The Mozambique national cricket team is the men's team that represents Mozambique in international cricket. The team is administered by the Mozambican Cricket Association which became an affiliate member of International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003, and an associate member in 2017. Mozambique is also a member of the Africa Cricket Association. The Mozambique national cricket team has competed in the World Cricket League Africa Region, Cricket World Cup and the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship.
History Mozambique became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2003 and an associate member in 2017 when the affiliate status was scrapped.
50-over cricket
2003 Their international debut came the following year, when they played in the African Affiliates championship which was the first stage of qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. They would finish in 6th place after defeating only Rwanda.
2006 Mozambique, as a member of the African Cricket Association, competes in the World Cricket League Africa Region which is a 50 over competition for African countries that aren't full member of the ICC. For this edition, they competed in the third division as they drawn to meet Sierra Leone, Morocco and Rwanda. In the opening match against Sierra Leone, they scored a six wicket win after they bowled out the opposition for only 197. In return, Kaleem Shah top scored with 55 to give the team their first up victory. Kaleem Shah scored the first century of the tournament in the next game against Morocco to get the team to 275 from 50 overs. Morocco in return could only muster up a score of 196 with Shah being the best bowler. The final group game saw Mozambique win the match against Rwanda by 112 runs to finish on top of pool 2. In the semi-final, they took on Ghana and Zainul Patel dominated the bowling with 4 wickets to help in getting the team through to the final. In the final game of the tournament, top scorer Kaleem Shah top scored in the final with him scoring 77 in the 89 run victory to move Mozambique to the next division.
Division Two was held in Tanzania with five teams competing for a spot in Division 1. For Mozambique, they had to compete against Botswana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.
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 Mozambique and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches.
Mozambique played their first T20I on 6 November 2019, against Malawi, during the 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup; they lost by three wickets with two balls left.
Tournament history World Cricket League Division Five World Cricket League Division Five recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2008Group stage8/1251301Total1/1 –51301
World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three World Cricket League African Region Division Three recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2006Champions1/855000Total1/1 –55001
World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two World Cricket League African Region Division Two recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 20063rd place3/555000 20084th place4/652300Total2/3–107300
T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2021Round-robin4/541300 2022–23Round-robin3/875200 2024Round-robin3/653200Total3/3– 169700
Current squad
This lists all the players who were picked for 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated as of 24 October 2024.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Agostinho Navicha Right-handed Right-arm leg break Vieira Tembo Right-handed Right-arm medium Lourenco Salomone Right-handed Right-arm leg break Mario Manjate Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Francisco Couana Right-handed Right-arm medium Filipe Cossa Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Joao Huo Right-handed Right-arm medium Jose Joao Left-handed Left-arm medium Eugenio Azine Right-handed Right-arm leg break Manussur Algi Left-handed Left-arm medium Antonio Laice Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keeper Farruque Nhaduate Right-handed Bowlers Dario Macome Right-handed Right-arm medium Camate Raposo Right-handed Left-arm medium
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Mozambique
Last updated 7 June 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 50 22 25 1 2 6 November 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 222/4 v Eswatini on 13 September 2025 at Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns. Highest individual score: 126, Joao Hou v Lesotho on 2 June 2026 at Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns. Best individual bowling figures: 5/19, Francisco Couana v Cameroon on 3 November 2021 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.
Most T20I runs for Mozambique PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanFrancisco Couana 1,005 31.40 2019–2024Joao Huo 996 26.21 2019–2026Jose Bulele 772 25.73 2019–2026Filipe Cossa 550 26.19 2019–2024Vieira Tembo 397 15.88 2019–2026
Most T20I wickets for Mozambique PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanJoao Huo 53 15.24 2019–2026Jose Bulele 37 18.91 2019–2026Francisco Couana 36 19.94 2019–2024Camate Raposo 32 16.31 2022–2026Filipe Cossa 26 25.38 2019–2024
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #3942. Last updated 7 June 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Full Members 1 0 1 0 0 20 October 2024 vs Associate Members 3 0 3 0 0 6 November 2021 2 2 0 0 0 3 November 2021 3 November 2021 17 9 6 1 1 29 July 2022 29 July 2022 2 2 0 0 0 8 December 2022 8 December 2022 2 1 1 0 0 16 September 2022 2 December 2022 1 0 1 0 0 19 October 2024 3 3 0 0 0 2 June 2026 2 June 2026 9 1 7 0 1 6 November 2019 10 November 2019 1 0 1 0 0 1 December 2022 2 2 0 0 0 17 December 2023 17 December 2023 1 1 0 0 0 22 October 2024 22 October 2024 2 1 1 0 0 5 November 2021 9 December 2022 2 0 2 0 0 2 November 2021 2 0 2 0 0 18 September 2022
Other records For a list of selected international matches played by Mozambique, see Cricket Archive.
See also List of Mozambique Twenty20 International cricketers
References