| 2023 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 19–24 September 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Papua New Guinea won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series which took place in Malaysia in September 2023. [1] The participating teams were the hosts Malaysia, along with Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. [2] The venue for the series was the Bayuemas Oval in Klang. [3] Papua New Guinea won the series by remaining unbeaten in all of their matches. [4]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.482 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.819 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.974 |
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