2020 Interport T20I Series

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2020 Interport T20I Series
  Flag of Malaysia.svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg
  Malaysia Hong Kong
Dates 20 – 26 February 2020
Captains Ahmad Faiz [n 1] Aizaz Khan
Twenty20 International series
Results Malaysia won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Virandeep Singh (174) Kinchit Shah (101)
Most wickets Syazrul Idrus (8)
Khizar Hayat (8)
Aizaz Khan (8)
Player of the series Virandeep Singh (Mas)

The Hong Kong cricket team toured Malaysia in February 2020 to play a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series, known as the Interport T20 Series. [1] [2] All the matches were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur. [1] The series marked the return of the 154-year-old tradition of contests known as 'Interport' matches, a term historically used to refer to matches played between various British settlements in Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong and Malaysia (and the Malay states that preceded Malaysia). [3] The series was originally scheduled to be played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, but was cancelled in early February due to the coronavirus pandemic in China. [4] [5]

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Malaysia won the first three matches to give them an unassailable lead in the series. [6] The hosts went on to sweep the series 5–0. [7] Both teams went on to compete in the 2020 ACC Eastern Region T20 tournament (the first stage of qualification for the 2020 Asia Cup) which started a few days after the completion of the series. [8]

Squads

Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia [9] Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong [1]

T20I series

1st T20I

20 February 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
123/3 (16.3 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
61/8 (9 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 40 (39)
Kinchit Shah 1/15 (3 overs)
Shahid Wasif 26* (21)
Khizar Hayat 5/4 (2 overs)
Malaysia won by 21 runs (DLS method)
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Khizar Hayat (Mas)

2nd T20I

21 February 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
138/6 (19 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
103/8 (19 overs)
Virandeep Singh 46 (40)
Aizaz Khan 2/15 (4 overs)
Waqas Barkat 35 (29)
Pavandeep Singh 3/18 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 35 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Mathan Kumar (Mas)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.

3rd T20I

23 February 2020
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
152/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
144/7 (20 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 58 (46)
Haroon Arshad 4/12 (2 overs)
Waqas Khan 60 (47)
Syazrul Idrus 3/17 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Ahmad Faiz (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

4th T20I

24 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
167/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
154/7 (20 overs)
Virandeep Singh 50 (40)
Mohsin Khan 3/37 (4 overs)
Shahid Wasif 29 (25)
Pavandeep Singh 2/26 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 13 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)

5th T20I

26 February 2020
10:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
171/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
176/4 (18.3 overs)
Kinchit Shah 72 (46)
Syazrul Idrus 2/27 (4 overs)
Syed Aziz 50 (33)
Aizaz Khan 2/30 (3.3 overs)
Malaysia won by 6 wickets
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Kinchit Shah (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

  1. Virandeep Singh captained Malaysia for the fifth T20I.

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