Maldives national cricket team
| 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  Mongolia at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 6 September 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 6 September 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.
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  102 (18.4 overs) | v | |
Mohamed Rishwan 25 (23) Imran Ali 3/16 (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
Cricket World Cup
| World Cup record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | ||||||||
 1975 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||||||||
| 1983 | |||||||||||||||
  1987 | |||||||||||||||
  1992 | |||||||||||||||
 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| 1999 | |||||||||||||||
   2003 | |||||||||||||||
 2007 | |||||||||||||||
 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||
 2027 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
ICC T20 World Cup
| ICC T20 World Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| ACC Men's Challenger Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asia Cup Qualifier
| ACC Asia Cup Qualifier record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| ACC Premier Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Premier Cup
| ACC Western Region T20 record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| ACC Trophy Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asian Games
| 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 |
Current squad
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 6 September 2024.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batters | ||||
| Azyan Farhath | 23 | 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 | |
| Gedara Wijesingha | 39 | Right-handed | ||
| Mohamed Shiyam | 39 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Mabsar Abdulla | 17 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Umar Adam | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Azin Rafeeq | 24 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicketkeepers | ||||
| Mohamed Azzam | 33 | Right-handed | ||
| Mohamed Rishwan | 30 | Right-handed | ||
| Hassan Rasheed | 31 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowler | ||||
| Ibrahim Rizan | 38 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Ibrahim Hassan | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Leem Shafeeq | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Nazwan Ismail | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Mohamed Miuvaan | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Maldives[9]
Last updated 6 September 2024
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 46 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 20 January 2019 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 178/6 (20 overs) v. Mongolia, 6 September 2024 at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran.[10]
- Highest individual score: 71, Kaushal Rodrigo v. Qatar, 1 October 2023 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.[11]
- Best individual bowling figures: 5/24, Ibrahim Hassan v. Bahrain, 21 January 2019 at Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat.[12]
| 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 #2842. Last updated 6 September 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 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 December 2019 | 7 December 2019 |
 Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 September 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 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 June 2019 | 26 June 2019 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "CricketArchive – Maldives page". CricketArchive. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ Maldives v Saudi Arabia, ACC Trophy Challenge 2010/11 (Final)
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ACC Western Region T20 2019: RESULTS".
- ^ a b "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Records / Maldives / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
External links
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1 For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. 2 For England and Wales, the national team is England. 3 For the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.
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