Maldives national cricket team


The Maldives national cricket team represents the country of the Maldives in international cricket. Although they did not become an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council 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 have since competed in the Challenge divisions in both 2009 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.
Starting from 2018, Asif Khan coaches the men’s national team. From February 2013, Nilantha Cooray is the National development cricket Coach.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Maldives and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. 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

ACC Trophy

International Match Summary — Maldives

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Maldives
PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Mohamed Rishwan32725.152019–2020
Umar Adam19816.502019–2020
Ahmed Hassan18918.902019–2019
Nilantha Cooray17034.002019–2020
Hassan Rasheed14214.202019–2020

Most T20I wickets for Maldives
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Umar Adam1419.352019–2020
Ibrahim Hassan1425.712019–2020
Nilantha Cooray821.752019–2020
Mohamed Mahfooz832.752019–2019
Ameel Mauroof738.572019–2020

T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #1058. Last updated 25 February 2020.