Sierra Leone national cricket team

Sierra Leone
Flag of Sierra Leone
AssociationSierra Leone Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainGeorge Ngegba
CoachSolomon Fatoma
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2017)
Affiliate member (2002)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever
T20I 66th 54th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Gambia, 1927
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Nigeria at University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos; 19 October 2021
Last T20Iv  Ghana at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos; 15 October 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total 27 9/18 (0 ties, 0 no results)
This year 10 2/8 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 15 October 2023

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 and an associate member in 2017.

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 been full T20I matches.

History

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. 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. 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.

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 had a 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.

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.

Records

International Match Summary — Sierra Leone

Last updated 15 October 2023

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 27 9 18 0 0 19 October 2021

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations

Records complete to T20I #2316. Last updated 15 October 2023.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Botswana 1 0 1 0 0 2 November 2021
 Cameroon 2 2 0 0 0 7 November 2021 7 November 2021
 Eswatini 1 1 0 0 0 5 December 2022 5 December 2022
 Gambia 1 1 0 0 0 6 December 2022 6 December 2022
 Ghana 5 2 3 0 0 5 December 2022 5 December 2022
 Mozambique 2 1 1 0 0 5 November 2021 5 November 2021
 Nigeria 10 1 9 0 0 19 October 2021 19 October 2021
 Rwanda 3 1 2 0 0 6 October 2023 10 October 2023
 Tanzania 2 0 2 0 0 3 November 2021

See also


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