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Malawi national cricket team

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

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

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 53rd 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  Rwanda at TCA Oval, Blantyre; 13 October 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 46 26/17 (0 ties, 3 no results)
This year[5] 15 8/7 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 13 October 2024

History

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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 against touring teams from England.[6]

In 2002 Malawi participated in the Africa Cup in which 10 nations took part. Malawi 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

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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 the full T20I status.[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

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Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Malawi

Squad

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This lists all the players who have played for Malawi in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 6 July 2024

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Donnex Kansonkho 26 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Gift Kansonkho 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Chisomo Malaya 19 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Beston Masauko 20 Right-handed
Francis Nkhoma 26 Right-handed
All-rounders
Sami Sohail 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Aaftab Limdawala 20 Left-handed Right-arm leg break Vice-captain
Moazzam Baig 39 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Gershom Ntambalika 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Phillip Zuze 18 Right-handed
Chisomo Chete 30 Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Suhail Vayani 16 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Mike Choamba 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Daniel Jakiel 34 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Blessings Pondani 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Bright Balala 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Malawi[10]

Last updated 13 October 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 46 26 17 0 3 6 November 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[10]

Records complete to T20I #2905. Last updated 13 October 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
  Botswana 3 1 2 0 0 20 November 2022 20 November 2022
  Cameroon 2 2 0 0 0 15 September 2022 15 September 2022
  Eswatini 2 2 0 0 0 17 October 2021 17 October 2021
  Ghana 2 1 1 0 0 19 October 2021 22 September 2024
  Kenya 5 0 4 0 1 16 September 2022
  Lesotho 3 3 0 0 0 22 October 2021 22 October 2021
  Mali 2 2 0 0 0 21 November 2022 21 November 2022
  Mozambique 9 7 1 0 1 6 November 2019 6 November 2019
  Rwanda 11 6 5 0 0 22 October 2021 22 October 2021
  Saint Helena 1 1 0 0 0 24 November 2022 24 November 2022
  Seychelles 2 1 0 0 1 20 October 2021 20 October 2021
  Tanzania 2 0 2 0 0 20 September 2022
  Uganda 2 0 2 0 0 16 October 2021

Other records

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For a list of selected international matches played by Malawi, see Cricket Archive.

Tournament history

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World Cricket League Africa Region

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cricket squad captains oozing with confidence".
  2. ^ a b "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 - 2024 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. ^ a b "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 16 December 2023.
  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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