Malaysia national cricket team

Malaysia
Malaysia
Personnel
Captain Ahmed Faiz
Coach Sampath Perera
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member (1967)
ICC region Asia
WCL Four
International cricket
First international 7 March 1970 v MCC at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
One Day Internationals
World Cup Qualifier Appearances 7 (first in 1979)
Best result Plate competition, 1990 and 1994

One-day kit

As of 29 March 2010

The Malaysia national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Malaysia in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1967.[1][2]

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 will be a full T20I.[3]

History

Early days

Cricket has been played in what is now Malaysia since the 1880s.[4] 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,[1] when it played an MCC side captained by Tony Lewis in a two-day match, losing by 230 runs.[5] The same year, Malaysia played the first Saudara Cup match against Singapore, drawing the three-day match.[6]

The Saudara Cup match continued annually, and in 1979 Malaysia participated in the first ICC Trophy, failing to progress beyond the first round,[7] a performance they repeated in 1982[8] and 1986.[9] They reached the plate competition in 1990[10] and 1994.[11]

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.[12] After winning the Stan Nagaiah Trophy[13] and drawing the Saudara Cup match in 1996[14] Malaysia hosted the first ACC Trophy tournament, finishing third in their first round group.[15]

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.[16] They played one season in Pakistani domestic cricket in 1998, losing all four of their preliminary round matches.[17] 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.[18] They reached the final of the ACC Trophy that same year, losing to Bangladesh.[19]

21st century

2000–2009

In 2000, Malaysia reached the semi-final of the ACC Trophy before losing to hosts the UAE.[20] They failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2001 ICC Trophy[21] and lost to Nepal in the semi-finals of the 2002 ACC Trophy.[22]

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.[23] 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.[24] They finished last in the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament in 2004, thus failing to qualify for the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[25] They played in the tournament again in 2005, this time finishing third.[26]

In 2006, Malaysia competed in the ACC Premier League, finishing fourth.[27] They again hosted the ACC Trophy that year, again finishing seventh after beating Qatar in a play-off.[28]

Malaysia have played in the ACC Twenty20 Cup thrice. They did not win a match in 2007[29] but finished seventh in 2009 after winning 3 Group B matches and a positional playoff against Saudi Arabia.[30]

2010–present

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.

Grounds

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

Tournament history

World Cricket League

Commonwealth Games

ICC Intercontinental Cup

ICC Trophy

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

ACC Trophy

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Asian Games

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

ACC U/19 Cup

  • 2014: 8th place

Records and statistics

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

Centuries

Nasir Shafiq – 151* vs Cayman Islands at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur 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 on 6 October 2012

Anwar Rahman - 5/27 vs Maldives at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 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

Tournaments

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Malaysia at CricketArchive
  2. ↑ "Cricket: Black Caps to play in Malaysia?". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Chaturvedi, Ravi (2013). "Malaysian Cricket Poised on the Cusp". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Scorecard of Malaysia v MCC, 7 March 1970 at CricketArchive
  6. ↑ Scorecard of Malaysia v Singapore, 4 September 1970 at CricketArchive
  7. 1 2 "ICC TROPHY, 1979: ENGLAND". cricinfo.com.
  8. 1 2 1982 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  9. 1 2 1986 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  10. 1 2 1990 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  11. 1 2 1994 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  12. ↑ 1995 Stan Nagaiah Trophy at CricketArchive
  13. ↑ 1996 Stan Nagaiah Trophy at CricketArchive
  14. ↑ Scorecard of Singapore v Malaysia, 16 August 1996 at CricketArchive
  15. 1 2 1996 ACC Trophy Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  16. 1 2 Scorecard of Malaysia v Namibia, 4 April 1997 at CricketArchive
  17. ↑ 1997/98 Wills Cup Points Table at CricketArchive
  18. ↑ 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament at CricketEurope
  19. 1 2 1998 ACC Trophy Archived 11 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  20. 1 2 2000 ACC Trophy Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  21. 1 2 2001 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  22. 1 2 2002 ACC Trophy Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  23. 1 2 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup at CricketEurope
  24. 1 2 3 Asian qualifying Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. at the official website of the 2005 ICC Trophy
  25. 1 2 3 2004 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table Archived 25 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. at Asian Cricket Council website
  26. 1 2 2005 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table Archived 25 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. at Asian Cricket Council website]
  27. 1 2 2006 ACC Premier League points table Archived 27 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at Asian Cricket Council website
  28. 1 2 2006 ACC Trophy Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  29. ↑ CricketEurope, Accessed 14 May 2011
  30. ↑ CricketEurope, Accessed 14 May 2011
  31. ↑ 2006/07 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 21 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
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