Sierra Leone women's national cricket team

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Sierra Leone
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
Flag of Sierra Leone
Association Sierra Leone Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainFatmata Parkinson
CoachSarah Johnson [1]
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [2] (2017)
Affiliate member (2002)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [3] Best-ever
T20I 39th 30th (6 Feb 2019)
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv. Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last T20Iv. Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda at High Performance Oval, Windhoek; 4 September 2025
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [4] 57 27/30
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year [5] 23 12/11
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 4 September 2025

The Sierra Leone women's national cricket team represents the country of Sierra Leone in international women's cricket.

Contents

In 2011 Sierra Leone was invited to the Africa Twenty20 Women's Tournament held in Uganda. [6] The team participated in the inaugural 2015 North West Africa Cricket Council (NWACC) women's tournament held in The Gambia. The team finished undefeated at the tournament ahead of Gambia, Ghana and Mali. [7]

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Sierra Leone women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have the WT20I status. [8]

Sierra Leone's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia (matches against Zambia did not have WT20I status). [9] Sierra Leone finished second on the table, with four wins and one loss [10] and lost the final against Namibia by nine wickets. [11] [12]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [13] Sierra Leone were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams. [14]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Sierra Leone Women [15]

Last updated 4 September 2025

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals5727300026 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [15]

Records complete to WT20I #2481. Last updated 4 September 2025.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full Members
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 101001 September 2025
ICC Associate members
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 6510023 August 201823 August 2018
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1010012 June 2025
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 6510015 September 202115 September 2021
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 440005 September 20235 September 2023
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 110002 April 20222 April 2022
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3300029 March 202229 March 2022
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 101006 May 2019
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1100024 August 201824 August 2018
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 3300023 August 201823 August 2018
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 5500020 August 201820 August 2018
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 5050021 August 2018
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 707009 September 2021
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 7070030 March 2022
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3030028 February 2024
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 303005 May 2019

Tournament history

ICC Women's ODI World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of England.svg 1973 Did not qualified
Flag of India.svg 1978
Flag of New Zealand.svg 1982
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1988
Flag of England.svg 1993
Flag of India.svg 1997
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2000
Flag of South Africa.svg 2005
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2009
Flag of India.svg 2013
Flag of England.svg 2017
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2022
Flag of India.svg 2025
Total0/130 Titles00000

ICC Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of England.svg 2009 Did not qualify
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2010
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2012
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2014
Flag of India.svg 2016
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2018
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2020
Flag of South Africa.svg 2023
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2024
Flag of England.svg 2026
Total0/100 Titles00000

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier record
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2003 Did not qualify
Flag of South Africa.svg 2008
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2011
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2017
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 2021
Flag of Pakistan.svg 2025
Total0/50 Title00000

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Global Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Ireland.svg 2013 Did not qualify
Flag of Thailand.svg 2015
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2018
Flag of Scotland.svg 2019
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2022
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2024
Flag of Nepal.svg 2026 To be determined
Total0/60 Titles00000

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2027 To be determined
Flag.svg 2031
Total0 Title00000

Cricket at the African Games

Cricket at the African Games records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Ghana.svg 2023 Did not participate
Flag of Egypt.svg 2027 To be determined
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 2031
Total0/10 Title52201

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 2019 DNQ30300
Flag of Botswana.svg 2021 DNQ41300
Total2/20 Title71600

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Botswana.svg 2025 To be determined
Total1/10 Title 00000

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Botswana.svg 2023 Semi-finals43100
Flag of Botswana.svg 2025 Runners-up54100
Total2/20 Title 97200

Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament

Kwibuka T20 Tournament records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2014Did not participate
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2015
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2016
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2017
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2018
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2019
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2021
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2022
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2023
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2024 Round-robin8/870700
Flag of Rwanda.svg 2025 Round-robin9/981700
Total2/110 Title1511500

See also

References

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  2. "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
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  6. "Uganda to open against Sierra Leone in 20 women's Africa tournament". URN. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. "ARTICLE ON THE 1st Edition of NORTH WEST AFRICA'S CRICKET CONFERENCE NWACC WOMEN'S CRICKET T20 TOURNAMENT IN THE GAMBIA 31st OCTOBER". Sierra Leone Cricket Association. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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