Francisco Couana

Francisco Couana (born 10 November 1996) is a Mozambican cricketer who plays for the Mozambique national cricket team.[1] In November 2019, he was named in Mozambique's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup.[2] These were the first T20I matches to be played by Mozambique since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted T20I status to all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019.[3] Couana made his T20I debut on 6 November 2019, in the first match of the tournament against hosts Malawi.[4]

Francisco Couana
Personal information
Full name
Francisco Damiao Couana
Born (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 3)6 November 2019 v Malawi
Last T20I9 December 2022 v Sierra Leone
Career statistics
Competition T20I
Matches 11
Runs scored 395
Batting average 39.50
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 104
Balls bowled 191
Wickets 12
Bowling average 19.16
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/19
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2022

In October 2021, Couana was named in Mozambique's T20I squad for their matches in Group B of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.[5] In Mozambique's second match of the qualifier, against Cameroon, he scored 104 runs and took five wickets.[6] He became the first player for Mozambique to score a century in T20Is,[7] and to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[8] He also became the first player to score a century and take five wickets in a single T20I match.[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Francisco Couana". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. "2019 T20 Kwacha Cup". Malawi Cricket Union (via Facebook). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. "1st T20I, Lilongwe, Nov 6 2019, Mozambique tour of Malawi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. "Botswana, Mozambique & Cameroon Men's squads announced Africa qualifiers in Rwanda". Czarsportz. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. "3rd Match, Group B, Rwanda, Nov 3 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group B". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. "Centuries in Twenty20 International cricket – innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. "Five-wicket hauls in T20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  9. "First rained fire with the bat and then did wonders by taking 5 wickets, a player got the team to win by 171 runs". PiPa News. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  10. "Mozambique cricketer scores 100 and takes 5 wickets to set new record in T20s". The Bridge. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. "Global Game: Tanzania make it to ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.