Mozambique national cricket team

The Mozambique national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Mozambique in international cricket. They are administered by the Mozambican Cricket Association which became International Cricket Council (ICC) member as an affiliate member in 2003, since 2017 they are an associate member.[1][5] Mozambique is also a member of the African Cricket Association.[5] The Mozambique national cricket team has competed in the World Cricket League Africa Region and the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship.

Mozambique

Flag of Mozambique
Personnel
Captain	Kaleem Shah
History
Twenty20 debut	14 May 2011 v Botswana (lost by 5 wickets)
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member[1] (2017)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever T20I 70th 58th (2-May-2019)
International cricket
First international	21 March 2004 v Rwanda at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Malawi at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Last T20I	v  Malawi at Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre; 10 November 2019
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[3] 7 1/5 (0 ties, 1 no result) This year[4] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 24 September 2020

History

Mozambique became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2003 and then an associate member in 2017 when the affiliate status was scrapped.[6]

2003

Their international debut came the following year, when they played in the African Affiliates championship which was the first stage of qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. They would finish in 6th place after defeating only Rwanda.[7]

2006

Mozambique, as a member of the African Cricket Association, competes in the World Cricket League Africa Region which is a 50 over competition for African countries that aren't full member of the ICC. For this edition, they competed in the third division as they drawn to meet Sierra Leone, Morocco and Rwanda. In the opening match against Sierra Leone, they scored a six wicket win after they bowled out the opposition for only 197.[8] In return, Kaleem Shah top scored with 55 to give the team their first up victory.[8] Kaleem Shah scored the first century of the tournament in the next game against Morocco[9] to get the team to 275 from 50 overs. Morocco in return could only muster up a score of 196 with Shah being the best bowler.[9] The final group game saw Mozambique win the match against Rwanda by 112 runs to finish on top of pool 2.[10] In the semi-final stage, they took on Ghana and Zainul Patel dominated the bowling with 4 wickets to help in getting the team through to the final.[11] In the final game of the tournament, top scorer Kaleem Shah top scored in the final with him scoring 77 in the 89 run victory to move Mozambique to the next division.[12]

Division Two was held in Tanazina with five teams competing for a spot in Division 1. For Mozambique, they had to compete against Botswana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia

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 Mozambique and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[13]

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

6 November 2019 10:00 Scorecard

Mozambique  169/5 (20 overs)	v	Malawi 170/7 (19.4 overs)
Damiao Couana 71* (36) Mahammed Patel 3/25 (4 overs)		Mahammed Patel 40* (33) Zefanias Matsinhe 3/27 (4 overs)

Malawi won by 3 wickets Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe Umpires: Acacio Chitsondzo (Moz) and Osman Mhango (Mwi)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
• First ever T20I match for Mozambique.

Tournament history

World Cricket League

• 2008: Division Five 8th place

World Cricket League Africa Region

• 2006: Division Three 1st place, Division Two 3rd place
• 2008: Division Two 4th place

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Mozambique[14]

Last updated 10 November 2019

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	7	1	5	0	1	6 November 2019

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 169/5 v Malawi on 6 November 2019 at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe.[15]
• Highest individual score: 72*, Kaleem Shah v Malawi on 7 November 2019 at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe.[16]
• Best individual bowling figures: 3/10, Francis Damiao Couana v Malawi on 10 November 2019 at Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre.[17]

Most T20I runs for Mozambique[18] Player Runs Average Career span Francis Damiao Couana 233 38.83 2019 Kaleem Shah 176 29.33 2019 Filipe Cossa 82 20.50 2019 Jose Bulele 65 9.28 2019 Imran Ismail 63 9.00 2019

Most T20I wickets for Mozambique [19] Player Wickets Average Career span Zefanias Matsinhe 7 14.42 2019 Francis Damiao Couana 6 19.66 2019 Jose Bulele 4 26.75 2019 Joao Huo 3 18.66 2019 Santana Dima 3 19.00 2019

T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to T20I #1013. Last updated 10 November 2019.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Malawi	7	1	5	0	1	6 November 2019	10 November 2019

See also

• List of Mozambique Twenty20 International cricketers

References

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2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
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7. "Scorecards from the African Affiliates Tournament, from ICC, retrieved 5 July 2006". Archived from the original on 14 August 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
8. "Pool 2: Mozambique v Sierra Leone at Benoni, Apr 23, 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
9. "Pool 2: Mozambique v Morocco at Benoi, Apr 24, 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
10. "Pool 2: Mozambique v Rwanda at Benoi, Apr 25, 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
11. "Semi Final: Mozambique v Ghana at Benoi, Apr 27, 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
12. "Final: Mozambique v Sierra Leone at Benoi, Apr 28, 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
13. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
14. "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
15. "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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18. "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
19. "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.