Summary
The Maldives national women's cricket team is the team that represents Maldives in international women's cricket. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, every Twenty20 match played between Maldives women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 has the full WT20I status.[5][6]
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| Association | Cricket Board of Maldives | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2001) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v  Nepal at Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara; 2 December 2019 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v Nepal at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 13 February 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 13 February 2024 | ||||||||||
The team played its first WT20I matches during the 2019 South Asian Games in December 2019.[7][8] In the bronze medal play-off match, the Maldives were dismissed for just eight runs, to record the second lowest total in a WT20I match.[9] Only one run came from the bat, with the other seven runs coming from wides.[10] Nine cricketers were dismissed without scoring.[11] Earlier in the tournament, the Maldives lost to Bangladesh by 249 runs, with the Maldives bowled out for just six runs in their innings.[12][13]
Records and statistics edit
International Match Summary — Maldives Women[14]
Last updated 13 February 2024
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 December 2019 |
Twenty20 International edit
T20I record versus other nations[14]
Records complete to WT20I #1777. Last updated 13 February 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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 Bangladesh
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 December 2019 | |
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 Bhutan
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 February 2024 | |
 Hong Kong
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 February 2024 | |
| Nepal
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 December 2019 | |
Tournament history edit
Women's World Cup edit
| World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 1973 |
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 1978
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 1982
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 1988
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 2005
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| 2009
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| 2013
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| 2017
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| 2022
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| 2025 |
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| Total | 0/12 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Women's World T20 edit
| Twenty20 World Cup Record | |||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2009 |
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 2010
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 2012
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| 2014
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| 2016
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| 2018
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| 2020
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| 2024
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| Total | 0/8 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier edit
| ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier record | |||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
 2013 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
 2015
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 2018
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 2019
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 2022
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| 2024
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| Total | 0/6 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier edit
| ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier record | |||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2017 |
Did not participate | ||||||
| 2019
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| 2021
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 2023
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| Total | 0/4 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Women's Asia Cup edit
| Women's Asia Cup Record | |||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2004
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Did not enter (ODI format) | ||||||
2005-06 
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| 2008
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2012 
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| 2022
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| 2024
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| Total | 0/9 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Women's Premier Cup edit
| ACC Women's Premier Cup record | |||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2024 |
Group stages | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1/1 | 0 Titles | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Women's T20 Championship edit
| ACC Women's T20 Championship record | |||||||
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| Year/Host | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2009 |
Did not participate | ||||||
 2011
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| 2013
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| 2022
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| Total | 4/4 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Head coach appointed to the historic 1st Maldives national women's cricket squad". Maldives Cricket. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Nepal's Anjali Chand makes history with figures of 6 for 0". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Records tumble as Maldives women's cricket team are dismissed for eight". News.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "SAG 2019: Maldives cricket team pushed into rough waters, out for 8". SportStar. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Maldives women cricket team dismissed for 8 runs, 9 players out for zero". India Today. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh women demolish Maldives". Dhaka Tribune. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ "SAG 2019: 9 players out for duck, cricket team bowled out for 8". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Records / Maldives Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.