28-478: Eric Dusingizimana (born 21 March 1987) is a Rwandan cricketer and civil engineer who also captained the Rwanda national cricket team . He is also a Guinness World Record holder for his marathon effort in 2016 when he batted for 51 hours non-stop in order to raise funds for the construction of Gahanga International Cricket Stadium . He was born in a family of six siblings. He witnessed the 1994 Rwandan genocide as
56-769: A charity organisation was set up to raise funds to construct the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium. In June 2016, he travelled to England, spent a week in London and managed to raise £120,000. He was accompanied by English cricketer Joe Root who joined his fundraising trip across England. He also approached the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees in order to discuss his interest to launch cricket training programs for refugees in Rwanda. In August 2021, he
84-573: A play-off to finish third (of eight teams) in the Africa Affiliates Tournament. That tournament was part of the qualification process for the 2007 World Cup . The inaugural edition of the World Cricket League commenced in 2007, preceded by various regional qualifying tournaments. At the 2006 Africa Division Three qualifier, Ghana placed third behind Mozambique and Sierra Leone, again defeating Malawi in
112-523: A six-year-old boy. He along with his family members managed to survive the genocide, which killed more than 600,000 people in Rwanda. He began playing cricket at the age of 18 in 2006 when he was studying in the high school. He idolised AB de Villiers and MS Dhoni when he started playing cricket. He pursued interest in cricket due to the close interrelationship cricket had with the subject combination which he selected for his studies. Dusingizimana started playing cricket for Right Guards team in 2006. He won
140-457: A third-place playoff. The playoff was noted for the performance of Ghanaian player Peter Ananya (a future national captain), who took 7/25 to bowl Malawi out for 41. Ghana won the 2008 Africa Division Three tournament by defeating Swaziland in the final, having earlier bowled Rwanda out for 23 in their semi-final. They were subsequently promoted to the 2008 Africa Division Two tournament, but could only place fifth from six teams. This
168-665: Is an associate member of the International Cricket Council , which it joined as an affiliate member in 2002, and mainly plays matches in Africa Cricket Association tournaments. Ghana Cricket Association promotes the sport in the country. A team representing the British Gold Coast played its first recorded match in 1904, and international matches from 1907. Known as Ghana after independence in 1957, until recent times
196-549: The 1997 ICC Trophy was captained by Edinam Nutsugah, a Ghanaian. At that tournament, another Ghanaian, Daniel Vanderpuje-Orgle, took 5/31 against Israel , one of only four five-wicket hauls at the tournament. However, the West Africa Cricket Council lost significance in 2000, when Nigeria applied for separate membership of the ICC. The council was disbanded in 2003, with its members having become ICC members
224-497: The 2012 World Twenty20 . Earlier in the year, Ghana had hosted the Africa Division Three Twenty20 , its first time hosting a senior ICC tournament. Ghana placed fourth at the 2012 Africa Division Two Twenty20 , failing to qualify for the following year's Division One event. However, they went on to win the 2014 Division Two Twenty20 , defeating Zambia on net run rate , and consequently progressing to
252-454: The 2015 Africa Twenty20 Championship . There, Ghana defeated Tanzania , Botswana, and Uganda (for the first time), finishing fourth behind Uganda on net run rate. Against Uganda (a previous winner of the tournament), Ghana had made only 74/9 from its 20 overs, but managed to bowl Uganda out for 69. In August 2018, they were included in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament. However, Ghana declined Cricket South Africa's invite to compete in
280-638: The Rwanda Cricket Association in order to build the first cricket stadium in Rwanda. Eric took it as his dream project with a vision of establishing Rwanda's first ever cricket ground. He batted for about 51 hours continuously at Amaharo Stadium in Remera for more than two days indoors which also attracted huge crowd attention and national attention. His attempt was later recognised by the Guinness World Record officials as
308-488: The European-only fixtures were played in provincial cities like Kumasi and Ibadan , although multiracial games were played only in the capitals. Gold Coast sides were occasionally bolstered by players of first-class standard – for instance, Cecil Pullan ( Oxford University and Worcestershire ) and Michael Green ( Gloucestershire and Essex ) appeared together in a 1937 match, with Pullan appearing again after
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#1732780037568336-500: The Ghanaian national side. The West Africa Cricket Council was formed later in 1976, with The Gambia and Sierra Leone joining Ghana and Nigeria as members. Consequently, with the exception of the quadrangular West African Championships, first held in 1976, Ghanaian cricketers played international matches only for the combined West African team , which made its international debut at the 1982 ICC Trophy . The West African side at
364-870: The Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament. In 2021 Ghana was among five teams excluded from the ICC T20I Championship for failing to play enough fixtures in the relevant period, an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic . This lists all the players who have played for Ghana in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 20 March 2024 International Match Summary — Ghana Last updated 26 September 2024 Most T20I runs for Ghana Most T20I wickets for Ghana T20I record versus other nations Records complete to T20I #2866. Last updated 26 September 2024. For
392-413: The field of civil engineering . He also graduated in architecture technology. He was selected to the national team in 2008 for the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three tournament. He represented Rwanda Under-19s in the 2010 Africa Under-19 Championship Division Two. He was appointed captain of the national cricket team in 2011. In May 2016, he embarked on a unique mission to support
420-640: The fifty-overs Premier League while playing for Right Guards. He later played for Young Tigers, Impala Titans and Dugout CC. He won the Player of the Tournament Award in the one-day format while playing for Impala Titans in 2010. He also guided the team to the 20-overs title in the same year. He rejoined Right Guards in 2014 and also captained the team. In 2015, he scored a 60-ball hundred for Right Guards against Indorwa at Computer Point 20-over tournament. He pursued his higher studies at his university in
448-560: The following two seasons, with the venue alternating between Lagos and Accra . A team representing the Southern Nigeria Protectorate toured in April 1907. Similar matches were played again in 1911, 1912, and 1913, with the host alternating each year. Although the sport had been introduced by British settlers , representative teams were multiracial from an early stage – the 1912 Gold Coast–Southern Nigeria fixture,
476-454: The last delivery to him. He broke the world record of India's Virag Mare who batted 50 hours during his marathon efforts Mahahalaxmi Lawns at Karve Nagar in Pune . Prior to this effort, the record was held by English players Dave Newman and Richard Wells who batted for 48 hours at a stretch. Following his marathon effort, he was hailed as a national hero in Rwanda. Rwanda Stadium Cricket Foundation,
504-652: The majority of the team's matches came against other West African teams, and occasionally against touring English teams. In 1976, Ghana joined the West Africa Cricket Council , with Ghanaian players representing the West African cricket team in international tournaments. Following the breakup of the council, the Ghana Cricket Association gained affiliate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002, with
532-705: The national side making its debut at an ICC tournament in 2004. The first ICC tournament for the team was in Division Three of 2006 World Cricket League Africa Region , where it finished in the third place. The team won the Division Three of 2008 World Cricket League Africa Region by defeating Swaziland in the final. CricketArchive records a team representing the Gold Coast , a British colony, as having played its first match in May 1904, against Lagos Colony (in present-day Nigeria ). Similar fixtures were played in
560-470: The only pre-war match for which a scorecard is available, featured names like Otoo, Sagoe, Agbokpo, and Akufo (for Gold Coast), and Layode and Oseni (for Southern Nigeria). Gold Coast's Otoo took six wickets in Southern Nigeria's second innings, helping Gold Coast to an innings victory . However, European-only matches were introduced around the same time, beginning in 1906 and ending only in 1956,
588-634: The previous year – Gambia, Ghana, and Sierra Leone were made affiliate members, and Nigeria an associate member. A 2000 CricInfo article noted that cricket in Ghana was then confined to the south of the country, played only in the capital and the cities of Kumasi and Obuasi . It was also said to be particularly popular amongst the expatriate British and Indian populations, with the main club league featuring two Indian teams out of four total. Ghana played its first ICC tournament in March 2004, defeating Malawi in
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#1732780037568616-436: The six sides there were African, the others being Nigeria and Botswana , the hosts. Ghana won only two matches, both against Germany , and were relegated back to the regional tournaments system. In international Twenty20 cricket, Ghana played its first tournaments in 2011, finishing runner-up to Nigeria in the 2011 Africa Division Two Twenty20 tournament and then fifth in 2011 Division One , both part of qualification for
644-482: The tournament, and were replaced by Uganda . In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. All Twenty20 matches played between Ghana and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 had the full T20I status. Ghana's first T20I match was against Namibia on 20 May 2019, after finishing top of the North-Western sub-region qualification group, advancing to
672-455: The war. The national side played its first match as "Ghana" less than a month after Kwame Nkrumah 's independence declaration in March 1957, with annual Ghana–Nigeria matches occurring until 1964. A Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side toured West Africa during the 1975–76 season, and played two matches at Accra's Achimota School in January 1976 – one against an Accra side and one against
700-749: The world record for the longest individual net session. He began his attempt on 11 May 2016 and was allowed a five-minute break for every hour of his batting session and completed the task on 13 May 2016 at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali . He also faced throwdowns from the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair who was on an official visit to Rwanda in order to attend the World Economic Forum on Africa . He also faced deliveries from Julienne Uwacu , Mutesi Jolly , Jimmy Mulis , Andrew Mitchell and William Gelling . His wife apparently bowled
728-724: The year before Ghanaian independence. The Gold Coast's leading run-scorer in the inaugural European-only fixture was Gordon Guggisberg , who had earlier played a single first-class match (and was later Governor of the Gold Coast , from 1919 to 1927). After a long gap, inter-colonial matches resumed in April 1926, when the Gold Coast played the Nigerian national team in Lagos. Gold Coast–Nigeria fixtures, both multiracial and European-only, were played almost annually from 1926 to 1939, and resumed again after World War II. In several years
756-459: Was enough, however, for Ghana to maintain its place for the 2010 Division Two event. At that tournament, they placed second to Zambia , securing entry to the 2012 Global Division Eight tournament. The only African side at the eight-team tournament, played in Samoa , Ghana lost only two matches, both to Vanuatu , placing runner-up and qualifying for the 2013 Global Division Seven event. Three of
784-783: Was named in the Rwandan squad for the home T20I series against Ghana . He made his T20I debut for Rwanda on 18 August 2021, against Ghana , in what was Rwanda's first official T20I. Rwanda national cricket team Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 208385843 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:47:17 GMT Ghana national cricket team The Ghana national cricket team represents Ghana in men's international cricket . It
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