2025 Malawi Quad Nations T20 Cup
International cricket tournament
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The 2025 Malawi Quad Nations Cup (Arjun Menon Memorial) was a men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament played in Blantyre, Malawi from 5 to 14 July 2025.[1] Organised by Cricket Malawi, all the matches were played at the TCA Oval and was the format was a double round-robin format followed by a 3rd place play-off and final.[2] The event honoured the late Arjun Menon, former head of cricket operations for Cricket Malawi.[1] According to the Malawi National Council of Sports, this tournament was "one of the most prestigious cricket events ever hosted in Malawi".[3] This was the first ever multi-team T20I tournament to be played in Malawi.[4]
| Dates | 5 – 12 July 2025 |
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| Administrator | Cricket Malawi |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host | Malawi |
| Champions |  Tanzania |
| Runners-up |  Bahrain |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Most runs | Arun Yadav (318) |
| Most wickets | Ally Kimote (13) |
Four teams competed: hosts Malawi along with the national teams of Bahrain, Germany and Tanzania.[5] This was the first international assignment for Tanzania under their new head coach Salieg Nackerdien, whose son Imran Nackerdien had earlier coached the Tanzanian men's under-19 team to their first-ever Under-19 World Cup and the senior women's team to a title win at the 2025 Kwibuka T20 competition.[6]
On 4 July, a day before the tournament began, the schedule saw slight changes (including the game between Bahrain and Tanzania getting shifted from 5 July to 8 July) due to an equipment delay.[7]
Squads
| Bahrain[8] |
 Germany[9] |
 Malawi[10] |
Tanzania[6] |
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Round-robin
Points table
Fixtures
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Sami Sohail 68 (43) Shahid Afridi 3/26 (4 overs) |
Kyle Klesse 38 (31) Bright Balala 1/6 (1 over) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
- Trust Makaya, Salim Nihute (Mwi), Hassan Khan, Kyle Klesse and Jatinder Kumar (Ger) all made their T20I debuts.
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Arun Yadav 86 (64) Daniel Jakiel 2/29 (4 overs) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
- Ajith Augastin, Acrey Hugo, Mukesh Suthar and Arun Yadav (Tan) all made their T20I debuts.
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Fayaz Khan 31 (16) Rizwan Butt 3/25 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
- Fiaz Ahmed became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in men's T20Is.[12]
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Musaddiq Ahmed 63 (39) Arun Yadav 3/12 (2 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Arun Yadav (Tan) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[citation needed]
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Asif Ali 33 (22) Sami Sohail 1/16 (4 overs) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kazim Somani (Mwi) made his T20I debut.
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Arun Yadav 84 (32) Asif Ali 1/10 (1 over) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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Aaftab Limdawala 68 (49) Sajid Liaqat 3/29 (3 overs) |
Sachin Mandy 50* (35) Aaftab Limdawala 4/23 (3.5 overs) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kennedy Nltunduwatha (Mwi) made his T20I debut.
- Aaftab Limdawala (Mwi) became the first player for Malawi to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.[citation needed]
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Aaftab Limdawala 27 (21) Rizwan Butt 6/9 (3.5 overs) |
Ahmer Bin Nasir 52* (28) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shashank Shukla (Bhr) made his T20I debut.
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Sachin Mandy 50 (40) Salum Jumbe 2/7 (2 overs) |
Ajith Augastin 56 (40) Sajid Liaqat 2/20 (3 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
- Raymond Francis (Tan) made his T20I debut.
3rd place play-off
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Musaddiq Ahmed 107 (53) Chisomo Tchale 2/36 (4 overs) |
Salim Nihute 56 (33) Shahid Afridi 3/15 (2 overs) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chisomo Tchale (Mwi) made his T20I debut.
- Musaddiq Ahmed became the first cricketer for Germany to score a century in men's T20Is.[citation needed]
- Shahid Afridi (Ger) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[citation needed]