentina, and were at that time included in Wisden's cricket records <ref>Wisden 1937 Records Section</ref>. First-class matches were played against an elderly <ref>Cricketer Spring Annual 1927 (including photograph</ref> MCC side in 1926/27, [[Julien Cahn|Sir Julien Cahn's XI]] in 1930 and [[Sir Theodore Brinckman, 4th Baronet|Sir Theodore Brinckman's XI]] in 1937/38 <ref name="Hist"/>. The four-match series against the MCC was lost 2-1, with one game drawn <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ARG/1926-27_ARG_Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_South_America_1926-27.html MCC in South America 1926/27] at Cricket Archive</ref>. The three-match series against Sir Julien Cahn's XI finished with two draws, Cahn's XI winning the first game <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ARG/1929-30_ARG_Sir_J_Cahns_XI_in_South_America_1929-30.html Sir J Cahn's XI in South America 1929/30] at Cricket Archive</ref> and the series against Brinkman's XI was drawn 1-1 <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ARG/1937-38_ARG_Sir_TEW_Brinckmans_XI_in_South_America_1937-38.html Sir TEW Brinkman's XI in South America 1937/38] at Cricket Archive</ref>. That series was Argentina's last involvement in first-class cricket to date <ref name="Hist"/>.
===Players and clubs===
In 1932 a South American team toured England consisting mainly of Argentine based players. It played seven first class matches and twelve other fixtures <ref>[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] 1933</ref>.
A two match series against Chile in December 1938 was won by Argentina <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/CHILE/1938-39_CHILE_Argentina_in_Chile_1938-39.html Argentina in Chile 1938/39] at Cricket Archive</ref>, the second match of which saw the interesting occurrence of Argentina's [[Alfred Jackson (cricketer)|Alfred Jackson]] playing against his brother [[John Jackson (Somerset cricketer)|John Jackson]] <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/122/122553.html Scorecard] of Chile v Argentina, [[29 December]] [[1938]] at Cricket Archive</ref>.
Leading players during this period were the Ayling brothers, K Bush (who also played for Brazil), D Cavanagh, Herbert Dorning (the so called "Grand Old Man of Argentine Cricket") and Donald Forrester <ref name="NVS"/>.
A strong club scene existed until the 1950s with Belgrano, BACA, Lomas and Hurlingham. This resulted in a relatively strong national side. Railway and Bank teams disbanded after the war along with the formerly strong San Isidro side. The national side sank to a low level, being heavily beaten by MCC in 1958-59 <ref>Cricketer Spring Annual 1959</ref>.
===ICC Trophy===
Argentina participated in the first [[ICC Trophy]] in [[1979 ICC Trophy|1979]] <ref name="ICCT79">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT79/ 1979 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref> but missed the second in [[1982 ICC Trophy|1982]] which was played in [[England]] and started only two days after the conclusion of [[Falklands War]] <ref name="ICCT82">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT82/ 1982 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref>. They returned for the [[1986 ICC Trophy]] <ref name="ICCT86">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT86/ 1986 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref> and played in every one following that until the [[2001 ICC Trophy|2001 event]]. They did not qualify for the [[2005 ICC Trophy|2005 tournament]] <ref name="ICCT05">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT2005/ 2005 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref>.
===Americas Championship===
Argentina hosted and won the first South American Championship in 1995 <ref>[http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/development/americas/south_american.html South American Championship history]</ref> and still play in the tournament today, though they now send an "A" team <ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000042/004235.shtml Guyana Masters win South American Championship] by Andrew Nixon, [[12 April]] [[2007]] at CricketEurope</ref>. They also participated in the first [[ICC Americas Championship]] in 2000, finishing 5th <ref name="AC00">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000/OTHERS+ICC/AMERICAS_CUP/AMERICAS_CUP_TABLE.html 2000 Americas Championship points table] at Cricinfo</ref>. MCC visited again in March 2001, winning both matches <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ARG/2000-01_ARG_Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_Argentina_2000-01.html MCC in Argentina 2000/01] at Cricket Archive</ref>.
Argentina hosted the Americas Championship in 2002, finishing sixth <ref name="AC02">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/Americas_Championship_2001-02.html 2002 Americas Championship points table] at Cricket Archive</ref>. MCC toured again in 2004, drawing the series 1-1 <ref>Report of [http://www.lords.org/fixtures/touring-programme/mcc-on-song-against-argentina,613,AR.html first] and [http://www.lords.org/fixtures/touring-programme/argentine-tour-ends-on-damp-note,614,AR.html second] match on 2004 MCC tour of Argentina</ref>. Later that year, Argentina finished 5th in the Americas Championship <ref name="AC04">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/Americas_Championship_2004.html 2004 Americas Championship points table] at Cricket Archive</ref>.
In 2006, the Americas Championship was split into two divisions and Argentina were placed in Division Two. They won the Division Two tournament and were promoted to Division One in [[Canada]] that August <ref name="AC206">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Articles/4/4150.html Argentina Triumph in Americas Division Two] at Cricket Archive</ref>, where they finished 5th <ref name="AC106">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/ICC_World_Cricket_League_Americas_Region_Division_One_2006.html 2006 Americas Championship Division One points table] at Cricket Archive</ref>.
===World Cricket League===
This originally qualified them for [[2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five|Division Five]] of the [[World Cricket League]], but they were placed in [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]] following the suspension of the [[United States national cricket team|USA]] from international cricket <ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000042/004229.shtml Argentina to play in WCL Division Three] by Andrew Nixon, [[11 April]] [[2007]] at CricketEurope</ref>. They finished as runners-up to [[Uganda national cricket team|Uganda]] in the tournament and qualified for [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two|Division Two]] in [[Windhoek]], [[Namibia]].
Following their promotion, in November 2007, Argentina travelled to Namibia to take part in Division Two of the ICC World Cricket League. They played [[Danish cricket team|Denmark]], [[Namibian cricket team|the hosts]], [[Oman national cricket team|Oman]] and the [[United Arab Emirates cricket team|UAE]] in addition to the other qualifer from [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]]; [[Ugandan cricket team|Uganda]]. Division Two proved to be a step too far for Argentina, as they lost all their group matches and then lost to Uganda in a positional playoff and finished sixth. On the basis of their sixth place finish in this tournament, Argentina were relegated back to [[2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]]. A tournament provisionally scheduled to be played in [[January]]/[[February]] [[2009]] and a tournament Argentina are likely to host.
==Tournament History==
===World Cricket League===
* 2007: [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]] runners-up<ref name="WCL307">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000046/004698.shtml Uganda lift Division Three title] by Andrew Nixon, [[2 June]] [[2007]] at CricketEurope</ref>
* 2007: [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two|Division Two]] Sixth place
===ICC Trophy===
* [[1979 ICC Trophy|1979]]: First round<ref name="ICCT79" />
* [[1982 ICC Trophy|1982]]: Did not participate<ref name="ICCT82" />
* [[1986 ICC Trophy|1986]]: First round<ref name="ICCT86" />
* [[1990 ICC Trophy|1990]]: Plate competition<ref>[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT90/ 1990 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref>
* [[1994 ICC Trophy|1994]]: Plate competition<ref>[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT94/ 1994 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref>
* [[1997 ICC Trophy|1997]]: 20th place<ref>[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT97/ 1997 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref>
* [[2001 ICC Trophy|2001]]: First round<ref>[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT2001/ 2001 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref>
* [[2005 ICC Trophy|2005]]: Did not qualify<ref name="ICCT05" />
===ICC Americas Championship===
* 2000: 5th place<ref name="AC00" />
* 2002: 6th place<ref name="AC02" />
* 2004: 5th place<ref name="AC04" />
* 2006: Division Two winners,<ref name="AC206" /> 5th place (Division One)<ref name="AC106" />
==See also==
* [[Argentina national women's cricket team]]
==External links==
* [http://www.cricketargentina.com/index.php Cricket Argentina official site]
==References==
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{{National cricket teams}}
[[Category:Cricket in Argentina]]
[[Category:National cricket teams]]
[[Category:National sports teams of Argentina|Cricket, Men's]]
[[Category:Argentina in international cricket]]