Mexico national cricket team

Mexico
Nickname(s)	Cricket Vultures
Personnel
Captain	Tarun Sharma
Coach	Jon Bonfiglio
Manager	Jack Little
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member[1] (2017)
ICC region	Americas
International cricket
First international	19 March 2006 v Costa Rica at Ladyville, Belize
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v Belize at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan; 25 April 2019
Last T20I	v Argentina at Lima Cricket and Football Club, Lima; 6 October 2019
	One-day kit
	One-day kit
	As of 24 September 2020

The Mexican national cricket team represents the country of Mexico in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2004[5] and their international debut was in 2006 against Costa Rica. The team made their ICC Americas Championship debut in June 2010 and in 2011 participated in the ICC Americas Division 3 tournament in Costa Rica. Mexico has also participated in the South American Championship in 2014 and 2018 winning both the time. In 2017, they became an associate member.[1]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will eligible for full T20I status.[6]

History

Mexico became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2004. Their first international match was played on 19 March 2006 in the Central American Cricket Championship against Costa Rica who they beat. Prior to this there had been teams based in Mexico City that had played against Belize but these were not recognised as international fixtures.[7][8] Having beaten Costa Rica in the tournament they then lost to Belize finishing second.

In 2007, Mexico hosted the Central American Cricket Championship and won it by defeating Costa Rica and El Salvador.

In 2008, Mexico travelled to El Salvador to take part in the 2nd Easter Cup. They finished second, losing to Belize but winning easily against El Salvador.

Mexico took part in the 3rd Central American Championship in 2009 in Panama under the new Twenty20 format. Mexico performed well in the tournament, winning all but one of their matches and even defeating close rivals Belize in a close fought match. As a result, they finished 2nd in the tournament.

In 2011, Mexico competed in the ICC Division 3 Americas tournament in Costa Rica finishing in 4th place.[9]

In 2012, a youthful Mexico team participated in the 4th Volcano Cup in El Salvador finishing runners up to the hosts after defeating Guatemala.

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 Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[10]

Mexico played their first ever Twenty20 International match against Belize in the 2019 Central American Cricket Championship.

25 April 2019
08:00
Scorecard

Mexico 108/9 (20 overs)	v	Belize 112/6 (12.3 overs)
Pradeep Chandran 23 (28) Aaron Muslar 3/18 (4 overs)		Bernan Stephenson 48 (27) Rama Inampud 2/29 (4 overs)

Belize won by 4 wickets
Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan
Umpires: Supratim Das (Mex) and Kanti Lal Patel (Mex)
Player of the match: Bernan Stephenson (Blz)

Belize won the toss and elected to field.
First ever T20I match for Mexico.

Grounds

Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan
Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground, Dos Ríos, Mexico

Reforma

Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground

Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Mexico

Tournament history

ICC Americas Championship

2011: Division 3 – 4th place
2010: Division Four – Won

Central American Championship

2006: 2nd place
2007: Winners
2009: 2nd place
2015: 4th place[11]
2019: 4th place

South American Championship

2014: Won[12]
2018: Won[13]
2019: 2nd place[14]

Easter Cup

Mar 2008: Did not participate
Dec 2008: 2nd place

The Volcano Cup

Dec 2012: 2nd place

Players

Mexico's squad for 2019 Central American Cricket Championship from 25-28 April 2019.[15]

Tarun Sharma (c)
Kaushal Kumar
Revanakumar Ankad
Puneet Arora
Buddhadeb Banerjee
Pradeep Chandran
Gaurav Dutta
Luis Hermida
Shashikant Hirugade
Rama Inampud
Shantanu Kaveri
Shahzad Muhammad
Ashwin Sathya
Nithin Shetty
Jagdeesh Umanath
Sanjay Zargar

Records

International Match Summary — Mexico[16]

Last updated 6 October 2019

Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Playing Record
Twenty20 Internationals	8	3	5	0	0	25 April 2019

Twenty20 International

Highest team total: 134/7 v Costa Rica on 26 April 2019 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan.[17]
Highest individual score: 49*, Tarun Sharma v Panama on 27 April 2019 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan.[18]
Best individual bowling figures: 4/16, Shashikant Hirugade v Brazil on 5 October 2019 at El Cortijo Polo Club, Lima.[19]

Most T20I runs for Mexico[20]

Player	Runs	Average	Career span
Tarun Sharma	164	23.42	2019–2019
Shantanu Kaveri	114	22.80	2019–2019
Shashikant Hirugade	74	12.33	2019–2019
Jagdeesh Umanath	69	16.00	2019–2019
Revanakumar Ankad	23	17.00	2019–2019

Most T20I wickets for Mexico[21]

Player	Wickets	Average	Career span
Luis Hermida	8	11.75	2019–2019
Shantanu Kaveri	6	11.66	2019–2019
Shashikant Hirugade	6	15.33	2019–2019
Revanakumar Ankad	5	35.60	2019–2019
Andrew Westphal	5	13.00	2019–2019

T20I record versus other nations[16]

Records complete to T20I #919. Last updated 6 October 2019.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Argentina	2	0	2	0	0	3 October 2019
Belize	1	0	1	0	0	25 April 2019
Brazil	1	1	0	0	0	5 October 2019	5 October 2019
Chile	1	0	1	0	0	4 October 2019
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	0	26 April 2019	26 April 2019
Panama	1	0	1	0	0	27 April 2019
Peru	1	1	0	0	0	5 October 2019	5 October 2019