Tanzanian cricket team
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| ICC membership granted | 2001 |
| ICC member status | Associate member |
| ICC development region | Africa |
| Captain | H Abdallah |
| World Cricket League division | Three |
| World Cricket League Africa Region division | One |
| First recorded match | 12 August 1967 v India at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
| As of 10 September 2006 | |
The Tanzanian cricket team is the team that represents the country of Tanzania in international cricket.
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[edit] History
Cricket in Tanzania dates back to 1890, when the first known recorded games took place on the island of Zanzibar between the British Settlers and the British Navy. The first known game on the mainland took place in 1913. [1]
Tanzania gained membership of the ICC in 1966 as part of the combined East Africa team. [2] They then became part of the East and Central African cricket team, who became an ICC member in 1989. [3] Tanzania left that combination in 2001 when they became members of the ICC in their own right. [4]
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] Cricket World Cup
- 1975 to 1987: See East African cricket team
- 1992 to 2003: See East and Central African cricket team
- 2007: Did not qualify
[edit] ICC Trophy
- 1979 to 1986: See East African cricket team
- 1990 to 2001: See East and Central African cricket team
- 2005 ICC Trophy: Did not qualify
[edit] ICC World Cricket League Africa Region
- 2006: Division Two winners
[edit] Cricket in 2007
After winning Division Two of the ICC World Cricket League Africa Region, Tanzania qualified for Division Three of the ICC World Cricket League. The tournament will be played in May/June in Cairns, and Tanzania will play Cayman Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and the USA
