The Lesotho national cricket team is the team that represents Lesotho in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]
Association | Lesotho Cricket Association | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Chachole Tlali | |||||||||
Coach | Lekoatsa Chaka | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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International cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v Eswatini at Maseru, Lesotho; 1986 | |||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First T20I | v Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 16 October 2021 | |||||||||
Last T20I | v Eswatini at Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns; 31 March 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 31 March 2024 |
Lesotho has played international cricket since at least 1986, when they played Swaziland in Maseru.[6] They made their official ICC debut at Division Three of the Africa Region of the ICC World Cricket League in April 2006, where they came last in the eight-team tournament.[citation needed]
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Lesotho and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 are eligible for T20I status.[7]
International Match Summary — Lesotho[8]
Last updated 31 March 2024
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 October 2021 |
Most T20I runs for Lesotho[12]
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Most T20I wickets for Lesotho[13]
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T20I record versus other nations[8]
Records complete to T20I #2538. Last updated 31 March 2024.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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vs Associate Members | |||||||
Botswana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 November 2022 | |
Eswatini | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 October 2021 | 29 March 2024 |
Ghana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 October 2021 | |
Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 November 2022 | |
Malawi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2021 | |
Mali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 |
Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 October 2021 | |
Saint Helena | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 November 2022 | |
Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 October 2021 | 20 November 2022 |
Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 October 2021 |
For a list of selected international matches played by Lesotho, see Cricket Archive.