St Helena Cricket Team Fly Out
St Helena’s cricket team fly to Nigeria at the weekend to take part in the T20 World Cup sub-regional qualifier. The finals for this T20 will take place in 2026. Like martin Joshua and many others in St Helena, the Independent wish our cricket team every success and good luck with the weather. St Helena Cricket’s last sub-regional qualifier in Rwanda was adversely affected by games called off or shortened because of rain.
St Helena is not ranked in the international cricket T20 table due to not playing enough international games. The T20 Sub-Regional Qualifier starts on 23rd November. St Helena play on the opening day against Nigeria, the highest ranked team in their sub-qualifier group. St Helena faced Botswana in the 2022 sub-qualifier in Rwanda. On that occasion the result was Botswana 165 for 2 after 20 overs – St Helena 106 all out after 19.1 overs. St Helena could be in with a chance against Ivory Coast and Eswatini and a win against Sierra leone would be a triumph.
| Date | Against | Opponent Ranking |
| 23rd November | Nigeria | 36 |
| 24th November | Ivory Coast | Not Ranked |
| 26th November | Sierra Leone | 69 |
| 27th November | Botswana | 50 |
| 28th November | Eswatini | 82 |
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