Cameroon national cricket team

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Cameroon
Cameroon cricket logo.gif
Association Cameroon Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainFaustin Mpegna
CoachAtem Divine Baiyee [1]
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [2] (2017)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [3] Best-ever
T20I 81st 78th (2 May 2023)
International cricket
First internationalv. Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho at Accra, Ghana; 25 February 2011
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv. Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 3 November 2021
Last T20Iv. Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi at University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam; 25 September 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [4] 21 2/18 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year [5] 4 1/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 25 September 2024

The Cameroon national cricket team is the men's team that represents Cameroon in international cricket. The team is organised by the Cameroon Cricket Federation, which gained affiliate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 29 June 2007 [6] and became an associate member in 2017. [2] However, the national side did not make its debut until 2011, when it played in the 2011 Africa Division Three tournament in Ghana. [7]

Contents

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Cameroon and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [8]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Cameroon [9]

Last updated 25 September 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals21218013 November 2021

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [9]

Records complete to T20I #2864. Last updated 25 September 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 101005 November 2021
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 100018 December 2022
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 101009 December 2022
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 202006 December 2022
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2020019 September 2022
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2020015 September 2022
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 220007 December 20237 December 2023
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 202003 November 2021
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 101005 December 2022
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 303007 November 2021
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 404006 November 2021

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References

  1. "Cameroon announces the team for ACA T20 Africa Cup". African Cricket Association . Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. 1 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.
  4. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. "Cameroon". ICC. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  7. Other matches played by Cameroon Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  8. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Records / Cameroon / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. "Records / Cameroon / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  11. "Records / Cameroon / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  12. "Records / Cameroon/ Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

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