Malaysia
AssociationMalaysian Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainVirandeep Singh[1]
CoachBilal Asad
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1967)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[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  Thailand at Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur; 24 June 2019
Last T20Iv  Singapore at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur; 2 November 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 70 41/26 (1 tie, 2 no results)
This year[4] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1[lower-alpha 1] (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage (2023)

T20I kit

As of 1 January 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]

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 series for 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 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
Thailand 
113/8 (20 overs)
v
 Malaysia
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

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

  • 2018: Did not participate
  • 2020: 3rd place

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Asian Games

  • 2010: Quarter-finals
  • 2014: Quarter-finals

Arafura Games

  • 2007: Silver medal

ACC U/19 Cup

  • 2014: 8th place

Southeast Asian Games

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Malaysia[38]

Last updated 2 November 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals7041261224 June 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[38]

Records complete to T20I #2344. Last updated 2 November 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Full Members
 Bangladesh101004 October 2023
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
 Bahrain4310015 December 202215 December 2022
 Bhutan440002 July 20222 July 2022
 Cambodia1010011 May 2023
 China1100026 July 202326 July 2023
 Hong Kong10730020 February 202020 February 2020
 Indonesia110002 May 20232 May 2023
 Kuwait2200022 July 201922 July 2019
 Maldives4300125 June 201925 June 2019
 Myanmar1100030 July 202330 July 2023
 Netherlands2011018 April 2021
   Nepal9180013 July 201929 February 2020
 Oman1010030 October 2023
 Papua New Guinea4130029 March 202229 March 2022
 Qatar3110127 July 201916 December 2022
 Singapore9630026 July 201929 June 2022
 Thailand8800024 June 201924 June 2019
 Vanuatu5230029 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
Name Matches Runs Wickets
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
Name Matches Runs Wickets
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.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms Notes
Batters
Virandeep Singh24Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOne-day & T20ICaptain
Ahmad Faiz35Right-handedRight-arm leg breakOne-day & T20I
Zubaidi Zulkifle23Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20I
Mohamed Arief35Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I
Aslam Khan22Right-handedT20I
All-rounders
Syed Aziz25Left-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20IVice-captain
Sharvin Muniandy28Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20I
Khizar Hayat34Right-handedRight-arm off breakOne-day & T20I
Muhammad Amir22Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOne-day & T20I
Muhamad Syahadat29Right-handedRight-arm off breakOne-day & T20I
Wicketkeepers
Ainool Hafizs27Right-handedT20I
Syed Rehmatullah40Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Sidharth KarthikRight-handedOne-day
Spin Bowlers
Pavandeep Singh25Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOne-day & T20I
Vijay Unni20Right-handedRight-arm off breakOne-day & T20I
Anwar Rahman27Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxT20I
Fitri Sham29Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxT20I
Pace Bowlers
Muhammad Wafiq27Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fastOne-day & T20I
Rizwan Haider36Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fastOne-day & T20I
Syazrul Idrus33Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day

Tournaments

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ ""Captain Marvel" Faiz steps down as Captain". Malaysia Cricket. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ↑ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. 1 2 Malaysia at CricketArchive
  6. ↑ "Cricket: Black Caps to play in Malaysia?". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Chaturvedi, Ravi (2013). "Malaysian Cricket Poised on the Cusp". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Scorecard of Malaysia v MCC, 7 March 1970 at CricketArchive
  9. ↑ Scorecard of Malaysia v Singapore, 4 September 1970 at CricketArchive
  10. 1 2 "ICC TROPHY, 1979: ENGLAND". cricinfo.com.
  11. 1 2 1982 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  12. 1 2 1986 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  13. 1 2 1990 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  14. 1 2 1994 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  15. ↑ 1995 Stan Nagaiah Trophy at CricketArchive
  16. ↑ 1996 Stan Nagaiah Trophy at CricketArchive
  17. ↑ Scorecard of Singapore v Malaysia, 16 August 1996 at CricketArchive
  18. 1 2 1996 ACC Trophy Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  19. 1 2 Scorecard of Malaysia v Namibia, 4 April 1997 at CricketArchive
  20. ↑ 1997/98 Wills Cup Points Table at CricketArchive
  21. ↑ 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament at CricketEurope
  22. 1 2 1998 ACC Trophy Archived 11 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  23. 1 2 2000 ACC Trophy Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  24. 1 2 2001 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  25. 1 2 2002 ACC Trophy Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  26. 1 2 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup at CricketEurope
  27. 1 2 3 Asian qualifying Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the official website of the 2005 ICC Trophy
  28. 1 2 3 2004 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table Archived 25 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Asian Cricket Council website
  29. 1 2 2005 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table Archived 25 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Asian Cricket Council website]
  30. 1 2 2006 ACC Premier League points table Archived 27 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Asian Cricket Council website
  31. 1 2 2006 ACC Trophy Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  32. ↑ CricketEurope, Accessed 14 May 2011
  33. ↑ CricketEurope, Accessed 14 May 2011
  34. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  35. ↑ "1st match, Malaysia Tri-Nation Series at Kuala Lumpur, Jun 24 2019". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  36. ↑ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  37. ↑ 2006/07 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 21 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  38. 1 2 "Records / Malaysia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  39. ↑ "Records / Malaysia / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  40. ↑ "Records / Malaysia / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  41. ↑ "Records / Malaysia / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  42. ↑ "Records / Malaysia / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo.
  43. ↑ "Records / Malaysia / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo.
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