2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A (Malaysia)

2022 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
Dates3 – 13 December 2022
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s)Malaysia Cricket Association
Participants6
Matches15
Most runsQatar Akash Babu (162)
Most wicketsCanada Kaleem Sana (16)
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The 2022 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was the third round of matches in 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 October 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the Malaysia Cricket Association would host the tournament,[3] with the series scheduled to take place between 16 and 26 March 2020.[4] All of the matches had List A status.[5]

In March 2020, the ICC confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of playing it later in the year.[6][7] Prior to the March postponement, Canada, Denmark and Vanuatu had named their squads for the tournament.[8][9][10] On 24 March 2020, an ICC media release stated that the tournament would be scheduled to take place from 30 September to 10 October 2020.[11] However, on 25 August 2020, the ICC confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to the pandemic.[12][13] In April 2021, the ICC announced that the tournament would be played during November and December 2021.[14] Eventually the series began in December 2022, with Canada in a strong position to progress.[15]

On 6 December 2022, Canada defeated Singapore by 187 runs to secure first place in Challenge League A and a place in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.[16]

Squads

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 Canada[17]  Denmark[18]  Malaysia[19]  Qatar[20]  Singapore[21]  Vanuatu[22]

Fixtures

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3 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
144 (41 overs)
v
 Singapore
123 (38 overs)
Ronald Tari 30 (57)
Amjad Mahboob 4/20 (9 overs)
Aryaman Sunil 23 (16)
Nalin Nipiko 5/38 (10 overs)
Vanuatu won by 21 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Nalin Nipiko (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Abdul Rahman Bhadelia, Avi Dixit, Aritra Dutta and Sidhanth Srikanth (Sin) all made their List A debuts.
4 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Denmark 
159 (34.4 overs)
v
 Malaysia
160/8 (35.3 overs)
Taranjit Bharaj 45 (63)
Rizwan Haider 3/26 (5.4 overs)
Syed Aziz 47 (70)
Nicolaj Laegsgaard 2/33 (8 overs)
Malaysia won by 2 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Sharvin Muniandy (Mas)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 36 overs per side due to rain.
  • Rizwan Haider, Syazrul Idrus, Syed Rehmatullah, Zubaidi Zulkifle (Mas), Saran Aslam and Taranjit Bharaj (Den) all made their List A debuts.
4 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Qatar 
146 (49.2 overs)
v
 Canada
147/6 (30.1 overs)
Ikramullah Khan 53 (86)
Kaleem Sana 5/27 (9.2 overs)
Nicholas Kirton 65* (81)
Gayan Munaweera 2/30 (6 overs)
Canada won by 4 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.
  • Aaron Johnson (Can) and Yousuf Ali (Qat) both made their List A debuts.
6 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Canada 
294/9 (50 overs)
v
 Singapore
107 (28.2 overs)
Pargat Singh 83 (86)
Akshay Puri 5/32 (10 overs)
Aritra Dutta 22 (29)
Saad Bin Zafar 5/18 (6.2 overs)
Canada won by 187 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Pargat Singh (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
6 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
188/9 (50 overs)
v
 Malaysia
192/5 (38.2 overs)
Junior Kaltapau 64 (112)
Sharvin Muniandy 4/8 (8 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 75* (104)
Patrick Matautaava 2/11 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 5 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Ahmad Faiz (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
7 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
172 (43.2 overs)
v
 Qatar
173/6 (43.5 overs)
Joshua Rasu 47 (66)
Muhammad Tanveer 2/4 (3 overs)
Muhammad Tanveer 66* (110)
Simpson Obed 2/20 (10 overs)
Qatar won by 4 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Muhammad Tanveer (Qat)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Godfrey Mangau (Van) made his List A debut.
7 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore 
217/9 (50 overs)
v
 Denmark
218/8 (46.2 overs)
Aritra Dutta 99 (113)
Surya Anand 4/33 (10 overs)
Nicolaj Laegsgaard 61 (58)
Amjad Mahboob 3/36 (10 overs)
Denmark won by 2 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Nicolaj Laegsgaard (Den)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ishaan Swaney (Sin) made his List A debut.
9 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Denmark 
163 (43 overs)
v
 Canada
127/3 (25.5 overs)
Nicolaj Laegsgaard 60 (61)
Kaleem Sana 4/13 (7 overs)
Srimantha Wijeratne 72 (73)
Oliver Hald 2/19 (4 overs)
Canada won by 7 wickets (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Kaleem Sana (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.
  • Canada were set a revised target of 127 runs in 30 overs due to rain.
9 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Qatar 
235/8 (50 overs)
v
 Malaysia
114 (33.5 overs)
Akash Babu 71 (75)
Sharvin Muniandy 4/60 (10 overs)
Muhammad Amir 57 (80)
Mohammed Nadeem 5/18 (7 overs)
Qatar won by 121 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Mohammed Nadeem (Qat)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
10 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore 
198/8 (49 overs)
v
 Malaysia
142/2 (33.3 overs)
Manpreet Singh 83 (132)
Rizwan Haider 5/50 (10 overs)
Syed Aziz 48* (66)
Vinoth Baskaran 1/19 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 34 runs (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Rizwan Haider (Mas)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain. No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Sidharth Karthik (Mas) made his List A debut.
10 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Denmark 
292/8 (50 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
95/3 (27 overs)
Jarryd Allan 31 (69)
Saif Ahmad 1/12 (6 overs)
Denmark won by 49 runs (DLS method)
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Shangeev Thanikaithasan (Den)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain
12 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
12 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Qatar 
228 (50 overs)
v
 Singapore
128/9 (22 overs)
Akash Babu 73 (94)
Aryaman Sunil 4/52 (10 overs)
Manpreet Singh 35 (38)
Mohammed Nadeem 2/27 (5 overs)
Qatar won by 17 runs (DLS method)
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Singapore were set a revised target of 146 runs in 22 overs.
  • Syed Tameem, Valeed Veetil (Qat) and Jeevan Santhanam (Sin) all made their List A debuts.
13 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
13 December 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Canada 
240/8 (47 overs)
v
 Malaysia
51 (21.3 overs)
Srimantha Wijeratne 74 (91)
Rizwan Haider 2/32 (9 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 18 (26)
Kaleem Sana 5/22 (6 overs)
Canada won by 189 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Kaleem Sana (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to rain.

References

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