The Maldives senior men’s squad have completed the qualifying tournament for the 2026 T20 World Cup with 2 wins from their 6 matches played in Malaysia from August 30 to September 6.
We thank the ICC and Malaysian Cricket for yet again hosting a marvellous competition and we wish the qualifying nations all the best as they head towards the World Cup.
The two victories came against Myanmar and Mongolia and were welcomed after a run of 4 loses. The squad performed remarkably better in the batting department than tournaments stretching back 10 years as they were able to keep wickets in hand and see out the bowling attack to the full allotment of overs.
Competing against the likes of regional powerhouses Malaysia, Singapore, Kuwait & Hong Kong and scoring more than 100 in 3 of the 4 innings can be seen as progress.
Results are viewed by many as win or lose, black or white, life or death. Within Maldives, as a small cricket community within an archipelago of 1200 islands – the CBM views results as a continuous improvement piece by piece, bit by bit and match by match. Towards 2030.
With more international games to come in October, the weeks ahead present a perfect opportunity for the players & management team to assess where the next ‘progress’ will come from but, for today we celebrate the squad bringing 2 wins back home.
Warmup Matches
Warmup Match 1 – https://cricclubs.com/RSC/viewScorecard.do?matchId=1160
Warmup Match 2 – https://cricclubs.com/RSC/viewScorecard.do?matchId=1159
Warmup Match 3 – https://cricclubs.com/RSC/viewScorecard.do?matchId=1158
Fixtures & Results
30 August
Maldives v Malaysia
Bayuemas Oval, KL
6:30am (Maldives time)
Malaysia 203/3 (20)
Maldives 109/6 (20)
Malaysia won by 94 runs
Score & Video👉 https://bit.ly/4g6uAmG
Match Pics👉 https://bit.ly/3TacMgC
Competition Pics👉 https://bit.ly/3X8rA0H
#CricketForAll #ICCT20 #Towards2030
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31 August
Maldives vs Singapore
Bayuemas Oval, KL
6:30am (Maldives time)
Singapore 153/7 (20)
Maldives 106/8 (20)
Singapore won by 47 runs
Score👉 https://bit.ly/3AKxQUS
Video👉 https://bit.ly/3XqbfFU
Match Pics👉 https://bit.ly/3X8a0dh
2 September
Maldives vs Kuwait
Bayuemas Oval, KL
6:30am (Maldives time)
Kuwait 226/4 (20)
Maldives 84/7 (20)
Kuwait won by 142 runs
Score👉https://bit.ly/3XcBm1X
Video👉 https://bit.ly/3XqbfFU
Match Pics👉 https://bit.ly/3Z9MY8y
3 September
Maldives vs Hong Kong
Bayuemas Oval, KL
6:30am (Maldives time)
Maldives 102/9 (20)
Hong Kong 107/1 (9)
Hong Kong won by 9 wickets
Score👉https://bit.ly/3XroxC5
Video👉 https://bit.ly/3XqbfFU
Match Pics👉 https://bit.ly/47jvrwv
5 September
Maldives v Myanmar
Bayuemas Oval, KL
10:45am (Maldives time)
Maldives 52/1 (5.3)
Myanmar 51 (17)
Maldives won by 9 wickets
Player of the Match: Adam Nasif Umar
Score👉https://bit.ly/3XuoFAB
Video👉 https://bit.ly/3XqbfFU
Match Pics👉 https://bit.ly/4cWlohY
6 September
Maldives vs Mongolia
Bayuemas Oval, KL
6:30am (Maldives time)
Maldives 178/6 (20)
Mongolia 61 (19.1)
Player of the Match: Yoosuf Azyan (55 runs and 4 wickets)
Piyal Kumar 56
Yoosuf Azyan 55
Score👉https://bit.ly/3zeKoTS
Video👉 https://bit.ly/3XqbfFU
Match Pics👉 https://bit.ly/47kIGgC
#CricketForAll #ICCT20 #Towards2030
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Maldives Squad
Yoosuf Azyan (c)
Adam Nasif Umar (vc)
Azin Mohamed
Mabsar Abdulla
Mohamed Azzam
Ismail Ali
Mohamed Rishwan
Ibrahim Rizan
Leem Shafeeg
Ali Shunan
Hassan Ibrahim
Mohamed Miuvaan
Mohamed Shiyam
Piyal Kumar
Pasindu Liyanaarachchi (coach)
Ali Mohamed Manik (manager)
