Cameroon national cricket team
The Cameroon national cricket team is the men's team that represents Cameroon in international cricket. The team is organised by the Cameroon Cricket Federation, which gained affiliate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 29 June 2007[6] and became an associate member in 2017.[2] However, the national side did not make its debut until 2011, when it played in the 2011 Africa Division Three tournament in Ghana.[7]
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Association | Cameroon Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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Captain | Faustin Mpegna | |||||||||
Coach | Atem Divine Baiyee[1] | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[2] (2017) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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International cricket | ||||||||||
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Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
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As of 18 May 2023 |
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Cameroon and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches.[8]
Squad
Cameroon announced squad for 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup.
Records and Statistics
International Match Summary — Cameroon[9]
Last updated 9 December 2022
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 November 2021 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 146/8 v. Sierra Leone on 2 December 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[10]
- Highest individual score: 49, Bruno Toubé v. Sierra Leone on 2 December 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[11]
- Best individual bowling figures: 4/13, Alain Toubé v. Eswatini on 8 December 2022 at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali.[12]
T20I record versus other nations[9]
Records complete to T20I #1950. Last updated 9 December 2022.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 November 2021 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 December 2022 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 December 2022 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 December 2022 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 September 2022 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 September 2022 | |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 November 2021 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 December 2022 | |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 November 2021 | |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 November 2021 |
References
- "Cameroon announces the team for ACA T20 Africa Cup". African Cricket Association. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- "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.
- "Cameroon". ICC. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- Other matches played by Cameroon Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "Records / Cameroon / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Records / Cameroon / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- "Records / Cameroon / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- "Records / Cameroon/ Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
Further reading
- Clarke, Joanne (2019). "Cameroonian cricket: The interface between local and dominant colonial ideologies". In Gennaro, Michael; Aderinto, Saheed (eds.). Sports in African History, Politics, and Identity Formation (PDF). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429508110. ISBN 9780429508110. S2CID 213446707.