Mali national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Mali women's national cricket team.

The Mali national cricket team is the team that represents Mali in international cricket. The Malian Cricket Federation (FCM) became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2005 and an associate member in 2017.^[5]

Mali

Flag of the Malian Cricket Federation
Association	Malian Cricket Federation
Personnel
Captain	Cheick Amala Keita
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2005)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever T20I 98th 83th (1 May 2024)
International cricket
First international	v.  Seychelles at Accra, Ghana; 24 February 2011
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Lesotho at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali; 17 November 2022
Last T20I	v  Ghana at Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam; 26 September 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[3] 15 0/13 (0 ties, 2 no results) This year[4] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 26 September 2024

History

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mali and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the T20I status.^[6]

Mali made their T20I debut at the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier. Playing in the Qualifier A group, they failed to win any matches. Out of their 7 matches, they lost 5, with the other two ending with no-result.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Mali^[7]

Last updated 26 September 2024

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	15	0	13	0	2	17 November 2022

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations^[7]

Records complete to T20I #2866. Last updated 26 September 2024.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Botswana	1	0	1	0	0	22 November 2022
Cameroon	2	0	2	0	0	7 December 2023
Ghana	1	0	1	0	0	26 September 2024
Kenya	2	0	2	0	0	20 November 2022
Lesotho	2	0	2	0	0	17 November 2022
Malawi	2	0	2	0	0	21 November 2022
Rwanda	1	0	1	0	0	24 November 2022
Saint Helena	1	0	0	0	1	22 November 2022
Seychelles	1	0	0	0	1	18 November 2022
Sierra Leone	1	0	1	0	0	9 December 2023
Tanzania	1	0	1	0	0	21 September 2024

See also

• List of Mali Twenty20 International cricketers
• Mali women's national cricket team
• Malian Cricket Federation