| Nickname(s) | The Red Sea Cucumber | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v  Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 September 1996 | |||||||||
| Twenty20 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 | |||||||||
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| As of 23 October 2024 | ||||||||||
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.
As of September 2024, Pasindu Liyanaarachichi has left his role as the National Men's Coach. Leaving the team in state of disarray.
- ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "CricketArchive – Maldives page". CricketArchive. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ Maldives v Saudi Arabia, ACC Trophy Challenge 2010/11 (Final)