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| Association | Mozambican Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Filipe Cossa | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v Rwanda atWillowmoore Park,Benoni, South Africa, 21 March 2004 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Malawi atLilongwe Golf Club,Lilongwe; 6 November 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Eswatini atMalkerns Country Club Oval,Malkerns; 14 September 2025 | |||||||||
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| As of 14 September 2025 | ||||||||||
TheMozambique national cricket team is the men's team that representsMozambique ininternational cricket. The team is administered by theMozambican Cricket Association which became anaffiliate member ofInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003, and anassociate member in 2017.[1][5] Mozambique is also a member of theAfrica Cricket Association.[5] The Mozambique national cricket team has competed in theWorld Cricket League Africa Region, Cricket World Cup and theICC Africa Twenty20 Championship.
Mozambique became an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council in 2003 and then an associate member in 2017 when the affiliate status was scrapped.[6]
Their international debut came the following year, when they played in the African Affiliates championship which was the first stage of qualifying for the2007 Cricket World Cup. They would finish in 6th place after defeating only Rwanda.[7]
Mozambique, as a member of theAfrican Cricket Association, competes in theWorld 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 thethird division as they drawn to meet Sierra Leone, Morocco and Rwanda. In the opening match againstSierra 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 againstMorocco[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 againstRwanda by 112 runs to finish on top of pool 2.[10] In the semi-final stage, they took onGhana 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]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Mozambique and otherICC members since 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches.[13]
Mozambique played their first T20I on 6 November 2019, againstMalawi, during the2019 T20 Kwacha Cup; they lost by three wickets with two balls left.[citation needed]
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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) |
| World Cricket League Division Five record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2008 | Group stage | 8/12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 1/1 | – | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| World Cricket League African Region Division Three record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2006 | Champions | 1/8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1/1 | – | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| World Cricket League African Region Division Two record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2006 | 3rd place | 3/5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 4th place | 4/6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2/3 | – | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2021 | Round-robin | 4/5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Round-robin | 3/8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
 2024 | Round-robin | 3/6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3/3 | – | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
This lists all the players who were picked for2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier. Uncapped players are listed initalics.Updated as of 24 October 2024.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Agostinho Navicha | 21 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| Vieira Tembo | 23 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Lourenco Salomone | 23 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| Mario Manjate | 29 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Francisco Couana | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Filipe Cossa | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | Captain |
| Joao Huo | 22 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Jose Joao | 21 | Left-handed | Left-armmedium | |
| Eugenio Azine | 19 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| Manussur Algi | 21 | Left-handed | Left-armmedium | |
| Antonio Laice | 21 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Wicket-keeper | ||||
| Farruque Nhaduate | 22 | Right-handed | ||
| Bowlers | ||||
| Dario Macome | 21 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Camate Raposo | 20 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium | |
International Match Summary — Mozambique[14]
Last updated 14 September 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 43 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 6 November 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Mozambique[18]
| Most T20I wickets for Mozambique[19]
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T20I record versus other nations[14]
Records complete to T20I #3454. Last updated 14 September 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs Full Members | |||||||
 Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 October 2024 | |
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 July 2022 | 29 July 2022 |
 Gambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 December 2022 | 8 December 2022 |
 Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 September 2022 | 2 December 2022 |
| Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 October 2024 | |
| Malawi | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 November 2019 | 10 November 2019 |
 Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 December 2022 | |
| Rwanda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 December 2023 | 17 December 2023 |
 Seychelles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 October 2024 | 22 October 2024 |
 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 | |
For a list of selected international matches played by Mozambique, seeCricket Archive.
