The Gambia national cricket team represents the Gambia in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002 and an associate member in 2017.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Gambia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the T20I status.
History Cricket was introduced to the Gambia by the British during the colonial period. Gambia played against other British West African colonies from 1927, when they faced Sierra Leone for the first time. From the 1960s Gambia also played regularly against Nigeria, and later in the West African Championships.
Gambia was a member of the West Africa Cricket Council, which was an ICC member from 1976 to 2003, and fielded players in the West Africa cricket team until its dissolution. It became a member of the ICC in its own right in 2002. Gambia's ICC debut came at the African affiliate championship in 2004 where they finished sixth. In 2006 they played in the equivalent tournament, Division Three of the African qualifiers for the ICC World Cricket League, this time finishing in seventh place.
In 2021 Gambia was among five teams excluded from the ICC T20I Championship for failing to play enough fixtures in the relevant period, an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.Nepal, Netherlands gain in annual rankings update
Current Squad
Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Frank Campbell Right-handed Right-arm medium Mustapha Suwareh Right-handed Right-arm medium Muhammed Manga Right-handed Right-arm medium Gabriel Riley Right-handed Right-arm medium All-Rounders Modou Bojang Right-handed Right-arm medium Andre Jarju Right-handed Right-arm medium Ismaila Tamba Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-Keepers Ousman Bah Right-handed Right-arm medium Peter Campbell Right-handed - Captain Pace Bowlers Aniru Conteh Right-handed Right-arm medium Musa Jobarteh - Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Spin Bowlers
Tournament history T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2021Did not participate 2022Round-robin7/871600 2024Round-robin6/650500Total2/3– 1211100
Records International Match Summary — Gambia
Last updated 24 October 2024 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 12 1 11 0 0 1 December 2021
Twenty20 International T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #2935. Last updated 24 October 2024. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Full Members 1 0 1 0 0 23 October 2024 vs Associate Members 1 1 0 0 0 9 December 2022 9 December 2022 1 0 1 0 0 1 December 2022 2 0 2 0 0 8 December 2022 1 0 1 0 0 22 October 2024 2 0 2 0 0 8 December 2022 1 0 1 0 0 4 December 2022 1 0 1 0 0 6 December 2022 1 0 1 0 0 8 December 2023 1 0 1 0 0 6 December 2022
Other records For a list of selected international matches played by Gambia, see Cricket Archive.
See also List of Gambia Twenty20 International cricketers
References
Further reading The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Cricket in The Gambia by Omar Jarju, 2019