News: Malaysia not second best in ACC U19?

I am jumping the gun, but the 2 semi finals have been decided in the ACC U19. It is Malaysia v Nepal, and Afghanista v UAE. The match ups are courtesy of Afghanistan’s upset victory over Malaysia on the opening day of the tournament.
Now lets say Afghanistan and Nepal make it to the finals, then Malaysia [...]

News: Afghanistan U19 beat Malaysia U19….

Malaysia U19 is quite strong…. they have only been beaten by Nepal in the finals of the ACC trophy in the last 5 years…… they have good infrastructure, good funding, good organization, good system, good facilities, and a good touring program. In that light, it was quite interesting to see Afghanistan U19 beat them, albiet [...]

Opinion: Using a franchise model…….

It would be interesting to find out if the associates who are currently struggling in getting the players to convert to professionals, are thinking about the franchise model seriously, and what are the pitfalls of such a system.
SA is currently using a franchise model for the domestic teams, with a sponsor fielding their own team, [...]

News: Malaysia gets automatic qualification for u19 WC…

Here is the full deal. Asia will have 2 spots, Europe and Americas will have 1 each, while there will probably 2 spots going to a combined Africa/EAP tournament.
I would have thought that ICC would also think about giving Nepal an Automatic spot, perhaps even Ireland. Nepal finished in the top 10 this time, beating [...]

News: Malaysia establishing cricket centers of excellence….

Looks like the Tri series did help Malaysia through this $150K, and also the $500K that India put in installing those floodlights in Kinara Oval…….
Malaysia always has the adminsitration, the facilities, the infrastrucutre, and they have mainstreamed the game as well…… and they have done it all through internal means using a lot of hard [...]

Opinion: Malaysia’s Cricket Franchise system….

Malaysia has decided that they will, from next year, hold a national league featuring 6 franchise teams. This is probably on the South African model, with sponsors giving their names to teams and fielding them……. Malaysia has also indicated, after a meeting with the state associations, that the inter state competition would stay as a [...]

Opinion: What is Malaysia getting out of Tri series?

This is not a sarcastic or suggestive question…… its just a simple question…..
I know that Abu Dhabi Cricket Association was given a million dollars for the 2 ODIs between India and Pakistan this year…… Is Malaysia Cricket board expecting something like that? Australia and WI are going to be given $1million each for every game [...]

News: Malaysia edge out Singapore…

Personally, I am surprised at this news, because Malaysia is supposed to be much stronger than Singapore. The match was a 3 day match as part of the ACC premier league (former FTCT Cup). Competing teams are UAE, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. The brief score is as follows:
Singapore 1st Innings 233 all out in [...]

News: Malaysia gets $200K for Junior Cricket…

I have been mentioning Malaysia as one of the best associates to have done strong junior cricket development elsewhere on this blog. It seems that they have once again bagged a sponsor for nearly $200K, over a period of 3-4 years, to help out with their juniors. Its a good thing that they are trying [...]