The Sierra Leone cricket team is the team that represents the country of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

 in international cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

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 in 2002. They made their international debut at the 2004 African Affiliates Championship, where they finished last out of the eight teams. They returned at the
equivalent tournament in 2006, Division Three of the African region

World Cricket League Africa Region

The World Cricket League Africa Region or Africa World Cricket League is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the African Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in Africa...

 of the World Cricket League

World Cricket League

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, where they had a major improvement, this time finishing as runners-up to Mozambique

Mozambique cricket team

The Mozambique cricket team is the team that represents the country of Mozambique in international cricket matches.-History:Mozambique became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2003. Their international debut came the following year, when they played in the African...

, and only just missing out on promotion to Division Two.

Future

In April 2010, Sierra Leone will take part in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, where they have the chance of qualifying for the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

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 in Kuwait

Kuwait

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.

Current squad

The following list contains the 14 players in Sierra Leone's squad for the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two

2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament held in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, took place between 23 April and 29 April 2010...

:

• Sam Offer (Captain
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  )
• Abubakarr Kamara
• Emmanuel Pessima
• Abass Gbla
• Ibrahim Mansaray
• Ibrahim Kamara
• Ibrahim Kabia
• Julius Quee
• Brima Ansumana
• Edward Marah
• Mustapha Kallon
• Alie John Kamara
• George Kpundeh
• Solomon Fatoma