Malawi women's national cricket team
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Affiliate member (2003)
 Cricket Malawi logo | ||||||||||
| Association | Cricket Malawi | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Mary Mabvuka | |||||||||
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| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2003) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Namibia at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone; 20 August 2018 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Mozambique at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone; 11 April 2025 | |||||||||
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| As of 11 April 2026 | ||||||||||
The Malawi women's national cricket team represents Malawi in women's cricket matches.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Malawi women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[5]
Malawi's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad).[6] Malawi finished fifth on the table with one win and four losses[7] and won the fifth place play-off against Lesotho by nine wickets.[8]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[9] The Malawi women's team are scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event when they play in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier group.[10]
Twenty20 International
International Match Summary — Malawi Women[11]
Last updated 11 April 2026
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 43 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20 August 2018 |
- Highest team total: 189/5 v Lesotho on 2 September 2023 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone. [12]
- Highest individual score: 74*, Lidia Dimba v Lesotho on 2 September 2023 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone. [13]
- Best individual bowling figures: 5/16, Triphonia Luka v Mozambique on 7 November 2019 at Saint Andrews International High School, Blantyre. [14]
T20I record versus other nations [11]
Records complete to WT20I #2722. Last updated 11 April 2026.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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 Botswana | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 August 2018 | |
 Brazil | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 June 2025 | |
 Cameroon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 |
 Kenya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 September 2023 | |
 Lesotho | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 August 2018 | 21 August 2018 |
| Mozambique | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 August 2018 | 6 November 2019 |
| Namibia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 August 2018 | |
 Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 June 2024 | |
 Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 May 2024 | |
 Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 August 2018 | |
 Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 June 2025 | |
 Uganda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 June 2024 | |
 Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 April 2026 | 9 April 2026 |
