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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.
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]
v
Mohamed Rishwan 25 (23) Imran Ali 3/16 (3 overs)
Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
First ever T20I match for Maldives.
ACC Men's Challenger Cup[ edit ]
ACC Western Region T20 [ edit ]
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
2012
Group stage
–
4
1
3
0
0
Total
5/7
0 Titles
26
5
19
0
2
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
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
27
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
32
Right-handed
Vice-Captain
Mohamed Rishwan
31
Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Ibrahim Rizan
28
Right-handed
Right-arm off break
Shunan Ali
27
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 [ edit ]
International Match Summary — Maldives [ 9]
Last updated 23 October 2024
Twenty20 International [ edit ]
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
Full members (12) Associate members (96)
ODI statusOther associate members
Former members (6) Dissolved members (3) Non-members See also 1 For
Guyana ,
Jamaica ,
Trinidad and Tobago ,
Barbados ,
Antigua and Barbuda ,
Anguilla ,
Dominica ,
Grenada ,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ,
Montserrat ,
Nevis ,
Saint Kitts ,
Saint Lucia ,
Sint Maarten , the
British Virgin Islands and the
United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies.
2 For
England and Wales , the national team is England.
3 For the
Republic of Ireland and
Northern Ireland , the national team is Ireland.