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iceland cricket in the media


•   27 July 2000 in Morgunblaðið: First cricket match in Iceland  (read hereIcelandic

•   25 August 2000 in Morgunblaðið: The students beat the teachers in Iceland's first cricket match  (read here)   Icelandic

•   25 August 2000 in Morgunblaðið: The Icelandic government recognises cricket  (read hereIcelandic
•   11 September 2000 in Morgunblaðið: First match for the Iceland national cricket team  (read hereIcelandic

•   18 May 2001 in The Times: The appeal of cricket spreads to Icelandic enthusiasts

•   21 May 2001 in Morgunblaðið: Cricket in Iceland draws attention  (read hereIcelandic

•   28 July 2001 in Morgunblaðið: Sky Sports to cover today's Iceland cricket match  (read hereIcelandic

•   17 August 2002 in Morgunblaðið: Tryggingamiðstöðin win cricket match today  (read hereIcelandic

•   14 July 2003 in Morgunblaðið: Iceland cricket team practises in Elliðaárdalur  (read hereIcelandic

•   17 July 2003 in Morgunblaðið: British cricket team heading to Iceland  (read hereIcelandic

•   20 July 2003 in Morgunblaðið: Cricket is clicking in Iceland  (read hereIcelandic

•   21 July 2003 in Dagblaðið: Cricket on the glacier  (read hereIcelandic

•   25 July 2003 on BBC Test Match Special: Cricket's snowy challenge  (read here)  by Henry Blofeld

•   13 August 2004 in Morgunblaðið: Cricket at Víðistaðatún  (read hereIcelandic

•   28 June 2005 in Morgunblaðið: Cricket at Kárahnjúkar  (read hereIcelandic

•   1 August 2008 in The Tweak: Bouncers and run chases  (read here)  by Karl Pálsson

•   29 June 2009 in Morgunblaðið: Sachin Tendulkar visits Iceland  (read hereIcelandic

•   24 February 2010 in Morgunblaðið: Iceland's friend Tendulkar in the history books  (read hereIcelandic

•   15 October 2010 in Morgunblaðið: Lalit Modi may seek asylum in Iceland  (read hereIcelandic

•   20 October 2010 in Morgunblaðið: Lalit Modi does not want to come to Iceland  (read hereIcelandic

•   26 June 2011 in Iceland Review: Rugby and cricket matches in Iceland  (read here)  

•   21 March 2015 in Global Cricket Community: Interview with Abhishek Chauhan  (read here)  

•   6 June 2015 in the Twenty20 Cricket blog: Video of the partnership of 102 between Mohammad Younas and Lee Nelson  (watch here)

•   5 September 2016 in Iceland Monitor: Iceland's first ever cricket tournament  (read here)  

•   15 September 2016 in Fréttablaðið: Iceland cricket team plays in Prague  (read hereIcelandic

•   18 April 2017 in Global Cricket Community: Interview with Derick Deonarain  (read here)  

•   2 June 2017 in Reykjavik Grapevine: Batting up a storm  (watch here)  

•   1 July 2017 on Vimeo: Video report of the Hackney Village tour  (watch here)  by Ruari Muir

•   1 August 2017 in the Cricket Without Boundaries blog: Review of the Allez les Bloggers tour  (read here)  

•   8 September 2017 on RÚV Kiljan: Interviews with Sebastian Faulks and Tom Holland  (watch here)  Icelandic

•   16 September 2017 in The Spectator: Review of the Authors tour  (read here)  by Sebastian Faulks

•   23 September 2017 on ABC Correspondents Report: Review of the Authors tour  (listen here)  by Steve Cannane

•   16 October 2017 in The Cricket Monthly: Review of the Authors tour  (read here)  by Anthony McGowan

•   12 April 2018 on BBC News: Iceland to play first cricket international  (read here 

•   25 April 2018 on the Cricket Australia blog: Cricket Fans chip in to grow Iceland krikket  (read here)  

•   27 April 2018 on BBC News: Cricket fans stump up cash for Iceland national team  (read here)  

•   3 May 2018 in The South African: Iceland Cricket wins the internet with epic clap back  (read here)  

•   4 May 2018 in Iceland Magazine: Redditors come to the rescue of the Icelandic national cricket team  (read here)  

•   9 May 2018 on ESPN Cricinfo: Nobody in Iceland watches Game of Thrones, but they do watch cricket  (read here)  

•   14 May 2018 on Crictracker: Hilarious tweets from Iceland Cricket break the internet  (read here)  

•   22 May 2018 in Junkee: The most delightfully sassy account on Twitter  (read here)  

•   14 July 2018 on SBS World News: The other Icelandic team taking on the world  (watch here)  

•   27 July 2018 on BBC Stumped: The coolest team in the world?  (listen here)  

•   27 July 2018 in The Hindu: Iceland's game of thorns  (read here)  

•   1 August 2018 on ESPN Cricinfo: Iceland to play world's first match in The Hundred format  (read here)  

•   2 October 2018 in Vice: Fire, ice and cucumber sandwiches  (read here)  

•   25 January 2019 in Business Day: Can anyone tell me where I can buy an Iceland cricket shirt?  (read here)  

•   1 April 2019 in The Hindu: Iceland spinner Kató Jónsson has trials with Kings XI Punjab  (read here)  

•   1 April 2019 in The New Indian Express: Iceland spinner Kató Jónsson to play for Kings XI Punjab  (read here)  

•   1 April 2019 in Cricket Howzat: Kings XI Punjab to include Iceland’s mystery spinner in a historic move  (read here)  

•   3 April 2019 in Morgunblaðið: It was thought that an Icelander would play in the world's most popular league   (read here)  Icelandic

•   16 May 2019 in Iceland Review: World's northernmost cricket ground to open in Iceland   (read here)  

•   12 August 2019 in Fréttablaðið: National team beaten at Víðistaðatún   (read here)  Icelandic

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