2022–23 Malaysia Quadrangular Series

The 2022–23 Malaysia Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament which took place in Malaysia in December 2022.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Malaysia along with Bahrain, Qatar and Singapore.[2][3]

2022–23 Malaysia Quadrangular Series
Dates15 – 23 December 2022
Administrator(s)Malaysian Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and final
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions Bahrain
Runners-up Malaysia
Participants4
Matches14
Player of the seriesMalaysia Virandeep Singh
Most runsMalaysia Virandeep Singh (319)
Most wicketsBahrain Sarfaraz Ali (12)
Bahrain Rizwan Butt (12)

The last game of the round-robin, between Bahrain and Qatar, was abandoned because of rain, which meant that Bahrain progressed to the final at the expense of their opponents.[4] Bahrain beat Malaysia by 6 wickets in the final.[5]

Squads

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  Bahrain   Malaysia   Qatar   Singapore

Round-robin

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Malaysia 6 5 0 1 11 3.510
2   Bahrain 6 3 2 1 7 0.017
3   Qatar 6 2 2 2 6 0.410
4   Singapore 6 0 6 0 0 −3.241
Source: ESPNcricinfo[6]

  Qualified for the final
  Advanced to the third place play-off

Fixtures

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15 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
161/8 (20 overs)
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  Bahrain
150/9 (20 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 73 (53)
Rizwan Butt 2/24 (4 overs)
Imran Anwar 44 (28)
Rizwan Haider 3/22 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 11 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Zubaidi Zulkifle (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rizwan Haider and Syed Rehmatullah (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.

15 December 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Singapore  
130/7 (20 overs)
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  Qatar
134/5 (14.4 overs)
Aman Desai 27 (17)
Mohammed Nadeem 2/13 (4 overs)
Imal Liyanage 60 (36)
Janak Prakash 2/20 (3.4 overs)
Qatar won by 5 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Imal Liyanage (Qat)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Akash Babu, Assad Borham, Ikramullah Khan, Dharmang Patel, Valeed Veetil (Qat), Abdul Rahman Bhadelia, Aaryan Modi and Ishaan Swaney (Sin) all made their T20I debuts.

16 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Qatar  
126/9 (20 overs)
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  Malaysia
127/2 (14.4 overs)
Valeed Veetil 53 (44)
Rizwan Haider 3/24 (4 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 40 (30)
Muhammad Tanveer 2/31 (3.4 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Rizwan Haider (Mas)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.

16 December 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
144/8 (20 overs)
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  Singapore
144/7 (20 overs)
Prashant Kurup 33 (32)
Janak Prakash 2/27 (4 overs)
Amartya Kaul 56 (64)
Rizwan Butt 3/19 (4 overs)
Match tied
(Bahrain won the Super Over)

UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Rizwan Butt (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Vihaan Hampihallikar and Amartya Kaul (Sin) both made their T20I debuts.
  • Super Over: Singapore 10/1, Bahrain 11/0.

18 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Bahrain  
164/9 (20 overs)
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  Qatar
151/9 (20 overs)
Junaid Aziz 52 (29)
Ikramullah Khan 3/41 (4 overs)
Muhammad Tanveer 88* (46)
Sarfaraz Ali 4/12 (3 overs)
Bahrain won by 13 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Syed Tameem (Qat) made his T20I debut.

18 December 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  
207/3 (20 overs)
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  Singapore
87 (18.5 overs)
Virandeep Singh 71 (42)
Janak Prakash 2/54 (4 overs)
Aman Desai 16 (10)
Sharvin Muniandy 4/21 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 120 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

19 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore  
140/6 (20 overs)
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  Qatar
141/2 (15 overs)
Manpreet Singh 53 (39)
Mohammed Nadeem 2/18 (4 overs)
Imal Liyanage 58* (39)
Vinoth Baskaran 1/21 (3 overs)
Qatar won by 8 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas)
Player of the match: Mohammed Rizlan (Qat)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

19 December 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
179/5 (20 overs)
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  Malaysia
182/3 (17.5 overs)
Haider Butt 49* (32)
Fitri Sham 2/12 (4 overs)
Virandeep Singh 96 (54)
Sarfaraz Ali 2/21 (3.5 overs)
Malaysia won by 7 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.

21 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore  
168 (19.5 overs)
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  Bahrain
172/4 (18 overs)
Abdul Rahman Bhadelia 67 (55)
Rizwan Butt 5/16 (3.5 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 52 (39)
Vinoth Baskaran 2/23 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 6 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Loganathan Poobalan (Mas) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
Player of the match: Rizwan Butt (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rizwan Butt became the first bowler for Bahrain to take a hat-trick in T20Is.[7]

21 December 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  
61/1 (7.4 overs)
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  Qatar
Zubaidi Zulkifle 30* (25)
Valeed Veetil 1/4 (0.4 overs)
No result
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

22 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
223/4 (20 overs)
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  Singapore
80 (16 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 86 (50)
Vinoth Baskaran 2/36 (4 overs)
Manpreet Singh 26 (16)
Fitri Sham 3/23 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 143 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Senthil Kumar (Sin) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas)
Player of the match: Ahmad Faiz (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aslam Khan (Mas) made his T20I debut.

22 December 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
97/4 (13.4 overs)
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  Qatar
Imran Anwar 46 (40)
Ikramullah Khan 1/8 (2 overs)
No result
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Yousif Wali (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

Third place play-off

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23 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore  
164/6 (18 overs)
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  Qatar
165/1 (14 overs)
Manpreet Singh 71 (33)
Ikramullah Khan 3/24 (4 overs)
Mohammed Rizlan 72* (25)
Janak Prakash 1/26 (3 overs)
Qatar won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas)
Player of the match: Mohammed Rizlan (Qat)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Qatar were set a revised target of 165 runs in 18 overs due to rain.
  • Yousuf Ali (Qat) and Sidhant Srikanth (Sin) both made their T20I debuts.

Final

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23 December 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  
153/9 (20 overs)
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  Bahrain
156/4 (19.4 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 34 (19)
Sarfaraz Ali 4/27 (4 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 66* (44)
Fitri Sham 1/22 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 6 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Sohail Ahmed (Bhr)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "Malaysia Cricket to host men's quadrangular T20I series in December 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ "All matches will be played at YSD UKM Oval and livestreamed via MCA Facebook". Malaysia Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Match fixtures for the upcoming quadrangular t20 series Malaysia 2022". Cricket Bahrain (via Facebook). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Bahrain take on Malaysia in T20I Series final". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Bahrain win 2022-23 Malaysia Quadrangular T20I Series". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Malaysia) 2022/23 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling Records / Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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