Mozambican cricket team in Eswatini in 2022

The Mozambican Cricket Association sent teams to Eswatini in July 2022 to play six men's Twenty20 International (T20I) and six Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.^[1] These were the first official T20I and WT20I matches to be played in Eswatini.^[2] The men's series was played at Malkerns Country Club Oval in Malkerns, with Mozambique winning 6–0 against a new-look Eswatini side.^[3] The women's series was played at Enjabulweni Cricket Ground in Manzini and was also won 6–0 by the tourists.^[4]

Men's series

Mozambique men's cricket team in Eswatini in 2022
	Eswatini	Mozambique
Dates	29 – 31 July 2022
Captains	Melusi Magagula	Filipe Cossa
Twenty20 International series
Results	Mozambique won the 6-match series 6–0
Most runs	Haris Rashid (102)	Jose Bulele (178)
Most wickets	Melusi Magagula (6)	Joao Hou (12)

Squads

Eswatini	Mozambique
Melusi Magagula (c) Buhle Dlamini Loyiso Dlamini Wandile Dlamini Mancoba Jele Siphesihle Kubheka Delisa Malinga Hamilton Nyakatawa Tahir Patel Eric Phiri Haris Rashid Musa Twala (wk) Lindinkosi Zulu (wk)	Filipe Cossa (c) Jose Bulele Frederico Carava Francisco Couana Santana Dima Last Emilio (wk) Gomes Gomes Joao Hou Jose Joao Zefanias Matsinhe Agostinho Navicha Lourenco Salomone Lourenco Simango Vieira Tembo (wk)

1st T20I

29 July 2022 09:00 Scorecard

Eswatini  123/8 (20 overs)	v	Mozambique 124/2 (15 overs)
Haris Rashid 38 (37) Joao Hou 2/21 (4 overs)		Francisco Couana 49 (31) Tahir Patel 1/20 (4 overs)

Mozambique won by 8 wickets Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns Umpires: Sumaila Muguaua (Moz) and Zia Uddin (Esw) Player of the match: Francisco Couana (Moz)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to bat.
• Buhle Dlamini, Loyiso Dlamini, Delisa Malinga, Hamilton Nyakatawa, Tahir Patel, Eric Phiri, Haris Rashid and Musa Twala (Esw) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

29 July 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Eswatini  59 (12.3 overs)	v	Mozambique 60/3 (10.5 overs)
Buhle Dlamini 10 (11) Zefanias Matsinhe 4/13 (3 overs)		Jose Bulele 26 (27) Mancoba Jele 2/19 (3 overs)

Mozambique won by 7 wickets Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns Umpires: Sumaila Muguaua (Moz) and Zia Uddin (Esw) Player of the match: Zefanias Matsinhe (Moz)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to bat.
• Wandile Dlamini (Esw) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

30 July 2022 09:00 Scorecard

Eswatini  61 (16.2 overs)	v	Mozambique 64/2 (7.2 overs)
Haris Rashid 30 (43) Joao Hou 4/11 (4 overs)		Francisco Couana 17* (16) Haris Rashid 1/12 (2 overs)

Mozambique won by 8 wickets Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns Umpires: Sumaila Muguaua (Moz) and Zia Uddin (Esw) Player of the match: Joao Hou (Moz)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to bat.

4th T20I

30 July 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Mozambique  190/5 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 95 (18.2 overs)
Gomes Gomes 52 (31) Melusi Magagula 3/33 (4 overs)		Lindinkosi Zulu 20 (30) Joao Hou 3/16 (3 overs)

Mozambique won by 95 runs Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns Umpires: Sumaila Muguaua (Moz) and Zia Uddin (Esw) Player of the match: Joao Hou (Moz)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

31 July 2022 09:00 Scorecard

Mozambique  207/5 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 113/8 (20 overs)
Filipe Cossa 68 (29) Haris Rashid 2/26 (4 overs)		Hamilton Nyakatawa 28 (53) Jose Bulele 3/22 (3 overs)

Mozambique won by 94 runs Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns Umpires: Sumaila Muguaua (Moz) and Zia Uddin (Esw) Player of the match: Jose Bulele (Moz)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jose Joao (Moz) made his T20I debut.

6th T20I

31 July 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Mozambique  164/6 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 121 (19.1 overs)
Gomes Gomes 37 (30) Delisa Malinga 4/28 (4 overs)		Melusi Magagula 21* (16) Jose Bulele 3/25 (4 overs)

Mozambique won by 43 runs Malkerns Country Club Oval, Malkerns Umpires: Sumaila Muguaua (Moz) and Zia Uddin (Esw) Player of the match: Jose Bulele (Moz)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
• Lourenco Salomone (Moz) made his T20I debut.

Women's series

Mozambique women's cricket team in Eswatini in 2022
	Eswatini	Mozambique
Dates	29 – 31 July 2022
Captains	Ntombizonke Mkhatshwa[n 1]	Palmira Cuinica[n 2]
Twenty20 International series
Results	Mozambique won the 6-match series 6–0
Most runs	Mbali Dlamini (41)	Palmira Cuinica (167)
Most wickets	Mbali Dlamini (6)	Dalciesia Duvane (9) Palmira Cuinica (9)

Squads

Eswatini	Mozambique
Ntombizonke Mkhatshwa (c) Dumsile Dlamini Mbali Dlamini Njabuliso Dlamini Phindo Dlamini (wk) Winile Ginindza Siphesihle Khoza Nombuso Khumalo Nokulunga Mabuza Nomvuyo Magagula Mawilsia May Ntombizodwa Mkhatshwa Zakithi Mkhwanazi Nonduduzo Nyoni Bathobile Shongwe (wk) Lihle Thobela	Olga Matsolo (c) Isabel Chuma Palmira Cuinica (wk) Dalciesia Duvana Raquel Duvane (wk) Sheila Guambe Fatima Guirrugo Ruth Liasse Isabel Mabunda Cristina Magaia Abelina Moiane Sochana Mujovo Irene Mulhovo Amelia Mundundo Angelica Salomao Fernanda Arlinda Zavala

1st WT20I

29 July 2022 09:00 Scorecard

Mozambique  169/4 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 41 (14.2 overs)
Palmira Cuinica 67 (58) Winile Ginindza 1/15 (2 overs)		Ntombizodwa Mkhatshwa 11 (20) Cristina Magaia 3/7 (4 overs)

Mozambique won by 128 runs Enjabulweni Cricket Ground, Manzini Umpires: Zenzele Mazibuko (Esw) and Bernardo Simango (Moz) Player of the match: Palmira Cuinica (Moz)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
• Njabuliso Dlamini, Zakithi Mkhwanazi (Esw), Dalciesia Duvana, Raquel Duvane, Abelina Moiane and Irene Mulhovo (Moz) all made their WT20I debuts.

2nd WT20I

29 July 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Eswatini  70/9 (20 overs)	v	Mozambique 72/1 (7.2 overs)
Winile Ginindza 7 (17) Olga Matsolo 3/9 (4 overs)		Palmira Cuinica 22 (13) Ntombizonke MKhatshwa 1/18 (3 overs)

Mozambique won by 9 wickets Enjabulweni Cricket Ground, Manzini Umpires: Zenzele Mazibuko (Esw) and Bernardo Simango (Moz) Player of the match: Olga Matsolo (Moz)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
• Nonduduzo Nyoni (Esw) and Ruth Liasse (Moz) both made their WT20I debuts.

3rd WT20I

30 July 2022 09:00 Scorecard

Mozambique  157/2 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 52 (13 overs)
Fatima Guirrugo 59* (65) Mbali Dlamini 1/21 (4 overs)		Mbali Dlamini 15 (17) Palmira Cuinica 3/8 (4 overs)

Mozambique won by 105 runs Enjabulweni Cricket Ground, Manzini Umpires: Zenzele Mazibuko (Esw) and Bernardo Simango (Moz) Player of the match: Palmira Cuinica (Moz)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
• Siphesihle Khoza (Esw), Isabel Mabunda and Amelia Mundundo (Moz) all made their WT20I debuts.

4th WT20I

30 July 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Mozambique  219/4 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 48/5 (14.4 overs)
Fatima Guirrugo 68* (68) Ntombizonke Mkhatshwa 2/31 (4 overs)		Mbali Dlamini 12 (22) Dalciesia Duvane 1/3 (1.4 overs)

Mozambique won by 107 runs (DLS method) Enjabulweni Cricket Ground, Manzini Umpires: Zenzele Mazibuko (Esw) and Bernardo Simango (Moz) Player of the match: Fatima Guirrugo (Moz)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due ro rain.
• Bathobile Shongwe (Esw) and Fernanda Arlinda Zavala (Moz) both made their WT20I debuts.

5th WT20I

31 July 2022 09:00 Scorecard

Eswatini  82/9 (20 overs)	v	Mozambique 84/7 (13.3 overs)
Nomvuyo Magagula 10 (27) Fatima Guirrugo 2/8 (2 overs)		Abelina Moiane 20 (26) Mbali Dlamini 3/26 (4 overs)

Mozambique won by 3 wickets Enjabulweni Cricket Ground, Manzini Umpires: Zenzele Mazibuko (Esw) and Bernardo Simango (Moz) Player of the match: Cristina Magaia (Moz)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to bat.
• Lihle Thobela (Esw) and Sochana Mujovo (Moz) both made their WT20I debuts.

6th WT20I

31 July 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Eswatini  62/8 (20 overs)	v	Mozambique 63/3 (9 overs)
Phindo Dlamini 14* (20) Amelia Mundundo 3/14 (4 overs)		Irene Mulhovo 17 (19) Zakithi Mkhwanazi 2/4 (1 over)

Mozambique won by 7 wickets Enjabulweni Cricket Ground, Manzini Umpires: Zenzele Mazibuko (Esw) and Bernardo Simango (Moz) Player of the match: Amelia Mundundo (Moz)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

References

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (men's)
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (women's)