Lesotho national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lesotho women's national cricket team.

Lesotho
AssociationLesotho Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainMaaz Khan
CoachAlex Maviko
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 91st 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  Cameroon at University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam; 26 September 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 23 5/17 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 10 3/7 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 26 September 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]

  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.