Mexico national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Mexico women's national cricket team.

Mexico

Nickname(s)	Cricket Vultures
Association	Mexico Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain	Shantanu Kaveri
Coach	Jon Bonfiglio
Manager	Jack Little
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member [1] (2017)
ICC region	Americas
ICC Rankings Current [2] Best-ever T20I 82nd 46th (1-May-2021)
International cricket
First international	19 March 2006 v Costa Rica at Ladyville, Belize
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v.   Belize at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan; 25 April 2019
Last T20I	v.   Panama at Clayton, Panama City; 19 April 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total [3] 28 11/17 (0 ties, 0 no results) This year [4] 3 2/1 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20I kit
As of 30 April 2025

The Mexican national cricket team represents the country of Mexico in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2004. ^[5] Their international debut was in 2006 against Costa Rica. The team made their ICC Americas Championship debut in June 2010 and in 2011 participated in the ICC Americas Division 3 tournament in Costa Rica. Mexico has also participated in the South American Championship in 2014 and 2018 winning both the time. In 2017, they became an associate member. ^[1]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. ^[6]

History

Mexico became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2004. Their first international match was played on 19 March 2006 in the Central American Cricket Championship against Costa Rica who they beat. Prior to this there had been teams based in Mexico City that had played against Belize but these were not recognised as international fixtures. ^{[7] [8]} Having beaten Costa Rica in the tournament they then lost to Belize finishing second.

In 2007, Mexico hosted the Central American Cricket Championship and won it by defeating Costa Rica and El Salvador.

In 2008, Mexico travelled to El Salvador to take part in the 2nd Easter Cup. They finished second, losing to Belize but winning easily against El Salvador.

Mexico took part in the 3rd Central American Championship in 2009 in Panama under the new Twenty20 format. Mexico performed well in the tournament, winning all but one of their matches and even defeating close rivals Belize in a close fought match. As a result, they finished 2nd in the tournament.

In 2011, Mexico competed in the ICC Division 3 Americas tournament in Costa Rica finishing in 4th place. ^[9]

In 2012, a youthful Mexico team participated in the 4th Volcano Cup in El Salvador finishing runners up to the hosts after defeating Guatemala.

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 Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. ^[6]

Mexico played their first ever Twenty20 International match against Belize in the 2019 Central American Cricket Championship.

25 April 2019 08:00 Scorecard

Mexico   108/9 (20 overs)	v	Belize 112/6 (12.3 overs)
Pradeep Chandran 23 (28) Aaron Muslar 3/18 (4 overs)		Bernan Stephenson 48 (27) Rama Inampud 2/29 (4 overs)

Belize won by 4 wickets Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan Umpires: Supratim Das (Mex) and Kanti Lal Patel (Mex) Player of the match: Bernan Stephenson (Blz)

• Belize won the toss and elected to field.
• First ever T20I match for Mexico.

Grounds

• Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan
• Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground, Dos Ríos, Mexico

Reforma

Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground

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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Mexico

Tournament history

South American Championship

South American Cricket Championship records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1995 [10]	Did not participate
1997 [11]
1999 [12]
2000 [13]
2002 [14]
2004 [15]
2007 [16]
2009 [17]
2011
2013
2014	Winners	Records not available
2015 [18]	Round-robin	4/6	5	2	3	0	0
2016 [19]	Round-robin	6/6	5	0	5	0	0
2017 [20]	Round-robin	6/7	6	1	5	0	0
2018	Winners	1/8	8	8	0	0	0
2019	Runners-up	2/7	7	4	3	0	0
2022	Round-robin	4/7	6	4	2	0	0
2023	Semi-finals	4/8	5	2	3	0	0
2024	Play-offs	4/8	4	1	2	0	1
Total	9/19	–	46	22	23	0	1

Other tournaments

T20WC Americas Sub-regional Qualifiers	ICC Americas Championship	Central American Championship
2018: Did not participate 2023: Did not participate 2024: 6th place	2000–2008: Did not participate 2009-10 (Division four): Winners — promoted 2011 (Division three): 4th place	2006: Runners-up 2007: Champions 2009: Runners-up 2015: 3rd place 2019: 4th place 2023: Runners-up 2024: Champions 2025: Champions (shared with Panama)

Current squad

Updated as on 17 April 2025

This lists all the active players who played for Mexico in the 2025 Men's Central American Championship.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Last T20I	Note(s)
Batters
Kashigoud Patil	35	Right-handed	—	2025
Puneet Arora	39	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2024
Rupesh Singh	37	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2024
Anurag Tripathi	38	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025
Praveen Santhanakrishnan	38	Right-handed	—	2025
Jagdeesh Umanath	43	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025
Sanjay Wagh	35	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2025
All-rounders
Shantanu Kaveri	46	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025	Captain
Shashikant Laxman	44	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025	Vice-captain
Revanakumar Ankad	47	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025
Devjani Mutreja	17	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025
Dhananjaya Panda	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025
Luis Hermida	42	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025
Wicket-keepers
Rohit Poojary	36	Right-handed	—	2025
Kaushal Kumar	46	Right-handed	—	2025
Pace bowlers
Yashvanth Jasti	29	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2024
Pradeep Mohanarangam	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2024
Shoaib Rafiq	36	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024
Pratik Singh Bais	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025

Records

International match summary — Mexico ^[21]

Last updated 19 April 2025

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	28	11	17	0	0	25 April 2019

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 134/7 v Costa Rica on 26 April 2019 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan. ^[22]
• Highest individual score: 61*, Kaushal Kumar Ahuja v Turks and Caicos Islands on 18 April 2025 at Clayton, Panama City. ^[23]
• Best individual bowling figures: 6/14, Pratik Singh Bais v Costa Rica on 14 April 2024 at Los Reyes Polo Club, Guácima. ^[24]

Most T20I runs for Mexico [25] Player Runs Average Career span Shantanu Kaveri 344 18.10 2019–2025 Luis Hermida 235 15.66 2019–2025 Praveen Santhanakrishnan 223 13.11 2024–2025 Shashikant Hirugade 199 9.04 2019–2025 Tarun Sharma 176 22.00 2019–2023

Most T20I wickets for Mexico [26] Player Wickets Average Career span Pratik Singh Bais 24 11.91 2023–2025 Shoaib Rafiq 23 8.39 2023–2024 Shashikant Hirugade 23 16.86 2019–2025 Luis Hermida 20 15.15 2019–2025 Revanakumar Ankad 19 18.05 2019–2025

T20I record versus other nations ^[21]

Records complete to T20I #3147. Last updated 19 April 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Argentina	5	0	5	0	0	3 October 2019
Bahamas	1	0	1	0	0	16 December 2024
Belize	2	0	2	0	0	25 April 2019
Bermuda	1	0	1	0	0	10 December 2024
Brazil	3	2	1	0	0	5 October 2019	5 October 2019
Cayman Islands	1	0	1	0	0	11 December 2024
Chile	2	1	1	0	0	4 October 2019	18 October 2023
Costa Rica	7	5	2	0	0	26 April 2019	26 April 2019
Panama	3	0	3	0	0	27 April 2019
Peru	1	1	0	0	0	5 October 2019	5 October 2019
Suriname	1	1	0	0	0	12 December 2024	12 December 2024
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	0	18 April 2025	18 April 2025

Other records

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

See also

• List of Mexico Twenty20 International cricketers
• Mexico women's national cricket team

References

1. "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. Mexico at CricketArchive.com
6. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
7. Mexico City to host game with Belize at cricinfo.com
8. It's Hard to Belize, but the Mexico City Mariachis Host an 'International' at cricinfo.com
9. ICC Americas Division 3 Table Archived 23 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
10. "South American Championships 1995/96" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
11. "South American Championships 1997/98" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
12. "South American Championships 1998/99" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
13. "South American Cricket Championships 2000, Final Report". 11 December 2000.
14. "South American Championships 2002/03". 14 September 2025.
15. "6th South American Championship". 6 April 2010.
16. "South American Championships 2006/07" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
17. "South American Championships 2008/09" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
18. "2015 South American Championships" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
19. "2016 Men's South American Championships" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
20. "2017 South American Championships" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
21. "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 25 April 2019.
22. "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
23. "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
24. "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
25. "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
26. "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 May 2019.

Further reading

• Mexico Cricket Association
• Mexico all set for CAC 2019: ‘Cricket is one of the oldest modern sports here’
• Cricket – The Mexico Way
• Mexico: Cricket in the Land of the Aztecs