Fédération Malienne de Cricket
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The Fédération Malienne de Cricket (FeMaCrik) became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council
in 2005.
FeMaCrik was co-founded by Mr Kawory Berthe, a Malian English-teacher and Dr Phil Watson from Wales
. They and their colleagues in the FeMaCrik Executive Committee have been influential in bringing cricket to this French speaking country. In May 2007, Mali sent an adult, men's team to participate in the inaugural North & West African Championship in Banjul, Gambia. Their international debut was against the host team (Gambia) which they lost.
For more information about cricket in Mali, please consult the monthly ICC Africa Newsflash or FeMaCrik's webpage (under construction — June 2007) femacrik.googlepages.com
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
in 2005.
FeMaCrik was co-founded by Mr Kawory Berthe, a Malian English-teacher and Dr Phil Watson from Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. They and their colleagues in the FeMaCrik Executive Committee have been influential in bringing cricket to this French speaking country. In May 2007, Mali sent an adult, men's team to participate in the inaugural North & West African Championship in Banjul, Gambia. Their international debut was against the host team (Gambia) which they lost.
For more information about cricket in Mali, please consult the monthly ICC Africa Newsflash or FeMaCrik's webpage (under construction — June 2007) femacrik.googlepages.com