Malaysia National Cricket Team

The team is organised by the Malaysian Cricket Association which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1967.

Malaysia

Association	Malaysian Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain	Virandeep Singh
Coach	Bilal Asad
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (1967)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever T20I 24th 24th (14 April 2024)
One Day Internationals
World Cup Qualifier appearances	7 (first in 1979)
Best result	Plate competition, 1990 and 1994
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Thailand at Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur; 24 June 2019
Last T20I	v  Hong Kong at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 17 April 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total 81 46/32 (1 tie, 2 no results) This year 11 5/6 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	Group stage (2023)
T20I kit
As of 17 April 2024

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.

Early days

Cricket has been played in what is now Malaysia since the 1880s. 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, when it played an MCC side captained by Tony Lewis in a two-day match, losing by 230 runs. The same year, Malaysia played the first Saudara Cup match against Singapore, 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 and 1986. They reached the plate competition in 1990 and 1994.

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

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. 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 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. They reached the final of the ACC Trophy that same year, losing to Bangladesh.

21st century

2000–2017

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

• Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
• Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
• Selangor Turf Club, Selangor
• Royal Selangor Club, Selangor
• UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi

 

 

Bayuemas

 

Kinrara

 

STC

 

RSC

 

UKM-YSD

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

T20 World Cup Qualifier (Asia Regional Final)

• 2023: Group stage

World Cricket League

• 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

Commonwealth Games

• 1998: First round

ICC Intercontinental Cup

• 2004: First round
• 2005: Did not qualify
• 2006/07: Did not participate

ICC Trophy

• 1979: First round
• 1982: First round
• 1986: First round
• 1990: Plate competition
• 1994: Plate competition
• 1997: 16th place
• 2001: First round
• 2005: Did not qualify

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

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

ACC Trophy

• 1996: First round
• 1998: Runners up
• 2000: Semi-finals
• 2002: Semi-finals
• 2004: 7th place
• 2006: 7th place
• 2008 Elite: 6th place
• 2010 Elite: 4th place
• 2012 Elite: 4th place
• 2014 Premier League Elite: 6th place

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Asia Cup Qualifier record
Year/Host	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2016	Did not participate
2018	Round robin	5/6	5	1	4	0	0
2022	Did not participate
Total	1/3	0 Titles	5	1	4	0	0

ACC Eastern Region T20

ACC Eastern Region T20 record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2018	Did not participate
Total	0/1	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ACC Twenty20 Cup

ACC Twenty20 Cup record
Host/ Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2007	Group stages	10/10	4	0	4	0	0
2009	Group stages	7/12	6	4	2	0	0
2011	Group stages	6/10	4	2	2	0	0
2013	Group stages	6/10	4	2	2	0	0
2015	Round robin	5/6	5	2	3	0	0
Total	2/3	0 Titles	23	10	13	0	0

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	Quarter-finals	5/9	2	1	1	0	0
2014	Quarter finals	5/9	3	2	1	0	0
2022	Did not participate
Total	2/3	0 Titles	5	3	2	0	0

Arafura Games

Arafura Games record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2007	Runners up	—	5	4	1	0	0
Total	1/1	0 Titles	4	2	2	0	0

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games record
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2023	Runners up	—	3	1	2	0	0
Total	1/1	0 Titles	3	1	2	0	0

International Match Summary — Malaysia

Last updated 17 April 2024

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 268/4 v. Thailand on 2 October 2023 at Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou.
• Highest individual score: 126, Syed Aziz v. Thailand on 2 October 2023 at Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou.
• Best individual bowling figures: 7/8 , Syazrul Idrus v. China on 26 July 2023 at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran.

T20I record versus other nations

Records complete to T20I #2571. Last updated 17 April 2024.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Full Members
Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	0	4 October 2023
Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Bahrain	6	3	3	0	0	15 December 2022	15 December 2022
Bhutan	4	4	0	0	0	2 July 2022	2 July 2022
Cambodia	1	0	1	0	0	11 May 2023
China	1	1	0	0	0	26 July 2023	26 July 2023
Hong Kong	11	7	4	0	0	20 February 2020	20 February 2020
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	0	2 May 2023	2 May 2023
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	0	22 July 2019	22 July 2019
Maldives	4	3	0	0	1	25 June 2019	25 June 2019
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	0	30 July 2023	30 July 2023
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	0	18 April 2021
Nepal	10	1	9	0	0	13 July 2019	29 February 2020
Oman	1	0	1	0	0	30 October 2023
Papua New Guinea	6	2	4	0	0	29 March 2022	29 March 2022
Qatar	4	1	2	0	1	27 July 2019	16 December 2022
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	0	13 April 2024	13 April 2024
Singapore	9	6	3	0	0	26 July 2019	29 June 2022
Tanzania	1	1	0	0	0	10 March 2024	10 March 2024
Thailand	8	8	0	0	0	24 June 2019	24 June 2019
Vanuatu	6	3	3	0	0	29 September 2019	2 October 2019

Other records

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

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 27 April 2024.

• Malaysia hosted the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in October.

• List of Malaysia Twenty20 International cricketers
• Malaysia national women's cricket team
• Malaya cricket team
• Federated Malay States cricket team
• Straits Settlements cricket team
• List of Malaysian Junior Cricketers