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| Association | Malaysian Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Syed Aziz | |||||||||
| Coach | Suresh Navaratnam | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (1967) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 7 (first in1979) | |||||||||
| Best result | Plate competition,1990 and1994 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Thailand atKinrara Oval,Kuala Lumpur; 24 June 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Bahrain atBayuemas Oval,Pandamaran; 25 November 2025 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1[a] (first in2023) | |||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 25 November 2025 | ||||||||||
TheMalaysia national cricket team represents the country ofMalaysia ininternational cricket matches. The team is organised by theMalaysian Cricket Association which has been anassociate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) since 1967.[4][5]
During the British colonial period, theFederated Malay States,Straits Settlements andMalaya cricket teams played regularly inInterport matches and against other visiting teams. Following Malaysian independence, the team's most frequent opponent has beenSingapore in theSaudara Cup andStan Nagaiah Trophy. Malaysia made its debut in ICC tournaments in the inaugural1979 ICC Trophy, making regular appearances until ICC pathways were altered in the 2000s and hosting the1997 ICC Trophy. Malaysia has regularly hostedAsian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments and finished runner-up in the1998 ACC Trophy. In theWorld Cricket League the team reached as high asDivision Three, subsequently being placed in theICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.
Cricket has been played in what is now Malaysia since the 1880s.[6] Various teams representedMalaya, theFederated Malay States and theStraits 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). TheSingapore 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 betweenSelangor andMalacca 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 byC. G. Macartney in 1927. Penang is another historical cricket venue in Malaysia where cricket has been played from British times. ThePenang 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 atLord's against England in 1932).
After World War II, cricket grew in popularity, leading to the founding of theMalayan 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, theindependence 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,[4] when it played anMCC side captained byTony Lewis in a two-day match, losing by 230 runs.[7] The same year, Malaysia played the firstSaudara Cup match againstSingapore, drawing the three-day match.[8]
The Saudara Cup match continued annually, and in 1979 Malaysia participated in thefirst ICC Trophy, failing to progress beyond the first round,[9] a performance they repeated in1982[10] and1986.[11] They reached the plate competition in1990[12] and1994.[13]
The firstStan Nagaiah Trophy was played in Singapore in February 1995 with Singapore beating Malaysia 2–1 in the three-match one-day series.[14] After winning the Stan Nagaiah Trophy[15] and drawing the Saudara Cup match in 1996[16] Malaysia hosted the firstACC Trophy tournament, finishing third in their first round group.[17]
Malaysia began to host major international tournaments in 1997, starting with the1997 ICC Trophy in which Malaysia finished 16th after losing a play-off toNamibia.[18] They played one season in Pakistani domestic cricket in 1998, losing all four of their preliminary round matches.[19] Cricket made its first and, to date, only appearance in theCommonwealth Games later that year, with Malaysia hostingthat year's games. Thecricket tournament saw Malaysia participate as hosts though they lost all three of their first round matches.[20] They reached the final of the ACC Trophy that same year, losing toBangladesh.[21]
In 2000, Malaysia reached the semi-final of the ACC Trophy before losing to hosts theUAE.[22] They failed to progress beyond the first round of the2001 ICC Trophy[23] and lost toNepal in the semi-finals of the 2002 ACC Trophy.[24]
Malaysia played their firstfirst-class matches in 2004 as part of that year'sICC Intercontinental Cup. They lost to both Nepal and the UAE and failed to reach the semi-final stage of the tournament.[25] Malaysia hosted the ACC Trophy in 2004, which was the first stage of qualification for the2005 ICC Trophy and the2007 World Cup, finishing joint seventh withBhutan.[26] They finished last in theACC Fast Track Countries Tournament in 2004, thus failing to qualify for the2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[27] They played in the tournament again in 2005, this time finishing third.[28]
In 2006, Malaysia competed in theACC Premier League, finishing fourth.[29] They again hosted the ACC Trophy that year, again finishing seventh after beatingQatar in a play-off.[30]
Malaysia have played in theACC Twenty20 Cup thrice. They did not win a match in2007[31] but finished seventh in2009 after winning 3 Group B matches and a positional playoff againstSaudi Arabia.[32]
In2011, they finished sixth after winning 4 Group A matches and losing a positional playoff against theUAE.
In August 2017, Malaysia won two medals incricket 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.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Malaysia and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[33]
Malaysia played their first T20I on 24 June againstThailand during the2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series. They recorded a comfortable win.[34]
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Aaryan Kulkarni 37 (28) Muhamad Syahadat 3/7 (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) |
After April 2019, Malaysia will play in the2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[35]
| ICC Twenty20 World Cup Regional Final records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2018–19 | DNQ | 5/5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
 2021 | The tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
 2023 | DNQ | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 0 Title | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| ICC Twenty20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2025 | DNQ | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1/1 | 0 Title | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 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 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 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 | Quarter-finals | 6/14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3/3 | 0 Titles | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 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[37]
Last updated 25 November 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 113 | 65 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 24 June 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Malaysia[41]
| Most T20I wickets for Malaysia[42]
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T20I record versus other nations[37]
Records complete to T20I #3588. Last updated 25 November 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs Full Members | |||||||
| Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 October 2023 | |
| vs Associate Members | |||||||
| Bahrain | 9 | 4 | 5 | 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 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 February 2020 | 20 February 2020 |
 Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 May 2023 | 2 May 2023 |
| Kuwait | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 July 2019 | 22 July 2019 |
 Maldives | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 June 2019 | 25 June 2019 |
 Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 September 2024 | 9 September 2024 |
 Myanmar | 2 | 2 | 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 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 July 2019 | 16 December 2022 |
 Samoa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 July 2025 | 20 July 2025 |
 Saudi Arabia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 April 2024 | 13 April 2024 |
| Singapore | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 July 2019 | 29 June 2022 |
 Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 March 2024 | 10 March 2024 |
| Thailand | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 June 2019 | 24 June 2019 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 October 2025 | |
 Vanuatu | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 September 2019 | 2 October 2019 |
Performances by Malaysian cricketers inWorld Cricket League matches andACC 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 |
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 | 37 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | One-day & T20I | |
| Zubaidi Zulkifle | 25 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | |
| Aqeel Wahid | 23 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | One-day & T20I | |
| Aslam Khan | 24 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | T20I | |
| Rajkumar Rajendran | 36 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | T20I | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Syed Aziz | 27 | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | Captain |
| Virandeep Singh | 26 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day & T20I | |
| Muhammad Amir | 24 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day & T20I | |
| Sharvin Muniandy | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | |
| Muhamad Syahadat | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | One-day | |
| Wicketkeeper | |||||
| Ainool Hafizs | 29 | Right-handed | One-day & T20I | ||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Vijay Unni | 22 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | One-day & T20I | |
| Khizar Hayat | 36 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | One-day & T20I | |
| Pavandeep Singh | 27 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day & T20I | |
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Muhammad Wafiq | 29 | Left-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | One-day | |
| Rizwan Haider | 38 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | One-day & T20I | |
| Azri Azhar | 19 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | T20I | |
