The Mexican national cricket team represents the country of Mexico in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2004.[5] Their international debut was in 2006 against Costa Rica. The team made their ICC Americas Championship debut in June 2010 and in 2011 participated in the ICC Americas Division 3 tournament in Costa Rica. Mexico has also participated in the South American Championship in 2014 and 2018 winning both the time. In 2017, they became an associate member.[1]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[6]
History
Mexico became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2004. Their first international match was played on 19 March 2006 in the Central American Cricket Championship against Costa Rica who they beat. Prior to this there had been teams based in Mexico City that had played against Belize but these were not recognised as international fixtures.[7][8] Having beaten Costa Rica in the tournament they then lost to Belize finishing second.
In 2007, Mexico hosted the Central American Cricket Championship and won it by defeating Costa Rica and El Salvador.
In 2008, Mexico travelled to El Salvador to take part in the 2nd Easter Cup. They finished second, losing to Belize but winning easily against El Salvador.
Mexico took part in the 3rd Central American Championship in 2009 in Panama under the new Twenty20 format. Mexico performed well in the tournament, winning all but one of their matches and even defeating close rivals Belize in a close fought match. As a result, they finished 2nd in the tournament.
In 2011, Mexico competed in the ICC Division 3 Americas tournament in Costa Rica finishing in 4th place.[9]
In 2012, a youthful Mexico team participated in the 4th Volcano Cup in El Salvador finishing runners up to the hosts after defeating Guatemala.
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 Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[6]
Mexico played their first ever Twenty20 International match against Belize in the 2019 Central American Cricket Championship.
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Pradeep Chandran 23 (28)
Aaron Muslar 3/18 (4 overs)
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Bernan Stephenson 48 (27)
Rama Inampud 2/29 (4 overs)
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Belize won by 4 wickets
Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan
Umpires: Supratim Das (Mex) and Kanti Lal Patel (Mex)
Player of the match: Bernan Stephenson (Blz)
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- Belize won the toss and elected to field.
- First ever T20I match for Mexico.
Records
International Match Summary — Mexico[15]
Last updated 14 April 2024
| Playing Record
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| Format |
M |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
Inaugural Match
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| Twenty20 Internationals |
15 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
25 April 2019
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Twenty20 International
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Most T20I runs for Mexico[19]
| Player |
Runs |
Average |
Career span
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| Shantanu Kaveri |
225 |
28.12 |
2019–2024
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| Tarun Sharma |
176 |
22.00 |
2019–2023
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| Shashikant Hirugade |
105 |
9.54 |
2019–2024
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| Revanakumar Ankad |
100 |
16.66 |
2019–2024
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| Praveen Santhanakrishnan |
89 |
17.80 |
2023–2024
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Most T20I wickets for Mexico[20]
| Player |
Wickets |
Average |
Career span
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| Shashikant Hirugade |
11 |
16.36 |
2019–2024
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| Shoaib Rafiq |
9 |
6.22 |
2023–2024
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| Luis Hermida |
9 |
13.77 |
2019–2023
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| Shantanu Kaveri |
9 |
16.55 |
2019–2024
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| Revanakumar Ankad |
9 |
23.33 |
2019–2024
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T20I record versus other nations[15]
Records complete to T20I #2564. Last updated 14 April 2024.
| Opponent |
M |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
First match |
First win
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| vs Associate Members
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 Argentina |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 October 2019 |
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 Belize |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
25 April 2019 |
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 Brazil |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 October 2019 |
5 October 2019
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 Chile |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 October 2019 |
18 October 2023
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 Costa Rica |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
26 April 2019 |
26 April 2019
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 Panama |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
27 April 2019 |
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 Peru |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 October 2019 |
5 October 2019
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Other records
For a list of selected international matches played by Mexico, see Cricket Archive.
