The Cameroon Cricket Federation (

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: ''Fédération camerounaise de cricket''; FECACRICKET) is the official

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

of the sport of

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

since 15 February 2005 and operates

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 ...

s. Cameroon Cricket Federation is Cameroon's representative at the

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and is an affiliate member and has been a member of that body since 2007. It is also a member of the

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. In 2017, it became an associate member of the ICC.

History

Cricket was introduced to Cameroon in the 1990s by the Commonwealth Students and Youth Development Organisation. The Cameroon Cricket Outreach Program was established in 2004 and the national federation was established the following year. Development efforts began in the capital city

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

and have since expanded to other regions.

References

External links

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Cricinfo-Cameroon
Cricket administration

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