The 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup was a men's Twenty20 International/women's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket event between the men's and women's national cricket teams of Malawi and Mozambique. Both the men's and women's series consisted of seven T20I matches played between 6 and 10 November 2019 in Blantyre and Lilongwe, Malawi.[1] [2] The venue for the first four men's T20I matches was the Lilongwe Golf Club in Lilongwe, and these were followed by two matches at Indian Sports Club and one match at Saint Andrews International High School in Blantyre.[1] [3] All of the women's T20I matches were played at Saint Andrews International High School.[2] [4] Malawi won the men's series 5–1, and the women's series 4–3.[5] [6]
| Series Name: | 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup (men) |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Malawi.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Malawi |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Mozambique.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Mozambique |
| From Date: | 6 |
| To Date: | 10 November 2019 |
| Team1 Captain: | Mohamed Abdulla[7] |
| Team2 Captain: | Kaleem Shah |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 7 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 5 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Hamza Patel (137) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Francisco Couana (233) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Sami Sohail (14) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Zefanias Matsinhe (7) |
Both Malawi and Mozambique played their first matches with official T20I status, since the International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between men's national teams of Associate Members after 1 January 2019.[8] These were the first men's T20I matches to be played in Malawi. Four matches were played at Lilongwe Golf Club in Lilongwe, two at Indian Sports Club in Blantyre and one at Saint Andrews International High School in Blantyre.
| Series Name: | 2019 T20 Kwacha Cup (women) |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Malawi.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Malawi |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Mozambique.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Mozambique |
| From Date: | 6 |
| To Date: | 10 November 2019 |
| Team1 Captain: | Shahida Hussein |
| Team2 Captain: | Olga Matsolo |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 7 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 4 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Shahida Hussein (94) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Palmira Cuinica (145) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Triphonia Luka (14) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Christina Magaia (13) |
The women's series was played at Saint Andrews International High School in Blantyre.[2] Malawi played their first T20I matches since August 2018, and Mozambique last played in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa in May 2019. These were the first women's T20I matches to be played in Malawi.[9]