The Cameroon Cricket Federation (

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

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of the sport of

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Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

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 ...

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 city, capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region o ...

and have since expanded to other regions.

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Cricinfo-Cameroon
Cricket governing bodies

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History

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