Saint Helena national cricket team
The St Helena cricket team represents the small and remote British island of St Helena in international cricket. It is organised by the St Helena Cricket Association which is a member of the Africa Cricket Association (ACA). The association joined the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 as an affiliate member and became an associate member in 2017. The team made its international debut in 2012.[1]
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| Association | St Helena Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Scott Crowie | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | 25 April 2012 v Cameroon (won by 9 wickets) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Kenya at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 17 November 2022 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Botswana at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 25 November 2022 | |||||||||
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| As of 2 January 2023 | ||||||||||
History
In April 2012, St Helena competed in its first international tournament, the ICC Africa Division 3 T20 Tournament. It was held in South Africa where St Helena beat Mali, Gambia, Cameroon and Morocco. They finished in fifth place out of eight teams. The team had to raise £24,000 to travel to South Africa, making a five-day sea trip aboard RMS St Helena (1989) as the island did not have an airport at the time.[5]
In April 2018, they were drawn in the Southern sub-region group in the 2018 ICC World Twenty20 African Sub Regional Qualifier tournament.[6] Later the same month, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between St Helena and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 would be a full T20I.[7] St Helena won their first three matches in the Sub Regional Qualifier, recording victories against Eswatini, Malawi and Lesotho.[8] They finished the tournament in third place but failed to reach the Regional Finals.[9][10]
St Helena was drawn in Qualifier A in the African qualification for the 2024 T20 World Cup, facing seven teams in Rwanda in November 2022. The team and support staff were given free airfares on Airlink, the only airline flying to the island.[5]
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Saint Helena[11]
Last updated 25 November 2022
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| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 November 2022 |
Twenty20 International
T20I record versus other nations[11]
Records complete to T20I #1920. Last updated 25 November 2022.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Botswana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 November 2022 | |
| Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 November 2022 | |
 Lesotho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 November 2022 | 22 November 2022 |
 Malawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 November 2022 | |
 Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 November 2022 | |
 Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 November 2022 | |
 Seychelles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 November 2022 | 21 November 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.
- "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "T20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- Bain, Alasdair (17 November 2022). "The small island with big cricketing ambitions". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- "The road to the men's ICC World T20 Australia 2020 heads to Kuwait as regional qualification groups are confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "St Helena do the double as action hots up in Botswana". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- "Botswana and Namibia seal passage into Africa Finals". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- "Cricket makes strides in St Helena". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- "Records / Saint Helena / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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