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| Association | Suriname Cricket Board | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Arun Gokoel | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2011) Affiliate member (2002) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international |  Suriname v.Belize  (Panama; 23 March 2004) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Panama atClub San Albano,Burzaco; 6 December 2024 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Belize atClub San Albano,Burzaco; 16 December 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 30 April 2025 | ||||||||||
TheSuriname national cricket team is the team that representsSuriname ininternational cricket. The team is organised by theSuriname Cricket Board, which has been an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002 and anassociate member since 2011.[4]
Suriname made its international debut at the 2004 Americas Affiliates Championship in Panama, where it placed last. At the2006 ICC Americas Championship, the team won the division three event, and was promoted to division two for the2008 edition. Suriname also won that event, and were promoted to the2008 Division One tournament in the United States, but were immediately relegated after going winless. Since then, Suriname has generally alternated between the first and second divisions ofICC Americas events, most recently placing fourth (out of four teams) at the2015 Americas Twenty20 Championship.[5]
In theWorld Cricket League (WCL), the team placed last in the2009 Division Seven tournament and fifth (out of eight teams) at the2010 Division Eight tournament, relegating it to the regional qualifiers. Suriname re-entered the WCL system at the2015 Division Six event in England, and subsequently qualified for2016 Division Five. However, they later withdrew from the Division Five tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players.[6][7]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Suriname and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[8]
Suriname became an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council in 2002. Their international debut came in 2004 at the Americas Affiliates Championship, where they came last in the five team tournament. A big improvement came two years later in the new Division Three of theICC Americas Championship when they won a four team tournament also involvingBrazil,Chile and theTurks and Caicos Islands. This qualified them for the Division Two tournament played inArgentina late in 2006, when they came fourth out of five teams, which means that they will keep their Division Two place in 2008.
Suriname placed fifth at the2009 Global Division Seven tournament and was relegated toDivision Eight, where it placed fifth to again be relegated.
Suriname were supposed to play in the2023 T20 World Cup Sub-regional qualifier, but did not participate eventually. Suriname then made a comeback into international cricket in 2024, when they played their first everTwenty20 International match againstPanama in the2024 T20 World Cup Sub-regional qualifier.
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Irfan Hafejee 35* (32) Arun Gokoel 3/14 (3 overs) |
Panama won by 10 runs Club San Albano,Burzaco Umpires: Candace la Borde (WI) and Harry Grewal (Can) Player of the match: Irfan Hafejee (Pan) |
In the same tournament, the team managed to defeat two higher ranked sides,Cayman Islands andBelize to claim their first-ever win in T20I format.
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Akshay Naidoo 35 (35) Arun Gokoel 3/15 (4 overs) |
Suriname won by 6 wickets Hurlingham Club Ground,Buenos Aires Umpires: Aditya Gajjar (USA) and Harry Grewal (Can) Player of the match: Xaviee Smith (Sur) |
| ICC T20 World Cup Americas Sub-regional Qualifiers records | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2018 | Did not participate | |||||||
 2023 | ||||||||
| 2024 | Round-robin | 8/9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 1/3 | 0 Title | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| ICC World Cricket League Division Seven record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2010 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2012 | ||||||||
 2014 | ||||||||
 2016 | Withdraw[9] | |||||||
 2017 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 0/5 | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ICC World Cricket League Division Seven record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2009 | Group stages (Relegated Division Eight) | 5/6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
 2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| Total | 1/3 | 0 Title | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| World Cricket League | ICC Americas Championship |
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Updated as on 6 December 2024
This lists all the active players who played for Suriname in the2024 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Sub-regional Qualifier.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Last T20I | Note(s) |
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| Batters | |||||
| Giovani Gokoel | 33 | Left-handed | Left-armoff break |  2024 | |
| Vishwar Shaw | 32 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2024 | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Yuvraj Paul Dayal | 42 | Right-handed | Leg break | 2024 | |
| Troy Dudnath | 35 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | 2024 | |
| Gavin Singh | 38 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | 2024 | |
| Xaviee Smith | 27 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2024 | |
| Vishaul Singh | 38 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2024 | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Kemraj Hardat | 50 | Right-handed | N/a | 2024 | |
| Vejai Hirlal | 43 | Right-handed | N/a | 2024 | |
| Khemraj Jaikaran | 39 | Right-handed | N/a | 2024 | |
| Pace bowlers | |||||
| Arun Gokoel | 37 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2024 | Captain |
| Abdul Bhikari | 30 | Left-handed | Left-armmedium | 2024 | |
| Taarkheswar Ramautar | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2024 | |
| Romario Ramjiawan | 35 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2024 | |
International Match Summary — Suriname[10]
Last updated 16 December 2024
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 December 2024 |
T20I record versus other nations[10]
Records complete to T20I #3067. Last updated 16 December 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 December 2024 | |
| Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 December 2024 | |
| Belize | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 December 2024 | 16 December 2024 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 December 2024 | |
 Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 December 2024 | |
 Cayman Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 December 2024 | 10 December 2024 |
 Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 December 2024 | |
| Panama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 December 2024 | |
Below is a record of international matches played in the one-day format by Suriname between 2004 and 2015.[11]
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR |
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| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Belize | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Bhutan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Fiji | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Gibraltar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Panama | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Vanuatu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 48 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
