Malawi national cricket team explained

Malawi
Association:Cricket Malawi
Captain:Moazzam Baig[1]
Coach:Andre Botha
Icc Member Year:2003
Icc Status:Associate member[2]
Icc Region:Africa
T20i Rank:53rd
T20i Rank Best:49th (28 May 2023)
First Match:21 March 2004 v Gambia at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
First T20i:v at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Most Recent T20i:v at Sikh Union Club Ground, Nairobi; 6 July 2024
Num T20is:36
Num T20is This Year:5
T20i Record:20/13 (0 ties, 3 no results)
T20i Record This Year:2/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Asofdate:6 July 2024

The Malawian national cricket team is the men's team that represents Malawi in international cricket.

History

Malawi was previously a member of the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference, which was a member of the ICC from 1989 to 2003 and fielded the East and Central Africa cricket team in the ICC Trophy.

From the 1970s, Malawi played regular international tournaments against other East and Central African teams, and occasionally against touring teams from England.[3]

In 2002 Malawi participated in the Africa Cup in which 10 nations took part. Malawi came last in the group, losing all 4 matches.

They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003[4] and an associate member in 2017.[2] Their international debut came the following year in the African affiliates championship, where they came fourth. They participated in the equivalent tournament in 2006, Division Three of the African region of the World Cricket League, once again coming fourth.[5]

In October 2009 Malawi hosted the WCL Africa Div 3 tournament, beating all participants to win the tournament. They were promoted to WCL Africa Division 2 for the next tournament in Benoni, SA. They struggled at this level and finished last.

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 Malawi and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[6]

Malawi played their first T20I on 6 November 2019, against Mozambique, during the 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup.

Squad

This lists all the players who have played for Malawi in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 6 July 2024

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Donnex Kansonkho Left-handed
Gift Kansonkho Right-handed
Chisomo Malaya Right-handed
Beston Masauko Right-handed
Francis Nkhoma Right-handed
All-rounders
Sami Sohail Right-handed
Aaftab Limdawala Left-handed Vice-captain
Moazzam Baig Right-handed Captain
Gershom Ntambalika Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
Phillip Zuze Right-handed
Chisomo Chete Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Suhail Vayani Right-handed
Mike Choamba Right-handed
Pace Bowlers
Right-handed
Blessings Pondani Right-handed
Bright Balala Right-handed

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Malawi[7] Last updated 6 July 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 36 20 13 0 3 6 November 2019

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Malawi[11]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
1,077 59.42 2019–2024
Donnex Kansonkho 528 18.20 2021–2024
Gift Kansonkho 421 19.13 2019–2024
359 21.11 2019–2023
Aaftab Limdawala 230 28.75 2022–2024
Most T20I wickets for Malawi[12]
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
51 10.94 2019–2023
46 13.86 2019–2024
26 23.15 2022–2024
Aaftab Limdawala 15 19.93 2022–2024
Gift Kansonkho 11 19.54 2019–2024

T20I record versus other nations[7]

Records complete to T20I #2736. Last updated 6 July 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
3 1 2 0 0 20 November 2022 20 November 2022
1 1 0 0 0 15 September 2022 15 September 2022
2 2 0 0 0 17 October 2021 17 October 2021
1 0 1 0 0 19 October 2021
5 0 4 0 1 16 September 2022
2 2 0 0 0 22 October 2021 22 October 2021
1 1 0 0 0 21 November 2022 21 November 2022
9 7 1 0 1 6 November 2019 6 November 2019
6 4 2 0 0 22 October 2021 22 October 2021
1 1 0 0 0 24 November 2022 24 November 2022
2 1 0 0 1 20 October 2021 20 October 2021
1 0 1 0 0 20 September 2022
2 0 2 0 0 16 October 2021

Other records

For a list of selected international matches played by Malawi, see Cricket Archive.

Tournament history

World Cricket League Africa Region

4th place

5th place

1st place

6th place

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cricket squad captains oozing with confidence.
  2. Web site: Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform. International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. 1 September 2018.
  3. News: Miscellaneous matches played by Malawi. 22 November 2022. CricketArchive.
  4. Web site: The Home of CricketArchive.
  5. Web site: 3rd Africa Cup 2002 . cricketeurope4.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080709050657/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2002/TOURNAMENTS/AFRICACUP/about.shtml . 2008-07-09.
  6. Web site: All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status. International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. 1 September 2018.
  7. Web site: Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . . 11 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals . ESPNcricinfo . 21 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores . ESPNcricinfo . 20 November 2022.
  10. Web site: Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures . ESPNcricinfo . 16 December 2023.
  11. Web site: Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs . . 10 November 2019.
  12. Web site: Records / Malawi / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets . . 10 November 2019.