Mexico national cricket team
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The Mexican national cricket team represents Mexico in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2004.[5] Their international debut was in 2006 against Costa Rica. The team made their ICC Americas Championship debut in June 2010 and in 2011 participated in the ICC Americas Division 3 tournament in Costa Rica. Mexico has also participated in the South American Championship in 2014 and 2018, winning the title on both occasions. In 2017, they became an associate member of the ICC.[1]
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| Nickname | Cricket Vultures | |||||||||
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| Association | Mexico Cricket Association | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Shantanu Kaveri | |||||||||
| Coach | Jon Bonfiglio | |||||||||
| Manager | Jack Little | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | 19 March 2006 v Costa Rica at Ladyville, Belize | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v.  Belize at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan; 25 April 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v.  Peru at Los Pinos Polo Club Field 1, Cundinamarca; 8 August 2026 | |||||||||
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| As of 8 August 2026 | ||||||||||
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[6]
History
Mexico became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2004. Their first international match was played on 19 March 2006 in the Central American Cricket Championship against Costa Rica who they beat. Prior to this there had been teams based in Mexico City that had played against Belize but these were not recognised as international fixtures.[7][8] Having beaten Costa Rica in the tournament they then lost to Belize finishing second.
In 2007, Mexico hosted the Central American Cricket Championship and won it by defeating Costa Rica and El Salvador.
In 2008, Mexico travelled to El Salvador to take part in the 2nd Easter Cup. They finished second, losing to Belize but winning easily against El Salvador.
Mexico took part in the 3rd Central American Championship in 2009 in Panama under the new Twenty20 format. Mexico performed well in the tournament, winning all but one of their matches and even defeating close rivals Belize in a close fought match. As a result, they finished 2nd in the tournament.
In 2011, Mexico competed in the ICC Division 3 Americas tournament in Costa Rica finishing in 4th place.[9]
In 2012, a youthful Mexico team participated in the 4th Volcano Cup in El Salvador finishing runners up to the hosts after defeating Guatemala.
2018-present
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[6]
Mexico played their first ever Twenty20 International match against Belize in the 2019 Central American Cricket Championship.
Grounds
- Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan
- Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground, Dos Ríos, Mexico
Tournament history
T20 Americas Sub-regional Qualifiers
| T20 World Cup Americas Sub-regional Qualifiers records | |||||||
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| Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
 2018 | Did not participate | ||||||
 2023 | |||||||
| 2024 | Round-robin | 6/9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
 2026 | Round-robin | 4/4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/4 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
South American Championship
| South American Cricket Championship records | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | ||||||||
| 1995[10] | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||
| 1997[11] | |||||||||||||||
| 1999[12] | |||||||||||||||
| 2000[13] | |||||||||||||||
| 2002[14] | |||||||||||||||
 2004[15] | |||||||||||||||
| 2007[16] | |||||||||||||||
 2009[17] | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Champions | Records not available | |||||||||||||
| 2015[18] | Round-robin | 4/6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2016[19] | Round-robin | 6/6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2017[20] | Round-robin | 6/7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
 2018 | Champions | 1/8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Runners-up | 2/7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Round-robin | 4/7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2023 | Semi-finals | 4/8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2024 | Play-offs | 4/8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2025 | Champions | 1/6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2026 | Qualified | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 3 Titles | 11/20 | 51 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
Central American Championship
| Central American Championship records | ||||||||
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| Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2001 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2006 | Runners-up | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 2007 | Champions | 1/3 | Records not available | |||||
 2009 | Runners-up | 2/5 | Records not available | |||||
 2015 | 3rd place | 3/6 | Records not available | |||||
| 2019 | Round-robin | 4/5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Runners-up | 2/5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Champions | 1/2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Champions | 1/4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Did not participate | |||||||
| Total[a] | 3 Titles | 8/10 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
Other tournaments
| ICC Americas Championship |
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Current squad
Updated as on 17 April 2025
This lists all the active players who played for Mexico in the 2025 Men's Central American Championship.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Last T20I | Note(s) |
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| Kashigoud Patil | 36 | Right-handed | N/a | 2025 | |
| Puneet Arora | 40 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |  2024 | |
| Rupesh Singh | 38 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | |
| Anurag Tripathi | 39 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | |
| Praveen Santhanakrishnan | 39 | Right-handed | N/a | 2025 | |
| Jagdeesh Umanath | 44 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | |
| Sanjay Wagh | 36 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2025 | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Shantanu Kaveri | 47 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | Captain |
| Shashikant Laxman | 45 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | Vice-captain |
| Revanakumar Ankad | 48 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |  2025 | |
| Devjani Mutreja | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | |
| Dhananjaya Panda | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2025 | |
| Luis Hermida | 43 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2025 | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Rohit Poojary | 37 | Right-handed | N/a | 2025 | |
| Kaushal Kumar | 47 | Right-handed | N/a | 2025 | |
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| Yashvanth Jasti | 30 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2024 | |
| Pradeep Mohanarangam | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | |
| Shoaib Rafiq | 37 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | |
| Pratik Singh Bais | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2025 | |
Records
International match summary — Mexico[21]
Last updated 8 August 2026
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 44 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 25 April 2019 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 204/5 v Costa Rica on 2 April 2026 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan.[22]
- Highest individual score: 73, Amir Butt v Costa Rica on 2 April 2026 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan.[23]
- Best individual bowling figures: 6/14, Pratik Singh Bais v Costa Rica on 14 April 2024 at Los Reyes Polo Club, Guácima.[24]
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Most T20I runs for Mexico[25]
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Most T20I wickets for Mexico[26]
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T20I record versus other nations[21]
Records complete to T20I #4062. Last updated 8 August 2026.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Argentina | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 October 2019 | |
| Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 December 2024 | |
| Belize | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 April 2019 | |
 Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 December 2024 | |
| Brazil | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2019 | 5 October 2019 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 December 2024 | |
| Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 October 2019 | 18 October 2023 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 April 2019 | 26 April 2019 |
| Panama | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 April 2019 | |
| Peru | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2019 | 5 October 2019 |
 Suriname | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 April 2025 | 18 April 2025 |
Other records
For a list of selected international matches played by Mexico, see Cricket Archive.
See also
Notes
- Complete records of some tournaments are unavailable.