Luxembourg's
cricketers will compete in the official European second division
championship in Corfu, Greece between 3rd and 8th September. The goal is
climb from the current ranking of 21st out of 31; a creditable position
considering the limited playing resources in the Grand Duchy.
You will be able to follow the action with live updates from the ICC Europe website:
http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2012/TOURNAMENTS/EURODIV2/index.shtml
Further updates will be posted to
www.optimists.cc and luxembourgcricketfederation.hitssports.com if the hotel wifi works.
The squad of 14 is a blend of youth and experience, with five of the
party a product of the federation's youth system. The
tournament will use the Twenty20 format and Luxembourg leaves with quiet optimism as most
of the squad recently played in the Optimists team which only narrowly failed
to win the Belgian T20 cup. Our group appears to be the easiest of the two but Israel and Spain start as favourites. The hosts will play in the
other group, with their star player set to be ex-Hampshire
keeper-batsman Nic Pothas.
The squad:
Tony WHITEMAN (capt)
James BARKER
Timothy BARKER
Wayne CODD
Graham COPE
William COPE
Taral DESAI
Christopher EVANS
Nishith GANDHI
Joost MEES
Piran MERKL
Richard NEALE
Anand PATTABIRAMAN
Madhu RAMACHANDRAN
With
Ben EMBLETON (coach)
Steve EVANS (manager)
Mick SWITHENBANK (scorer)