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| Association | Malta Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Mehboob Ali | |||||||||
| Coach | Subhas Roy[1][2] | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[3] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v England at the Naval Ground, Malta; 9 October 1891[5] | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Spain atLa Manga Club,Cartagena; 29 March 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Austria atMoara Vlasiei Cricket Ground,Ilfov County; 29 June 2025 | |||||||||
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| As of 29 June 2025 | ||||||||||
TheMalta national cricket team represents theRepublic of Malta ininternational cricket. The team is organised by theMalta Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998.[8] and anassociate member in 2017.[3] A Maltese national team first played as early as 1891, when an XVIII of Malta played an English team on its way toa tour of Australia. The team was not revived until 1990, when it participated in the European Cricketer Cup inGuernsey. Since then, Malta has appeared regularly inEuropean Cricket Council tournaments, generally in the lower divisions.[9]
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Malta and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[10]
Malta played its first official T20I against,Spain, on 29 March 2019 during the2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series. The match was played atLa Manga Club,Murcia,Spain.[11][12]
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Bikram Arora 28 (25) Tom Vine 4/28 (4 overs) | Yasir Ali 57 (40) Jurg Hirschi 1/15 (2 overs) |
Malta competed in every edition of the European Affiliates Championship from 1999 to 2005, their best result coming in 2001 when they reached the semi-finals. They competed in the tournament predecessor, the European Nations Cup in 1997, and competed in its successor, Division Three of theEuropean Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012.
In October 2013, Malta hosted an International Tournament, inviting the International Cricket Associations of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia. Malta played their games from 4 to 6 October. Khosla captained the side to 3 wins out of 3, culminating in a final day victory over Hungary where the latter could've also won the tournament with a victory. The winning runs were scored on a wide delivery with Haroon Majeed facing the ball.
Malta followed up their success with a second successive International Tournament victory inBudapest,Hungary. Malta defeated theUAE in the final in a tournament compromising of Hungary, Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, UAE and Malta. Bikram Arora hit the winning runs with a drive to the leg-side which made it to the boundary. Malta's Christopher Chellew won the Player of the Tournament and also scored the most runs in tournament.
Malta competed in a third International Tournament along with Sweden, Poland and Czech Republic, hosted by the latter in Prague. Malta had their 7 match unbeaten run ended by Sweden, when Malta fell 5 runs short of the Swedes' first innings target of 198 runs. Heavy rain and poor weather conditions all round caused Malta's game with Czech Republic to first be suspended and then abandoned in the 2nd innings after Malta were bowled out for 122. Malta got their first and only win of the tournament by successfully chasing 140 runs against Poland, who had already wrapped up the Tournament for themselves the previous day. This left Malta third in the table, level on points on Sweden but behind them on net run rate.
In September of the same year, Malta hosted Hungary in a 3-match series. The first two games were T20s with the first game being a decisive Malta victory while the second saw Hungary become the first National Cricket Team to win in Malta. The final game was a 50-Over Match. Hungary batted first and were bowled out for 121 runs. Chellew scored a half-century to inspire Malta to victory and a series win.
Malta boasts a climate that enables cricket to be played all year round[13] and encourages visiting teams to come and play on the island.[14] There are two grounds: Marsa Cricket Ground, in existence for over a century[14] and Hal Safi Cricket Ground, which is rarely used. Twelve clubs contested theT20 2020 Summer League: Knight Kings, Super Kings, Southern Crusaders, Power Hitters, Swieqi United, Bugibba Blasters, Marsa, Msida Warriors, Overseas, American University of Malta, Paola Boys and Mater Dei.[15] The 2019–20 Winter League took the form of a 50-overs Marsa Federations Cup, featuring five regional teams: Birkirkara Blues, Mellieha Stars, Rabat Titans, Sliema Riders and Valletta Vikings.[16]
This lists all the players who have played for Malta in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed initalics.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Zeeshan Khan | 36 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| Samuel Stanislaus | 45 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| Basil George | 27 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Jaspal Singh | 39 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Darshit Patankar | 27 | Right-handed | ||
| Gopal Thakur | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Varun Thamotharan | 37 | Left-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | Captain |
| Alex Hudson | 19 | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Bikram Arora | 43 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Vice-captain |
| Fanyan Mughal | 39 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium | |
| Imran Ameer | 37 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| Priyan Pushparajan | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Indika Perera | 43 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Aaftab Alam Khan | 40 | Right-handed | ||
| Chanjal Sudarsanan | 31 | Right-handed | ||
| John Grima | 67 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowler | ||||
| Amar Sharma | 47 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Waseem Abbas | 35 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | |
| Waqas Ahmad | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Eldhose Mathew | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Jaswinder Singh | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Muhammad Ajmal | 54 | Left-handed | Left-armmedium | |
Updated as on 20 August 2023
International Match Summary — Malta[17]
Last updated 29 June 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 83 | 31 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 29 March 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Malta[21]
| Most T20I wickets for Malta[22]
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T20I record versus other nations[17]
Records complete to T20I #3273. Last updated 29 June 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs Associate Members | |||||||
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 February 2025 | 29 June 2025 |
 Belgium | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2021 | 8 July 2021 |
 Bulgaria | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 September 2020 | 23 September 2020 |
 Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 August 2024 | |
 Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 October 2019 | 12 May 2022 |
 Estonia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 August 2024 | 6 May 2025 |
 Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 August 2024 | |
 France | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 July 2023 | 10 July 2023 |
 Gibraltar | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 August 2021 | 20 August 2021 |
 Guernsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 August 2024 | |
 Hungary | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 September 2021 | 10 May 2022 |
 Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 July 2022 | 1 July 2022 |
 Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 September 2021 | 11 July 2023 |
 Portugal | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 August 2021 | |
 Romania | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 September 2021 | 11 May 2022 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 March 2019 | |
 Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 October 2021 | 24 October 2021 |
