MALAYSIA

Population: 28,859,154 (2011 est.)
Population Aged 0-14: 29.1%
National Coach: Roy Dias
National Captain: Suhan Kumar
Women's Coach: Haris Abu Baker
Women’s captain: Arina Rahim
Cricket clubs: 434
Grounds: 59
Turf wickets: 10
Playing Season: Year-round

ACC Member since 1983
ACC Development Officer: Aminul Islam

At the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Nepal, March 2013

Recent Achievements:

2009	Finalists, ACC U-17 Elite Cup
2009	ICC Development Program Lifetime Service Award for MCA President Tunku Imran
2010	Third, ACC U-16 Elite Cup
2010	Semi-Finalists, ACC Trophy Elite
2011	Finalists, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 6
2012	Finalists, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5
2012	Winners, ACC U-16 Elite Cup
2012	Participants, ACC U-19 Asia Cup

Second in ACC Rankings for 2011 and 2012 seasons
Third in ACC Rankings for 2009 and 2010 seasons

30th in ICC Global Rankings

Personnel qualified from ACC Courses:

Coaches: Level I - 77; Level II - 16

Umpires: Level I - 79; Level II - 10

Curators: Module I - 7; Module II - 3; Module III - 4; Advanced - 4

The ACC has found Malaysia an accommodating host for many tournaments. And it was in Malaysia itself that the home side won its first ever multi-nation event, the 2012 ACC U-16 Elite Cup, in a gripping Final against Nepal. ACC Development Officer for Malaysia Aminul Islam notes that “the players have come mostly from private clinics and members’ clubs and from a few schools in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, so it is credit to the way that the MCA have brought them all together under one umbrella to give some support and structure to the junior cricket around what is a very big country.

Sri Lankan Roy Dias has been appointed as national coach, following his long and successful tenure in Nepal, and then more briefly, Oman. The year marked the passing of the guard with the retirement of two of their long-serving cricketers, leading all-rounder Suresh Navaratnam and opening bat Rakesh Madhavan. The core of the senior side that has banded together over several years remains however, with the addition of some naturalised Malaysians. To create the next generation, a development program has been established to harness talent across peninsular and eastern Malaysia. With a third of the country being teenagers or below, there is plenty of opportunity to further grow the game. Currently around 80% of the registered players are juniors.


At the 2013 ACC Women's Championship in Chiang Mai		Virandeep Singh, a match-winning innings in the ACC U-16 Elite Cup Final


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