Beginnings and
Jutland on the
Eastern Common in Copenhagen 1867 Cricket has been played in Denmark since the mid-19th century, with the first club being formed in 1865 by English railway engineers. The first organised match was played the following year between two teams of English players, with the first matches involving Danish players taking place in 1866. The game expanded greatly over the following twenty years, with 30 new clubs being formed in 1883. Several touring sides from England and
Scotland visited the country in the early part of the 20th century, including the famous
Marylebone Cricket Club. In 1933, an attempt to organise the first international match against the
Netherlands failed, and the Danish national side did not play their first match until 1954, against
Oxford University, the year after the current Danish Cricket Federation was formed. They did not take part in the
1982 tournament. In 1983,
Ole Mortensen became the first Danish player to play
county cricket. In 1989, Denmark hosted
Australia for two one-day matches. They lost the first match in
Brøndby by 45 runs and lost the second in
Copenhagen by 54 runs. They fared better at home against Canada that year, winning twice against them. After playing both home and away against
Bangladesh in 1990, Denmark again played in the ICC Trophy in
1994, finishing tenth in the tournament after losing to
Namibia in the plate final. They played their first matches against
France in 1995, and hosted the first
European Cricket Championship in 1996, They finished fifth in the following years ICC Trophy and were runners up in the European Championship in 1998. In 1999, Denmark took part in the
NatWest Trophy for the first time. and the European Championship, where they finished last, without winning a game. The following year, they took part in the ICC Trophy in Canada, finishing eighth. The MCC toured Denmark in 2002, and Denmark won all three matches.
2000-2017 The Netherlands visited Denmark in 2003, winning both matches. Denmark played a two match series against Ireland later in the year, losing both matches and missing out on qualification for the
ICC Intercontinental Cup. In 2005, they played their final match in the
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, losing heavily to
Northamptonshire at
Svanholm Park before taking part in the
2005 ICC Trophy, where they again finished eighth. In 2006, Denmark again took part in the European Championship, finishing fourth after winning only against Italy. At the end of that year, it was announced that they would join the ICC's High Performance Programme from 1 April 2007. In September 2018, Denmark qualified from Group A of the
2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament. Denmark played their first T20I match against
Jersey on 16 June 2019. Since April 2019, Denmark has played in the
2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. ==Grounds==