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Gambia national cricket team

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

Gambia
AssociationGambia Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainPeter Campbell
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 93rd 74th (9 Dec 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Sierra Leone, 1927[3]
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 1 December 2022
Last T20Iv  Mozambique at Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi; 24 October 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 12 1/11 (0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[5] 3 0/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 24 October 2024

The Gambia national cricket team is the team that represents The Gambia in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002[6] 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 Gambia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the T20I status.[7]

History

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Cricket was introduced to the Gambia by the British during the colonial period.[8] Gambia played against other British West African colonies from 1927, when they faced Sierra Leone for the first time.[3] From the 1960s Gambia also played regularly against Nigeria, and later in the West African Championships.[9]

Gambia was a member of the West Africa Cricket Council, which was an ICC member from 1976 to 2003, and fielded players in the West Africa cricket team until its dissolution. It became a member of the ICC in its own right in 2002.[3] Gambia's ICC 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.[10]

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.[11]

Current Squad

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Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Frank Campbell (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mustapha Suwareh (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Muhammed Manga (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Gabriel Riley (2003-10-08) 8 October 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-Rounders
Modou Bojang (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Andre Jarju (1992-12-13) 13 December 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Ismaila Tamba (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-Keepers
Ousman Bah (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Peter Campbell (1984-11-07) 7 November 1984 (age 40) Right-handed - Captain
Pace Bowlers
Aniru Conteh (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Musa Jobarteh - Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Spin Bowlers

Tournament history

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T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier

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T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Namibia 2021 Did not participate
Rwanda 2022 Round-robin 7/8 7 1 6 0 0
Kenya 2024 Round-robin 6/6 5 0 5 0 0
Total 2/3 – 12 1 11 0 0

Records

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International Match Summary — Gambia[12]

Last updated 24 October 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 12 1 11 0 0 1 December 2021

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[12]

Records complete to T20I #2935. Last updated 24 October 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Full Members
 Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 23 October 2024
vs Associate Members
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 0 9 December 2022 9 December 2022
 Eswatini 1 0 1 0 0 1 December 2022
 Ghana 2 0 2 0 0 8 December 2022
 Kenya 1 0 1 0 0 22 October 2024
 Mozambique 2 0 2 0 0 8 December 2022
 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 4 December 2022
 Sierra Leone 1 0 1 0 0 6 December 2022
 Rwanda 1 0 1 0 0 8 December 2023
 Tanzania 1 0 1 0 0 6 December 2022

Other records

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For a list of selected international matches played by Gambia, see Cricket Archive.

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b c "Gambia Cricket Association". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  7. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ^ "The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Cricket in The Gambia". The Chronicle. Gambia. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Gambia". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  10. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  11. ^ Nepal, Netherlands gain in annual rankings update
  12. ^ a b "Records / Gambia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

Further reading

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