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MALAYSIA



Population: 28,274,729 (2009)
Population Aged 0-14: 31.4%
National Coach: Thushara Kodikara
National Captain: Suhan Kumar
Women's Coach: Haris Abu Baker
Women’s captain: Emylia Rahim
Cricket clubs: 434
Grounds: 59
Turf wickets: 10
Playing Season: Year-round

ACC Member since 1983
ACC Development Officer: Aminul Islam

Malaysia, 2011 Pepsi ICC WCL Division 6 squad

Recent Achievements:
2006 Hosts, ACC U-15 Elite Cup
2006 Hosts, ACC Trophy
2006 Hosts, DLF Tri-Series between Australia, India and West Indies
2007 Beat Bangladesh U-19s in a 50-over match
2007 ACC U-19 Elite Cup Semi-Finalists
2008 Hosts, ICC U/19 World Cup
2008 Beat Zimbabwe, U/19 World Cup
2008 Finalists, ACC U-19 Women’s Championship
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 Spirit of Cricket Award, ACC U-19 Elite Cup
2011 Finalists, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 6
Third in ACC Rankings for 2009 and 2010 seasons
Fifth in ACC Rankings for 2007 and 2008 seasons
Personnel qualified from ACC Courses:
Coaches: Level I - 13; Level II - 8
Umpires: Level I - 32; Level II - 4
Curators: Module I - 7; Module II - 3; Module III - 4; Advanced - 4
Speak to anyone who knows anything about cricket in Malaysia and they’ll say, “Malaysia has the best facilities amongst the non-Test countries of Asia.” Its abilities to organise and deliver a top-class international tournament were demonstrated by the 2006 DLF Tri-Series between Australia, India and the West Indies in September 2006 and the 16-nation ICC U/19 World Cup in 2008. The ACC has found Malaysia an accommodating host for numerous tournaments.

Notwithstanding the considerable commercial and administrative acumen that is evident among many of those connected with cricket in Malaysia, cricket has not received its due reward in the country. Much of that is due to the core national consciousness not being geared to cricket or indeed participatory sport.

Malaysia has produced one outstanding cricketer in recent years, their former captain Suresh Navaratnam, an all-rounder who impressed the visiting Australians mightily in his net sessions with them during the DLF series and who has enjoyed something of a renaissance in 2010. To create the next generation, using the revenue from the Tri-Series and U/19 World Cup, a far-reaching development program was established to harness talent across peninsular and eastern Malaysia. With a third of the country under 16 years of age, the second-highest in the region, there is plenty of opportunity to further grow the game.

Signs of a revival in national fortunes were evident in 2008 with two players being chosen as Players of the Tournament in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite, batsman Suhan Kumar and bowler Dinesh Muthuraman. Suhan Kumar, national captain since 2009, has benefited significantly from time spent on a scholarship to Australia. The women have done well too, reaching the Final of the 2008 ACC U-19 Women’s Championship, though they have been caught by other countries in the region since.

The men's team impressed at the ACC Elite Trophy and the Asian Games. Fresh thinking and fresh players are being introduced with the more seasoned players enjoying a surge of form.

 

Manrick Singh at the 2010 Asian Games The 2011 U-19s in Thailand The 2010 U-19 Women

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