Maldives national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Maldives women's national cricket team.

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]

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 86th 66th (2 May 2022)
International cricket
First international	v  Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 September 1996
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Kuwait at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 20 January 2019
Last T20I	v  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] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20I first kit T20I second kit
As of 23 October 2024

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.

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
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
Total	0/2	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ACC Western Region T20

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
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	33	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	34	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

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.^[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

See also

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