Tanzania national cricket team
| Nickname(s) | The Cows | |||||||||
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| Association | Tanzania Cricket Association | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Abhik Patwa | |||||||||
| Coach | Rivash Gobind | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2001) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | Tanganyika v. Kenya (Nairobi; 1 December 1951) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Mozambique at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 2 November 2021 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Malawi at Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam; 26 September 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | |||||||||
| Best result | 6th (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 26 September 2024 | ||||||||||
The Tanzania national cricket team is the men's team that represents Tanzania in international cricket. Cricket has been played in what is now Tanzania since 1890, and the national side first played in 1951. The Tanzania Cricket Association became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001, 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 had the T20I status.