France national cricket team
The France national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of France in international cricket. They became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998, having previously been an affiliate member since 1987. The country is best known for winning the silver medal in the cricket event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, the only time cricket has been held at the Olympics. France now plays most of its matches in European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments, although the team also appeared at the 2001 ICC Trophy.
| Association | France Cricket | |||||||||
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| Coach | Tim de Leede | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member with T20I status (1998) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | France v. Great Britain (Paris; 19 August 1900) | |||||||||
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| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2001) | |||||||||
| Best result | First round, 2001 | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Norway at Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld; 5 August 2021 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Malta at Marsa Sports Club, Marsa; 16 July 2023 | |||||||||
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| As of 1 January 2024 | ||||||||||
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between France and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.