Mozambique
AssociationMozambican Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainFilipe Cossa
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 58th 55th (7-May-2023)
International cricket
First internationalv  Rwanda at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa, 21 March 2004
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Malawi at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019
Last T20Iv  Rwanda at Willowmoore Park, Benoni; 17 December 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 33 15/17 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 January 2024

The Mozambique national cricket team is the men's team that represents Mozambique in international cricket. The team is 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 Africa Cricket Association.[5] The Mozambique national cricket team has competed in the World Cricket League Africa Region, Cricket World Cup and the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship.

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]

50 over cricket

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 Tanzania with five teams competing for a spot in Division 1. For Mozambique, they had to compete against Botswana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.[citation needed]

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 since 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches.[13]

Mozambique played their first T20I on 6 November 2019, against Malawi, during the 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup; they lost by three wickets with two balls left.[citation needed]

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

World Cricket League Africa Region

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Mozambique in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated as of 1 June 2023.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Agostinho Navicha 20 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Frederico Carava 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Vieira Tembo 21 Right-handed
Jose Joao 19 Right-handed Left-arm medium
Luis Mavume 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Lourenco Salomone 21 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Armando Chuvale 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Francisco Couana 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Filipe Cossa 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Joao Huo 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Jose Bulele 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Manussur Algi 19 Left-handed Left-arm medium
Eugenio Azine 18 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Last Emilio 22 Right-handed
Bernardo Sambo 23 Right-handed
Bowlers
Lourenço Simango 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Zefanias Matsinhe 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Dario Macome 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Camate Roposo 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Mozambique[14]

Last updated 17 December 2023

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 33 15 17 0 1 6 November 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to T20I #2408. Last updated 17 December 2023.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Botswana 3 0 3 0 0 6 November 2021
 Cameroon 2 2 0 0 0 3 November 2021 3 November 2021
 Eswatini 8 8 0 0 0 29 July 2022 29 July 2022
 Gambia 1 1 0 0 0 8 December 2022 8 December 2022
 Ghana 2 1 1 0 0 16 September 2022 2 December 2022
 Malawi 9 1 7 0 1 6 November 2019 10 November 2019
 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 1 December 2022
 Rwanda 1 1 0 0 0 17 December 2023 17 December 2023
 Sierra Leone 2 1 1 0 0 5 November 2021 9 December 2022
 Tanzania 2 0 2 0 0 2 November 2021
 Uganda 2 0 2 0 0 18 September 2022

Other records

For a list of selected international matches played by Mozambique, see Cricket Archive.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ a b "Swaziland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  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. ^ a b "Pool 2: Mozambique v Sierra Leone at Benoni, Apr 23, 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  9. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Records / Mozambique / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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