Maldives national cricket team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maldives
Maldivescr.gif
Cricket Board of Maldives logo
Nickname(s)The Red Seas
Personnel
CaptainMaldives Mohamed Azzam
CoachMaldives Neesham Nasir
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 80th 69th (27-Jun-2019)
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  Kuwait at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha; 28 October 2021
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 18 2/15
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)

One-day & T20I Kit

As of 1 January 2022

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]

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[]

  • 2019: 5th place
  • 2020: Group stage

ACC Trophy[]

Asian Games[]

Records and Statistics[]

International Match Summary — Maldives[9]

Last updated 28 October 2021

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 18 2 15 0 1 20 January 2019

Twenty20 International[]

T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #1372. Last updated 28 October 2021.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Bahrain 3 0 3 0 0 21 January 2019
 Bhutan 1 1 0 0 0 7 December 2019 7 December 2019
 Kuwait 2 0 2 0 0 20 January 2019
 Malaysia 2 0 1 0 1 25 June 2019
   Nepal 2 0 2 0 0 6 December 2019
 Oman 1 0 1 0 0 25 February 2020
 Qatar 3 0 3 0 0 23 January 2019
 Saudi Arabia 2 0 2 0 0 22 January 2019
 Thailand 2 1 1 0 0 26 June 2019 26 June 2019

See also[]

References[]

  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 - 2022 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 22 January 2019.
  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 27 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

External links[]

Official website

Retrieved from ""