This strong cricket tradition is due to the 50 years British rule of the Ionian islands at the time of the liberation of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.

[6] The Greek cricket team appeared in every edition of the ECC Trophy from 1999 to 2005, hosting and winning the tournament in 1999.

After winning all three of their first round group games, they looked to be a favourite for the tournament, and promotion to Division One.

Then they opted not to travel to RAF Lossiemouth to play Israel in the eighth place play-off, despite being fully aware that this would forfeit that game, and relegate them.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members.