2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series

2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series
Date24–29 June 2019
LocationMalaysia
Result Malaysia won the series
Player of the seriesMaldives Nilantha Cooray
Teams
 Malaysia  Maldives  Thailand
Captains
Ahmad Faiz Mohamed Mahfooz Vichanath Singh
Most runs
Syed Aziz (156) Nilantha Cooray (101) Naveed Pathan (134)
Most wickets
Anwar Rahman (7) Umar Adam (7) Mahsid Faheem (6)
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The 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malaysia.[1][2]

The series took place from 24 to 29 June 2019.[1][3] The participating teams were Malaysia, Maldives and Thailand. Papua New Guinea were also included in the original schedule for a quadrangular tournament, but later withdrew. The matches were played at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia and Thailand both played their first matches with T20I status during this tournament, following the decision of the ICC to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019.[4] Maldives played three 20-over warm up matches against an MCA President XI side from 19 to 21 June 2019.[1] On the penultimate day, Malaysia secured the title after their last fixture against Maldives, a rain-affected match, finished in a no result.[5] The fixtures were part of Malaysia's preparation for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament in July 2019.[5] Maldives all-rounder Nilantha Cooray was named player of the series.[6]

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  2. ^ "Malaysia T20 tri-series 2019". Cricket Association of Thailand. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Malaysia Wins T20I Tri-Series after Washout". Cricket Malaysia. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Maldives Men's celebrate taking home the silver medal – Malaysia T20I Tri-Series". Maldives Cricket. July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.