The Malaysia national cricket team is the team that represents the country of

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

international cricket International cricket matches are played between teams representing their nations, normally organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The main forms are Test matches, One-Day matches and Twenty20 matches. Most games are played ...

matches. They have been an associate member of the

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(ICC) since 1967.Malaysia
at CricketArchive

History

Early days

Cricket has been played in what is now Malaysia since the 1880s. Various teams represented

Malaya Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...

, the

Federated Malay States )Under God's Protection , capital = Kuala Lumpur1 , religion = Islam , legislature = Federal Legislative Council , type_house1 = State level , common_languages = , title_leader = Monarch , leader1 ...

and the

Straits Settlements The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore for more than a century, it was originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Comp ...

, formed in 1884 by the British,

Royal Selangor Club The Royal Selangor Club ( ms, Kelab Di-Raja Selangor) is a social club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, founded in 1884 by the British who ruled Malaya. The club is situated next to the ''Dataran Merdeka'', or Independence Square, ''padang'' (field), ...

(RSC) is the first cricket club founded in present Malaysia (locally called a padang also in Singapore e.g.

Padang, Singapore The Padang (Malay for 'field') is an open playing field located within the Downtown Core of the Central Area in Singapore. It includes the Padang Cricket Ground. The Padang is surrounded by several important landmarks, which include Sain ...

). The

Singapore Cricket Club The Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) is one of the premier sports and social clubs in Singapore. Its clubhouse is located on Connaught Drive on the south end of the Padang in Singapore's central business district. History The SCC was estab ...

, 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 Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

and

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...

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 Penang Sports Club is a private members sports club and cricket ground, established in the year 1936. It is located in the city of Georgetown covering a land area of about . The ground has hosted cricket matches for Malaya and then Malaysia. Se ...

was established in the early 1900s. On 6 June 1927 Malaya beat Australia by 39 runs to make history.

Lall Singh Lall Singh ( pa, ਲਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ, Lāla sigha; 16 December 1909 – 19 November 1985) was an early Indian Test cricketer. Cricket career Lall Singh, whose full name was Lall Singh Gill, was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya on 16 Decembe ...

became the first Malaysia born test player (played for India in their debut Test at

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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 The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early nineteenth century; however, evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed on the Island of Singapore in the 14th century. The last ruler of ...

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, when it played an MCC side captained by

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in a two-day match, losing by 230 runs. The same year, Malaysia played the first

Saudara Cup The Saudara Cup is an annual cricket match played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played since 1970, with the exception of 2013, when it was not held, and 2014, when the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Malaysia have won ...

match against

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, drawing the three-day match. The Saudara Cup match continued annually, and in 1979 Malaysia participated in the first ICC Trophy, failing to progress beyond the first round, a performance they repeated in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

1982 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo and

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

.1986 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo They reached the plate competition in

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1990 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo and

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.1994 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo

1990s

The first

Stan Nagaiah Trophy The Stan Nagaiah Trophy is an annual series of one-day cricket matches played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played annually since 1995, and is named in honour of Stan Nagaiah, a cricketer from Singapore in the 1950s who also often repr ...

was played in Singapore in February 1995 with Singapore beating Malaysia 2–1 in the three match one-day series. After winning the Stan Nagaiah Trophy and drawing the Saudara Cup match in 1996 Malaysia hosted the first

ACC Trophy The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but ha ...

tournament, finishing third in their first round group.1996 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope Malaysia began to host major international tournaments in 1997, starting with the

1997 ICC Trophy The Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 March and 13 April 1997. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh national ...

in which Malaysia finished 16th after losing a play-off to

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.Scorecard
of Malaysia v Namibia, 4 April 1997 at CricketArchive They played one season in Pakistani domestic cricket in 1998, losing all four of their preliminary round matches. Cricket made its first and, to date, only appearance in the

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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.1998 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament
at CricketEurope They reached the final of the ACC Trophy that same year, losing to

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.1998 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope

21st century

2000–2017

In 2000, Malaysia reached the semi-final of the ACC Trophy before losing to hosts the

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.2000 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope They failed to progress beyond the first round of the

2001 ICC Trophy The 2001 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Ontario, Canada in 2001. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Three spots in the World Cup were on offer and the Netherlands, host nation Canada ...

2001 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo and lost to

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

in the semi-finals of the 2002 ACC Trophy.2002 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope Malaysia played their first first-class matches in 2004 as part of that year's

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. They lost to both Nepal and the UAE and failed to reach the semi-final stage of the tournament.2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup
at CricketEurope Malaysia hosted the ACC Trophy in 2004, which was the first stage of qualification for the

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and the 2007 World Cup, finishing joint seventh with

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

.Asian qualifying
at the official website of the 2005 ICC Trophy They finished last in the

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament The ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a three-day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), contested between its top-ranking ICC associate members. It was played three times between 2004 and 2006, and then replaced by the ...

in 2004, thus failing to qualify for the

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.2004 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table
at

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website They played in the tournament again in 2005, this time finishing third.2005 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table
at Asian Cricket Council website] In 2006, Malaysia competed in the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, ACC Premier League, finishing fourth.2006 ACC Premier League points table
at Asian Cricket Council website They again hosted the ACC Trophy that year, again finishing seventh after beating

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in a play-off.2006 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope Malaysia have played in the

ACC Twenty20 Cup The ACC Twenty20 Cup was a 20-over cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The tournament did not include the ACC members who were full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) during the years in which it was h ...

thrice. They did not win a match in

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but finished seventh in

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after winning 3 Group B matches and a positional playoff against

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

. In

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, they finished sixth after winning 4 Group A matches and losing a positional playoff against

. In August 2017, Malaysia won two medals in

cricket at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games The cricket competitions at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur took place at Kinrara Oval in Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Mal ...

. 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

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

matches played between Malaysia and other

ICC members The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members. In the beginning, only countries within the Commonwealth could ...

after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. Malaysia played their first T20I on 24 June against

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during the

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

Grounds

Kinrara Academy Oval Kinrara Academy Oval was a cricket stadium located at Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Constructed in 2003, it hosted its first recorded match in 2005 when Bhutan Under-17s played Kuwait Under-17s in the Asian Cri ...

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Bayuemas Oval Bayuemas Oval is a cricket stadium located in Pandamaran, Klang, Malaysia. The first recorded match on this ground was in season 2004. The ground is designed and constructed by the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. It features like saucer for ...

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Selangor Turf Club Selangor Turf Club is a horse racing track located in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of three horse racing courses in the country; the other two are in Ipoh, Perak and Penang. History Selangor Turf Club was founded in 1896. For nearly ...

UKM-YSD Cricket Oval The National University of Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, abbreviated as UKM) is a public university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ...

Bangi Bangi may refer to: *Bangi (surname), an Indian surname * Bangi, Afghanistan * Bangi, Iran (disambiguation) *Bangi, Nepal *Bangi, Malaysia ** Bangi Komuter station, Malaysia * Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia * Bangi (federal constituency) Bangi is a fe ...

Tournament history

World Cricket League The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of t ...

* 2009 Division Six: Fourth place * 2011 Division Six: Second place – ''promoted'' * 2012 Division Five: Second place – ''promoted'' * 2012 Division Four: Fifth place – ''relegated'' * 2014 Division Five: Second place – ''promoted'' * 2014 Division Four: Champions – ''promoted'' * 2014 Division Three: Third place * 2017 Division Three: Sixth place – ''relegated'' * 2018 Division Four: Third place

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

: First round

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* 2004: First round *

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: Did not qualify * 2006/07: Did not participate

ICC Trophy The ICC World Cup Qualifier (previously called the ICC Trophy and officially known as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier) is a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that serves as the culmination of the Cricket World Cup qualifi ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

: First round *

: Plate competition *

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: 16th place *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

: First round *

: Did not qualify

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament The ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a three-day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), contested between its top-ranking ICC associate members. It was played three times between 2004 and 2006, and then replaced by the ...

* 2004: 5th place * 2005: 3rd place * 2006: 4th place

ACC Trophy The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but ha ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

: First round *

: Runners up *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: Semi-finals *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

: Semi-finals *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

: 7th place *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: 7th place * 2008 Elite: 6th place * 2010 Elite: 4th place * 2012 Elite: 4th place * 2014 Premier League Elite: 6th place

Asia Cup Qualifier

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: 5th place *

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: Did not qualify

ACC Eastern Region T20

: Did not participate *

: 3rd place

ACC Twenty20 Cup The ACC Twenty20 Cup was a 20-over cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The tournament did not include the ACC members who were full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) during the years in which it was h ...

: First round *

: 7th place *

: 6th place *

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: First round *

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: 5th place

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: Quarter-finals *

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: Quarter-finals

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: Silver medal

ACC U/19 Cup

* 2014: 8th place

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Malaysia ''Last updated 23 December 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 213/4 v.

on 2 July 2022 at

. * Highest individual score: 96,

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on 2 July 2022 at

, and Virandeep Singh v.

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

on 19 December 2022 at

. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/4 ,

Khizar Hayat Khizar Hayat Durrani (born 1 April 1989) is a Malaysian cricketer. He was a member of the Malaysian team during the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. In February 2020, he was named in Malaysia's Twenty20 International (T2 ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

on 20 February 2020 at

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. Most T20I runs for Malaysia Most T20I wickets for Malaysia T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1981. Last updated 23 December 2022.''

Other records

Performances by Malaysian cricketers in

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matches and

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matches, as of 29 June 2014 Centuries Nasir Shafiq – 151* vs Cayman Islands at Bayuemas Oval,

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on 7 March 2014 Rakesh Madhavan - 129 vs Hong Kong at KOCU Ground, Ahmadi City on 9 April 2010 Suresh Navaratnam - 115 vs Nepal at KOCH Ground, Ahmadi City on 7 April 2010 Rakesh Madhavan – 115* vs Botswana at Kallang Ground, Singapore on 3 September 2009 Suhan Alagaratnam - 107 vs Singapore at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 1 August 2008 Ahmed Faiz – 103 vs Guernsey at Kinrara Academy Ground, Kuala Lumpur on 10 March 2014 Rakesh Madhavan – 102* vs Tanzania at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur on 9 September 2012 Rakesh Madhavan - 101 vs Saudi Arabia at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 30 July 2008 Suhan Alagaratnam - 100 vs Saudi Arabia at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 30 July 2008 5 wicket hauls Dinesh Sockalingham - 6/39 vs U.A.E at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur on 29 July 2008 Nazril Rahman - 5/18 vs Oman at Sheikh Zayed Stadium,

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

on 6 October 2012 Anwar Rahman - 5/27 vs Maldives at

Sharjah Cricket Stadium The Sharjah Cricket Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشارقة للكريكيت) is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It holds the record for the most ODIs hosted in a venue with 240 ODIs up to December 2019. It was originally constructed in t ...

Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital o ...

on 7 October 2012 Eszrafiq Aziz – 5/36 vs Fiji at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 20 September 2011 Hassan Mohammed – 5/49 vs Botswana at Kallang Ground, Singapore on 3 September 2009 Shahrulnizam Yusof - 5/49 vs Italy at Indian Association Ground, Singapore on 25 June 2014 Khizar Hayat – 5/62 vs Jersey at Kinrara Academy Ground, Kuala Lumpur on 13 March 2014 Scorer Manogaran Manickam—Ex-Malaysian Cricket Player and Scorer

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Malaysia in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad. Updated as of 11 July 2022.

Tournaments

* Malaysia hosted the

2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three The 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket divisional tournament organised by International Cricket Council. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) and qualification for the 2019 World Cup. The top two teams in t ...

in October.

References

External links

Official website
{{National cricket teams Cricket in Malaysia National cricket teams

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Malaysia in international cricket

History

Early days

1990s

21st century

2000–2017

2018-Present

Grounds

Tournament history

World Cricket League The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of t ...

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

ICC Intercontinental Cup The ICC Intercontinental Cup was a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It was designed to allow Associate Members of the ICC the chance to play first ...

ICC Trophy The ICC World Cup Qualifier (previously called the ICC Trophy and officially known as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier) is a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that serves as the culmination of the Cricket World Cup qualifi ...

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament The ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a three-day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), contested between its top-ranking ICC associate members. It was played three times between 2004 and 2006, and then replaced by the ...

ACC Trophy The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but ha ...

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Eastern Region T20

ACC Twenty20 Cup The ACC Twenty20 Cup was a 20-over cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The tournament did not include the ACC members who were full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) during the years in which it was h ...

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

Arafura Games The Arafura Games is a unique, inclusive multi-sport event where athletes with a disability compete in the same program as able-bodied athletes. Competitors from around the world compete in the week-long games held every 2 years in Darwin, Northe ...

ACC U/19 Cup

Records and statistics

Twenty20 International

Other records

Current squad

Tournaments

See also

References

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