2019 T20 Kwacha Cup

The 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup was a Twenty20 International/Women's Twenty20 International (T20I/WT20I) cricket event between the men's and women's national cricket teams of Malawi and Mozambique. Both the men's and women's series consisted of seven T20I/WT20I matches played between 6 and 10 November 2019 in Blantyre and Lilongwe, Malawi.[1][2] The venue for the first four men's T20I matches was the Lilongwe Golf Club in Lilongwe, and these were followed by two matches at Indian Sports Club and one match at Saint Andrews International High School in Blantyre.[1][3] All of the WT20I matches were played at Saint Andrews International High School.[2][4]. Malawi won the men's series 5–1, and the women's series 4–3.[5][6]

Men's series

2019 T20 Kwacha Cup (men)
 
  Malawi Mozambique
Dates 6 – 10 November 2019
Captains Mohamed Abdulla[n 1] Kaleem Shah
Twenty20 International series
Results Malawi won the 7-match series 5–1
Most runs Hamza Patel (137) Damiao Couana (233)
Most wickets Sami Sohail (14) Zefanias Matsinhe (7)

Both Malawi and Mozambique played their first matches with official T20I status, since the International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019.[7] These were the first T20I matches to be played in Malawi. Four matches were played at Lilongwe Golf Club in Lilongwe, two at Indian Sports Club in Blantyre and one at Saint Andrews International High School in Blantyre.

Squads

 Malawi[8]  Mozambique[8]
  • Mohamed Abdulla (c)
  • Moazzam Baig
  • Irfan Bhima
  • Chisomo Chete
  • Alick Kanshonko
  • Donnex Kansonkho
  • Gift Kansonkho
  • Muhammad Khurram
  • Usama Master
  • Michael Mwamadi
  • Francis Nkhoma
  • Gershom Ntambalika
  • Mohammed Nurji
  • Adil Patel
  • Hamza Patel
  • Mahammed Patel
  • Sami Sohail
  • Kaleem Shah (c)
  • Jose Bulele
  • Frederico Carava
  • Filipe Cossa
  • Damiao Couana
  • Santana Dima
  • Last Emilio
  • Gomes Gomes
  • Joao Huo
  • Imran Ismail
  • Helder Machanguana
  • Zefanias Matsinhe
  • Lourenço Salomone
  • Bernardo Sambo
  • Bernardo Simango
  • Lourenço Simango
  • Vieira Tembo

1st T20I

6 November 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
169/5 (20 overs)
v
 Malawi
170/7 (19.4 overs)
Damiao Couana 71* (36)
Mahammed Patel 3/25 (4 overs)
Mahammed Patel 40* (33)
Zefanias Matsinhe 3/27 (4 overs)
Malawi won by 3 wickets
Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe
Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mohamed Abdulla, Moazzam Baig, Donnex Kansonkho, Gift Kansonkho, Muhammad Khurram, Usama Master, Michael Mwamadi, Adil Patel, Hamza Patel, Mahammed Patel, Sami Sohail (Mwi), Jose Bulele, Filipe Cossa, Damiao Couana, Santana Dima, Gomes Gomes, Joao Huo, Imran Ismail, Zefanias Matsinhe, Bernardo Sambo, Kaleem Shah and Vieira Tembo (Moz) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

6 November 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
109 (19 overs)
v
 Malawi
114/3 (12.2 overs)
Kaleem Shah 30 (33)
Moazzam Baig 4/20 (3 overs)
Irfan Bhima 52 (35)
Jose Bulele 2/30 (3.2 overs)
Malawi won by 7 wickets
Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe
Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Irfan Bhima, Francis Nkhoma and Mohammed Nurji (Mwi) all made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I

7 November 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Malawi 
142/6 (20 overs)
v
 Mozambique
117 (19 overs)
Hamza Patel 42 (33)
Kaleem Shah 2/24 (4 overs)
Damiao Couana 31 (33)
Sami Sohail 3/19 (4 overs)
Malawi won by 25 runs
Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe
Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chisomo Chete (Mwi), Last Emilio, Bernardo Simango and Lourenço Simango (Moz) all made their T20I debuts.

4th T20I

7 November 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
144/4 (20 overs)
v
 Malawi
145/6 (18.5 overs)
Kaleem Shah 72* (69)
Sami Sohail 2/22 (3 overs)
Mohammed Nurji 33* (17)
Lourenço Simango 2/20 (3 overs)
Malawi won by 4 wickets
Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe
Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

9 November 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Malawi 
142/3 (20 overs)
v
 Mozambique
127 (18.1 overs)
Irfan Bhima 46 (51)
Damiao Couana 1/19 (4 overs)
Last Emilio 23 (16)
Sami Sohail 4/18 (4 overs)
Malawi won by 15 runs
Indian Sports Club, Blantyre
Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
  • Gershom Ntambalika (Mwi) made his T20I debut.

6th T20I

9 November 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
143/7 (20 overs)
v
Kaleem Shah 27 (24)
Hamza Patel 2/13 (2 overs)
No result
Indian Sports Club, Blantyre
Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

7th T20I

10 November 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
104 (19.3 overs)
v
 Malawi
75/8 (15.1 overs)
Damiao Couana 43 (34)
Irfan Bhima 3/14 (4 overs)
Sami Sohail 32* (30)
Damiao Couana 3/10 (3 overs)
Mozambique won by 11 runs (DLS method)
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Women's series

2019 T20 Kwacha Cup (women)
 
  Malawi Women Mozambique Women
Dates 6 – 10 November 2019
Captains Shahida Hussein Olga Matsolo
Twenty20 International series
Results Malawi Women won the 7-match series 4–3
Most runs Shahida Hussein (94) Palmira Cuinica (145)
Most wickets Triphonia Luka (14) Christina Magaia (13)

The women's series was played at Saint Andrews International High School in Blantyre.[2] Malawi played their first WT20I matches since August 2018, and Mozambique last played in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa in May 2019. These were the first WT20I matches to be played in Malawi.[8]

Squads

 Malawi[8]  Mozambique[8]
  • Shahida Hussein (c)
  • Sichela Benbow
  • Yolanda Biliyati
  • Promise Chiwaya
  • Meria Dailesi
  • Dalida Dzimau
  • Shalon Dzimau
  • Chimwemwe Juma
  • Thandi Katunga
  • Triphonia Luka
  • Lekeleni Mbendera
  • Tadala Mpaandakaya
  • Nela Mpandakwaya
  • Brenda Ndipo
  • Monica Ndipo
  • Vanessa Phiri
  • Dyna Rice
  • Olga Matsolo (c)
  • Ameliana Arroz
  • Laura Chipanga
  • Isabel Chuma
  • Alcinda Cossa
  • Palmira Cuinica
  • Sheila Guambe
  • Rosalia Haiong
  • Flora Macaringue
  • Christina Magaia
  • Alda Mangue
  • Paula Mazuze
  • Atalia Monjane
  • Cecelia Murrombe
  • Helena Rungo
  • Jessica Sainda
  • Dalmira Tivane

1st WT20I

6 November 2019
09:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
75 (15 overs)
v
 Malawi
76/6 (12.4 overs)
Palmira Cuinica 27 (42)
Triphonia Luka 3/7 (3 overs)
Tadala Mpaandakaya 34 (33)
Alcinda Cossa 2/18 (2 overs)
Malawi Women won by 4 wickets
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Jaymi Ali (Mwi) and Lloyd Selemani (Mwi)
  • Malawi Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chimwemwe Juma, Tadala Mpaandakaya, Nela Mpandakwaya (Mwi), Paula Mazuze, Atalia Monjane and Dalmira Tivane (Moz) all made their WT20I debuts.

2nd WT20I

6 November 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
113/8 (20 overs)
v
 Malawi
66/9 (20 overs)
Isabel Chuma 44 (44)
Shahida Hussein 3/15 (4 overs)
Shahida Hussein 12 (32)
Olga Matsolo 4/14 (4 overs)
Mozambique Women won by 47 runs
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Jaymi Ali (Mwi) and Lloyd Selemani (Mwi)
  • Malawi Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Promise Chiwaya and Dyna Rica (Mwi) both made their WT20I debuts.

3rd WT20I

7 November 2019
09:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
94 (17.4 overs)
v
 Malawi
95/7 (19.4 overs)
Palmira Cuinica 34 (30)
Triphonia Luka 5/16 (4 overs)
Shahida Hussein 34* (34)
Christina Magaia 2/14 (4 overs)
Malawi Women won by 3 wickets
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Jaymi Ali (Mwi) and Lloyd Selemani (Mwi)
  • Mozambique Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lekeleni Mbendera (Mwi) made her WT20I debut.
  • Triphonia Luka became the first bowler for Malawi to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[9]

4th WT20I

7 November 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
130/6 (20 overs)
v
 Malawi
112/9 (20 overs)
Alcinda Cossa 54* (39)
Chimwemwe Juma 2/22 (4 overs)
Lekeleni Mbendera 22 (15)
Alcinda Cossa 3/26 (4 overs)
Mozambique Women won by 18 runs
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Jaymi Ali (Mwi) and Lloyd Selemani (Mwi)
  • Mozambique Women won the toss and elected to bat.

5th WT20I

8 November 2019
09:00
Scorecard
Malawi 
89 (19.5 overs)
v
 Mozambique
91/2 (12 overs)
Dyna Rice 19 (16)
Christina Magaia 3/17 (4 overs)
Palmira Cuinica 46 (46)
Shahida Hussein 1/14 (2 overs)
Mozambique Women won by 8 wickets
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Jaymi Ali (Mwi) and Lloyd Selemani (Mwi)
  • Malawi Women won the toss and elected to bat.

6th WT20I

8 November 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Mozambique 
88 (15 overs)
v
 Malawi
90/8 (16.2 overs)
Rosalia Haiong 13 (9)
Vanessa Phiri 4/12 (3 overs)
Thandie Katunga 15 (31)
Paula Mazuze 5/19 (4 overs)
Malawi Women won by 2 wickets
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Jaymi Ali (Mwi) and Lloyd Selemani (Mwi)
  • Malawi Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Laura Chipanga (Moz) made her WT20I debut.
  • Paula Mazuze became the first bowler for Mozambique to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[10]

7th WT20I

10 November 2019
09:00
Scorecard
Malawi 
42/3 (10 overs)
v
 Mozambique
38/9 (10 overs)
Shahida Hussein 9* (16)
Christina Magaia 2/9 (2 overs)
Cecelia Murrombe 12 (19)
Chimwemwe Juma 2/6 (2 overs)
Malawi Women won by 4 runs
Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre
Umpires: Jaymi Ali (Mwi) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • Mozambique Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.

Notes

  1. Gift Kansonkho captained Malawi for the 6th and 7th T20Is.

References

  1. "Men's T20 Kwacha Cup 2019". Malawi Cricket Union (via Facebook). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. "Women's T20 Kwacha Cup 2019". Malawi Cricket Union (via Facebook). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. "Mozambique tour of Malawi". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. "Mozambique Women tour of Malawi". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. "Malawi on course for Kwacha Cup glory". The Times (Malawi). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  6. "Malawi rises on cricket rankings". The Times (Malawi). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. "2019 T20 Kwacha Cup". Malawi Cricket Union (via Facebook). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  9. "Five-wicket hauls in WT20I matches by Malawi players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. "Five-wicket hauls in WT20I matches by Mozambique players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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