Malawi national cricket team

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

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

Malawi
AssociationCricket Malawi
Personnel
CaptainMoazzam Baig[1]
CoachAndre Botha
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[2] (2003)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
T20I 50th 49th (28 May 2023)
International cricket
First international21 March 2004 v Gambia at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Mozambique at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Last T20Iv  Botswana at Willowmoore Park, Benoni; 30 May 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 26 16/7 (0 ties, 3 no results)
This year[5] 3 2/1 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 20 August 2023

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 touring teams from England.[6]

In 2002 Malawi participated in the Africa Cup in which 10 nations took part. They 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 been full T20I matches.[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 
169/5 (20 overs)
v
 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
Malawi national cricket team is located in Malawi
St Andrews
Indian Sports Club
Indian Sports Club
Lilongwe Golf Club
Lilongwe Golf Club
Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Malawi

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Malawi[10]

Last updated 30 May 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals26167036 November 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[10]

Records complete to T20I #2080. Last updated 30 May 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Botswana2110020 November 202220 November 2022
 Cameroon1100015 September 202215 September 2022
 Eswatini2200017 October 202117 October 2021
 Ghana1010019 October 2021
 Kenya2010116 September 2022
 Lesotho2200022 October 202122 October 2021
 Mali1100021 November 202221 November 2022
 Mozambique861016 November 20196 November 2019
 Rwanda2110022 October 202122 October 2021
 Saint Helena1100024 November 202224 November 2022
 Seychelles2100120 October 202120 October 2021
 Tanzania1010020 September 2022
 Uganda1010016 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

References
  1. "Cricket squad captains oozing with confidence".
  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 - 2023 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. "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 21 January 2019.
  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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