Vanuatuan cricket team in Malaysia in 2019–20

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|  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)

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]

## Squads

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Malaysia[2] |  Vanuatu[3]

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* Virandeep Singh (c)
* Nazril Rahman (vc)
* Muhammad Amir
* Mohamed Arief
* Anwar Arudin
* Syed Aziz
* Ainool Hafizs
* Ainool Haqqiem
* Syazrul Idrus
* Sharvin Muniandy
* Nazril Rahman
* Fitri Sham
* Pavandeep Singh
* Vijay Unni
* Muhammad Wafiq
* Zubaidi Zulkifle

* Andrew Mansale (c)
* Callum Blake
* Jelany Chilia
* Shane Deitz
* Junior Kaltapau
* Worford Kalworai
* Trevor Langa
* Patrick Matautaava
* Williamsing Nalisa
* Nalin Nipiko
* Simpson Obed
* Joshua Rasu
* Zechariah Shem
* Apolinaire Stephen
* Ronald Tari
* Clement Tommy
* Jamal Vira
* Wesley Viraliliu

## Tour match

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### Twenty-over match: Malaysia A vs Vanuatu

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28 September 2019
10:00
Scorecard

Vanuatu
159/7 (20 overs)

Malaysia A
161/3 (16.5 overs)

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Joshua Rasu 66 (49)
Sharvin Muniandy 3/33 (4 overs)

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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

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### 1st T20I

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29 September 2019
10:00
Scorecard

Vanuatu
151/5 (20 overs)

Malaysia
134/9 (20 overs)

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Joshua Rasu 74 (54)
Nazril Rahman 2/28 (4 overs)

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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

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1–2 October 2019
10:00
Scorecard

Vanuatu
188/6 (20 overs)

Malaysia
137/7 (20 overs)

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Patrick Matautaava 103 (52)
Sharvin Muniandy 2/26 (4 overs)

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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

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2 October 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Malaysia
134/8 (20 overs)

Vanuatu
108 (17.1 overs)

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Sharvin Muniandy 27 (21)
Nalin Nipiko 3/22 (4 overs)

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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)

* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Apolinaire Stephen (Van) made his T20I debut.

### 4th T20I

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3 October 2019
14:45
Scorecard

Malaysia
144/7 (20 overs)

Vanuatu
145/4 (19.1 overs)

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Mohamed Arief 52* (31)
Apolinaire Stephen 2/15 (4 overs)

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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

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4 October 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Malaysia
206/4 (20 overs)

Vanuatu
184/9 (20 overs)

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Syed Aziz 87 (50)
Nalin Nipiko 1/31 (3 overs)

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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

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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. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

## External links

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* Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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