Nickname(s) | The Red Sea Cucumber | |||||||||
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Association | Cricket Board of Maldives | |||||||||
Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Azyan Farhath | |||||||||
Coach | Mr. Ismail Nihad | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member [1] (2017) | |||||||||
ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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International cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 September 1996 | |||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First T20I | v Kuwait at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 20 January 2019 | |||||||||
Last T20I | v Bhutan at Gelephu International Cricket Ground, Gelephu; 23 October 2024 | |||||||||
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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.
As of September 2024, Pasindu Liyanaarachichi has left his role as the National Men's Coach. Leaving the team in state of disarray.
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]
World Cup record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | ||||||||
1975 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
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2015 | |||||||||||||||
2019 | |||||||||||||||
2023 | |||||||||||||||
2027 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC T20 World Cup | |||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2009 | |||||||
2010 | |||||||
2012 | |||||||
2014 | |||||||
2016 | |||||||
2021 | |||||||
2022 | |||||||
2024 | |||||||
2026 | To be determined | ||||||
2028 | |||||||
2030 | |||||||
Total | – | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Men's Challenger Cup record | |||||||
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Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
2023 | Group stage | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 7th place play-off | 7th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2/2 | 0 Titles | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Asia Cup Qualifier record | |||||||
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Year/Host | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
2016 | Did not participate | ||||||
2018 | |||||||
2020 | Did not participate | ||||||
2022 | Did not qualify | ||||||
Total | 0/4 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Premier Cup record | |||||||
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Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
2023 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2024 | |||||||
Total | 0/2 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Western Region T20 record | |||||||
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Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
2019 | Round robin | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Group stage | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2/2 | 0 Titles | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Trophy Cup record | |||||||
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Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
1996 | Group stage | – | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
1998 | Group stage | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2000 | Group stage | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | Group stage | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | Group stage | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | Group stage | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2008 | Did not participate | ||||||
2010 | |||||||
2012 | Group stage | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5/7 | 0 Titles | 26 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
Asia Games record | |||||||
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Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
2010 | Group stages | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Group stages | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | Group stages | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3/3 | 0 Titles | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Batters | ||||
Azyan Farhath | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain |
Ismail Ali | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Kaushal Rodrigo | 32 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Shaof Hassan | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
All-rounders | ||||
Umar Adam | 26 | 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 | 31 | Right-handed | Vice-Captain | |
Mohamed Rishwan | 30 | Right-handed | ||
Spin Bowlers | ||||
Ibrahim Rizan | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Shunan Ali | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Pace Bowlers | ||||
Ibrahim Hassan | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Leem Shafeeq | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
International Match Summary — Maldives [9]
Last updated 23 October 2024
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 50 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 20 January 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Maldives [13]
| Most T20I wickets for Maldives [14]
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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 |
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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 |
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