Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) will be hosting a Men’s T20I Tri-series at Kinrara Oval from Jun 22nd – 30th, 2019. Malaysia will be hosting and competing against Thailand and Maldives in the tournament, which will be played in a double round-robin format.
Maldives made their T20I debut during the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 tournament, while Malaysia and Thailand are yet to play their official T20I matches yet. Malaysia are also scheduled to take part in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia regional finals in Singapore in Jul 2019.
All the matches in the Tri-series will be live streamed on Cricket Malaysia’s website. Maldives warmed-up for the Tri-series by playing three T20 matches against a MCA President XI squad made up of some of the national squad players.
Squads
Thailand: Vichanath Singh (Captain), Kiatiwut Suttisan, Kamron Senamontree, Chanchai Pengkumta, Sittipong Honsi, Daniel Jacobs, Henno Jordaan, Nick Janes, Shafiqul Haque, Ziaul Hoque, Anowarul Islam, Naveed Pathan & Mahsid Faheem
Maldives: Mohamed Mahafooz, Ibrahim Nashath, Hassan Haziq Rasheed, Ahmed Ameel Mauroof, Adam Nasif Umar, Ahmed Hassan, Muaviath Abdul Ganee, Nilantha Cooray, Hassan Ibrahim, Janaka Malinda, Mohamed Rishwan, Shafraz Jaleel, Gedara Tharaka & Chandana Amrawickram
Malaysia: Ahmad Faiz Mohd Noor (Captain), Aminuddin Ramli, Anwar Arudin, Anwar Rahman, Nazril Abd Rahman, Shafiq Sharif, Ftiri Sham, Syahadat Ramli, Neville Liyanage, Pasha Ali, Sharvin Muniandy, Syed Aziz Syed Mubarak & Virandeep Singh
T20I Tri-series Schedule
24th Jun 2019: Malaysia vs Thailand @10:00am (Scorecard)
25th Jun 2019: Malaysia vs Maldives @10:00am (Scorecard)
26th Jun 2019: Thailand vs Maldives @10:00am (Scorecard)
27th Jun 2019: Malaysia vs Thailand @10:00am (Scorecard)
28th Jun 2019: Malaysia vs Maldives @10:00am (Scorecard)
29th Jun 2019: Thailand vs Maldives @10:00am (Scorecard)
Warm-Up Matches
MCA President XI 105/8 in 20 overs (Pasha Ali 29, Suhairil Fetri 13 n.o, Norwira Zazmie 13, Chandana Amrawickram 3/15, Nilantha Cooray 2/6, Mohamed Mahafooz 1/9, Muhammad Shaafee 1/20) lost to Maldives 109/5 in 18.2 overs (Mohamed Rishwan 37, Gedara Tharaka 16 n.o, Adam Nasif Umar 16, Hassan Haziq Rasheed 13 n.o, Amiruddin Azahar 1/9, Ajab Khan 1/12, Dhivendran Mogan 1/15, Syahadat Ramli 1/18) by 5 wickets
Maldives 92 all out in 19.2 overs (Hassan Haziq Rasheed 17, Shafraz Jaleel 12, Chandana Amrawickram 10, Syahadat Ramli 3/10, Haiqal Khair 3/17, Abdul Rashid 2/8, Wafiq Irfan 1/17) lost to MCA President XI 93/3 in 13.3 overs (Aminuddian Ramli 28, Syahadat Ramli 21 n.o, Pasha Ali 18, Nilantha Cooray 2/13, Ahmed Ameel Mauroof 1/21) by 7 wickets
Maldives 177/2 in 20 overs (Mohamed Rishwan 102 n.o, Shafraz Jaleel 54 n.o, Hafiz Khair 1/16) lost to MCA President XI 41/6 in 8.1 overs (Ainool Hafiz 14, Syahadat Ramli 13, Mohamed Mahafooz 2/4, Hassan Ibrahim 1/8, Nilantha Cooray 1/4) by 60 runs (D/L method)