Eswatini national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Eswatini women's national cricket team.
Eswatini
AssociationEswatini Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainMelusi Magagula
History
Twenty20 debutv.  Sierra Leone on 14 May 2011
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
T20I 77th [2] 69th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv.  Zambia, 1981
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Lesotho at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 16 October 2021
Last T20Iv.  Lesotho at Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns; 31 March 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 27 5/21 (0 ties, 1 no results)
This year[5] 5 3/2 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 15 May 2024

The Eswatini national cricket team represents Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), a country in Southern Africa, in international cricket. The Eswatini national cricket team, which is administered by the Eswatini Cricket Association (ECA), became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2007.[6] The ECA, along with the cricket associations of Cameroon, the Falkland Islands and Peru, was promoted to affiliate status in 2007 by the ICC.[7] In 2017, they became associate members.[1] Eswatini is also a member of the African Cricket Association.[6] The Eswatini national cricket team would compete in the World Cricket League Africa Region and the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship.

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

  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 Men's T20I Team Rankings | ICC".
  3. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ a b "Swaziland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ^ Nixon, Andrew (29 June 2007). "New members for the ICC". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.