Morocco national cricket team

Morocco
First international

ICC status	Affiliate member (1999)
ICC region	Africa
WCL	n/a
Coach	Riaz Richards
Captain	Salah El Mouridi
23 April 2006 v Rwanda at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
As of 31 May 2012

The Moroccan cricket team is the team that represents the country of Morocco in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1999.^[1] The team is operated by Federation Royale Marocaine De Cricket.

International history

Their international debut came in 2006 when they took part in Division Three of the African region of the ICC World Cricket League. They finished fifth in the eight team tournament.^[2] Their most recent international activity has been in the ICC-Africa Division 3 tournament in Benoni, South Africa where the team finished 6th.^[3]

Flag of Morocco.

Morocco boasts an ICC approved ground capable of hosting full internationals, the National Cricket Stadium in Tangier. It has so far hosted one One Day International triangular tournament, the Morocco Cup in 2002, where Sri Lanka won ahead of South Africa and Pakistan.

Tangier National Stadium

Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within Morocco

Current squad

Salah El Mouridi (Captain)
Abdelghani Ennaoui(vice captain)
Adil Lamkhayer (wk)
Mohammed Essousy
Mouhsine Nassar L'Koude
Mohammed Said Nekrou
Soufiane Essayeh
Ibrahim Bekkouri
Mountassir Lakhrissi
Ismail Kettani
Mustapha Olahian
Zakaria Zaki
Rachid Aboukis
Anass Lakhrissi

Coaching staff

Coach: Riaz Richards
Technical Director: Rabie Azzimani

References

External links

Morocco national cricket team at Cricinfo

National sports teams of Morocco

Basketball Beach soccer Cricket Football M W M U23 M U20 M U17 Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey Rugby league Rugby union M M7 Tennis M W Volleyball Water polo

Olympics Paralympics

National cricket teams

Full members (10)

Associate members (39)

ODI and T20I only	Afghanistan Hong Kong Ireland³ Papua New Guinea Scotland United Arab Emirates

T20I only	Netherlands Oman

Other associate members	Argentina Belgium Bermuda Botswana Canada Cayman Islands Denmark Fiji France Germany Gibraltar Guernsey Israel Italy Japan Jersey Kenya Kuwait Malaysia Namibia Nigeria Nepal Saudi Arabia Singapore Suriname Tanzania Thailand Uganda United States (suspended) Vanuatu Zambia

Affiliate members (56)

Former members (6)

Non-members

¹ For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Montserrat , Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. ² For England and Wales, the national team is England. ³ For Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.

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