The Luxembourg national cricket team represents Luxembourg in international cricket. The Luxembourg Cricket Federation became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998 and an associate member in 2017.
Ground Luxembourg's home ground is at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, in Walferdange which belongs to the country's largest club, the Optimists Cricket Club. The ground is named after the late Pierre Werner, a former Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–74, 1979–84). Werner had fallen in love with cricket when living in London in 1930, and went on to become the Honorary President of the OCC, which had been established when he was Prime Minister. Werner opened the OCC's new ground in 1992. Widely viewed as one of the best cricket grounds in mainland Europe (excluding grounds in the Netherlands), the ground lies in the picturesque setting just ten minutes from Luxembourg City center. It boasts a large outfield (with two tracks laid on different bases), four practice bays, a clubhouse with catering facilities, a cricket/tennis pavilion and various other amenities.
History Luxembourg men's international debut came at the 1990 European Cricketer Cup, a European Cricket Council tournament.Other matches played by Luxembourg – CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 April 2016. Outside of occasional matches against Belgium, the team did not return to international level until 2003, when they finished last in the ECC Trophy, an eleven-team tournament for ICC affiliate members. The following year, they took part in the ECC Representative Championship in Slovenia, finishing in fifth place, nearly upsetting Croatia, and completing their first international win, against Bulgaria.
In 2006, Luxembourg took part in Division Four of the European Championship in Belgium, beating Finland, losing narrowly to Slovenia, and losing in the last over against Cyprus. Having narrowly missed out on promotion in 2006, they would play in Division Four again in 2009.
In 2009, Luxembourg again participated in Division Four of the ICC European Championship in Limassol, Cyprus. It won two games, against Slovenia and Finland, and lost three, finishing 4th out of six competing nations. The Luxembourg team won the Spirit of Cricket award.
In 2011, following a restructuring of the ICC European Divisions, Luxembourg participated in the ICC Europe Division 2 (T20) Championship, which took place in Belgium and involved 11 teams. Following a victory over Cyprus in the group stage, Luxembourg advanced to the 5th–8th place play-off where they eventually finished 8th. Belgium beat Austria in the final and both teams were promoted to ICC Europe Division 1.
2018-Present In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Luxembourg and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. Luxembourg played their first T20I match against Turkey on 29 August 2019 during the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania.
Tournament history
T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers European Cricket Championship European T20 Championship 2018: Did not participate 2022: 5th place 2024: 8th place 2006 (Division four): 3rd place — remained 2009 (Division four): 4th place 2011 (Division two): 8th place 2012 (Division two): 9th place ECC Trophy ECC Representative Tournament 2003: 11th place 2004: 5th place
Current squad Updated as of 25 July 2025.
This lists all the players who were part of the Luxembourg's squad for the 2025 Budapest Cup.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Last T20I Notes Batters Vivek Dixit Right-handed Right-arm off break 2025 Mayank Nagayach Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2025 Girish Venkateswaran Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Anoop Orsu Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 Timothy Barker Left-handed 2025 Benjamin Embleton Right-handed 2025 All-rounder Vikram Vijh Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 Shiv Gill Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Captain Wicket-keeper Amit Halbhavi Right-handed 2025 Advyth Manepalli Right-handed 2025 Pace Bowlers Kamal Soukhiya Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Ankush Nanda Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 Sareer Shah Left-handed Left-arm medium 2025 Milad Momend Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Shameek Vats Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025
Records
International Match Summary — Luxembourg
Last updated 20 August 2026. Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 60 21 39 0 0 29 August 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 197/4 (15.4 overs) v. Serbia on 26 June 2026 at Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague Highest individual score: 88*, Asghar Ali Khan v. Serbia on 26 June 2026 at Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague Best individual bowling figures: 5/6, Ankush Nanda v. Turkey on 29 August 2019 at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei
Most T20I runs for Luxembourg PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanTimothy Barker 1,052 20.62 2019–2026Vikram Vijh 1,031 21.93 2019–2026Shiv Gill 935 23.37 2022–2026Joost Mees 709 22.15 2019–2024James Barker 519 23.59 2019–2024
Most T20I wickets for Luxembourg PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanVikram Vijh 56 23.71 2019–2026Ankush Nanda 36 23.02 2019–2025Milad Momend 28 21.10 2023–2026Pankaj Malav 28 23.00 2020–2024William Cope 20 24.50 2020–2026Mohit Dixit 20 31.15 2019–2023
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #4090. Last updated 20 August 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 7 1 6 0 0 31 August 2019 23 May 2021 2 0 2 0 0 29 August 2020 3 2 1 0 0 2 September 2021 2 September 2021 9 3 6 0 0 1 September 2019 28 August 2020 1 0 1 0 0 18 August 2026 4 1 3 0 0 11 July 2023 15 July 2023 2 1 1 0 0 15 October 2023 15 October 2023 1 0 1 0 0 25 July 2022 3 1 2 0 0 4 September 2021 4 September 2021 2 0 2 0 0 15 June 2024 1 0 1 0 0 16 June 2024 1 0 1 0 0 9 June 2024 4 2 2 0 0 2 September 2021 2 September 2021 5 1 4 0 0 30 August 2019 15 July 2023 2 2 0 0 0 26 June 2026 26 June 2026 1 1 0 0 0 30 July 2022 30 July 2022 1 0 1 0 0 17 August 2026 9 4 5 0 0 11 June 2022 11 June 2022 2 2 0 0 0 29 August 2019 29 August 2019
See also Cricket in Luxembourg Luxembourg Cricket Federation List of Luxembourg Twenty20 International cricketers Optimists Cricket Club
References