Francisco Couana (born 10 November 1996) is a Mozambican cricketer who plays for the Mozambique national cricket team.[1] He was named in Mozambique's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup.[2] These were the first T20I matches to be played by Mozambique since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted T20I status to all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019.[3] Couana made his T20I debut on 6 November 2019, in the first match of the tournament against hosts Malawi.[4]
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| Full name | Francisco Damiao Couana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 November 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 3) | 6 November 2019 v Malawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 19 October 2024 v Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Couana was part of Mozambique's T20I squad for their matches in Group B of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.[5] In Mozambique's second match of the qualifier, against Cameroon, he scored 104 runs and took five wickets.[6] He became the first player for Mozambique to score a century in T20Is,[7] and to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[8] He also became the first player to score a century and take five wickets in a single T20I match.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Francisco Couana". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "2019 T20 Kwacha Cup". Malawi Cricket Union (via Facebook). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "1st T20I, Lilongwe, Nov 6 2019, Mozambique tour of Malawi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Botswana, Mozambique & Cameroon Men's squads announced Africa qualifiers in Rwanda". Czarsportz. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "3rd Match, Group B, Rwanda, Nov 3 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group B". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Centuries in Twenty20 International cricket – innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Five-wicket hauls in T20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "First rained fire with the bat and then did wonders by taking 5 wickets, a player got the team to win by 171 runs". PiPa News. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Mozambique cricketer scores 100 and takes 5 wickets to set new record in T20s". The Bridge. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Global Game: Tanzania make it to ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 November 2021.