Henriques was born in Madeira, the Portuguese island to the west of Morocco, which is also the birthplace of the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. His family relocated to Australia when he was a young child and he enjoyed a long professional career with New South Wales and the Sydney Sixers. He also won 44 international caps, the most recent of which was five years ago.
Portugal sit 37th in the ICC’s men’s T20I rankings and will face Israel, Germany, Greece and Czechia in Group B of the T20 World Cup Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier C between August 14 and 20. The group winner will then play the winner of Group A in the final on August 21.
The overall winner of the qualifier will join Scotland, Jersey and Denmark in the European regional final, and the top two teams from that event will then progress to the global qualifier as they aim to reach the 2028 T20 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Portugal squad: Moises Henriques (capt), Craig Cachopa, Edward Fleming, Christopher de Freitas, Rahulkumar Hashu, Siraj Ullah Khadem, Hardeep Khuttan, Jeremy Martins, Dhavalkumar Norotam (wk), Jordan Netto, Carlos Nunes, Sebastian de Oliveira, Upen Shantu, Cameron Shekleton
Portugal fixtures: vs Israel (August 14), vs Germany (August 15), vs Greece (August 17), vs Czechia (August 20), Final (August 21)
