Serbia national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Serbia women's national cricket team.

The Serbian national cricket team is the team that represents Serbia in international cricket. It is governed by the Serbian Cricket Federation (also known as Kriket federacija Srbije) which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in June 2015 and is an associate member since 2017.^[1]

Serbia

Flag of Serbia
Association	Serbian Cricket Federation
Personnel
Captain	Mark Pavlovic
Coach	Richard Black
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member[1] (2017)
ICC region	Europe
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever T20I 78th 66th (18 July 2022)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Bulgaria at Marina Ground, Corfu; 14 October 2019
Last T20I	v  Belgium at Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld; 12 July 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[3] 31 8/22 (0 ties, 1 no result) This year[4] 7 1/6 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 12 July 2024

History

Serbia's national team made its first away appearance in 2009. It won one match and lost the other against the Slovenian team Mezica CC. In August 2011, Serbia reached the semi-finals of the EuroT20 tournament in Budapest.^[5]

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 Serbia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.^[6]

Serbia played their first T20I on 14 October 2019, against Bulgaria, during the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.

14 October 2019 14:30 Scorecard

Serbia  156/6 (20 overs)	v	Bulgaria 161/4 (18 overs)
Leslie Dunbar 104* (61) Prakash Mishra 3/12 (4 overs)		Kiran Dasan 74 (59) Apon Mustafizur 2/30 (3 overs)

Bulgaria won by 6 wickets Marina Ground, Gouvia Umpires: Ioannis Afthinos (Gre) and Ruban Sivanadian (Can)

• Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
• First ever T20I match for Serbia.

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Serbia in the 2024–25 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. Updated as of 12 July 2024.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Alexander Dizija	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Simo Ivetic	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Vice-captain
Wintley Burton	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Edward van Reenen	43	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Slobodan Tosic	38	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Nemanja Zimonjic	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Luka Woods	19	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Braithyn Pecic	18	Right-handed
Leslie Dunbar	34	Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Mark Pavlovic	40	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Pace Bowlers
Alister Gajic	36	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Martija Sarenac	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Vukasin Zimonjic	19	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Peter Nedeljkovic	16	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Serbia^[7]

Last updated 12 July 2024

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	31	8	22	0	1	14 October 2019

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 242/4 v. Bulgaria on 26 June 2022 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.^[8]
• Highest individual score: 117, Leslie Dunbar v. Bulgaria on 26 June 2022 at National Sports Academy, Sofia.^[9]
• Best individual bowling figures: 4/12, Alister Gajić v. Bulgaria on 9 July 2022 at Lisičji Jarak Cricket Ground, Belgrade.^[10]

T20I record versus other nations^[7]

Records complete to T20I #2755. Last updated 12 July 2024.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Belgium	1	0	1	0	0	12 July 2024
Bulgaria	11	3	7	0	1	14 October 2019	8 July 2022
Croatia	3	1	2	0	0	19 July 2022	24 June 2023
Cyprus	1	1	0	0	0	18 July 2022	18 July 2022
Gibraltar	2	0	2	0	0	5 October 2023
Greece	2	0	2	0	0	15 October 2019
Isle of Man	1	0	1	0	0	13 July 2022
Jersey	1	0	1	0	0	7 July 2024
Romania	3	0	3	0	0	25 June 2021
Slovenia	3	1	2	0	0	29 June 2024	30 June 2024
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	0	11 July 2024
Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	15 July 2022	15 July 2022

See also

• Serbian Cricket Federation
• List of Serbia Twenty20 International cricketers

References

1. "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
3. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
4. "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
5. "Euro Twenty20 Cup 2011". www.cricketpages.eu. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012.
6. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
7. "Records / Serbia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
8. "Records / Serbia / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
9. "Records / Serbia / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
10. "Serbia T20I matches bowling best figures innings". Retrieved 15 October 2019.

• Beyond the Test world article on the Serbian team on Cricinfo

External links

• Official Site of Serbian Cricket Federation