The Malawi women's national cricket team represents Malawi in women's cricket matches.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Malawi women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.
Malawi's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad). Malawi finished fifth on the table with one win and four losses and won the fifth place play-off against Lesotho by nine wickets.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. The Malawi women's team are scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event when they play in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier group.
Records and statistics International Match Summary — Malawi Women
Last updated 17 June 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 49 18 31 0 0 20 August 2018
Twenty20 International Highest team total: 189/5 v Lesotho on 2 September 2023 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone. Highest individual score: 74*, Lidia Dimba v Lesotho on 2 September 2023 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone. Best individual bowling figures: 5/16, Triphonia Luka v Mozambique on 7 November 2019 at Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre.
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2864. Last updated 17 June 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Associate members 5 0 5 0 0 20 August 2018 4 0 4 0 0 3 June 2025 4 4 0 0 0 4 June 2024 4 June 2024 2 0 2 0 0 3 September 2023 6 6 0 0 0 21 August 2018 21 August 2018 10 6 4 0 0 24 August 2018 6 November 2019 1 0 1 0 0 20 August 2018 4 0 4 0 0 7 June 2024 5 0 5 0 0 31 May 2024 3 0 3 0 0 23 August 2018 1 0 1 0 0 4 June 2025 2 0 2 0 0 3 June 2024 2 2 0 0 0 9 April 2026 9 April 2026
Tournament history
ICC Women's ODI World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualified 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Total0/130 Titles00000
ICC Women's World T20
Twenty20 World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026To be determinedTotal0/100 Titles00000
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier recordHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2003Did not qualify 2008 2011 2017 2021 2025Total0/50 Title00000
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013Did not qualify 2015 2018 2019 2022 2024Total0/60 Titles00000
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2027To be determined 2031Total–0 Title00000
Cricket at the African Games Cricket at the African Games recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Did not participate 2027To be determined 2031Total0/10 Title52201
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013Did not qualify 2015 2018 2019 2022 2024 2026To be determined Total0/60 Title 30300
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Did not participate 2021 2023DNQ–31200 2025To be determined Total1/30 Title31200
Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament Kwibuka T20 Tournament recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2014 Did not participate 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024Round-robin7/871600 2025Round-robin7/981700Total2/110 Title1521300
See also List of Malawi women Twenty20 International cricketers
References