2023 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series

The 2023 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series which took place in Malaysia in September 2023.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Malaysia, along with Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea.[2] The venue for the series was the Bayuemas Oval in Klang.[3] Papua New Guinea won the series by remaining unbeaten in all of their matches.[4]

2023 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series
Date19–24 September 2023
LocationMalaysia
Result Papua New Guinea won the series
Teams
 Hong Kong  Malaysia  Papua New Guinea
Captains
Nizakat Khan Ahmad Faiz Assad Vala
Most runs
Babar Hayat (147) Virandeep Singh (140) Assad Vala (100)
Most wickets
Nasrulla Rana (7) Virandeep Singh (6)
Vijay Unni (6)		 Charles Amini (8)
John Kariko (8)

Squads
 Hong Kong[5]  Malaysia[6]  Papua New Guinea[7]

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Papua New Guinea 4 4 0 0 8 1.464
2  Malaysia 4 2 2 0 4 0.834
3  Hong Kong 4 0 4 0 0 −1.974
Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]

Fixtures
19 September 2023
10:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
181/8 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
79 (19 overs)
Syed Aziz 65 (34)
Mohammad Ghazanfar 3/22 (4 overs)
Babar Hayat 22 (20)
Virandeep Singh 4/10 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 102 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
  • Akbar Khan, Shiv Mathur (HK) and Conor Smith (Mal) all made their T20I debuts.
20 September 2023
10:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
152/9 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
108/1 (9.4 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 49 (36)
Alei Nao 3/26 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 62 (33)
Conor Smith 1/15 (1.4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 45 runs (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
21 September 2023
10:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
163/5 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
141/9 (20 overs)
Assad Vala 45 (35)
Ehsan Khan 1/18 (4 overs)
Babar Hayat 62 (49)
Charles Amini 2/15 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 22 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Babar Hayat (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
  • Niaz Ali, Muhammad Khan and Mohammad Waheed (HK) all made their T20I debuts.
22 September 2023
10:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
149/6 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
126/7 (20 overs)
Virandeep Singh 84* (59)
Anas Khan 3/29 (4 overs)
Babar Hayat 49 (35)
Virandeep Singh 2/18 (4 overs)
Khizar Hayat 2/18 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 23 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
23 September 2023
10:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
81 (17.5 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
82/6 (16.3 overs)
Syed Aziz 22 (19)
John Kariko 4/11 (3.5 overs)
Lega Siaka 44* (34)
Muhammad Amir 3/23 (3.3 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 4 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas)
Player of the match: John Kariko (PNG)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Michael Charlie (PNG) made his T20I debut.
24 September 2023
10:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
89/9 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
90/9 (18.4 overs)
Ehsan Khan 21* (27)
Charles Amini 2/15 (4 overs)
Lega Siaka 21 (15)
Nasrulla Rana 6/12 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 1 wicket
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas)
Player of the match: Nasrulla Rana (HK)

References
  1. "Malaysia Cricket to host Men's/Women's T20 International series in September 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. "🏏 Get ready to witness the cricketing extravaganza of the season!". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Facebook.
  3. "Match Fixture for the Kumul Petroleum Barrabundis at the MALAYSIA T20 MENS TRI-NATION CUP 2023". Cricket PNG. Retrieved 15 September 2023 – via Facebook.
  4. "Undefeated Barras win T20 tri-nation series". The National. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. "Hong Kong, China Men's Cricket Squad for 19th Asian Games Hangzhou announced!". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. "MALAYSIA". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 18 September 2023 – via Facebook.
  7. "Kumul Petroleum Barramundis Squad for the". Cricket PNG. Retrieved 15 September 2023 – via Facebook.
  8. "Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  9. "Asian Games 2023: narrow defeat gives Hong Kong coach cause for optimism ahead of men's cricket tournament". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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