[4] Suriname made its international debut at the 2004 Americas Affiliates Championship in Panama, where it placed last.

Suriname also won that event, and were promoted to the 2008 Division One tournament in the United States, but were immediately relegated after going winless.

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 full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members.

A big improvement came two years later in the new Division Three of the ICC Americas Championship when they won a four team tournament also involving Brazil, Chile and the Turks and Caicos Islands.