Ghana national cricket team
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ghana | |
Flag of Ghana | |
ICC membership granted | 2002 |
ICC member status | Affiliate member |
ICC development region | Africa |
Captain | Unknown |
World Cricket League division | n/a |
World Cricket League Africa region division | Three |
First recorded match | 22 March 1939 (as Gold Coast) v Nigeria at Kumasi, Ghana |
As of 11 September 2006 |
The Ghanaian cricket team is the team that represents the country of Ghana in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2002 [1], having previously been part of the combined West Africa team.
Their international debut came in 2004, when they came third in the African affiliates championship. [2] They competed in the equivalent tournament in 2006, Division Three of the African qualifiers for the ICC World Cricket League, where they again finished third by again beating Malawi in the play-off match. [3]