Sierra Leone national cricket team

Cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sierra Leone women's national cricket team.

Sierra LeoneAssociation| Sierra Leone Cricket Association

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Personnel
Captain| Lansana Lamin
Coach| Solomon Fatoma
International Cricket Council
ICC status| Associate member[1] (2017)
ICC region| Africa
| ICC Rankings|  Current[2]|  Best-ever

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T20I|  56th|  54th (02 May 2022)
International cricket
First international| 21 March 2004 v Botswana at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I| v  Nigeria at University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos; 19 October 2021
Last T20I| v  Cameroon at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 7 November 2021
| T20Is|  Played|  Won/Lost

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Total[3]|  10|  3/7 (0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[4]|  0|  0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 12 May 2022

The Sierra Leone national cricket team is the men's team that represents the Republic of Sierra Leone in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]

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.[6]

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.[7]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 T20I status (2019-Present)
* 2 Records
* 2.1 Twenty20 International
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## History[edit]

They made their international debut 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)[edit]

Sierra Leone gained T20I status in 2019 and played their first match against Nigeria in 2021.[8]

19 October 2021
12:00
Scorecard

Nigeria
99 (20 overs)

Sierra Leone
100/4 (20 overs)

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Isaac Okpe 36 (27)
Miniru Kpaka 4/11 (4 overs)

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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.
* First ever T20I match for Sierra Leone.

## Records[edit]

International Match Summary — Sierra Leone[9]

Last updated 7 November 2021

Playing Record

Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 October 2021

### Twenty20 International[edit]

* Highest team total: 100/4 v. Nigeria on 19 October 2021 at University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos[10]
* Highest individual score: 46, John Bangura v. Nigeria on 20 October 2021 at University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos[11]
* Best individual bowling figures: 5/16, Abass Gbla v. Nigeria on 26 October 2021 at University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos[12]

T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #1401. Last updated 7 November 2021.

Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win

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vs Associate Members
Botswana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 November 2021 |
Cameroon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 November 2021 | 7 November 2021
Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 November 2021 | 5 November 2021
Nigeria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 October 2021 | 19 October 2021
Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 November 2021 |

## See also[edit]

* List of Sierra Leone Twenty20 International cricketers

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
4. ^ "T20I matches - 2022 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
5. ^ Sierra Leone joining date
6. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
7. ^ "Nepal, Netherlands gain in annual rankings update".
8. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
9. ^ a b "Records / Sierra Leone / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
10. ^ "Records / Sierra Leone / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
11. ^ "Records / Sierra Leone / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
12. ^ "Records / Sierra Leone / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

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