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Lesotho national cricket team

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Lesotho
AssociationLesotho Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainChachole Tlali
CoachLekoatsa Chaka
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 79th 69th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Eswatini at Maseru, Lesotho; 1986
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 16 October 2021
Last T20Iv  Eswatini at Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns; 31 March 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 18 4/13 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 5 2/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 11 May 2024

The Lesotho national cricket team is the team that represents Lesotho in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]

Lesotho has played international cricket since at least 1986, when they played Swaziland in Maseru.[6] They made their official ICC debut at Division Three of the Africa Region of the ICC World Cricket League in April 2006, where they came last in the eight-team tournament.[citation needed]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Lesotho and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 are eligible for T20I status.[7]

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Lesotho[8]

Last updated 31 March 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 18 4 13 0 1 16 October 2021

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[8]

Records complete to T20I #2538. Last updated 31 March 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Botswana 1 0 1 0 0 18 November 2022
 Eswatini 6 2 4 0 0 16 October 2021 29 March 2024
 Ghana 1 0 1 0 0 17 October 2021
 Kenya 1 0 1 0 0 21 November 2022
 Malawi 2 0 2 0 0 22 October 2021
 Mali 1 1 0 0 0 17 November 2022 17 November 2022
 Rwanda 2 0 1 0 1 21 October 2021
 Saint Helena 1 0 1 0 0 22 November 2022
 Seychelles 2 1 1 0 0 17 October 2021 20 November 2022
 Uganda 1 0 1 0 0 19 October 2021

Other matches

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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 - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  6. ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Lesotho". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.