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]
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| Nickname(s) | Cricket Vultures | |||||||||
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| Association | Mexico Cricket Association | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Naveen Nekkanti (NaveenMSD) | |||||||||
| Coach | Jon Bonfiglio | |||||||||
| Manager | Jack Little | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | 19 March 2006 v Costa Rica at Ladyville, Belize | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v.  Belize at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan; 25 April 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v.  Argentina at Sao Fernando Polo and Cricket Club, Itaguaí; 13 October 2024 | |||||||||
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| As of 13 October 2024 | ||||||||||
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
editMexico 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
editIn 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.
Grounds
edit- Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan
- Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground, Dos Ríos, Mexico
Honours
editDivision III- 4th place (2011)
Division IV- Champions: 1 (2010)
South American Cricket Championship
Champions: 2 (2014, 2018)
Runners-up: 1 (2019)
Central American Cricket Championship
Champions: 2 (2007, 2024)
Runners-up: 3 (2006, 2009, 2023)
Players
editRecords
editInternational match summary — Mexico[10]
Last updated 13 October 2024
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 April 2019 |
Twenty20 International
edit- Highest team total: 134/7 v Costa Rica on 26 April 2019 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan.[11]
- Highest individual score: 49*, Tarun Sharma v Panama on 27 April 2019 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan.[12]
- Best individual bowling figures: 4/16, Shashikant Hirugade v Brazil on 5 October 2019 at El Cortijo Polo Club, Lima.[13]
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Most T20I runs for Mexico[14]
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Most T20I wickets for Mexico[15]
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T20I record versus other nations[10]
Records complete to T20I #2906. Last updated 13 October 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| Argentina |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 October 2019 | |
| Belize |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 April 2019 | |
 Brazil |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 October 2019 | 5 October 2019 |
 Chile |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 October 2019 | 18 October 2023 |
 Costa Rica |
6 | 4 | 2 | 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
editFor a list of selected international matches played by Mexico, see Cricket Archive.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Mexico at CricketArchive.com
- ^ a b "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ Mexico City to host game with Belize at cricinfo.com
- ^ It's Hard to Belize, but the Mexico City Mariachis Host an 'International' at cricinfo.com
- ^ ICC Americas Division 3 Table Archived 23 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Records / Mexico / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
Further reading
edit- 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