The Malian Cricket Federation (french: Fédération Malienne de Cricket, FeMaCrik) became an
associate member of the
International Cricket Council
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in 2017.
The Malian Cricket Federation was co-founded by Mr Kawory Berthe, a Malian English-teacher and Dr Phil Watson from
Wales
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, in 2003. The first-ever cricket tournament in Mali was held in 2003 between different classes at Kalanso school, where Kawory Berthe was the English teacher and Phil Watson's children were enrolled. After three years of growing the game, the remodeled FeMaCrick became Mali's 25th officially recognised sports federation.
In May 2007, Mali sent an adult, men's team to participate in the inaugural
North & West African Championship
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in Banjul, Gambia. Their international debut was against the host team (Gambia) which they lost.
The first national championships were held in 2008.
University-level cricket was started in 2014. As of 2019, there are 19 teams competing in the regional tournament. Five of those are women's teams— three high school and two primary school teams.
See also
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Mali national cricket team
The Mali national cricket team is the team that represents Mali in international cricket. The Malian Cricket Federation (FCM) became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2005 and an associate member in 2017.
Histor ...
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Mali women's national cricket team
The Mali national women's cricket team is the team that represents Mali in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Malian Cricket Federation and is nicknamed the "Lady Eagles of Cricket" (French: ''Les Aigles Dames de crick ...
References
External links
Official websiteFacebookMali - ICC website
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
Sports governing bodies in Mali
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