Malawi national cricket team

Malawi

Association	Cricket Malawi
Personnel
Captain	Moazzam Baig[1]
Coach	Andre Botha
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member[2] (2003)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever T20I 53rd 49th (28 May 2023)
International cricket
First international	21 March 2004 v Gambia at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Mozambique at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Last T20I	v  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] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 13 October 2024

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

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.

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.

St Andrews

IS Club

Golf Club

TCA Oval

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Locations of grounds which have hosted international cricket matches within Malawi

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

International Match Summary — Malawi^[10]

Last updated 13 October 2024

• Highest team total: 185/2 v Lesotho on 25 November 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.^[11]
• Highest individual score: 94*, Sami Sohail v Lesotho on 25 November 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.^[12]
• Best individual bowling figures: 6/9, Moazzam Baig v Rwanda on 16 December 2023 at Willowmoore Park, Benoni.^[13]

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

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

• 2006 (Division Three): 4th place
• 2008 (Division Three): 5th place
• 2009 (Division Three): 1st place
• 2010 (Division Two): 6th place

• List of Malawi Twenty20 International cricketers
• Malawi women's national cricket team

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