The Gambian national cricket team is the team that represents

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. They became an affiliate member of the

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(ICC) in 2002 and an associate member in 2017. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Gambia and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.

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

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for the first time. From the 1960s Gambia also played regularly against Nigeria national cricket team, Nigeria, and later in the West African Championships. Gambia was a member of the

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, 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

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, this time finishing in seventh place. In 2021 Gambia was among five teams excluded from the

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for failing to play enough fixtures in the relevant period, an effect of the

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Records

International Match Summary — Gambia ''Last updated 9 December 2022''

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1948. Last updated 9 December 2022.''

Other records

For a list of selected international matches played by Gambia, se

History

Records

Twenty20 International

Other records

See also

References

Further reading