Tanzania national cricket team

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Tanzania
Tanzania Cricket Association logo.png
Nickname(s)The Cows
AssociationTanzania Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainAbhik Patwa
CoachSteve Tikolo
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate members (2001)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 35th 30th (17-Nov-2021)
International cricket
First internationalTanganyika (1961–1964) Tanganyika v. Kenya 
(Nairobi; 1 December 1951)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Mozambique at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 2 November 2021
Last T20Iv  Nigeria at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 20 November 2021
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 10 7/3 (0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[3] 10 7/3 (0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 20 November 2021

The Tanzania national cricket team is the men's team that represents the United Republic of Tanzania in international cricket. Cricket has been played in what is now Tanzania since 1890, and the national side first played in 1951.[4] The Tanzania Cricket Association became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001,[5] having previously been part of the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference, which was a member of the ICC in its own right.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Tanzania and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been full T20Is.[6]

History[]

Beginnings of cricket in Tanzania[]

Cricket was first played in what is now Tanzania on the island of Zanzibar by the British Navy as recreation for the officers and crew. Cricket spread to Tanganyika after the British took over the League of Nations mandate in 1919.[4]

Cricket began to be concentrated mostly on the coast and on Zanzibar, with particular development in Dar-es-Salaam. The Indian population quickly took up the game and by the 1930s formed the majority of the players, with a significant European minority.[4]

National side[]

Early matches[]

Distance between Tanganyika and other countries in the African Great Lakes meant that the first international was not played until 1951, when Tanganyika lost by an innings to Kenya. Occasional matches against Kenya and Uganda continued throughout the 1950s[4] and Zanzibar also played matches against Uganda, beginning in 1956.[7]

Other opponents from further afield also toured, with Tanganyika playing the MCC in 1957[8] and 1963,[9] a South African Non-Europeans side in 1958 (who also played Zanzibar)[10] and Pakistan International Airlines in 1964.[11] The occasional matches against Kenya and Uganda eventually led to a formal triangular tournament being introduced in 1967, later to become a quadrangular tournament with the addition of Zambia.[4]

Decline[]

As many businesses were nationalised in the early 1970s, much of the Indian and British population began to leave the country. Cricketers, including John Solanky, who went on to play for Glamorgan, were amongst those who left the country, and standards went into decline.[4]

Since the 1970s, the Tanzania Cricket Association has concentrated on developing the game amongst the African communities, and the national side now contains between 20 and 25% African players. The national side returned to form in the mid-1990s, when they were runners-up in two Africa-wide tournaments in 1994 and 1995, though there was again a slight decline in the late 1990s.[4]

ICC membership[]

The Tanzania Cricket Association became an associate member of the ICC in 2001[5] (Tanzania had previously played international cricket as part of the combined East Africa and East and Central Africa teams) opening up new opportunities for Tanzanian cricket. The first matches for the national side as an ICC member were in the 2002 Africa Cup[4] where they lost all four of their matches.[12]

They showed improvement by the Africa Cricket Association Championship in 2004, where they still finished last, but did beat Zambia in the final match of the tournament, which was a qualifying event for the 2005 ICC Trophy.[13] Even more improvement was shown in the equivalent tournament two years later, when they won Division Two of the World Cricket League Africa Region.[14] This result qualified Tanzania for Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin in 2007. Tanzania finished sixth in that tournament after losing to Hong Kong in a play-off, which relegated them to Division Four.[15]

In 2008, Tanzania hosted Division Four of the World Cricket League. In this tournament they finished fourth, which meant that they remained in Division Four for the next tournament in 2010, played in Italy, where they came 4th again, thus remaining for 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

Tournament history[]

World Cup[]

World Cricket League[]

ICC World Cup Qualifier[]

World Cricket League Africa Region[]

  • Division Two 2006: Winners[14]

Records and Statistics[]

International Match Summary — Tanzania[16]

Last updated 20 November 2021

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 10 7 3 0 0 2 November 2021

Twenty20 International[]

  • Highest team total: 242/6 v. Mozambique on 2 November 2021 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[17]
  • Highest individual score: 90*, Arshan Jasani v. Kenya on 17 November 2021 at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali.[18]
  • Best individual bowling figures: 4/7, Jatinkumar Darji v. Cameroon on 6 November 2021 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[19]

T20I record versus other nations[16]

Records complete to T20I #1445. Last updated 20 November 2021.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Botswana 1 1 0 0 0 7 November 2021 7 November 2021
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 0 6 November 2021 6 November 2021
 Kenya 2 1 1 0 0 17 November 2021 17 November 2021
 Mozambique 1 1 0 0 0 2 November 2021 2 November 2021
 Nigeria 2 2 0 0 0 17 November 2021 17 November 2021
 Sierra Leone 1 1 0 0 0 3 November 2021 3 November 2021
 Uganda 2 0 2 0 0 18 November 2021

Players[]

Recent squad[]

The following players are recently representing Tanzania in 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier.

Other notable players[]

The following players played for Tanzania or Tanganyika and also played first-class or List A cricket:

  • Pranlal Divecha – played one first-class match for East Africa.[20]
  • Praful Mehta – played a One-Day International for East Africa in 1975.[21]
  • CD Patel – played for East Africa in 1967.[22]
  • RD Patel – played three first-class matches in the 1960s.[23]
  • Malcolm Ronaldson – Played for Eastern Province in 1937/38.[24]
  • John Solanky – Played for Glamorgan between 1972 and 1976.[25]
  • Shiraz Sumar – Played an ODI for East Africa in 1975.[26]
  • Vasant Tapu – Played two first-class matches for East Africa.[27]
  • Suresh Raval – played for East Africa
  • Vishal amratlal bhadra valambhia... Played minor counties cricket in England and played for Buckingham town cricket club for home countries

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sportsbooks Publishing, 2007
  5. ^ a b Tanzania at CricketArchive
  6. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. ^ Uganda in Zanzibar 1956 at CricketArchive
  8. ^ Scorecard of Tanganyika v MCC, 28 December 1957 at CricketArchive
  9. ^ MCC in East Africa 1963/64 at CricketArchive
  10. ^ South African Non-Europeans in East Africa 1958/59 at CricketArchive
  11. ^ Pakistan International Airlines in East Africa 1964 at CricketArchive
  12. ^ 2002 Africa Cup at CricketEurope
  13. ^ a b c Africa qualifying for the 2005 ICC Trophy at tournament official website
  14. ^ a b Points Table for ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two 2006 at CricketArchive
  15. ^ a b Uganda lift Division Three title by Andrew Nixon, 2 June 2007 at CricketEurope
  16. ^ a b "Records / Tanzania / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Records / Tanzania / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Records / Tanzania / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Records / Tanzania / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  20. ^ Pranlal Divecha at CricketArchive
  21. ^ Praful Mehta at CricketArchive
  22. ^ CD Patel at CricketArchive
  23. ^ RD Patel at CricketArchive
  24. ^ Malcolm Ronaldson at CricketArchive
  25. ^ John Solanky at CricketArchive
  26. ^ Shiraz Sumar at CricketArchive
  27. ^ Vasant Tapu at CricketArchive

External links[]

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