Malawi's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad).[6] Malawi finished fifth on the table with one win and four losses[7] and won the fifth place play-off against Lesotho by nine wickets.[8]