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| Nickname(s) | The Red Sea Cucumber | |||||||||
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| Association | Cricket Board of Maldives | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Hassan Rasheed | |||||||||
| Coach | Imad Ismail | |||||||||
| 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 Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 16 February 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 18 February 2024 | ||||||||||
The Maldives national 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]
Starting from 2018, Asif Khan coaches the men's national team. From February 2013, Nilantha Cooray is the national development cricket coach.
