Philippines national cricket team

Infobox non test cricket team
country_name = Philippines

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image_caption = Flag of the Philippines
icc_member_year = 2000
icc_status = Affiliate member
icc_region = East Asia/Pacific
current_captain = n/a
WCL_division = n/a
regional_tournament = World Cricket League East Asia/Pacific Region
regional_tournament_division = n/a
first_match = Yet to play representative cricket
world_ranking = not ranked
regional_ranking = 10th
asofdate = 31 July 2007

The Filipino cricket team has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council since 2000. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/76.html]

Cricket in the country dates back to the 1960s, and is played almost entirely by ex-patriots from the major cricket playing nations. [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/87260.html] The East Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s had an effect on Filipino cricket, with many foreign workers that made up the local players leaving the country. There were only two active clubs as of 2000, [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/87260.html] and only 45 senior players as of 2003. [http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/development/east-asia-pacific/research/2004/eap_combined.pdf] The Philippines are yet to enter a team in any international cricket competition.