Malawi national cricket team

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Malawi
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Association Cricket Malawi
Personnel
Captain Moazzam Baig [1]
Coach Andre Botha
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [2] (2003)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [3] Best-ever
T20I 53rd 49th (28 May 2023)
International cricket
First international21 March 2004 v Gambia at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda at TCA Oval, Blantyre; 13 October 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [4] 46 26/17 (0 ties, 3 no results)
This year [5] 15 8/7 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 13 October 2024

The Malawian national cricket team is the men's team that represents Malawi in international cricket.

Contents

History

Malawi was previously a member of the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference, which was a member of the ICC from 1989 to 2003 and fielded the East and Central Africa cricket team in the ICC Trophy.

From the 1970s, Malawi played regular international tournaments against other East and Central African teams, and occasionally against touring teams from England. [6]

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

They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003 [7] 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. [8]

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 since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [9]

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

6 November 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg
169/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malawi.svg  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

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Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Malawi

Squad

This lists all the players who have played for Malawi in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 6 July 2024

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Donnex Kansonkho25Left-handedRight-arm medium
Gift Kansonkho25Right-handedRight-arm medium
Chisomo Malaya19Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Beston Masauko20Right-handed
Francis Nkhoma26Right-handed
All-rounders
Sami Sohail22Right-handedRight-arm medium
Aaftab Limdawala20Left-handedRight-arm leg break Vice-captain
Moazzam Baig39Right-handedRight-arm off break Captain
Gershom Ntambalika29Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Phillip Zuze18Right-handed
Chisomo Chete30Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Suhail Vayani16Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Mike Choamba20Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Daniel Jakiel 33Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Blessings Pondani22Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Bright Balala17Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Malawi [10]

Last updated 13 October 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals462617036 November 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [10]

Records complete to T20I #2905. Last updated 13 October 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 3120020 November 202220 November 2022
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 2200015 September 202215 September 2022
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 2200017 October 202117 October 2021
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2110019 October 202122 September 2024
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 5040116 September 2022
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 3300022 October 202122 October 2021
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 2200021 November 202221 November 2022
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 971016 November 20196 November 2019
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 11650022 October 202122 October 2021
Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 1100024 November 202224 November 2022
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2100120 October 202120 October 2021
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2020020 September 2022
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2020016 October 2021

Other records

For a list of selected international matches played by Malawi, see Cricket Archive.

Tournament history

World Cricket League Africa Region

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Cricket squad captains oozing with confidence".
  2. 1 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 - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ↑ "Miscellaneous matches played by Malawi". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  8. ↑ "3rd Africa Cup 2002". cricketeurope4.net. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008.
  9. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  15. ↑ "Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 November 2019.


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