Maldives national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Maldives women's national cricket team.
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 86th 66th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 September 1996
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Kuwait at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 20 January 2019
Last T20Iv  Bhutan at Gelephu International Cricket Ground, Gelephu; 23 October 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 50 11/38
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I first kit

T20I second kit

As of 23 October 2024

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]

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.

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
England 1975 Did not qualify
England 1979
England 1983
IndiaPakistan 1987
Australia New Zealand 1992
India Pakistan Sri Lanka 1996
England 1999
South Africa Zimbabwe Kenya 2003
Cricket West Indies 2007
India Sri Lanka Bangladesh 2011
Australia New Zealand 2015
England 2019
India 2023
South Africa Zimbabwe Namibia 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
South Africa 2007 Did not qualify
England 2009
Cricket West Indies 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014
India 2016
United Arab EmiratesOman 2021
Australia 2022
United StatesCricket West Indies 2024
IndiaSri Lanka 2026 To be determined
AustraliaNew Zealand 2028
EnglandRepublic of IrelandScotland 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
Thailand 2023 Group stage – 3 1 2 0 0
Thailand 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
Bangladesh 2016 Did not participate
Malaysia 2018
Oman 2020 Did not participate
Oman 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
Nepal 2023 Did not qualify
Oman 2024
Total 0/2 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ACC Western Region T20

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ACC Western Region T20 record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Oman 2019 Round robin 5th place 4 0 4 0 0
Oman 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
Malaysia 1996 Group stage – 5 1 4 0
Nepal 1998 Group stage – 4 1 2 0 1
United Arab Emirates 2000 Group stage – 3 1 2 0 0
Singapore 2002 Group stage – 4 1 3 0 0
Malaysia 2004 Group stage – 3 0 3 0 0
Malaysia 2006 Group stage – 3 0 2 0 1
Malaysia 2008 Did not participate
Kuwait 2010
United Arab Emirates 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
China 2010 Group stages – 2 0 2 0 0
South Korea 2014 Group stages – 2 0 1 0 1
China 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 23 October 2024.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Azyan Farhath 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Captain
Ismail Ali 31 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Kaushal Rodrigo 33 Left-handed Right-arm off break
Shaof Hassan 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Umar Adam 27 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Ameel Mauroof 32 Left-handed Left-arm medium
Ibrahim Nashath 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
Mohamed Azzam 33 Right-handed
Hassan Rasheed 32 Right-handed Vice-Captain
Mohamed Rishwan 31 Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Ibrahim Rizan 28 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Shunan Ali 27 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Pace Bowlers
Ibrahim Hassan 34 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Leem Shafeeq 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Maldives[9]

Last updated 23 October 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 50 11 38 0 1 20 January 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to T20I #2929. Last updated 23 October 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Bahrain 3 0 3 0 0 21 January 2019
 Bhutan 8 4 4 0 0 7 December 2019 7 December 2019
 Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 0 3 September 2024
 Indonesia 1 1 0 0 0 19 October 2024 19 October 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 7 3 4 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 - 2025 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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