Sierra Leone national under-19 cricket team

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Sierra Leone
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Personnel
CaptainIbrahim Kabia
History
First-class debut Kenya Under-19s
in 2009
at Central Sports Club Ground,
Lusaka, Zambia

The Sierra Leone Under-19 cricket team represents the country of Sierra Leone in Under-19 international cricket. Emmanuel Pessima is the all times runs scorer of the Sierra Leone U-19 Cricket Team and also the only Batsman that has given the team over 61 runs not out

Sierra Leone have only competed internationally at Under-19 level for the last couple of years but have already been very successful, qualifying in 2009 for the 2009 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. [1] Unfortunately, due to visa reasons, Sierra Leone were unable to make it to Canada for the event and so missed out on the chance to qualify for the World Cup. [2] They are also in a minority of affiliate cricket nations who field an Under-19 side.

Most recently, Sierra Leone participated in the 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships.

At the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification Africa Division 1, Sierra Leone defeated Kenya and Tanzania to place fourth overall. [3] Kenya was the winner of the previous tournament and qualified for the World Cup in 2018.

Current squad

The squad selected for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification Africa Division 1 was: [4]

George Ngegba, John Bangura, Eric Turay, Haroun Kamara, John Lassayo, Osman Sankoh, Emmanuel Akpor, Chernor Bah, Aruna Kanessie, Charles Kargbo, Samuel Conteh, James Tommy, Edmond Ernest, James Bangura

Future

Sierra Leone finished sixth in the 2010 Division 1 Championship and so are due to compete again in the next installment, likely to take place in 2012.

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