2025 Malawi Quad Nations T20 Cup
| Dates | 5 – 12 July 2025 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Malawi |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Malawi |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 14 |
The 2025 Malawi Quad Nations Cup (Arjun Menon Memorial) is a men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament being held in Blantyre, Malawi from 5 to 14 July 2025.[1] Organised by Cricket Malawi, all the matches are taking place at the TCA Oval in Blantyre and is being played in a double round-robin format followed by a 3rd place play-off and final.[2] The event honours the late Arjun Menon, former head of cricket operations for Cricket Malawi.[1] According to the Malawi National Council of Sports, this tournament is "one of the most prestigious cricket events ever hosted in Malawi".[3] This is the first ever multi-team T20I tournament to be played in Malawi.[4]
Four teams are competing: hosts Malawi along with the national teams of Bahrain, Germany and Tanzania.[5] This was the first international assignment for Tanzania under their new head coach Salieg Nackerdien, whose son Imran Nackerdien had earlier coached the Tanzanian men's under-19 team to their first-ever Under-19 World Cup and the senior women's team to a title win at the 2025 Kwibuka T20 competition.[6]
On 4 July, a day before the tournament began, the schedule saw slight changes (including the game between Bahrain and Tanzania getting shifted from 5 July to 8 July) due to an equipment delay.[7]
Squads
| Bahrain[8] | Germany[9] | Malawi[10] | Tanzania[6] |
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Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Bahrain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2.607 |
| 2 | Tanzania | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.667 |
| 3 | Germany | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.413 |
| 4 | Malawi | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | −2.615 |
Fixtures
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Sami Sohail 68 (43)
Shahid Afridi 3/26 (4 overs) |
Kyle Klesse 38 (31)
Bright Balala 1/6 (1 over) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
- Trust Makaya, Salim Nihute (Mwi), Hassan Khan, Kyle Klesse and Jatinder Kumar (Ger) all made their T20I debuts.
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Arun Yadav 86 (64)
Daniel Jakiel 2/29 (4 overs) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
- Ajith Augastin, Acrey Hugo, Mukesh Suthar and Arun Yadav (Tan) all made their T20I debuts.
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Fayaz Khan 31 (16)
Rizwan Butt 3/25 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
- Fiaz Ahmed became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in men's T20Is.[12]
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Musaddiq Ahmed 63 (39)
Arun Yadav 3/12 (2 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Arun Yadav (Tan) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.
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Asif Ali 33 (22)
Sami Sohail 1/16 (4 overs) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kazim Somani (Mwi) made his T20I debut.
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Arun Yadav 84 (32)
Asif Ali 1/10 (1 over) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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Aaftab Limdawala 68 (49)
Sajid Liaqat 3/29 (3 overs) |
Sachin Mandy 50* (35)
Aaftab Limdawala 4/23 (3.5 overs) |
- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
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Aaftab Limdawala 27 (21)
Rizwan Butt 6/9 (3.5 overs) |
Ahmer Bin Nasir 52* (28)
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- Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shashank Shukla (Bhr) made his T20I debut.
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Sachin Mandy 50 (40)
Salum Jumbe 2/7 (2 overs) |
Ajith Augustin 56 (40)
Sajid Liaqat 2/20 (3 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
- Raymond Francis (Tan) made his T20I debut.
3rd place play-off
Final
References
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- ^ "MALAWI TO HOST QUAD NATIONS T20 CUP". Malawi National Council of Sports. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
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- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Kingdom seal 46-run victory over Germany". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Tanzania men's team off to Malawi for cricket challenge". Daily News. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ @cricketmalawi (5 July 2025). "🏏 FIXTURE UPDATE – QUAD NATIONS T20 CUP 🇲🇼🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "From the deserts of Bahrain to the heart of Africa! 🏏🇧🇭🦁 Ready to roar in Malawi & Rwanda. Game on!". Bahrain Cricket Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Cricket jenseits des Äquators – DCB-Herren spielen in Malawi" [Cricket beyond the equator – DCB men play in Malawi]. German Cricket Federation (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "🇲🇼 MALAWI SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT 🇲🇼". Cricket Malawi. Retrieved 1 July 2025 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Malawi) 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "🔥 RECORD BREAKER! 🔥". Cricket Malawi. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via Facebook.