Malaysia national cricket team

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Malaysia
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Association Malaysian Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain Virandeep Singh [1]
Coach Bilal Asad
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member (1967)
ICC region Asia
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 25th 25th (2 May 2023)
One Day Internationals
World Cup Qualifier appearances7 (first in 1979 )
Best resultPlate competition, 1990 and 1994
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand at Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur; 24 June 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat; 13 April 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 79 46/30 (1 tie, 2 no results)
This year [4] 9 5/4 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 [lower-alpha 1] (first in 2023 )
Best resultGroup stage (2023)
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As of 13 April 2024

The Malaysia national cricket team represents the country of Malaysia in international cricket matches. The team is organised by the Malaysian Cricket Association which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1967. [5] [6]

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During the British colonial period, the Federated Malay States, Straits Settlements and Malaya cricket teams played regularly in Interport matches and against other visiting teams. Following Malaysian independence, the team's most frequent opponent has been Singapore in the Saudara Cup and Stan Nagaiah Trophy. Malaysia made its debut in ICC tournaments in the inaugural 1979 ICC Trophy, making regular appearances until ICC pathways were altered in the 2000s and hosting the 1997 ICC Trophy. Malaysia has regularly hosted Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments and finished runner-up in the 1998 ACC Trophy. In the World Cricket League the team reached as high as Division Three, subsequently being placed in the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.

History

Early days

Cricket has been played in what is now Malaysia since the 1880s. [7] Various teams represented Malaya, the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements, formed in 1884 by the British, Royal Selangor Club (RSC) is the first cricket club founded in present Malaysia (locally called a padang also in Singapore e.g. Padang, Singapore). The Singapore Cricket Club, a former affiliate of the Malayan Cricket Association, is the oldest cricket club in the region (founded in 1852).

The first recorded match was between Selangor and Malacca in 1887. The Selangor-Singapore series was played in 1891. Cricket in Johor was played in the early 20th century, but the first recorded cricketing event is the visit of the Australian team led by C. G. Macartney in 1927. Penang is another historical cricket venue in Malaysia where cricket has been played from British times. The Penang Sports Club was established in the early 1900s. On 6 June 1927 Malaya beat Australia by 39 runs to make history. Lall Singh became the first Malaysia-born Test player (played for India in their debut Test at Lord's against England in 1932).

After World War II, cricket grew in popularity, leading to the founding of the Malayan Cricket Association (MCA) in 1948. Regional cricket associations like Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore joined and in 1963, the MCA was renamed the Malaysian Cricket Association. In 1965, the independence of Singapore led its association to leave the MCA.

The first team to represent Malaysia was in 1970, three years after the MCA became an ICC associate member, [5] when it played an MCC side captained by Tony Lewis in a two-day match, losing by 230 runs. [8] The same year, Malaysia played the first Saudara Cup match against Singapore, drawing the three-day match. [9]

The Saudara Cup match continued annually, and in 1979 Malaysia participated in the first ICC Trophy, failing to progress beyond the first round, [10] a performance they repeated in 1982 [11] and 1986. [12] They reached the plate competition in 1990 [13] and 1994. [14]

1990s

The first Stan Nagaiah Trophy was played in Singapore in February 1995 with Singapore beating Malaysia 2–1 in the three-match one-day series. [15] After winning the Stan Nagaiah Trophy [16] and drawing the Saudara Cup match in 1996 [17] Malaysia hosted the first ACC Trophy tournament, finishing third in their first round group. [18]

Malaysia began to host major international tournaments in 1997, starting with the 1997 ICC Trophy in which Malaysia finished 16th after losing a play-off to Namibia. [19] They played one season in Pakistani domestic cricket in 1998, losing all four of their preliminary round matches. [20] Cricket made its first and, to date, only appearance in the Commonwealth Games later that year, with Malaysia hosting that year's games. The cricket tournament saw Malaysia participate as hosts though they lost all three of their first round matches. [21] They reached the final of the ACC Trophy that same year, losing to Bangladesh. [22]

21st century

2000–2017

In 2000, Malaysia reached the semi-final of the ACC Trophy before losing to hosts the UAE. [23] They failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2001 ICC Trophy [24] and lost to Nepal in the semi-finals of the 2002 ACC Trophy. [25]

Malaysia played their first first-class matches in 2004 as part of that year's ICC Intercontinental Cup. They lost to both Nepal and the UAE and failed to reach the semi-final stage of the tournament. [26] Malaysia hosted the ACC Trophy in 2004, which was the first stage of qualification for the 2005 ICC Trophy and the 2007 World Cup, finishing joint seventh with Bhutan. [27] They finished last in the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament in 2004, thus failing to qualify for the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. [28] They played in the tournament again in 2005, this time finishing third. [29]

In 2006, Malaysia competed in the ACC Premier League, finishing fourth. [30] They again hosted the ACC Trophy that year, again finishing seventh after beating Qatar in a play-off. [31]

Malaysia have played in the ACC Twenty20 Cup thrice. They did not win a match in 2007 [32] but finished seventh in 2009 after winning 3 Group B matches and a positional playoff against Saudi Arabia. [33]

In 2011, they finished sixth after winning 4 Group A matches and losing a positional playoff against the UAE.

In August 2017, Malaysia won two medals in cricket at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. They won the gold medal in the 50-over tournament and the silver medal in the 20-over tournament.

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Malaysia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [34]

Malaysia played their first T20I on 24 June against Thailand during the 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series. They recoded a comfortable win. [35]

24 June 2019
10:00
Scorecard
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113/8 (20 overs)
v
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114/5 (17 overs)
Naveed Pathan 37 (28)
Muhamad Syahadat 3/7 (4 overs)
Muhamad Syahadat 41* (32)
Mahsid Faheem 2/26 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 5 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Mathan Kumar (Mas)
Player of the match: Muhamad Syahadat (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Malaysia.


After April 2019, Malaysia will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. [36]

Grounds

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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within Malaysia

Tournament history

T20 World Cup Qualifier (Asia Regional Final)

World Cricket League

Commonwealth Games

ICC Intercontinental Cup

ICC Trophy

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

ACC Trophy

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Eastern Region T20

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Asian Games

Arafura Games

ACC U/19 Cup

Southeast Asian Games

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Malaysia [38]

Last updated 13 April 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals7946301224 June 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [38]

Records complete to T20I #2557. Last updated 13 April 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Full Members
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 101004 October 2023
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 6330015 December 202215 December 2022
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 440002 July 20222 July 2022
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1010011 May 2023
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1100026 July 202326 July 2023
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 10730020 February 202020 February 2020
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 110002 May 20232 May 2023
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 3300022 July 201922 July 2019
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 4300125 June 201925 June 2019
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1100030 July 202330 July 2023
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2011018 April 2021
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 10190013 July 201929 February 2020
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1010030 October 2023
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 6240029 March 202229 March 2022
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3110127 July 201916 December 2022
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1100013 April 202413 April 2024
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 9630026 July 201929 June 2022
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1100010 March 202410 March 2024
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 8800024 June 201924 June 2019
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 6330029 September 20192 October 2019

Other records

Performances by Malaysian cricketers in World Cricket League matches and ACC Premier League matches, as of 29 June 2014

Current players
NameMatchesRunsWickets
Ahmed Faiz5615050
Suhan Alagaratnam5414190
Shafiq Sharif5311660
Anwar Arudin416500
Suresh Navaratnam3637148
Hassan Ghulam3116936
Suharril Fetri3155225
Shahrulnizam Yusof293937
Khizar Hayat2946240
Aminuddin Ramly233466
Nasir Shafiq176328
Hamadullah Khan1615910
Mohammad Shukri16868
Pavandeep Singh8138
Notable former players
NameMatchesRunsWickets
Rakesh Madhavan309170
Eszrafiq Aziz1924023
Nik Arifin179517
Hiran Ralalage1416417
Dinesh Sockalingham128428
Damith Warusavithana101394
Hassan Mohammed93623

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Malaysia in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad. Updated as of 23 December 2022.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleFormsNotes
Batters
Virandeep Singh 25Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20ICaptain
Ahmad Faiz 36Right-handedRight-arm leg break One-day & T20I
Zubaidi Zulkifle24Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Mohamed Arief36Right-handedRight-arm medium T20I
Aslam Khan22Right-handedT20I
All-rounders
Syed Aziz 25Left-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20IVice-captain
Sharvin Muniandy 28Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Khizar Hayat 35Right-handedRight-arm off break One-day & T20I
Muhammad Amir22Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Muhamad Syahadat 30Right-handedRight-arm off break One-day & T20I
Wicketkeepers
Ainool Hafizs28Right-handedT20I
Syed Rehmatullah41Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Sidharth KarthikRight-handedOne-day
Spin Bowlers
Pavandeep Singh 26Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Vijay Unni 20Right-handedRight-arm off break One-day & T20I
Anwar Rahman 27Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Fitri Sham 30Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Pace Bowlers
Muhammad Wafiq 27Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Rizwan Haider37Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Syazrul Idrus33Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day

Tournaments

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Asia region from the 2023 edition.

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