A local MP has called for the establishment of Welsh National Cricket team.

Adam Price says it is a mystery how Wales does not have an independent team when Scotland and Ireland do. The Carmarthenshire politician says the area has an excellent cricketing tradition and a national team would allow people playing the game in the county to play at a national level.

Adam Price MP said: "There are a great number of cricket teams in Wales, equal to those of football and rugby, yet unlike those sports there is no national side.

In Carmarthenshire there are a number of very talented cricketers who could go on to represent Wales given the right opportunities.

Wales have beaten England in One Day International in the not so recent past and there is no reason to believe that as a test nation they could not compete with sides at least of the calibre of Zimbabwe and Bangladesh."

Adam added: "Many people argue that Wales is already represented in the England and Wales Cricket Board (the EWCB). But how often do you hear the second letter pronounced by the media or even game officials? A new national team would be able to ask the Welsh Assembly Government for support and the ICC has development funds available to new nations."