Saint Helena national cricket team

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Saint Helena
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Association St Helena Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainScott Crowie
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 89th 70th (2-May-2021)
International cricket
First international25 April 2012 v Cameroon (won by 9 wickets)
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 17 November 2022
Last T20Iv Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast at Nigeria Cricket Federation Oval 1, Abuja; 28 November 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 12 3/7
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year [4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
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As of 28 November 2024

The St Helena cricket team represents the small and remote British Overseas Territory of St Helena in international cricket. It is organised by the St Helena Cricket Association, which is a member of the Africa Cricket Association (ACA). The association joined the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 as an affiliate member and became an associate member in 2017. The team made its international debut in 2012. [1]

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History

In April 2012, St Helena competed in its first international tournament, the ICC Africa Division 3 T20 Tournament. It was held in South Africa where St Helena beat Mali, Gambia, Cameroon and Morocco. They finished in the fifth place out of eight teams. The team had to raise £24,000 to travel to South Africa, making a five-day sea trip aboard RMS St Helena (1989) as the island did not have an airport at the time. [5]

In April 2018, they were drawn in the Southern sub-region group in the 2018 ICC World Twenty20 African Sub Regional Qualifier tournament. [6] Later the same month, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between St Helena and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 were full T20Is. [7] St Helena won their first three matches in the Sub Regional Qualifier, recording victories against Eswatini, Malawi and Lesotho. [8] They finished the tournament in third place but failed to reach the Regional Finals. [9] [10]

St Helena was drawn in Qualifier A in the African qualification for the 2024 T20 World Cup, facing seven teams in Rwanda in November 2022. The team and support staff were given free airfares on Airlink, the only airline flying to the island. [5]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Saint Helena [11]

Last updated 28 November 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals12370217 November 2022

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [11]

Records complete to T20I #2993. Last updated 28 November 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2020025 November 2022
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1010024 November 2024
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1100028 November 202428 November 2024
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1000117 November 2022
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1100022 November 202222 November 2022
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1010024 November 2022
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1000122 November 2022
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1010023 November 2024
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1010018 November 2022
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1100021 November 202221 November 2022
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 1010026 November 2024

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. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. 1 2 Bain, Alasdair (17 November 2022). "The small island with big cricketing ambitions". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. "The road to the men's ICC World T20 Australia 2020 heads to Kuwait as regional qualification groups are confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. "St Helena do the double as action hots up in Botswana". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  9. "Botswana and Namibia seal passage into Africa Finals". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  10. "Cricket makes strides in St Helena". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Records / Saint Helena / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 17 November 2022.