Maldives national cricket team

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Maldives
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Cricket Board of Maldives logo
Nickname(s)The Red Sea Cucumber
Association Cricket Board of Maldives
Personnel
CaptainHassan Rasheed
CoachImad Ismail
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
ICC region Asia
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 78th 66th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 September 1996
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 20 January 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 16 February 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 40 7/32
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year [4] 8 2/6
(0 ties, 0 no results)
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T20I first kit

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T20I second kit

As of 16 February 2024

The Maldives national 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]

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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]

Starting from 2018, Asif Khan coaches the men's national team. From February 2013, Nilantha Cooray is the national development cricket coach.

History

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 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  Flag of Maldives.svg
102 (18.4 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  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

ACC Challenger Cup

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Western Region T20

ACC Trophy

Asian Games

Current squad

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Maldives [9]

Last updated 16 February 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 407320120 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [9]

Records complete to T20I #2477. Last updated 16 February 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 3030021 January 2019
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 633007 December 20197 December 2019
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 101004 February 2024
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4040020 January 2019
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4030125 June 2019
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1100028 September 202328 September 2023
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 303006 December 2019
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1010025 February 2020
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 5050023 January 2019
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 5050022 January 2019
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 101002 February 2024
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 6330026 June 201926 June 2019

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