Iceland Cricket

We always say that we applaud good play when we see it. We'll let you know.

Pakistan both win and lose simultaneously. England and NZ go through to the semis from the Super 8s.

Sensational, though, at the end by Dasun Shanaka! Shaheen Afridi was hit into the middle of next week.

We always tell our players, you are going to fail, so why worry about it?

This is the kind of deconstructive motivation they need to get out of bed and not worry if the day goes well or badly. We would not have won three T20Is in the 2025 Euro Cup without this kind of approach.

We are excited to announce our new partnership with CricHeroes for our upcoming 2026 season.

All matches will be scored and streamed on their platform, as well as the latter on our YT channel.

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It is possible England will rig their last Super 8 match against NZ, but the good thing with them is we will never be able to tell.

#СлаваУкраïнi #SlavaUkraini

Earlier this month we talked about the ICC funding model and what we feel needs to change.

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Dramatic sky behind Icelandic cricket match

Cricket in Iceland is all about the contrasts.

Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...

My book is set this week four years ago, in the first days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Its heroes are some very brave – and very eccentric – sportspeople, who I still want the world to know about.

Lots of fun cricket stories as well. Please share ⬇️

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Sachin Tendulkar playing golf

There was only one reason why Sachin Tendulkar came to visit Iceland in 2009 and that was to experience the true birthplace of cricket. The fact he spent nearly his whole time on the Mosfellsbær golf course is neither here nor there.

If you add ice to one side of a cricket ball, which is an entirely natural substance, you will see swing bowling the likes of which you have never witnessed before.

We choose today to announce our T20WC team of the group stage:

S Farhan (PAK)
B Bennett (ZMB)
A Markram (SA) (C)
I Kishan (IND)
K Mendis (SL)
S Hope (WI) (wk)
J Holder (WI)
C Kalugamage (IT)
V Chakravarthy (IND)
S van Schalkwyk (USA)
B Muzarabani (ZIM)

The hoodoo is over! England can beat other European teams in the T20 World Cup.

Had they lost today, we would have started to wonder if literally any European nation could triumph against them.

The pasta boys will be hungry, not scared ahead of the English battle on Monday.

After a crushing win for our Irish cousins, this is one of the big derby matches. Scotland versus England, the Tartan Army vs. the Bakewell Tarts. Let's hope it is a battle for the ages. Can England gain their first ever win over European opposition in the T20WC?

Our 2026 jerseys are now available for sale throughout the year.

Aurora jerseys also available.

Bobble and bucket hats too.

And a whole lot more.

Worldwide shipping.

All royalties support the development of cricket here.

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Australia have never beaten Zimbabwe and England are yet to beat a fellow European nation in a T20 World Cup. One of those surprising facts could go within 24 hours.

Another team fails to chase in the T20 World Cup, and this time it is England's turn to run out of road.

Afghanistan versus New Zealand is a battle between two dark horses, the new and the old. Icelandic dark horses are small and cute, and also not yet trophy winners. Resilient, though.

ÍPL 2026 tournament logo

The Íslensk Premier League (ÍPL), the world's most famous T20 franchise tournament in the sub-Arctic, has just secured a new anchor sponsor today.

We are going to reveal the full details of the big news very soon!

Volcanic fight

In Iceland, even when the worst is about to happen, we never go down without a desperate fight against the odds.

Examples of merchandise

Following unprecedented recent demand, we are no longer going to be running pre-order periods for our online merchandise store with S66 Sportswear Ltd. Instead, it is going to be kept permanently open for sales!

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Following unprecedented recent demand, we are no longer going to be running pre-order periods for our online merchandise store with @S66Sportswear. Instead, it is going to be kept permanently open for sales!

When we beat Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine in three T20 matches in three days in 2025, we suddenly had a horrifying realisation. Without any question, we could no longer call ourselves the worst national cricket team in the world. Our sense of specialness had evaporated.

trophy cabinets

We sometimes get asked why our Board has two beautifully polished and clean trophy cabinets. This is because we are a forward thinking and progressive Board, cognisant of the importance of gender equality. It is moves like this that will help us get ICC associate membership.

It is 3 months today until the Icelandic domestic cricket season begins.

When we invented cricket in 911 CE, we became the de facto governing body not just of Iceland but the world. There was a lot of bad player behaviour that we let go, but the teams still turned up and always played the matches (battles!). Values were different then.

Have there ever been any controversies in Icelandic cricket?

Take this Carey/Bairstow style runout in 2022?

What was the batter thinking?

Based on tests yesterday, our Board considers the ice on our city pond to be currently too thin for a game of ice cricket.

We sometimes care about our players' welfare and Reykjavík is not St. Moritz.

It's the final weekend in the pre-order period!

Jerseys, hats, hoodies, and more.

Worldwide shipping. Shop link in original post and our bio.

Thanks to everyone who has bought so far. All royalties support our development of cricket in Iceland.

The worst day in our cricketing history was when we were 21-7 against Estonia in July 2023.

We realised our players had consumed more sausages in Tallinn the previous day than runs currently scored on the pitch.

Those statistics were stark and marked a key inflection point.