Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Sierra Leone national cricket team

Cricket team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sierra Leone national cricket team
Remove ads

The Sierra Leone national cricket team is the men's team that represents Sierra Leone in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002[6] and an associate member in 2017.[1]

Quick facts Association, Personnel ...

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Sierra Leone and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the T20I status.[7]

Remove ads

History

Summarize
Perspective

The history of cricket in Sierra Leone dates back to the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate when it was introduced by the British. In 1887, a Sierra Leone team played a two-day match against a team from the West India Regiments.[8] International cricket dates from the 1930s when Sierra Leone began to play Gambia. In 1967 the West African Championships were created with former British colonies Nigeria and Ghana also sending teams.[3] Starting in 1991, the Sierra Leone Civil War caused a decline in cricketing activity, with the country's main ground Kingtom Oval used as a refugee camp.[9]

Sierra Leone was a member of the West Africa Cricket Council which became a member of the ICC in 1976 and fielded the West Africa cricket team, before being dissolved in 2003. The Sierra Leone Cricket Association became an affiliate member of the ICC in its own right in 2002 and made its debut at an ICC tournament at the 2004 African Affiliates Championship, where they finished last out of the eight teams. They returned at the equivalent tournament in 2006, Division Three of the African region of the World Cricket League, where they showed major improvement, this time finishing as runners-up to Mozambique, and only just missing out on promotion to Division Two.

T20I status (2019-present)

Sierra Leone gained T20I status in 2019 and played their first match against Nigeria in 2021, securing a narrow win.[10]

19 October 2021
12:00
Scorecard
Nigeria 
99 (20 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
100/4 (20 overs)
Isaac Okpe 36 (27)
Miniru Kpaka 4/11 (4 overs)
Lansana Lamin 28* (26)
Sesan Adedeji 2/14 (2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 6 wickets
University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Kehinde Olanbiwonnu (Nga)
Player of the match: Miniru Kpaka (Sle)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.

In 2021 Sierra Leone was among five teams excluded from the ICC T20I Championship for failing to play enough fixtures in the relevant period, an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Remove ads

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Sierra Leone in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated as of 17 December 2023.

More information Name, Age ...
Remove ads

Records

Summarize
Perspective

International Match Summary — Sierra Leone[12]

Last updated 28 November 2024

More information Format, M ...

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[12]

Records complete to T20I #2995. Last updated 28 November 2024.

More information Opponent, M ...

Tournament history

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads