Sierra Leone Cricket Association is the official

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Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

. Its headquarters is currently located in Brookfields National Stadium. The association represents Sierra Leone at the

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(ICC) and has been an associate member of the ICC since 2002. Additionally, it is a member of the

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History

The game of cricket was introduced to Sierra Leone by the British Royal Artillery forces, who introduced the sport in schools and other institutions. The Sierra Leone Grammar School and the Methodist Boys High School were the first schools in

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and po ...

to embrace the sport. In the provinces, Bo government secondary school, founded in 1906, became the first school to play cricket. Sierra Leone played its first international matches against Gambia in 1935.

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inter-colonial tournaments were also held from the 1930s onwards, with

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and

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eventually joining the teams. This led to the transformation of the inter-colonial tournament into a four-sided West African tournament, which began in 1967 and was periodically held with breaks. In 2006, the tournament was replaced by the North Western Conference (NWACC). In 2009, the Sierra Leone Under-19 cricket team qualified for the ICC U-19 World Cup 2010 qualifying tournament. They achieved this after finishing second in the Africa Under-19 Championship held in

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. During the championship, they defeated more established associate teams from other African cricket-playing nations. Unfortunately, they were unable to participate in the tournament hosted by Canada due to visa issues, which prevented them from reaching the host nation.

References

External links

Cricinfo-Sierra Leone
Cricket administration Sports governing bodies in Sierra Leone {{Cricket-org-stub