Sierra Leone women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Sierra Leone national cricket team.
Sierra Leone
Flag of Sierra Leone
AssociationSierra Leone Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainFatmata Parkinson
CoachSarah Johnson [1]
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[2] (2017)
Affiliate member (2002)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
WT20I 40th 30th (6 Feb 2019)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Mozambique at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last WT20Iv.  Tanzania at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos; 3 March 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 34 15/19
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[5] 6 0/6
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 3 March 2024

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

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]

  1. ^ ""We Want to be in the spotlight too." Sierra Leone's Women's Cricket Team Interview from Botswana". sierraeyemagazine.com. 9 September 2021.
  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. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  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.
  8. ^ "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". womenscriczone.com. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series Table - 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Final, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone, Aug 25 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Namibia women crowned champions of Botswana 7s T20I tournament". Czarsportz. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.