Malawi national cricket team

The Malawian national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Malawi in international cricket.

Malawi
Flag of Malawi
Personnel
CaptainMohamed Abdulla[1]
CoachAndre Botha
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[2] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
T20I 53rd 53rd (9-Nov-2019)
International cricket
First international21 March 2004 v Gambia at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Mozambique at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Last T20Iv  Mozambique at Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre; 10 November 2019
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 7 5/1 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[5] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 24 September 2020

History

In 2002 Malawi participated in the Africa Cup in which 10 nations took part. They came last in the group, losing all 4 matches.

They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003[6] and an associate member in 2017.[2] Their international debut came the following year in the African affiliates championship, where they came fourth. They participated in the equivalent tournament in 2006, Division Three of the African region of the World Cricket League, once again coming fourth.[7]

In October 2009 Malawi hosted the WCL Africa Div 3 tournament, beating all participants to win the tournament. They were promoted to WCL Africa Division 2 for the next tournament in Benoni, SA. They struggled at this level and finished last.

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 Malawi and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[8]

Malawi played their first T20I on 6 November 2019, against Mozambique, during the 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup.

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.
  • First ever T20I match for Malawi.

Grounds
Indian Sports Club
Lilongwe Golf Club
Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Malawi

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Malawi[9]

Last updated 10 November 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals751016 November 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #1013. Last updated 10 November 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Mozambique751016 November 20196 November 2019

Tournament history

World Cricket League Africa Region

See also

References
  1. https://malawicricket.com/the-teams
  2. "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "T20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  10. "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  14. "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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