The Malawian cricket team is the team that represents the country of Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

 in international cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

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History

In 2002 Malawi participated in the Africa Cup in which 10 nations took part. They came last in the group, losing all 4 matches.

They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

 in 2003. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/71.html Their international debut came the following year in the African affiliates championship, where they came fourth. They participated in the equivalent tournament in 2006, Division Three of the African region

World Cricket League Africa Region

The World Cricket League Africa Region or Africa World Cricket League is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the African Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in Africa...

 of the World Cricket League

World Cricket League

The ICC World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. All associate and affiliate members of the ICC are eligible to compete in the league system, which features a promotion...

, once again coming fourth. http://cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2002/TOURNAMENTS/AFRICACUP/about.shtml

In Oct 2009 Malawi hosted the WCL Africa Div 3 tournament, beating all participants to win the tournament. They were promoted to WCL Africa Div 2 for the next tournament in Benoni, SA. They struggled at this level, however, finishing last.

World Cricket League Africa Region

World Cricket League Africa Region

The World Cricket League Africa Region or Africa World Cricket League is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the African Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in Africa...

• 2006 (Division Three)
  2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three
  The 2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three was a cricket tournament in South Africa, taking place between 23 April and 28 April 2006...
  
  : 4th place
• 2008 (Division Three)
  2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three
  The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three was a cricket tournament in South Africa, taking place between 13 April and 18 April 2008...
  
  : 5th place
• 2009 (Division Three)
  2009 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three
  The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three was a cricket tournament in Malawi, taking place between 3 October and 7 October 2009...
  
  : 1st place
• 2010 (Division Two)
  2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two
  The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament held in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, took place between 23 April and 29 April 2010...
  
  : 6th place

Players

The 2009 Malawi Team:

DANISH JAKHURA

ZAFFAR SUKHERA

SHAILLENDRA JEENA

KARAMAT CHAUDRY

ISHTIYAK KHAN

ARJUN KALARIA

NASEEM CHAUDRY

TARIQ TARMAHOMED

AKBAR BHANA

FRANK ALICK

MUZAKKIR KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

MUSHAHIAD QURESHI

FARAZ JUNEJO