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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.[1][2]

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.

History

Early days

Cricket has been played in what is now Malaysia since the 1880s.[3] 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.[4] The same year, Malaysia played the first Saudara Cup match against Singapore, drawing the three-day match.[5]

The Saudara Cup match continued annually, and in 1979 Malaysia participated in the first ICC Trophy, failing to progress beyond the first round,[6] a performance they repeated in 1982[7] and 1986.[8] They reached the plate competition in 1990[9] and 1994.[10]

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

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

21st century

2000–2017

In 2000, Malaysia reached the semi-final of the ACC Trophy before losing to hosts the UAE.[19] They failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2001 ICC Trophy[20] and lost to Nepal in the semi-finals of the 2002 ACC Trophy.[21]

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.[22] 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.[23] They finished last in the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament in 2004, thus failing to qualify for the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[24] They played in the tournament again in 2005, this time finishing third.[25]

In 2006, Malaysia competed in the ACC Premier League, finishing fourth.[26] They again hosted the ACC Trophy that year, again finishing seventh after beating Qatar in a play-off.[27]

Malaysia have played in the ACC Twenty20 Cup thrice. They did not win a match in 2007[28] but finished seventh in 2009 after winning 3 Group B matches and a positional playoff against Saudi Arabia.[29]

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.[30]

Malaysia played their first T20I on 24 June against Thailand during the 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series. They recorded a comfortable win.[31]

24 June 2019
10:00
Scorecard
v
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.[32]

Grounds

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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 Asia Cup Qualifier record
Year/Host Round Position GP W L T NR
Template:Flagicon 2016 Did not participate
Template:Flagicon 2018 Round robin 5/6 5 1 4 0 0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon 2007 Group stages 10/10 4 0 4 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2009 Group stages 7/12 6 4 2 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2011 Group stages 6/10 4 2 2 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2013 Group stages 6/10 4 2 2 0 0
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon 2010 Quarter-finals 5/9 2 1 1 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2014 Quarter-finals 5/9 3 2 1 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2022 Quarter-finals 6/14 3 2 1 0 0
Total 3/3 0 Titles 8 5 3 0 0

Arafura Games

Arafura Games record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon 2023 Runners up — 3 1 2 0 0
Total 1/1 0 Titles 3 1 2 0 0

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Malaysia[34]

Last updated 2 May 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 102 57 41 1 3 24 June 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[34]

Records complete to T20I #3172. Last updated 2 May 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Full Members
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 4 October 2023
vs Associate Members
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 8 3 5 0 0 15 December 2022 15 December 2022
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 4 4 0 0 0 2 July 2022 2 July 2022
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 1 0 1 0 0 11 May 2023
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1 1 0 0 0 26 July 2023 26 July 2023
Template:Country data HK 16 8 8 0 0 20 February 2020 20 February 2020
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1 1 0 0 0 2 May 2023 2 May 2023
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 6 4 2 0 0 22 July 2019 22 July 2019
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 5 4 0 0 1 25 June 2019 25 June 2019
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 1 1 0 0 0 9 September 2024 9 September 2024
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 2 2 0 0 0 30 July 2023 30 July 2023
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 0 1 1 0 18 April 2021
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 10 1 9 0 0 13 July 2019 29 February 2020
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 1 0 1 0 0 30 October 2023
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 6 2 4 0 0 29 March 2022 29 March 2022
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 4 1 2 0 1 27 July 2019 16 December 2022
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 0 13 April 2024 13 April 2024
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 12 8 3 0 1 26 July 2019 29 June 2022
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1 1 0 0 0 10 March 2024 10 March 2024
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 10 10 0 0 0 24 June 2019 24 June 2019
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg 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

Current players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Ahmed Faiz 56 1505 0
Suhan Alagaratnam 54 1419 0
Shafiq Sharif 53 1166 0
Anwar Arudin 41 650 0
Suresh Navaratnam 36 371 48
Hassan Ghulam 31 169 36
Suharril Fetri 31 552 25
Shahrulnizam Yusof 29 39 37
Khizar Hayat 29 462 40
Aminuddin Ramly 23 346 6
Nasir Shafiq 17 632 8
Hamadullah Khan 16 159 10
Mohammad Shukri 16 86 8
Pavandeep Singh 8 13 8
Notable former players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Rakesh Madhavan 30 917 0
Eszrafiq Aziz 19 240 23
Nik Arifin 17 95 17
Hiran Ralalage 14 164 17
Dinesh Sockalingham 12 84 28
Damith Warusavithana 10 139 4
Hassan Mohammed 9 36 23

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 9 September 2024.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms Notes
Batters
Ahmad Faiz Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I
Zubaidi Zulkifle Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Aqeel Wahid Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I
Aslam Khan Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm off break T20I
Rajkumar Rajendran Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I
All-rounders
Syed Aziz Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Captain
Virandeep Singh Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Muhammad Amir Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Sharvin Muniandy Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Muhamad Syahadat Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day
Wicketkeeper
Ainool Hafizs Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed One-day & T20I
Spin Bowlers
Vijay Unni Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I
Khizar Hayat Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I
Pavandeep Singh Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Pace Bowlers
Muhammad Wafiq Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast One-day
Rizwan Haider Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Azri Azhar Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I

Tournaments

See also

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ a b Malaysia at CricketArchive
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  4. ↑ Scorecard of Malaysia v MCC, 7 March 1970 at CricketArchive
  5. ↑ Scorecard of Malaysia v Singapore, 4 September 1970 at CricketArchive
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  7. ↑ a b 1982 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  8. ↑ a b 1986 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  9. ↑ a b 1990 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  10. ↑ a b 1994 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  11. ↑ 1995 Stan Nagaiah Trophy at CricketArchive
  12. ↑ 1996 Stan Nagaiah Trophy at CricketArchive
  13. ↑ Scorecard of Singapore v Malaysia, 16 August 1996 at CricketArchive
  14. ↑ a b 1996 ACC Trophy Template:Webarchive at CricketEurope
  15. ↑ a b Scorecard of Malaysia v Namibia, 4 April 1997 at CricketArchive
  16. ↑ 1997/98 Wills Cup Points Table at CricketArchive
  17. ↑ 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament at CricketEurope
  18. ↑ a b 1998 ACC Trophy Template:Webarchive at CricketEurope
  19. ↑ a b 2000 ACC Trophy Template:Webarchive at CricketEurope
  20. ↑ a b 2001 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
  21. ↑ a b 2002 ACC Trophy Template:Webarchive at CricketEurope
  22. ↑ a b 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup at CricketEurope
  23. ↑ a b c Asian qualifying Template:Webarchive at the official website of the 2005 ICC Trophy
  24. ↑ a b c 2004 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table Template:Webarchive at Asian Cricket Council website
  25. ↑ a b 2005 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament points table Template:Webarchive at Asian Cricket Council website]
  26. ↑ a b 2006 ACC Premier League points table Template:Webarchive at Asian Cricket Council website
  27. ↑ a b 2006 ACC Trophy Template:Webarchive at CricketEurope
  28. ↑ CricketEurope, Accessed 14 May 2011
  29. ↑ CricketEurope, Accessed 14 May 2011
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