Mohammad Shukri Abdul Rahim usually known as Mohammad Shukri (born 6 October 1986) is a Malaysian

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er. A right-handed

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and left-arm orthodox spin bowler,CricketArchive profile
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since 2002.

Biography

Born in

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in th ...

in 1986, Mohammad Shukri first represented his country at Under-15 level, playing in the ACC Under-15 Trophy in

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in 2000. He also played in the ICC Under-17 Asia Cup in

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the same year, and played in the ACC Under-17 Asia Cup in

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in 2001. He made his debut for the Malaysian senior side in 2002, playing in the

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match against

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.Other matches played by Mohammad Shukri
at CricketArchive In 2003, he played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore before playing for Malaysia Under-19s in the Youth Asia Cup in

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. He made his first-class debut the following year, playing against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

and the

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in the

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.First-class matches played by Mohammad Shukri
at CricketArchive The same year, he also played for a Malaysia Cricket Association Invitation XI against England A and played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy, the Saudara Cup and in the

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against

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. In April 2005, he played for Malaysia Under-15s in the ACC Under-15 Cup in the

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, despite being 18 years old at the time. He played in the Saudara Cup match against Singapore later in the year, in addition to the ACC Under-19 Cup in

. He played twice for Malaysia in 2006, both times against Singapore. He played for Malaysia Under-19s against Sri Lanka Under-19s and England Under-19s in January 2007, though he was 20 at the time. After playing in that year's Saudara Cup match, he most recently represented his country at the ACC Twenty20 Cup in

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

in October 2007. He was a member of the Malaysian cricket team which claimed gold medal in the men's 50 overs tournament after defeating

by 251 runs in the finals at the

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. In April 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament, also in Malaysia.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shukri Rahim 1986 births Living people People from Kelantan Malaysian people of Malay descent Mohammad Shukri Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in cricket Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia