Gambia national cricket team

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Gambia
Gambiacr.jpg
Association Gambia Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainPeter Campbell
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 94th 74th (9 Dec 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone, 1927 [3]
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 1 December 2022
Last T20Iv Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique at Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi; 24 October 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [4] 12 1/11 (0 ties, 0 no results)
This year [5] 0 0/0 (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]

Contents

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

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

NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Frank Campbell 5 October 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mustapha Suwareh 29 August 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Muhammed Manga 3 December 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Gabriel Riley 8 October 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-Rounders
Modou Bojang 29 October 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Andre Jarju 13 December 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ismaila Tamba 2 March 1991 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-Keepers
Ousman Bah 10 October 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Peter Campbell 7 November 1984 (age 40)Right-handed- Captain
Pace Bowlers
Aniru Conteh 5 December 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Musa Jobarteh -Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Spin Bowlers

Tournament history

T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier

T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier record
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Namibia.svg 2021 Did not participate
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2022 Round-robin7/871600
Flag of Kenya.svg 2024 Round-robin6/650500
Total2/31211100

Records

International Match Summary — Gambia [12]

Last updated 24 October 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals12111001 December 2021

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [12]

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

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Full Members
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1010023 October 2024
vs Associate Members
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 110009 December 20229 December 2022
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 101001 December 2022
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 202008 December 2022
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1010022 October 2024
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 202008 December 2022
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 101004 December 2022
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 101006 December 2022
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 101008 December 2023
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 101006 December 2022

Other records

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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 - 2025 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. 1 2 "Records / Gambia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 December 2022.

Further reading