Presentation
Hello and welcome to the FRENCH FLANDERS XI !
This team was created after former French National Coach and current Lille Cricket Coach, Dave Szumowski, was invited to enter a team from France in the EuroTwenty20 tournament. But why a team from the French Flanders?...
A report in the magazine, Flanders Today, on March 10th 2009 has presented new findings suggesting that the sport of cricket as well as the word itself is Flemish in origin !
The Australian National University in Canberra has uncovered a reference to the sport in a poem written in 1533, in which cricket is linked to Flemish weavers working in England and these weavers from Flanders are certainly known to have settled in rural areas around Kent and Surrey, where it is generally believed that the English game of cricket originated.
If such a claim were true, then it bowls over the traditional theory that the sport evolved from childrens games played in England since Anglo-Saxon times. Instead, Flemish weavers might have been playing a rudimentary game of cricket on the fields of Flanders, taking it with them when they emigrated to England in search of work.
All we need now is to find reference to the game of crekettes in early Medieval Flemish literature, and the image of cricket being a particularly English invention would be hit for six !
About the EuroTwenty20 Tournament and hosts Carmel Cricket Club
FRENCH FLANDERS touring squad :
THE ITINERARY
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE AND SPONSORSHIP
The event as a whole is gaining some real momentum and tournament organisers have been promised some television coverage from the BBC, S4C, ITV and Sky Sports News.
The FRENCH FLANDERS cricket team is searching for a team sponsor to share the international stage with us during this history-making tournament. If you are interested please contact Dave Szumowski.
LINKS
ECB
Cricinfo
Cricketworld
Cricket4Europe
The official website for the tournament is www.eurotwenty20.eu and scorecards, photos and match reports will be updated on the site every day during the tournament.
This team was created after former French National Coach and current Lille Cricket Coach, Dave Szumowski, was invited to enter a team from France in the EuroTwenty20 tournament. But why a team from the French Flanders?...
A report in the magazine, Flanders Today, on March 10th 2009 has presented new findings suggesting that the sport of cricket as well as the word itself is Flemish in origin !
The Australian National University in Canberra has uncovered a reference to the sport in a poem written in 1533, in which cricket is linked to Flemish weavers working in England and these weavers from Flanders are certainly known to have settled in rural areas around Kent and Surrey, where it is generally believed that the English game of cricket originated.
If such a claim were true, then it bowls over the traditional theory that the sport evolved from childrens games played in England since Anglo-Saxon times. Instead, Flemish weavers might have been playing a rudimentary game of cricket on the fields of Flanders, taking it with them when they emigrated to England in search of work.
All we need now is to find reference to the game of crekettes in early Medieval Flemish literature, and the image of cricket being a particularly English invention would be hit for six !
About the EuroTwenty20 Tournament and hosts Carmel Cricket Club
FRENCH FLANDERS touring squad : - Robin Richardson
- Gareth Wilson
- Greg Smith
- Tom Jackson
- Thomas Selig (+)
- Mike Selig
- Lawrence Foster
- Louis Lissarrague
- Nicolas Bowater
- Brett Meredith +
- Dave Szumowski *
THE ITINERARY
- Saturday 18 July : Arrive in Wales
- Sunday 19 July : 14h FRENCH FLANDERS v Hungary
- Monday 20 July : 17h FRENCH FLANDERS v Carmel
- Tuesday 21 July : 17h FRENCH FLANDERS v New Victoria
- Wednesday 22 July : 40 over match v local team (TBC)
- Thursday 23 July : Plate semi-finals
- Friday 24 July : Trophy semi-finals
- Saturday 25 July : Rest/reserve day
- Sunday 26 July : Plate/Trophy Finals
- Monday 27 July : Depart Wales
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE AND SPONSORSHIP
The event as a whole is gaining some real momentum and tournament organisers have been promised some television coverage from the BBC, S4C, ITV and Sky Sports News.
The FRENCH FLANDERS cricket team is searching for a team sponsor to share the international stage with us during this history-making tournament. If you are interested please contact Dave Szumowski.
LINKS
ECB
Cricinfo
Cricketworld
Cricket4Europe
The official website for the tournament is www.eurotwenty20.eu and scorecards, photos and match reports will be updated on the site every day during the tournament.
