Lesotho national cricket team
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The Lesotho national cricket team represents Lesotho in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001[5] and an associate member in 2017.[1]
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| Association | Lesotho Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Maaz Khan | |||||||||
| Coach | Alex Maviko | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v  Eswatini at Maseru, Lesotho; 1986 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Eswatini at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 16 October 2021 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Botswana at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone;15 March 2026 | |||||||||
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| As of 15 March 2026 | ||||||||||
Lesotho has played international cricket since at least 1986, when they played Swaziland in Maseru.[6] They made their official ICC debut at Division Three of the Africa Region of the ICC World Cricket League in April 2006, where they came last in the eight-team tournament.[citation needed]
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Lesotho and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[7]
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Lesotho[8]
Last updated 15 March 2026
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| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 28 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 16 October 2021 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 153/3 v. Seychelles, 20 November 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[9]
- Highest individual score: 68*, Maaz Khan v. Seychelles, 20 November 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[10]
- Best individual bowling figures: 6/18, Waseem Yaqoob v. Mali, 25 September 2024 at Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam.[11]
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Most T20I runs for Lesotho[12]
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Most T20I wickets for Lesotho[13]
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T20I record versus other nations[8]
Records complete to T20I #3773. Last updated 15 March 2026.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Botswana | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 November 2022 | |
 Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 September 2024 | |
| Eswatini | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 October 2021 | 29 March 2024 |
 Ghana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 October 2021 | |
 Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 November 2022 | |
 Malawi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2021 | |
 Mali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 |
 Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 October 2021 | |
 Saint Helena | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 November 2022 | |
 Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 October 2021 | 20 November 2022 |
 Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 September 2024 | |
 Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 October 2021 | |
Other matches
For a list of selected international matches played by Lesotho, see Cricket Archive.
