Delegates of the Ghana Cricket Association (GCA) choose leaders today, with the national teams’ record under heavy scrutiny.
Delegates of the Ghana Cricket Association elect new leadership today, October 24, 2026. The vote follows eight years under President Emmanuel Kwame Owusu-Ansah Asare, who took office in July 2018, and a stretch in which results on the field have declined.
When the ICC introduced global T20I rankings for associate members in May 2019, Ghana’s men were 28th in the world and fourth in Africa, according to figures cited for this story. They are now 70th globally and 12th in Africa, down from 64th and ninth before the March 2024 African Games. Eswatini, whom Ghana beat in the March qualifiers, sits above them at 68th.
There was one bright spot. Ghana beat Malawi off the final ball to reach the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Final Qualifier, a stage last reached in 2018.
The women’s game tells a harder story. Ghana finished third at the 2015 NWACC tournament in The Gambia and runner-up at Achimota Oval in 2018, when Felicia Serwaa won Best Batter, Best Fielder and MVP. The team lost all its matches in 2023, and in the most recent tournament it again lost every game. The senior women’s team is currently unranked. The Under-19 women also lost every match at a September 2024 tournament in Nigeria, and the Under-19 men won only two games in the Division Two qualifiers in Kigali.
Nigeria offers a contrast. Its Under-19 women reached the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup for a second time and finished sixth in Malaysia in January 2025, beating New Zealand along the way. Its senior women won bronze at the 2024 African Games in Ghana.
The Asare administration does have achievements. Turf wickets and improved facilities were installed at Achimota Oval in 2023, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy Tour visited in 2022, and Ghana hosted the Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier B in March 2026. Asare also received an ICC long-service plaque in 2024.
Critics say these milestones have not been turned into regular leagues, regional programmes and steady international results. The question facing delegates, they argue, is what a further term would deliver that the last eight years did not.
