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

[5] Cricket is first recorded as being played in Spain in the year 1809 by soldiers of General Lord Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington).

During the Peninsular War the soldiers played the game in and around Ciudad Rodrigo, Lugo and Orense.

The game entered a new era in Spain with the founding of Madrid Cricket Club in 1975.

[6] In June 1989, a National Executive Committee was formed and the first steps were taken to unify all of the cricket playing clubs in Spain.

They played their first match on13 August 2001 at the Seebarn Cricket Centre No 1 Ground, Lower Austria against Portugal.

[7] This lists all the players who have played for Spain in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad.

Corey Leigh Rutgers (born 28 May 1989 in Footscray, Victoria) is a former Western Australia country and grade cricketer.

[9] In August 2019, Rutgers was appointed head coach of the Belgium national cricket team.

[10] He resigned in July 2021 after a dispute with Belgium cricket board officials over team selection.

In November 2021, Rutgers signed with the Espana National cricket federation as head coach.