The Maldives national women's cricket team is the team that represents
Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...
in international
women's cricket
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. In April 2018, the
International Cricket Council
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(ICC) granted full
Women's Twenty20 International
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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, every
Twenty20
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match played between Maldives women and other
ICC members since 1 July 2018 has the full WT20I status.
The team played its first WT20I matches during the
2019 South Asian Games
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in December 2019. In the bronze medal play-off match, the Maldives were dismissed for just eight runs, to record the
second lowest total in a WT20I match. Only one run came from the bat, with the other seven runs coming from
wides. Nine cricketers were dismissed
without scoring. Earlier in the tournament, the Maldives lost to Bangladesh by 249 runs, with the Maldives bowled out for just six runs in their innings.
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Maldives Women
''Last updated 13 February 2024''
Twenty20 International
T20I record versus other nations
''Records complete to WT20I #1777. Last updated 13 February 2024.''
Tournament history
Women's World Cup
Women's World T20
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier
Women's Asia Cup
ACC Women's Premier Cup
ACC Women's T20 Championship
See also
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List of Maldives women Twenty20 International cricketers
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References
{{National sports teams of the Maldives
Women's
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Women's national cricket teams
Cricket
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2019 establishments in the Maldives
National sports teams established in 2019