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Maldives national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Maldives women's national cricket team.

The Maldives National Men's Cricket Team represents the country of 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]

Maldives
Nickname(s)The Red Sea Cucumber
AssociationCricket Board of Maldives
Personnel
CaptainAzyan Farhath
CoachMr. Ismail Nihad
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 79th 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  Mongolia at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 6 September 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 46 9/36
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 14 4/10
(0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I first kit

T20I second kit

As of 6 September 2024

With the separation of the ACC Trophy into Elite and Challenge divisions, following their performance at the 2006 ACC Trophy, the Maldives 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]

As of February 2024, Pasindu Liyanaarachichi is the National Men's Coach. Azyan Farhath is the National Men's Captain.

As of September 2024, Pasindu Liyanaarachichi has left his role as the National Men's Coach. Leaving the team in state of disarray.

History

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2018-Present

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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 have the full T20I status.[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

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Cricket World Cup

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World Cup record
Year Round Position P W L T NR
  1975 Did not qualify
  1979
  1983
   1987
    1992
      1996
  1999
      2003
  2007
      2011
    2015
  2019
  2023
      2027 To be determined
Total – 0/12 0 0 0 0 0

ICC T20 World Cup

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ICC T20 World Cup
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2007 Did not qualify
  2009
  2010
  2012
  2014
  2016
   2021
  2022
   2024
   2026 To be determined
   2028
    2030
Total – 0/9 0 0 0 0 0

ACC Men's Challenger Cup

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ACC Men's Challenger Cup record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2023 Group stage – 3 1 2 0 0
  2024 7th place play-off 7th 4 1 3 0 0
Total 2/2 0 Titles 7 2 5 0 0

Asia Cup Qualifier

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ACC Asia Cup Qualifier record
Year/Host Round Position GP W L T NR
  2016 Did not participate
  2018
  2020 Did not participate
  2022 Did not qualify
Total 0/4 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ACC Premier Cup

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ACC Premier Cup record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2023 Did not qualify
  2024
Total 0/2 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ACC Premier Cup

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ACC Western Region T20 record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2019 Round robin 5th place 4 0 4 0 0
  2020 Group stage – 3 0 3 0 0
Total 2/2 0 Titles 7 0 7 0 0

ACC Trophy

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ACC Trophy Cup record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  1996 Group stage – 5 1 4 0
  1998 Group stage – 4 1 2 0 1
  2000 Group stage – 3 1 2 0 0
  2002 Group stage – 4 1 3 0 0
  2004 Group stage – 3 0 3 0 0
  2006 Group stage – 3 0 2 0 1
  2008 Did not participate
  2010
  2012 Group stage – 4 1 3 0 0
Total 5/7 0 Titles 26 5 19 0 2

Asian Games

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Asia Games record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2010 Group stages – 2 0 2 0 0
  2014 Group stages – 2 0 1 0 1
  2022 Group stages – 2 1 1 0 0
Total 3/3 0 Titles 6 1 4 0 1

Current squad

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This lists all the players who played for Maldives in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad. Updated as of 6 September 2024.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Azyan Farhath 23 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Captain
Ismail Ali 31 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Kaushal Rodrigo 32 Left-handed Right-arm off break
Gedara Wijesingha 39 Right-handed
Mohamed Shiyam 39 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mabsar Abdulla 17 Left-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Umar Adam 26 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Azin Rafeeq 24 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
Mohamed Azzam 33 Right-handed
Mohamed Rishwan 30 Right-handed
Hassan Rasheed 31 Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Ibrahim Rizan 38 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Ibrahim Hassan 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Leem Shafeeq 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Nazwan Ismail 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mohamed Miuvaan 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Maldives[9]

Last updated 6 September 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 46 9 36 0 1 20 January 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #2842. Last updated 6 September 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
  Bahrain 3 0 3 0 0 21 January 2019
  Bhutan 6 3 3 0 0 7 December 2019 7 December 2019
  Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 0 3 September 2024
  Japan 1 0 1 0 0 4 February 2024
  Kuwait 5 0 5 0 0 20 January 2019
  Malaysia 5 0 4 0 1 25 June 2019
  Mongolia 2 2 0 0 0 28 September 2023 28 September 2023
  Myanmar 1 1 0 0 0 5 September 2024 5 September 2024
    Nepal 3 0 3 0 0 6 December 2019
  Oman 1 0 1 0 0 25 February 2020
  Qatar 5 0 5 0 0 23 January 2019
  Saudi Arabia 5 0 5 0 0 22 January 2019
  Singapore 2 0 2 0 0 2 February 2024
  Thailand 6 3 3 0 0 26 June 2019 26 June 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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 - 2024 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. ^ a b "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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