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]
| Dates | 15 – 23 December 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | Malaysian Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
| Host(s) |  Malaysia |
| Champions |  Bahrain |
| Runners-up | Malaysia |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Player of the series | Virandeep Singh |
| Most runs | Virandeep Singh (319) |
| Most wickets | Sarfaraz Ali (12) 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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Round-robin
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Malaysia
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3.510 |
| 2 | Bahrain
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.017 |
| 3 | Qatar
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.410 |
| 4 | Singapore
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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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Zubaidi Zulkifle 73 (53)
Rizwan Butt 2/24 (4 overs) |
Imran Anwar 44 (28)
Rizwan Haider 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rizwan Haider and Syed Rehmatullah (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.
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Aman Desai 27 (17)
Mohammed Nadeem 2/13 (4 overs) |
- 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.
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Valeed Veetil 53 (44)
Rizwan Haider 3/24 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
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Prashant Kurup 33 (32)
Janak Prakash 2/27 (4 overs) |
Amartya Kaul 56 (64)
Rizwan Butt 3/19 (4 overs) |
- 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.
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Junaid Aziz 52 (29)
Ikramullah Khan 3/41 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
- Syed Tameem (Qat) made his T20I debut.
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- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
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Abdul Rahman Bhadelia 67 (55)
Rizwan Butt 5/16 (3.5 overs) |
Sohail Ahmed 52 (39)
Vinoth Baskaran 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- Rizwan Butt became the first bowler for Bahrain to take a hat-trick in T20Is.[7]
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aslam Khan (Mas) made his T20I debut.
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- 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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- 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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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
References
edit- ^ "Malaysia Cricket to host men's quadrangular T20I series in December 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "All matches will be played at YSD UKM Oval and livestreamed via MCA Facebook". Malaysia Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Match fixtures for the upcoming quadrangular t20 series Malaysia 2022". Cricket Bahrain (via Facebook). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Bahrain take on Malaysia in T20I Series final". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Bahrain win 2022-23 Malaysia Quadrangular T20I Series". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Malaysia) 2022/23 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling Records / Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2022.