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| Association | Suriname Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Al Amin Shehzad |
| International Cricket Council | |
| ICC status | Associate member (2011) Affiliate member (2002) |
| ICC region | Americas |
| International cricket | |
| First international |  Suriname v. Belize  (Panama; 23 March 2004) |
| As of 4 January 2022 | |
The Suriname national cricket team is the team that represents Suriname in international cricket. The team is organised by the Suriname Cricket Board, which has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002 and an associate member since 2011.[1]
Suriname made its international debut at the 2004 Americas Affiliates Championship in Panama, where it placed last. At the 2006 ICC Americas Championship, the team won the division three event, and was promoted to division two for the 2008 edition. Suriname also won that event, and were promoted to the 2008 Division One tournament in the United States, but were immediately relegated after going winless. Since then, Suriname has generally alternated between the first and second divisions of ICC Americas events, most recently placing fourth (out of four teams) at the 2015 Americas Twenty20 Championship.[2]
In the World Cricket League (WCL), the team placed last in the 2009 Division Seven tournament and fifth (out of eight teams) at the 2010 Division Eight tournament, relegating it to the regional qualifiers. Suriname re-entered the WCL system at the 2015 Division Six event in England, and subsequently qualified for 2016 Division Five. However, they later withdrew from the Division Five tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players.[3][4]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Suriname and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[5]
- ^ "Suriname achieves Associate Member Status" – ICC Americas. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Other matches played by Suriname Archived 2 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Suriname pull out of WCL Division 5". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "World Cricket League: Suriname withdraw from Division Five tournament in Jersey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.