Mozambique national cricket team

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Mozambique
Mozambiquecr.gif
Association Mozambican Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainFilipe Cossa
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 58th 55th (7-May-2023)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa, 21 March 2004
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda at Willowmoore Park, Benoni; 17 December 2023
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 33 15/17 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year [4] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 January 2024

The Mozambique national cricket team is the men's team that represents Mozambique in international cricket. The team is administered by the Mozambican Cricket Association which became an affiliate member of International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003, and an associate member in 2017. [1] [5] Mozambique is also a member of the Africa Cricket Association. [5] The Mozambique national cricket team has competed in the World Cricket League Africa Region, Cricket World Cup and the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship.

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History

Mozambique became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2003 and then an associate member in 2017 when the affiliate status was scrapped. [6]

50 over cricket

2003

Their international debut came the following year, when they played in the African Affiliates championship which was the first stage of qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. They would finish in 6th place after defeating only Rwanda. [7]

2006

Mozambique, as a member of the African Cricket Association, competes in the World Cricket League Africa Region which is a 50 over competition for African countries that aren't full member of the ICC. For this edition, they competed in the third division as they drawn to meet Sierra Leone, Morocco and Rwanda. In the opening match against Sierra Leone, they scored a six wicket win after they bowled out the opposition for only 197. [8] In return, Kaleem Shah top scored with 55 to give the team their first up victory. [8] Kaleem Shah scored the first century of the tournament in the next game against Morocco [9] to get the team to 275 from 50 overs. Morocco in return could only muster up a score of 196 with Shah being the best bowler. [9] The final group game saw Mozambique win the match against Rwanda by 112 runs to finish on top of pool 2. [10] In the semi-final stage, they took on Ghana and Zainul Patel dominated the bowling with 4 wickets to help in getting the team through to the final. [11] In the final game of the tournament, top scorer Kaleem Shah top scored in the final with him scoring 77 in the 89 run victory to move Mozambique to the next division. [12]

Division Two was held in Tanzania with five teams competing for a spot in Division 1. For Mozambique, they had to compete against Botswana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.[ citation needed ]

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 Mozambique and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches. [13]

Mozambique played their first T20I on 6 November 2019, against Malawi, during the 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup; they lost by three wickets with two balls left.[ citation needed ]

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 Mozambique.

Tournament history

World Cricket League

World Cricket League Africa Region

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Mozambique in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated as of 1 June 2023.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Agostinho Navicha20Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Frederico Carava22Right-handedRight-arm medium
Vieira Tembo21Right-handed
Jose Joao19Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Luis Mavume18Right-handedRight-arm medium
Lourenco Salomone21Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Armando Chuvale18Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Francisco Couana 27Right-handedRight-arm medium
Filipe Cossa29Right-handedRight-arm medium Captain
Joao Huo21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Jose Bulele20Right-handedRight-arm off break
Manussur Algi19Left-handedLeft-arm medium
Eugenio Azine18Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Last Emilio22Right-handed
Bernardo Sambo23Right-handed
Bowlers
Lourenço Simango19Right-handedRight-arm medium
Zefanias Matsinhe24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Dario Macome20Right-handedRight-arm medium
Camate Roposo18Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Mozambique [14]

Last updated 17 December 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals331517016 November 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [14]

Records complete to T20I #2408. Last updated 17 December 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 303006 November 2021
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 220003 November 20213 November 2021
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 8800029 July 202229 July 2022
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 110008 December 20228 December 2022
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2110016 September 20222 December 2022
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 917016 November 201910 November 2019
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 101001 December 2022
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1100017 December 202317 December 2023
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 211005 November 20219 December 2022
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 202002 November 2021
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2020018 September 2022

Other records

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

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  9. 1 2 "Pool 2: Mozambique v Morocco at Benoi, Apr 24, 2006" . Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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