Ghana national cricket team
The Ghana national cricket team represents Ghana in men's international cricket. It is an associate member of the International Cricket Council, which it joined as an affiliate member in 2002, and mainly plays matches in Africa Cricket Association tournaments. Ghana Cricket Association promotes the sport in the country.
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| Association | Ghana Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Captain | Samson Awiah | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| First international | Gold Coast v. Lagos Colony (Lagos, 25 May 1904) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Namibia at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 20 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Kenya at Achimota Oval B, Accra; 20 March 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 20 March 2024 | ||||||||||
A team representing the British Gold Coast played its first recorded match in 1904, and international matches from 1907. Known as Ghana after independence in 1957, until recent times the majority of the team's matches came against other West African teams, and occasionally against touring English teams. In 1976, Ghana joined the West Africa Cricket Council, with Ghanaian players representing the West African cricket team in international tournaments.
Following the breakup of the council, the Ghana Cricket Association gained affiliate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002, with the national side making its debut at an ICC tournament in 2004. The first ICC tournament for the team was in Division Three of 2006 World Cricket League Africa Region, where it finished in the third place. The team won the Division Three of 2008 World Cricket League Africa Region by defeating Swaziland in the final.