The Finnish Bears National Squad for the upcoming European Cricket Championship (ECC 2022) to be played at the Cartama Oval, Malaga in Spain has been selectedRead More
PRESS RELEASE 18.7.2022 Aaron Finch of Australia poses during the T20 World Cup Trophy Tour Launch at Crown Riverwalk on July 08, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)Read More
Cricket Finland has announced its team that will be playing in the World Cup Sub-Regional Qualifier A. Nathan Collins has been the Bears’ captain for over five years continuously taking the squad in a more professional direction and leading by example most recently in the #FINEST T20I series with 79 runs in a single game. ...Read More
Finnish men’s national cricket team, the Bears, meet the Estonian men’s national team in the T20i series, #FINEST2022, this upcoming Sunday, 19 June, at the Kerava National Cricket Ground. Teams are chasing ranking points to better their position in the men’s global rankings. This tournament will be the last international game series before the Sub-Regional...Read More
Published December 14th, 2020 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided that two of the summer 2021 World Cup qualifying groups (ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Europe Qualifier) will be played in Finland. The cities of Kerava and Vantaa will host the event together. Finland, with the support of their home crowd, is aiming to reach the...Read More
Published August 19th, 2020 Today’s announcement of new stricter border controls revised by the Finnish government due to increasing Covid-19 infection rates in Denmark, means in practical terms that travel is impossible at this time. We have provisionally agreed with Cricket Denmark to play the same T20I series early summer 2021.Read More
Published July 17th, 2020 The Finnish National Team, the Finnish Bears, will play international matches again for the first time after the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown was relaxed. The squad will be in Copenhagen from August 24th to 28th to compete in a special “Tri-Nation Series” of matches against the teams from hosts Denmark and Germany....Read More
Published May 26th, 2020 Finnish cricket takes a leap forward in year-round accessibility to the game – The country’s first indoor training facility is completed at the Eerikkilä Sport & Outdoor Resort to international standards. Finland’s first cricket-specific indoor training nets have just been completed at Eerikkilä to international cricket standards. This facility perfectly complements the outdoor...Read More
Published February 7th, 2020 With a massive 2020 ahead for the Finnish Bears, Matt Jenkinson has been appointed as Head Coach, replacing the long-serving Yasir Abdul Quadir, who in turn will remain in an assistant coach role. Matt grew up in Melbourne Australia where he played cricket in the Victorian Premier (District) Cricket League, arguably...Read More
Published in January 29th, 2020 ICC 2021 T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Qualifier tournament hosts announced – Finland to host an international pathway event for the first time in its history The road to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 for 24 European teams has been confirmed, as an expanded regional qualification process for the...Read More
