Maldives national cricket team

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Maldives national cricket team - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maldives

Nickname(s)

The Red Sea Cucumber

Association

Cricket Board of Maldives

Personnel

Captain

Azyan Farhath

Coach

Mr. Ismail Nihad

International Cricket Council

ICC status

Associate member^[1] (2017)

ICC region

Asia

ICC Rankings	Current^[2]	Best-ever
T20I	79th	66th (2 May 2022)

International cricket

First international

Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 September 1996

Twenty20 Internationals

First T20I

Kuwait at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 20 January 2019

Last T20I

Bhutan at Gelephu International Cricket Ground, Gelephu; 23 October 2024

T20Is	Played	Won/Lost
Total^[3]	50	11/38 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year^[4]	18	6/12 (0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I first kit

T20I second kit

As of 23 October 2024

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]

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. Azyan Farhath is the National Men's Captain.

As of September 2024, Pasindu Liyanaarachichi has left his role as the National Men's Coach. Leaving the team in state of disarray.

History

2018-Present

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

Maldives 102 (18.4 overs)	v	Kuwait 103/2 (10.3 overs)
Mohamed Rishwan 25 (23) Imran Ali 3/16 (3 overs)		Ravija Sandaruwan 68* (36) Ameel Mauroof 1/11 (3 overs)

Kuwait won by 8 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
Player of the match: Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw)

Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
First ever T20I match for Maldives.

Tournament history

Cricket World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	T	NR
1975	Did not qualify
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
2027	To be determined
Total	–	0/12	0	0	0	0	0

ICC T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World Cup
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2010
2012
2014
2016
2021
2022
2024
2026	To be determined
2028
2030
Total	–	0/9	0	0	0	0	0

ACC Men's Challenger Cup

ACC Men's Challenger Cup record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2023	Group stage	–	3	1	2	0	0
2024	7th place play-off	7th	4	1	3	0	0
Total	2/2	0 Titles	7	2	5	0	0

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Asia Cup Qualifier record
Year/Host	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2016	Did not participate
2018	Did not participate
2020	Did not participate
2022	Did not qualify
Total	0/4	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ACC Premier Cup

ACC Premier Cup record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2023	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	0/2	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ACC Premier Cup

ACC Western Region T20 record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	Round robin	5th place	4	0	4	0	0
2020	Group stage	–	3	0	3	0	0
Total	2/2	0 Titles	7	0	7	0	0

ACC Trophy

ACC Trophy Cup record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1996	Group stage	–	5	1	4	0
1998	Group stage	–	4	1	2	0	1
2000	Group stage	–	3	1	2	0	0
2002	Group stage	–	4	1	3	0	0
2004	Group stage	–	3	0	3	0	0
2006	Group stage	–	3	0	2	0	1
2008	Did not participate
2010	Did not participate
2012	Group stage	–	4	1	3	0	0
Total	5/7	0 Titles	26	5	19	0	2

Asian Games

Asia Games record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	Group stages	–	2	0	2	0	0
2014	Group stages	–	2	0	1	0	1
2022	Group stages	–	2	1	1	0	0
Total	3/3	0 Titles	6	1	4	0	1

Current squad

This lists all the players who played for Maldives in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad. Updated as of 23 October 2024.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Azyan Farhath	24	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain
Ismail Ali	31	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Kaushal Rodrigo	32	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Shaof Hassan	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Umar Adam	26	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Ameel Mauroof	32	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Ibrahim Nashath	29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
Mohamed Azzam	33	Right-handed
Hassan Rasheed	31	Right-handed		Vice-Captain
Mohamed Rishwan	31	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Ibrahim Rizan	28	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Shunan Ali	26	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Pace Bowlers
Ibrahim Hassan	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Leem Shafeeq	29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Maldives^[9]

Last updated 23 October 2024

Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Playing Record
Twenty20 Internationals	50	11	38	0	1	20 January 2019

Twenty20 International

Highest team total: 178/6 (20 overs) v. Mongolia, 6 September 2024 at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran.^[10]
Highest individual score: 71, Kaushal Rodrigo v. Qatar, 1 October 2023 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.^[11]
Best individual bowling figures: 5/24, Ibrahim Hassan v. Bahrain, 21 January 2019 at Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat.^[12]

Most T20I runs for Maldives^[13]

Player	Runs	Average	Career span
Azyan Farhath	784	28.00	2019–2024
Umar Adam	783	17.79	2019–2024
Mohamed Rishwan	544	16.48	2019–2024
Ahmed Hassan	338	17.78	2019–2022
Mohamed Azzam	314	9.23	2019–2024

Most T20I wickets for Maldives^[14]

Player	Wickets	Average	Career span
Umar Adam	50	22.28	2019–2024
Ibrahim Hassan	43	25.81	2019–2024
Ibrahim Rizan	30	24.73	2019–2024
Leem Shafeeq	20	25.40	2019–2024
Azyan Farhath	19	13.73	2019–2024

T20I record versus other nations^[9]

Records complete to T20I #2929. Last updated 23 October 2024.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Bahrain	3	0	3	0	0	21 January 2019
Bhutan	8	4	4	0	0	7 December 2019	7 December 2019
Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	0	3 September 2024
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	0	19 October 2024	19 October 2024
Japan	1	0	1	0	0	4 February 2024
Kuwait	5	0	5	0	0	20 January 2019
Malaysia	5	0	4	0	1	25 June 2019
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	0	28 September 2023	28 September 2023
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	0	5 September 2024	5 September 2024
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	2	0	2	0	0	2 February 2024
Thailand	7	3	4	0	0	26 June 2019	26 June 2019