Maldives national cricket team

The Maldives national cricket team represents the country of the Maldives in international cricket. Although they did not become an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) until 2001,[5] they have taken part in the ACC Trophy on every occasion since its inception in 1996. They have never progressed beyond the first round of the tournament. They became an associate member in 2017.[1]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Maldives women's national cricket team.
Maldives
Cricket Board of Maldives logo
Nickname(s)The Red Sea Cucumber
AssociationCricket Board of Maldives
Personnel
CaptainMaldives Umar Adam
CoachMaldives Imad Ismail
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 78th 66th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 September 1996
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Kuwait at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 20 January 2019
Last T20Iv  Qatar at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha; 5 October 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 32 5/26
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 8 1/7
(0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I kit

As of 5 October 2023

With the separation of the ACC Trophy into Elite and Challenge divisions, following their performance at the 2006 ACC Trophy the Maldives have since competed in the Challenge divisions in both 2009 (when they came 3rd) and in the 2010 competition. The 2010 competition marked their first victory in an international tournament, defeating Saudi Arabia by 1 wicket in the final of the competition.[6]

Starting from 2018, Asif Khan coaches the men's national team. From February 2013, Nilantha Cooray is the national development cricket coach.

History

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Maldives and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]

Maldives made its Twenty20 International debut on 20 January 2019, losing to Kuwait by eight wickets in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman.[8]

20 January 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Maldives 
102 (18.4 overs)
v
 Kuwait
103/2 (10.3 overs)
Mohamed Rishwan 25 (23)
Imran Ali 3/16 (3 overs)
Ravija Sandaruwan 68* (36)
Ameel Mauroof 1/11 (3 overs)
Kuwait won by 8 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
Player of the match: Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Maldives.

Tournament history

Asia Cup Qualifier
  • 2018: Did not participate
  • 2020: Did not qualify

ACC Western Region T20

ACC Trophy

Asian Games

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Maldives[9]

Last updated 5 October 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals325260120 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #2290. Last updated 5 October 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Bahrain 3030021 January 2019
 Bhutan 312007 December 20197 December 2019
 Kuwait 4040020 January 2019
 Malaysia 4030125 June 2019
 Mongolia 1100028 September 202328 September 2023
   Nepal 303006 December 2019
 Oman 1010025 February 2020
 Qatar 5050023 January 2019
 Saudi Arabia 4040022 January 2019
 Thailand 4310026 June 201926 June 2019

See also

References
  1. "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "T20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "CricketArchive – Maldives page". CricketArchive. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  6. Maldives v Saudi Arabia, ACC Trophy Challenge 2010/11 (Final)
  7. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. "ACC Western Region T20 2019: RESULTS".
  9. "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  10. "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  14. "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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