 Other Portuguese citizens living in Portugal's former African overseas provinces moved to Rhodesia and South Africa, where their children were absorbed into the sporting cultures of those countries, and the subsequent socio-political changes there led to them bringing their love of cricket back to Portugal.The Cricket Association of Portugal was founded in 1994 and they became an ICC member two years later.Their first international engagement was in the European Nations Cup in Switzerland in 1997, where they reached the semi finals.