Malaysia national cricket team
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| ICC status | Associate member (1967) |
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| ICC region | Asia |
| WCL | Three |
| Coach | Bilal Asad |
| Captain | Ahmad Faiz |
| First international | |
| 7 March 1970 v MCC at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| World Cup Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1979) |
| Best result | Plate competition, 1990 and 1994 |
| 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 since 1967.
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). The spreading of cricket led to the founding of the Malayan Cricket Association in 1948. With more regional cricket association like Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore joining it, the Malaysian Cricket Association was founded in 1963, although Singapore broke away in 1965 after its independence.
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