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, 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.
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.Maldives v Saudi Arabia, ACC Trophy Challenge 2010/11 (Final)
As of February 2024, Pasindu Liyanaarachichi is the National Men's Coach. Azyan Farhath is the National Men's Captain.
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.
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.
Tournament history Cricket World Cup
World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1975Did not qualify 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027To be determined 2031Total– 0/1200000
ICC T20 World Cup
ICC T20 World CupYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2007Did not qualify 2009 2010 2012 2014 2016 2021 2022 2024 2026 2028To be determined 2030Total–0/900000
ACC Men's Challenger Cup ACC Men's Challenger Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Group stage7th31200 20247th place play-off7th41300Total2/20 Titles72500
Asia Cup Qualifier ACC Asia Cup Qualifier recordYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2016Did not participate 2018 2020 2022Did not qualifyTotal0/40 Titles00000
ACC Premier Cup ACC Premier Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Did not qualify 2024Total0/20 Titles00000
ACC Western Region T20 ACC Western Region T20 recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Round robin5th40400 2020Group stage7th30300Total2/20 Titles70700
ACC Trophy ACC Trophy Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1996Group stage9th51400 1998Group stage7th41201 2000Group stage5th31200 2002Group stage7th41300 2004Group stage13th30300 2006Group stage14th30201Total6/60 Titles2241602
ACC Trophy Challenge ACC Trophy Challenge Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 20093rd Place Playoff3rd53200 2010Finals1st54100Total2/61 Title107300
ACC Trophy Elite ACC Trophy Challenge Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2012Group stage8th41300Total1/10 Titles41300
ACC Twenty20 Cup ACC Twenty20 Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2011Group stage8th51400 2013Group stage8th41300 2015Group stage6th50500Total1/10 Titles51400
Asian Games Asia Games recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2010Group stage9th20200 2014Group stage9th20101 2022Group stage9th21100Total3/30 Titles61401
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 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Captain Ismail Ali Right-handed Right-arm off break Kaushal Rodrigo Left-handed Right-arm off break Shaof Hassan Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Umar Adam Right-handed Right-arm off break Ameel Mauroof Left-handed Left-arm medium Ibrahim Nashath Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicketkeepers Mohamed Azzam Right-handed Hassan Rasheed Right-handed Vice-Captain Mohamed Rishwan Right-handed Spin Bowlers Ibrahim Rizan Right-handed Right-arm off break Shunan Ali Right-handed Right-arm leg break Pace Bowlers Ibrahim Hassan Right-handed Right-arm medium Leem Shafeeq Right-handed Right-arm medium
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Maldives
Last updated 23 October 2024 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match 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. Highest individual score: 71, Kaushal Rodrigo v. Qatar, 1 October 2023 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha. Best individual bowling figures: 5/24, Ibrahim Hassan v. Bahrain, 21 January 2019 at Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat.
Most T20I runs for Maldives PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanAzyan Farhath 784 28.00 2019–2024Umar Adam 783 17.79 2019–2024Mohamed Rishwan 544 16.48 2019–2024Ahmed Hassan 338 17.78 2019–2022Mohamed Azzam 314 9.23 2019–2024
Most T20I wickets for Maldives PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanUmar Adam 50 22.28 2019–2024Ibrahim Hassan 43 25.81 2019–2024Ibrahim Rizan 30 24.73 2019–2024Leem Shafeeq 20 25.40 2019–2024Azyan Farhath 19 13.73 2019–2024
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #2929. Last updated 23 October 2024. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 3 0 3 0 0 21 January 2019 8 4 4 0 0 7 December 2019 7 December 2019 1 0 1 0 0 3 September 2024 1 1 0 0 0 19 October 2024 19 October 2024 1 0 1 0 0 4 February 2024 5 0 5 0 0 20 January 2019 5 0 4 0 1 25 June 2019 2 2 0 0 0 28 September 2023 28 September 2023 1 1 0 0 0 5 September 2024 5 September 2024 3 0 3 0 0 6 December 2019 1 0 1 0 0 25 February 2020 5 0 5 0 0 23 January 2019 5 0 5 0 0 22 January 2019 2 0 2 0 0 2 February 2024 7 3 4 0 0 26 June 2019 26 June 2019
See also List of Maldives Twenty20 International cricketers Maldives women's national cricket team
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