2023 European Cricket League

Background

Participants

Group stage

Statistics

References

Popularity

Group A

Group B

Group C

Most Runs

Most Wickets

Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage

2023 European Cricket League
Dates	27 February – 24 March 2023
Administrator(s)	European Cricket League
Cricket format	T10
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and knockout
Host(s)	Spain
Champions	Dreux (1st title)
Runners-up	Hornchurch CC
Participants	31
Player of the series	Jason Van Der Merwe
Most runs	Jason Van Der Merwe (641)
Most wickets	Tabish Bhatti (27)
Official website	European Cricket Network
	← 2022 2024 →

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.

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.

This tournament was viewed by about 35 million people globally.^[1]

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
Hornchurch CC	V.O.C Rotterdam	Beveren CC	Forfarshire CC	Roma CC	CIYMS CC
Independents CC	Farmers CC	Royal Tigers Budapest	Dreux Ville Royale	Sporting Alfas	Punjab Lions Nicosia
Darmstadt CC	Svanholm CC	Fossum CC	Vienna CC	United CC Bucharest	Ariana KIF
Tallinn Stallions	Indo-Bulgarian CC	Olten CC	Helsinki Titans	Zagreb Sokol	Istanbul KSK
Byron CC	American University of Malta CC	Lathbury Lightning	Brno CC	Star CC	Oeiras CC

The finals were made up of the 6 group winners, plus ECL22 winners Pak I Care Badalona


Finals
Pak I Care Badalona
Hornchurch CC
Farmers
Beveren
Dreux
Sporting Alfas
CIYMS

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

Eliminator
1 March 2023
10:30
Scorecard

Independents CC 109/7 (10 overs)	v	Hornchurch CC 115/2 (9.0 overs)
Tom Nightingale 35 (20) Adeel Malik 2/13 (2 overs)		Adeel Malik 57* (30) Keiran Le Gallez 2/20 (2 overs)

Hornchurch CC beat Independents CC by 8 Wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Nilkesh Patel (SPA), Ian Ramage (SCO) and Suleman Saeed (ITA)
Player of the match: Adeel Malik

Independents CC won the toss and elected to bat

Qualifier 1
1 March 2023
12:30
Scorecard

Darmstadt CC 115/4 (10 overs)	v	Byron 119/7 (10 overs)
Abdul Shakoor 39 (16) Shabbir Arslan 1/15 (2 overs)		Ahmed Mumtaz 46 (13) Parwaiz Akhoudzada 2/8 (2 overs)

Byron beat Darmstadt CC by 4 runs
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Suleman Saeed (ITA), Tyrone Peters (SA) and Nilkesh Patel (SPA)
Player of the match: Ahmed Mumtaz

Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bowl

Qualifier 2
1 March 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Hornchurch CC 135/3 (8.1 overs)	v	Darmstadt 134/4 (10 overs)
Adeel Malik 66* (19) Mansoor Khan 1/18 (2 overs)		Muhammad Umar 55 (17) Gavin Griffiths 1/8 (2 overs)

Hornchurch CC beat Darmstadt CC by 7 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Ian Ramage (SCO), Nilkesh Patel (SPA) and Tyrone Peters (SA)
Player of the match: Adeel Malik

Darmstadt CC won the toss and elected to bat

Final
1 March 2023
18:30
Scorecard

Hornchurch CC 100/0 (8.3 overs)	v	Byron 99/5 (10 overs)
Paul Murray 42* (29) Aslam Mohammad 0/14 (2 overs)		Aslam Mohammad 27 (18) Mark James 2/15 (2 overs)

Hornchurch CC beat Byron by 10 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Tyrone Peters (SA), Suleman Saeed (ITA) and Ian Ramage (SCO)
Player of the match: Paul Murray

Hornchurch CC won the toss and elected to bowl

Eliminator
4 March 2023
10:30
Scorecard

American University of Malta 71/9 (10 overs)	v	V.O.C Rotterdam 153/2 (10 overs)
Rocky Dianish 35 (22) Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/2 (1 over)		Pieter Seelar 72 (26) Abhishek Kuntala 1/11 (2 overs)

V.O.C. Rotterdam beat American University of Malta by 82 runs
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Tyrone Peters (SA), Ian Ramage (SCO) and Suleman Saeed (ITA)
Player of the match: Jelte Schoonheim

American University of Malta won the toss and elected to bowl

Qualifier 1
4 March 2023
12:30
Scorecard

Svanholm 76 (10 overs)	v	Farmers 79/2 (8.0 overs)
Saud Munir 25 (20) Toby Britton 3/13 (2 overs)		Asa Tribe 31* (18) Toqeer Ahmad 1/20 (2 overs)

Farmers beat Svanholm by 8 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Suleman Saeed (ITA), Nilkesh Patel (SPA) and Tyrone Peters (SA)
Player of the match: Toby Britton

Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl

Qualifier 2
4 March 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Svanholm 131/4 (10 overs)	v	V.O.C Rotterdam 108/8 (10 overs)
Mads Henriksen 50 (23) Ramdas Upadhyaya 2/20 (2 overs)		Burhan Niaz 27 (13) Abdullah Mahmood 3/18 (2 overs)

Svanholm beat V.O.C. Rotterdam by 23 runs
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Ian Ramage (SCO), Tyrone Peters (SA) and Nilkesh Patel (SPA)
Player of the match: Mads Henriksen

V.O.C. Rotterdam won the toss and elected to bowl

Final
4 March 2023
18:30
Scorecard

Farmers 87/3 (9.5 overs)	v	Svanholm 85/4 (10 overs)
Asa Tribe 37* (25) Hamid Shah 1/21 (2 overs)		Saud Munir 53* (30) Toby Britton 2/8 (2 overs)

Farmers beat Svanholm by 7 wickets
Cartama Oval, Cartama
Umpires: Nilkesh Patel (SPA), Saleem Suleman (SPA) and Ian Ramage (SCO)
Player of the match: Asa Tribe

Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Fossum	2	1	0	1	3	+2.900
2	Olten	2	1	1	1	3	+1.600
3	Beveren	2	1	1	0	2	+0.000
4	Lathbury Lightning	2	1	1	0	2	-0.008
5	Royal Tigers Budapest	2	0	2	0	0	-3.304

Source: European Cricket Network

Runs	Player	Team	Inns	HS	Ave	SR	50	30	4s	6s
641	Jason Van Der Merwe	CIYMS	15	95*	58.27	232.24	5	10	49	56
590	Ahmad Nabi	Dreux	15	93	49.16	241.80	4	9	23	67
542	George Hankins	Hornchurch CC	16	68*	45.16	200.74	6	8	30	51
394	Mohammad Nisar	Dreux	14	56*	43.77	196.02	3	5	20	38
365	Christopher Dougherty	CIYMS	15	62*	30.41	201.65	3	6	36	24
350	Hamza Niaz	Dreux	15	115*	25.00	205.88	1	4	30	27
275	Carson McCullough	CIYMS	13	51	27.50	162.72	1	3	20	19
266	Adeel Malik	Hornchurch CC	15	66*	22.16	212.80	2	4	8	32
263	Muhammad Rafah	Dreux	11	60	29.22	268.36	1	4	8	32
233	Joel Dudley	Farmers	11	40	21.18	180.62	0	3	24	17
Source: European Cricket Network

Wkts	Player	Team	Mat	Ave	Econ	SR	BBI
27	Tabish Bhatti	Dreux	15	10.66	9.60	6.66	4/7
22	Jacob Mulder	CIYMS	15	9.72	7.73	7.54	4/11
21	Carson McCullough	CIYMS	15	13.57	110.17	8.00	4/4
18	Gavin Griffiths	Hornchurch CC	16	17.88	10.73	10.00	4/48
16	Adam Kennedy	CIYMS	13	10.93	9.21	7.12	3/8
	Jake Sunderland	Sporting Alfas	12	12.12	9.38	7.75	3/16
	Garry Park	Sporting Alfas	13	13.93	11.15	7.50	3/31
	Chris Robinson	CIYMS	15	12.43	11.70	6.37	4/15
14	Usman Khan	Dreux	15	15.78	10.27	9.21	3/13
14	Marc Whitlock	Hornchurch CC	16	21.78	14.18	9.21	2/19
Source: European Cricket Network

Darmstadt CC

Independents CC

Hornchurch CC

Tallinn Stallions

Source: European Cricket Network

^ 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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[1] 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.

[2] "EUROPEAN CRICKET LEAGUE - ECL23 - DRAW". 13 January 2023.

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