Vanuatuan cricket team in Malaysia in 2019–20

The Vanuatu cricket team toured Malaysia in September and October 2019 to play a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[1] All the matches were played at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur.[1]

Vanuatuan cricket team in Malaysia in 2019–20
 
  Malaysia Vanuatu
Dates 28 September – 4 October 2019
Captains Virandeep Singh Andrew Mansale
Twenty20 International series
Results Vanuatu won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Mohamed Arief (159) Patrick Matautaava (197)
Most wickets Pavandeep Singh (10) Nalin Nipiko (9)
Player of the series Nalin Nipiko (Van)

Squads edit

  Malaysia[2]   Vanuatu[3]

Tour match edit

Twenty-over match: Malaysia A vs Vanuatu edit

28 September 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Vanuatu  
159/7 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia A
161/3 (16.5 overs)
Joshua Rasu 66 (49)
Sharvin Muniandy 3/33 (4 overs)
Anwar Arudin 57 (29)
Jelany Chilia 1/21 (4 overs)
Malaysia A won by 7 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series edit

1st T20I edit

29 September 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Vanuatu  
151/5 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
134/9 (20 overs)
Joshua Rasu 74 (54)
Nazril Rahman 2/28 (4 overs)
Mohamed Arief 33 (25)
Nalin Nipiko 4/21 (4 overs)
Vanuatu won by 17 runs
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Izmir Azraf (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Joshua Rasu (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohamed Arief, Ainool Haqqiem, Muhammad Wafiq and Zubaidi Zulkifle (Mas) all made their T20I debuts.
  • At the age of 20 years and 190 days, Virandeep Singh (Mas) became the youngest male cricketer to captain a side in a T20I match.[4]

2nd T20I edit

1–2 October 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Vanuatu  
188/6 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
137/7 (20 overs)
Patrick Matautaava 103 (52)
Sharvin Muniandy 2/26 (4 overs)
Virandeep Singh 34 (36)
Simpson Obed 3/23 (4 overs)
Vanuatu won by 51 runs
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Patrick Matautaava (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play was possible on 1 October due to rain. Reserve day used.
  • Ainool Hafizs and Syazrul Idrus (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.
  • Patrick Matautaava became the first batsman for Vanuatu to score a century in T20Is.

3rd T20I edit

2 October 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  
134/8 (20 overs)
v
  Vanuatu
108 (17.1 overs)
Sharvin Muniandy 27 (21)
Nalin Nipiko 3/22 (4 overs)
Nalin Nipiko 42 (30)
Muhammad Wafiq 3/10 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 26 runs
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Mathan Kumar (Mas) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
Player of the match: Nalin Nipiko (Van)

4th T20I edit

3 October 2019
14:45
Scorecard
Malaysia  
144/7 (20 overs)
v
  Vanuatu
145/4 (19.1 overs)
Mohamed Arief 52* (31)
Apolinaire Stephen 2/15 (4 overs)
Joshua Rasu 50 (40)
Sharvin Muniandy 2/18 (3 overs)
Vanuatu won by 6 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Joshua Rasu (Van)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

5th T20I edit

4 October 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  
206/4 (20 overs)
v
  Vanuatu
184/9 (20 overs)
Syed Aziz 87 (50)
Nalin Nipiko 1/31 (3 overs)
Patrick Matautaava 66 (29)
Pavandeep Singh 3/32 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 22 runs
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Muhammad Amir (Mas) and Trevor Langa (Van) made his T20I debut.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Vanuatu Tour of Malaysia 2019/20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Malaysia Squad". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Vanuatu Squad". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Wonder Women – Ten T20I records women own". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

External links edit