Gambia national cricket team
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| Association | Gambia Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Prince Johnson | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | 21 March 2004 v Malawi at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 1 December 2022 | |||||||||
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| As of 1 December 2022 | ||||||||||
The Gambian national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of The Gambia in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1] Their international debut came at the African affiliate championship in 2004 where they finished sixth. In 2006 they played in the equivalent tournament, Division Three of the African qualifiers for the ICC World Cricket League, this time finishing in seventh place.[6]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Gambia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]
In 2021 Gambia 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.[8]
Records
International Match Summary — Gambia[9]
Last updated 1 December 2022
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 December 2021 |
Twenty20 International
T20I record versus other nations[9]
Records complete to T20I #1926. Last updated 1 December 2022.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| vs Associate Members | |||||||
| Eswatini |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 December 2022 | |
Other records
For a list of selected international matches played by Gambia, see Cricket Archive.
References
- ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Nepal, Netherlands gain in annual rankings update
- ^ a b "Records / Gambia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
Further reading
- The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Cricket in The Gambia by Omar Jarju, 2019
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