Mozambique | |
Association: | Mozambican Cricket Association |
Captain: | Filipe Cossa |
Icc Member Year: | 2017 |
Icc Status: | Associate member[1] |
Icc Region: | Africa |
T20i Rank: | 61st |
T20i Rank Best: | 55th (7-May-2023) |
First Match: | v at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa, 21 March 2004 |
First T20i: | v at Lilongwe Golf Club, Lilongwe; 6 November 2019 |
Most Recent T20i: | v at Willowmoore Park, Benoni; 17 December 2023 |
Num T20is: | 33 |
Num T20is This Year: | 0 |
T20i Record: | 15/17 (0 ties, 1 no result) |
T20i Record This Year: | 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results) |
Asofdate: | 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 an affiliate member of International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003, and an associate member in 2017.[2] Mozambique is also a member of the Africa Cricket Association. The Mozambique national cricket team has competed in the World Cricket League Africa Region, Cricket World Cup and the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship.
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] In return, Kaleem Shah top scored with 55 to give the team their first up victory.[5] Kaleem Shah scored the first century of the tournament in the next game against Morocco[6] 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.[6] The final group game saw Mozambique win the match against Rwanda by 112 runs to finish on top of pool 2.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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.
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.[10]
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.
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 | |
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Batters | |||||
Agostinho Navicha | Right-handed | ||||
Frederico Carava | Right-handed | ||||
Vieira Tembo | Right-handed | ||||
Jose Joao | Right-handed | ||||
Luis Mavume | Right-handed | ||||
Lourenco Salomone | Right-handed | ||||
Armando Chuvale | Right-handed | ||||
All-rounders | |||||
Right-handed | |||||
Filipe Cossa | Right-handed | Captain | |||
Joao Huo | Right-handed | ||||
Jose Bulele | Right-handed | ||||
Manussur Algi | Left-handed | ||||
Eugenio Azine | Right-handed | ||||
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Last Emilio | Right-handed | ||||
Bernardo Sambo | Right-handed | ||||
Bowlers | |||||
Lourenço Simango | Right-handed | ||||
Zefanias Matsinhe | Right-handed | ||||
Dario Macome | Right-handed | ||||
Camate Roposo | Right-handed |
International Match Summary — Mozambique[11] 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 |
Most T20I runs for Mozambique[15]
Player | Runs | Average | Career span | |
---|---|---|---|---|
851 | 29.34 | 2019–2023 | ||
Jose Bulele | 612 | 24.48 | 2019–2022 | |
Filipe Cossa | 516 | 28.66 | 2019–2023 | |
Joao Huo | 364 | 15.84 | 2019–2023 | |
Kaleem Shah | 176 | 29.33 | 2019 | |
Last Emilio | 176 | 12.57 | 2019–2022 |
Player | Wickets | Average | Career span | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joao Huo | 38 | 11.97 | 2019–2023 | |
Jose Bulele | 32 | 16.00 | 2019–2022 | |
32 | 19.34 | 2019–2023 | ||
Filipe Cossa | 23 | 25.00 | 2019–2023 | |
Camate Raposo | 19 | 10.05 | 2022–2023 |
T20I record versus other nations[11]
Records complete to T20I #2408. Last updated 17 December 2023.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win | |
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vs Associate Members | ||||||||
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 November 2021 | |||
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 November 2021 | 3 November 2021 | ||
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 July 2022 | 29 July 2022 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 December 2022 | 8 December 2022 | ||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 September 2022 | 2 December 2022 | ||
9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 November 2019 | 10 November 2019 | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 December 2022 | |||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 December 2023 | 17 December 2023 | ||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 November 2021 | 9 December 2022 | ||
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 November 2021 | |||
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 September 2022 |
For a list of selected international matches played by Mozambique, see Cricket Archive.