2025 Malawi Quad Nations T20 Cup

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2025 Malawi Quad Nations T20 Cup
Dates5 – 12 July 2025
Administrator(s) Cricket Malawi
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)Malawi
ChampionsFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Runners-upFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Participants4
Matches14
Most runs Flag of Tanzania.svg Arun Yadav (318)
Most wickets Flag of Tanzania.svg Ally Kimote (13)

The 2025 Malawi Quad Nations Cup (Arjun Menon Memorial) was a men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament played in Blantyre, Malawi from 5 to 14 July 2025. [1] Organised by Cricket Malawi, all the matches were played at the TCA Oval and was the format was a double round-robin format followed by a 3rd place play-off and final. [2] The event honoured the late Arjun Menon, former head of cricket operations for Cricket Malawi. [1] According to the Malawi National Council of Sports, this tournament was "one of the most prestigious cricket events ever hosted in Malawi". [3] This was the first ever multi-team T20I tournament to be played in Malawi. [4]

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Four teams competed: hosts Malawi along with the national teams of Bahrain, Germany and Tanzania. [5] This was the first international assignment for Tanzania under their new head coach Salieg Nackerdien, whose son Imran Nackerdien had earlier coached the Tanzanian men's under-19 team to their first-ever Under-19 World Cup and the senior women's team to a title win at the 2025 Kwibuka T20 competition. [6]

On 4 July, a day before the tournament began, the schedule saw slight changes (including the game between Bahrain and Tanzania getting shifted from 5 July to 8 July) due to an equipment delay. [7]

Squads

Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain [8] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [9] Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi [10] Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania [6]
  • Donnex Kansonkho (c)
  • Sami Sohail (vc)
  • Bright Balala
  • Chisomo Chete
  • Daniel Jakiel
  • Gift Kansonkho
  • Aaftab Limdawala
  • Chisomo Malaya
  • Salim Nihute (wk)
  • Kennedy Nltunduwatha
  • Blessings Pondani
  • Kazim Somani
  • Chisomo Tchale
  • Suhail Vayani

Round-robin

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 641192.607
2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 632170.667
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62315−0.413
4Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 61413−2.615
Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

Fixtures

5 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg
144/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
145/5 (16.4 overs)
Sami Sohail 68 (43)
Shahid Afridi 3/26 (4 overs)
Kyle Klesse 38 (31)
Bright Balala 1/6 (1 over)
Germany won by 5 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Siphelele Gasa (SA)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Ger)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.
  • Trust Makaya, Salim Nihute (Mwi), Hassan Khan, Kyle Klesse and Jatinder Kumar (Ger) all made their T20I debuts.

6 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
192/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
120/7 (20 overs)
Arun Yadav 86 (64)
Daniel Jakiel 2/29 (4 overs)
Salim Nihute 40* (40)
Ally Kimote 3/17 (4 overs)
Tanzania won by 72 runs
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Sunil Gowda (Ger)
Player of the match: Arun Yadav (Tan)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ajith Augastin, Acrey Hugo, Mukesh Suthar and Arun Yadav (Tan) all made their T20I debuts.

6 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
207/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
161/8 (20 overs)
Fiaz Ahmed 105* (57)
Sajid Liaqat 1/29 (3 overs)
Fayaz Khan 31 (16)
Rizwan Butt 3/25 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 46 runs
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
Player of the match: Fiaz Ahmed (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Fiaz Ahmed became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in men's T20Is. [12]

7 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
135/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
137/6 (18 overs)
Kassim Nassoro 32 (25)
Ghulam Ahmadi 2/17 (2 overs)
Musaddiq Ahmed 63 (39)
Arun Yadav 3/12 (2 overs)
Germany won by 4 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
Player of the match: Musaddiq Ahmed (Ger)

7 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg
109/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
111/3 (14.4 overs)
Sami Sohail 48 (38)
Imran Anwar 2/13 (3 overs)
Asif Ali 33 (22)
Sami Sohail 1/16 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 7 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Sunil Gowda (Ger)
Player of the match: Abdul Majid Abbasi (Bhr)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kazim Somani (Mwi) made his T20I debut.

8 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
209/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
215/4 (19.2 overs)
Fiaz Ahmed 61 (35)
Ally Kimote 2/45 (4 overs)
Arun Yadav 84 (32)
Asif Ali 1/10 (1 over)
Tanzania won by 6 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Sunil Gowda (Ger) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
Player of the match: Arun Yadav (Tan)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

9 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg
v
Match abandoned
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Sunil Gowda (Ger)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

9 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

10 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
154/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
157/4 (16.2 overs)
Mukesh Suthar 67* (47)
Imran Anwar 3/25 (4 overs)
Fiaz Ahmed 60* (39)
Ally Kimote 2/26 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 6 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Sunil Gowda (Ger) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
Player of the match: Imran Anwar (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.

10 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg
166/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
158 (19.5 overs)
Aaftab Limdawala 68 (49)
Sajid Liaqat 3/29 (3 overs)
Sachin Mandy 50* (35)
Aaftab Limdawala 4/23 (3.5 overs)
Malawi won by 8 runs
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Siphelele Gasa (SA)
Player of the match: Aaftab Limdawala (Mwi)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kennedy Nltunduwatha (Mwi) made his T20I debut.
  • Aaftab Limdawala (Mwi) became the first player for Malawi to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.[ citation needed ]

12 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg
72 (14.5 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
76/0 (6.5 overs)
Aaftab Limdawala 27 (21)
Rizwan Butt 6/9 (3.5 overs)
Ahmer Bin Nasir 52* (28)
Bahrain won by 10 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Sunil Gowda (Ger)
Player of the match: Rizwan Butt (Bhr)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shashank Shukla (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

12 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
140 (18.4 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
146/5 (16.5 overs)
Sachin Mandy 50 (40)
Salum Jumbe 2/7 (2 overs)
Ajith Augustin 56 (40)
Sajid Liaqat 2/20 (3 overs)
Tanzania won by 5 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
Player of the match: Ajith Augustin (Tan)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
  • Raymond Francis (Tan) made his T20I debut.

3rd place play-off

13 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
219/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
182/7 (20 overs)
Musaddiq Ahmed 107 (53)
Chisomo Tchale 2/36 (4 overs)
Salim Nihute 56 (33)
Shahid Afridi 3/15 (2 overs)
Germany won by 37 runs
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Sunil Gowda (Ger) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)
Player of the match: Musaddiq Ahmed (Ger)

Final

13 July 2025
13:45
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
89 (19 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
90/0 (10.1 overs)
Junaid Aziz 28 (36)
Ally Kimote 3/12 (3 overs)
Arun Yadav 48* (32)
Tanzania won by 10 wickets
TCA Oval, Blantyre
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Siphelele Gasa (SA)
Player of the match: Salum Jumbe (Tan)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

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