Gambia women's national cricket team
The Gambia national women's cricket team is the team that represents The Gambia in international women's cricket. The team has played international cricket since 2015 and made its Twenty20 International (T20I) debut at the 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament.
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| Association | Gambia Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2002) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v  Nigeria at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos; 29 March 2022 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v  Sierra Leone at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos; 2 April 2022 | |||||||||
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| As of 2 January 2023 | ||||||||||
History
In about 2007, the ICC Africa regional office mandated development programs for women's cricket.[5] In 2008 the Gambia Cricket Association established a women's academy at July 22 Square in Banjul.[6]
In 2015, Gambia hosted the inaugural North West Africa Cricket Council (NWACC) women's twenty20 tournament. In that competition, which was disrupted by the Western African Ebola virus epidemic, the national team finished runner-up to Sierra Leone, and recorded victories over both Ghana and Mali. The tournament matches were played at the Medical Research Centre (MRC) Ground in Bakau, even though it was reportedly in a poor condition.[5]
Gambia also played at the 2016 edition of the tournament in Ghana.[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 Gambia women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[8][9] Gambia played their first official WT20I matches in March/April 2022 during the 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament.[10]
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Gambia Women[11]
Last updated 2 April 2022
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| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 March 2022 |
Twenty20 International
T20I record versus other nations[11]
Records complete to WT20I #1050. Last updated 2 April 2022.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| ICC Associate members | |||||||
 Ghana |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 March 2022 | |
| Nigeria |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 March 2022 | |
 Rwanda |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 April 2022 | |
| Sierra Leone |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 April 2022 | |
References
- "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WT20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "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.
- "Let's Continue This Excellent Trend". The Point. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Ghana Begins On Strong Foot At NorthWest Africa Women's Cricket Tournament". Modern Ghana. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "Nigeria set to host 6-nation women's T20I cricket tournament in Lagos: Official". Peoples Gazette. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- "Records / Gambia Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
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