Malaysia national cricket team

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Malaysia
Flag of Malaysia
ICC membership granted	1967
ICC member status	Associate member
ICC development region	Asia
Captain	Suresh Navaratnam
World Cricket League division	n/a
ACC Trophy division	Challengers
First recorded match	18 March 1961 v MCC at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ICC Trophy
Appearances	7 (First in 1979)
Best result	Plate competition, 1990 and 1994
First class cricket
First class matches played	2
First class wins/losses	0/2
List A cricket
List A matches played	7
List A wins/losses	0/7
As of 10 September 2006

The Malaysian cricket team represents Malaysia at the sport of cricket.

1 History
- 1.1 Tournament History
2 See also

[edit] History

The oldest club in Malaysia is the Royal Selangor Club. It was founded in 1884 by a group of British planters, and it has been the venue for almost all the important games in Malaysia ever since, including one occasion in 1927, when Malaya beat Australia by 39 runs. [1]

Malaysia gained associate membership of the ICC in 1967, [2] and played in the first ICC Trophy in 1979. They have appeared in every ICC Trophy since, with the exception of the 2005 tournament, for which they did not qualify. They hosted the 1997 tournament, but finished in a disappointing 16th place.

Malaysia are, to date, the only country to feature cricket as part of the Commonwealth Games. This happened at the 1998 games, but the tournament was not considered a success, with most of the Test nations not sending a full-strength team, and England not sending a team at all.

Malaysia have competed in every ACC Trophy, and hosted the 2004 tournament, where they finished in 7th place, missing out on qualification for the 2005 ICC Trophy and 2007 Asia Cup. They also hosted the 2006 tournament, in which they again finished seventh.

[edit] Tournament History

[edit] World Cup

Malaysia have never qualified for the Cricket World Cup.

[edit] Commonwealth Games

1998: First round

[edit] Intercontinental Cup

2004: First round
2005: Did not qualify

[edit] 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

[edit] ACC Premier League

2004: 5th place
2005: 3rd place

[edit] ACC Trophy

1996: First round
1998: Runners up
2000: Semi Finals
2002: Semi Finals
2004: 7th place
2006: 7th place

[edit] See also

Malaysian women's cricket team

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