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]
Nickname(s) | The Red Sea Cucumber | |||||||||
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Association | Cricket Board of Maldives | |||||||||
Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Hassan Haziq Rasheed | |||||||||
Coach | Pasindu Liyanaarachichi | |||||||||
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 Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 16 February 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 02 March 2024 |
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. Hassan Haziq Rasheed is the National Men's Captain.
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 |
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Mohamed Rishwan 25 (23)
Imran Ali 3/16 (3 overs) |
International Match Summary — Maldives[9]
Last updated 16 February 2024
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 40 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 20 January 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Maldives[13]
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Most T20I wickets for Maldives[14]
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T20I record versus other nations[9]
Records complete to T20I #2477. Last updated 16 February 2024.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2019 | |
Bhutan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 December 2019 | 7 December 2019 |
Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 February 2024 | |
Kuwait | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 January 2019 | |
Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 June 2019 | |
Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 February 2024 | |
Thailand | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 June 2019 | 26 June 2019 |
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