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Dragons Cricket win Burkina Faso championship

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Dragons Cricket won the 2025-2026 Burkina Faso national cricket championship, beating Burkina Cricket 32-16 in the final in Ouagadougou. The competition was organised on 26 and 27 September 2026 by the Burkina Faso Cricket Federation, according to Lefaso.

Dragons Cricket won the Burkina Faso national cricket championship for the 2025-2026 season, held on 26 and 27 September. The competition was the first national championship organised by the Burkina Faso Cricket Federation (FBC), officially recognised on 13 May 2023 after spending three years as a provisional national management committee.

Eight clubs took part in the championship, which was played in batting and fielding phases. FBC president Ibrahim Ndiaye attended with his executive committee, alongside Hamidou Nana, a special adviser representing the Minister for Sports and Leisure, and a representative of the Kadiogo Regional Directorate of Sports and Leisure.

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