Lesotho national cricket team
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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lesotho women's national cricket team.
The Lesotho national cricket team is the team that represents Lesotho in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]
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Association | Lesotho Cricket Association | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Chachole Tlali | |||||||||
Coach | Lekoatsa Chaka | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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International cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v Eswatini at Maseru, Lesotho; 1986 | |||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First T20I | v Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 16 October 2021 | |||||||||
Last T20I | v Eswatini at Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns; 31 March 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 31 March 2024 |
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Lesotho has played international cricket since at least 1986, when they played Swaziland in Maseru.[6] They made their official ICC debut at Division Three of the Africa Region of the ICC World Cricket League in April 2006, where they came last in the eight-team tournament.[citation needed]
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Lesotho and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 are eligible for T20I status.[7]