Gambia national cricket team

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[3] 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.[4]

Gambia
Flag of Gambia
AssociationGambia Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainPrince Johnson
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 79th 77th (2-May-2019)
International cricket
First international21 March 2004 v Malawi at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
As of 24 September 2020

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.[5]

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