Maldives Cricket Board have announced the 14-member squad for the upcoming Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Western Region T20 tournament, to be held in Oman from Jan 18th – 25th, 2019.
Maldives national squad were in Pakistan recently, where they undertook training and practice sessions at Lahore’s National Cricket Academy (NCA) and played 5 T20 matches against local clubs and NCA development squad.
Maldives tour of Pakistan x3 matches brief scores(Oct 2018)
Maldives also visited Qatar to play a 3-match T20 series from Dec 17th – 19th, 2018 towards preparation towards the tournament.
Qatar vs Maldives 1st T20 Match – 17th Dec 2018
Qatar vs Maldives 2nd T20 Match – 17th Dec 2018
Qatar vs Maldives 3rd T20 Match – 19th Dec 2018
Maldives will be competing against the host’s Kuwait, along with Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in the 5-nation tournament. All the participants have prior experience of playing in Kuwait during the ICC World T20 Asia “A” qualifiers earlier this year. All matches in the Western Region T20 will carry official T20I status and all the countries will be making their T20I debuts in the tournament.
Maldives Men’s Squad for ACC Western Region T20:
Mohamed Mahafooz (Captain), Mohamed Azzam, Hassan Haziq Rasheed, Ahmed Ameel Mauroof, Muaviath Abdul Ganee, Hassan Ibrahim, Ismail Ali, Mohamed Saafee Saeed, Mohamed Rishwan, Hassan Shaof, Adam Nasif Umar, Ibrahim Rizah, Ismail Nazuwan Badheeu & Ibrahim Nashath
Western Region T20 Schedule (all timings local):
| 20 Jan 2019 | Bahrain v Saudi Arabia at OC Turf 1 @9:30am ; Maldives v Kuwait at OC Turf 2 @9:30am |
| 21 Jan 2019 | Qatar v Saudi Arabia at OC Turf 2 @9:30am ; Bahrain v Maldives at OC Turf 1 @9:30am |
| 22 Jan 2019 | Maldives v Saudi Arabia at OC Turf 2 @9:30am ; Kuwait v Qatar at OC Turf 1 @9:30am |
| 23 Jan 2019 | Bahrain v Kuwait at OC Turf 2 @9:30am ; Maldives v Qatar at OC Turf 1@9:30am |
| 24 Jan 2019 | Bahrain v Qatar at OC Turf 2 @9:30am ; Kuwait v Saudi Arabia at OC Turf 1@9:30am |
| 24 Jan 2019 | Final at OC Turf @07:00pm |
