France now plays most of its matches in European Cricket Council (ECC) tournaments, although the team also appeared at the 2001 ICC Trophy.

This match was finally played in 1989, as part of the bicentennial celebrations of the revolution, with France beating the MCC by 7 wickets.

[8] The first documented match took place in the Bois de Boulogne between Paris Cricket Club and Nottingham Amateurs in 1864.

The French team, however, consisted of ten British residents in Paris and two Frenchmen, members of the Standard Athletic Club.

[11] Many cricket clubs folded after the Second World War, but an influx of English and Asian immigrants led to a resurgence of the game in the early 1980s.

[12] In 1997, they played in the European Nations Cup in Zuoz, Switzerland,[13] winning after beating Germany by one run in the final.

In 2011, they finished sixth in the ICC Europe Division 1 T20 Championship after losing the fifth place play-off match to Norway.