2023 European Cricket League

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.

2023 European Cricket League
Dates27 February – 24 March 2023
Administrator(s)European Cricket League
Cricket formatT10
Tournament format(s)Round robin and knockout
Host(s) Spain
Champions Dreux (1st title)
Runners-up Hornchurch CC
Participants31
Player of the series Jason Van Der Merwe
Most runs Jason Van Der Merwe (641)
Most wickets Tabish Bhatti (27)
Official websiteEuropean Cricket Network

Background

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.

Popularity

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

Participants

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

Group stage

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

Group A
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Darmstadt CC 4 3 1 0 6 +2.216
Byron 4 3 1 0 6 -0.062
Independents CC 4 2 2 0 4 +1.457
Hornchurch CC 4 2 2 0 4 -1.118
Tallinn Stallions 4 0 4 0 0 -2.625
Source: European Cricket Network

Knockout Stage

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


Group B
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Svanholm 4 4 0 0 8 +5.009
Farmers 4 3 1 0 6 +1.001
American University of Malta 4 1 3 0 2 -0.832
V.O.C Rotterdam 4 1 3 0 2 -1.572
Indo-Bulgarian 4 1 3 0 2 -3.367
Source: European Cricket Network

Knockout Stage

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


Group C
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


Statistics

Most Runs
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

Most Wickets
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
Marc Whitlock Hornchurch CC 16 21.78 14.18 9.21 2/19
Source: European Cricket Network

References
  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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