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Wikipedia - Malta national cricket team
The Malta national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Malta in international cricket. The team is organised by the Malta Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998. and an associate member in 2017. A Maltese national team first played as early as 1891, when an XVIII of Malta played an English team on its way to a tour of Australia. The team was not revived until 1990, when it participated in the European Cricketer Cup in Guernsey. Since then, Malta has appeared regularly in European Cricket Council tournaments, generally in the lower divisions.
History
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 Malta and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.
Malta played its first official T20I against, Spain, on 29 March 2019 during the 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series. The match was played at La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain.
29 March 2019
15:30 Scorecard |
Malta
98/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Spain
99/3 (12.1 overs) |
Bikram Arora 28 (25)
Tom Vine 4/28 (4 overs) |
Yasir Ali 57 (40)
Jurg Hirschi 1/15 (2 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
- First ever T20I match for Malta.