Lesotho national cricket team
Association | Lesotho Cricket Association | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Chachole Tlali | |||||||||
Coach | Lekoatsa Chaka | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns ; 31 March 2024 | ||||||||||
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As of 11 May 2024 |
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]
Lesotho has played international cricket since at least 1986, when they played
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 | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 October 2021 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 153/3 v.
- Highest individual score: 68*, Maaz Khan v. Seychelles, 20 November 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[10]
- Best individual bowling figures: 4/18, Gladwin Thamae v.
Most T20I runs for Lesotho[12]
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Most T20I wickets for Lesotho[13]
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T20I record versus other nations[8]
Records complete to T20I #2538. Last updated 31 March 2024.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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vs Associate Members | |||||||
Botswana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 November 2022 | |
Eswatini | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 October 2021 | 29 March 2024 |
Ghana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 October 2021 | |
Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 November 2022 | |
Malawi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2021 | |
Mali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 |
Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 October 2021 | |
Saint Helena | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 November 2022 | |
Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 October 2021 | 20 November 2022 |
Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 October 2021 |
Other matches
For a list of selected international matches played by Lesotho, see Cricket Archive.
See also
References
- ^ a b "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 - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
- ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Lesotho". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Records / Lesotho / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.