The 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was the inaugural edition of Group A of the 2019–2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[1][2] In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the Malaysia Cricket Association would host the tournament.[3] The series took place between 16 and 26 September 2019,[4] with all the matches having List A status.[5][6]
| Dates | 16 – 26 September 2019 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) | Malaysia Cricket Association |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Most runs |  Tim David (369) |
| Most wickets | Aryaman Sunil (14) |
On the penultimate day of the tournament, Vanuatu were bowled out for 65 runs against Malaysia.[7] In reply, Vanuatu managed to dismiss Malaysia for 52 runs, recording the lowest team total defended by any side in a List A cricket match.[8]
Canada won the series, after finishing ahead of Singapore on net run rate, with both teams level on points.[9]
Squads
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 Denmark[11]
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 Qatar[13]
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Prior to the series, Inam-ul-Haq and Tamoor Sajjad were ruled out of Qatar's squad due to reasons described as "personal" by organizers.[16]
Fixtures
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- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Syed Aziz, Muhammad Hafiz, Ahmad Faiz, Suharril Fetri, Anwar Rahman, Aminuddin Ramly, Shafiq Sharif, Pavandeep Singh, Virandeep Singh, Muhamad Syahadat, Norwira Zazmie (Mas), Oliver Hald, Abdul Hashmi, Jonas Henriksen, Jino Jojo, Zameer Khan, Nicolaj Laegsgaard, Hamid Shah and Anique Uddin (Den) all made their List A debuts.
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- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Saqlain Arshad, Iqbal Hussain, Zaheer Ibrahim, Kamran Khan, Qalandar Khan, Awais Malik, Gayan Munaweera, Mohammed Nadeem, Mohammed Rizlan, Musawar Shah, Khurram Shahzad (Qat), Aahan Gopinath Achar, Vinoth Baskaran, Surendran Chandramohan, Tim David, Rezza Gaznavi, Anantha Krishna, Amjad Mahboob, Arjun Mutreja, Rohan Rangarajan, Manpreet Singh and Aryaman Sunil (Sin) all made their List A debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Jelany Chilia, Andrew Mansale, Patrick Matautaava, Williamsing Nalisa, Nalin Nipiko, Simpson Obed, Joshua Rasu, Apolinaire Stephen, Ronald Tari and Clement Tommy (Van) all made their List A debuts.
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- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
- Delawar Khan (Den), Navin Param and Sidhant Singh (Sin) all made their List A debuts.
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- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nazril Rahman (Mas) and Dharmang Patel (Qat) both made their List A debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
- Zechariah Shem and Jamal Vira (Van) both made their List A debuts.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lucky Ali (Den) and Owais Ahmed (Qat) both made their List A debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Denmark were set a revised target of 221 runs from 33 overs due to rain.
- Abraash Khan (Can) made his List A debut.
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- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vanuatu were set a revised target of 177 runs from 44 overs due to rain.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Canada were set a revised target of 196 runs from 34 overs due to rain.
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- ^ "Vanuatu create List A history to beat Malaysia in World Cup qualifier". The Cricketer. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Vanuatu defend 65 for List A record". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Canada lose to Singapore". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Canada squad for the ICC CWC Challenge League A, Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Malaysia expectations". Dansk Cricket Federation. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "ICC CWC Challenge League A 2019: Team List". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Teams three steps away from India 2023 begin their campaign". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Singapore National Men's Team Arrived in Malaysia". Singapore Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "National team update". Vanuatu Cricket Association. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Qatar eye Challenge League title in Malaysia". The Peninsula Qatar. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
