Mexico national cricket team

Mexico
Nickname(s)Cricket Vultures
AssociationMexico Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainTarun Sharma
CoachJon Bonfiglio
ManagerJack Little
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
ICC regionAmericas
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I --- 46th (1-May-2021)
International cricket
First international19 March 2006 v Costa Rica at Ladyville, Belize
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Belize at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan; 25 April 2019
Last T20Iv.  Argentina at St. George's College Ground 1, Quilmes; 19 October 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 10 4/6
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I kit

As of 1 January 2024

The Mexican national cricket team represents the country of 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 both the time. In 2017, they became an associate member.[1]

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.

25 April 2019
08:00
Scorecard
Mexico 
108/9 (20 overs)
v
 Belize
112/6 (12.3 overs)
Pradeep Chandran 23 (28)
Aaron Muslar 3/18 (4 overs)
Bernan Stephenson 48 (27)
Rama Inampud 2/29 (4 overs)
Belize won by 4 wickets
Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan
Umpires: Supratim Das (Mex) and Kanti Lal Patel (Mex)
Player of the match: Bernan Stephenson (Blz)
  • Belize won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Mexico.

Grounds

Mexico national cricket team is located in Mexico
Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground
Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground
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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Mexico

Tournament history

ICC Americas Championship

  • 2011: Division 3 – 4th place
  • 2010: Division Four – Won

Central American Championship

  • 2006: 2nd place
  • 2007: Winners
  • 2009: 2nd place
  • 2015: 4th place[10]
  • 2019: 4th place

South American Championship

Easter Cup

  • Mar 2008: Did not participate
  • Dec 2008: 2nd place

The Volcano Cup

  • Dec 2021: 2nd place

Players

Records

International Match Summary — Mexico[15]

Last updated 19 October 2023

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 10 4 6 0 0 25 April 2019

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Mexico[19]

Player Runs Average Career span
Tarun Sharma 164 23.42 2019–2019
Shantanu Kaveri 114 22.80 2019–2019
Shashikant Hirugade 74 12.33 2019–2019
Jagdeesh Umanath 69 16.00 2019–2019
Revanakumar Ankad 23 17.00 2019–2019

Most T20I wickets for Mexico[20]

Player Wickets Average Career span
Luis Hermida 8 11.75 2019–2019
Shantanu Kaveri 6 11.66 2019–2019
Shashikant Hirugade 6 15.33 2019–2019
Revanakumar Ankad 5 35.60 2019–2019
Andrew Westphal 5 13.00 2019–2019

T20I record versus other nations[15]

Records complete to T20I #2322. Last updated 19 October 2023.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Argentina 3 0 3 0 0 3 October 2019
 Belize 1 0 1 0 0 25 April 2019
 Brazil 1 1 0 0 0 5 October 2019 5 October 2019
 Chile 2 1 1 0 0 4 October 2019 18 October 2023
 Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 0 26 April 2019 26 April 2019
 Panama 1 0 1 0 0 27 April 2019
 Peru 1 1 0 0 0 5 October 2019 5 October 2019

Other records

For a list of selected international matches played by Mexico, see Cricket Archive.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ Mexico at CricketArchive.com
  6. ^ a b "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. ^ Mexico City to host game with Belize at cricinfo.com
  8. ^ It's Hard to Belize, but the Mexico City Mariachis Host an 'International' at cricinfo.com
  9. ^ ICC Americas Division 3 Table Archived 23 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Central American Championship, Panama City, 2015" – Cricket Peru. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  11. ^ "2014 « Cricket Peru".
  12. ^ "CricHQ - Making cricket even better". CricHQ. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  13. ^ "SAC Mens Standings Table". CricHQ. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  14. ^ "SAC 2022 Men´s". CricClubs. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

Further reading

  • Mexico Cricket Association
  • Mexico all set for CAC 2019: ‘Cricket is one of the oldest modern sports here’
  • Cricket – The Mexico Way
  • Mexico: Cricket in the Land of the Aztecs
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