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The Bermudian cricket team is the team representing Bermuda in the sport of cricket, governed by the Bermuda Cricket
Board. The Bermuda Cricket Board was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council,
the global ruling body for the sport, in 1966. Having performed in all 8 ICC World
Cup Qualifiers (formerly the ICC Trophy), the one-day competition for
associate and affiliate members of the ICC, their most notable achievements have
been finishing runners up in the 1982 competition and, more recently, finishing
fourth in the 2005 tournament - granting them qualification to their first World Cup in the 2007
tournament. They failed to proceed past the Group Stage, following 3 heavy
defeats - including the largest defeat ever recorded in a World Cup match at the
hands of India. The highlight of the
Bermudian season is the annual Cup Match, played between two of the island's
leading clubs of Somerset and St. George's, which was first played in 1902. The game is played in a carnival
atmosphere over two public holidays.
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