Lesotho national cricket team

The Lesotho national cricket team is the team that represents Lesotho in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lesotho women's national cricket team.

Lesotho
AssociationLesotho Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainChachole Tlali
CoachLekoatsa Chaka
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 79th 69th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Eswatini at Maseru, Lesotho; 1986
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 16 October 2021
Last T20Iv  Eswatini at Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns; 31 March 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 18 4/13 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 5 2/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 11 May 2024

Lesotho has played international cricket since at least 1986, when they played Swaziland in Maseru.[6] They made their official ICC debut at Division Three of the Africa Region of the ICC World Cricket League in April 2006, where they came last in the eight-team tournament.

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Lesotho and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 are eligible for T20I status.[7]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Lesotho[8]

Last updated 31 March 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals184130116 October 2021

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[8]

Records complete to T20I #2538. Last updated 31 March 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Botswana1010018 November 2022
 Eswatini6240016 October 202129 March 2024
 Ghana1010017 October 2021
 Kenya1010021 November 2022
 Malawi2020022 October 2021
 Mali1100017 November 202217 November 2022
 Rwanda2010121 October 2021
 Saint Helena1010022 November 2022
 Seychelles2110017 October 202120 November 2022
 Uganda1010019 October 2021

Other matches

For a list of selected international matches played by Lesotho, see Cricket Archive.

See also

References
  1. "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "The Home of CricketArchive".
  6. "Miscellaneous matches played by Lesotho". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  9. "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  12. "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  13. "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.


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