2020 Interport T20I Series

The Hong Kong cricket team toured Malaysia in February 2020 to play a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series, known as the Interport T20 Series.[1][2] All the matches were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur.[1] The series marked the return of the 154-year-old tradition of contests known as 'Interport' matches, a term historically used to refer to matches played between various British settlements in Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong and Malaysia (and the Malay states that preceded Malaysia).[3] The series was originally scheduled to be played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, but was cancelled in early February due to the coronavirus pandemic in China.[4][5]

2020 Interport T20I Series
	Malaysia	Hong Kong
Dates	20 – 26 February 2020
Captains	Ahmad Faiz[n 1]	Aizaz Khan
Twenty20 International series
Results	Malaysia won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	Virandeep Singh (174)	Kinchit Shah (101)
Most wickets	Syazrul Idrus (8) Khizar Hayat (8)	Aizaz Khan (8)
Player of the series	Virandeep Singh (Mas)

Malaysia won the first three matches to give them an unassailable lead in the series.[6] The hosts went on to sweep the series 5–0.[7] Both teams went on to compete in the 2020 ACC Eastern Region T20 tournament (the first stage of qualification for the 2020 Asia Cup) which started a few days after the completion of the series.[8]

Squads

Malaysia[9]	Hong Kong[1]
Ahmad Faiz (c) Virandeep Singh (vc, wk) Mohamed Arief Syed Aziz Khizar Hayat Syazrul Idrus Dhivendran Mogan Sharvin Muniandy Anwar Rahman Nazril Rahman Aminuddin Ramly Bhushan Save Fitri Sham Pavandeep Singh	Aizaz Khan (c) Kinchit Shah (vc) Haroon Arshad Waqas Barkat Aftab Hussain Ehsan Khan Hamed Khan Mohsin Khan Nizakat Khan Waqas Khan Scott McKechnie (wk) Hassan Khan Mohammad Nasrulla Rana Shahid Wasif

T20I series

1st T20I

20 February 2020 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Malaysia  123/3 (16.3 overs)	v	Hong Kong 61/8 (9 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 40 (39) Kinchit Shah 1/15 (3 overs)		Shahid Wasif 26* (21) Khizar Hayat 5/4 (2 overs)

Malaysia won by 21 runs (DLS method) Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas) Player of the match: Khizar Hayat (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Malaysia's innings was ended after 16.3 overs and Hong Kong were set a revised target of 83 runs to win from 9 overs due to multiple rain delays.
• Khizar Hayat, Bhushan Save (Mas), Aftab Hussain, Hamed Khan and Mohsin Khan (HK) all made their T20I debuts.
• Khizar Hayat became the first bowler for Malaysia to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is[10] and took a wicket with his first delivery in a T20I.[11]

2nd T20I

21 February 2020 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Malaysia  138/6 (19 overs)	v	Hong Kong 103/8 (19 overs)
Virandeep Singh 46 (40) Aizaz Khan 2/15 (4 overs)		Waqas Barkat 35 (29) Pavandeep Singh 3/18 (4 overs)

Malaysia won by 35 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Mathan Kumar (Mas) Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.

3rd T20I

23 February 2020 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Malaysia  152/9 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 144/7 (20 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 58 (46) Haroon Arshad 4/12 (2 overs)		Waqas Khan 60 (47) Syazrul Idrus 3/17 (4 overs)

Malaysia won by 8 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Ahmad Faiz (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

4th T20I

24 February 2020 14:00 Scorecard

Malaysia  167/7 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 154/7 (20 overs)
Virandeep Singh 50 (40) Mohsin Khan 3/37 (4 overs)		Shahid Wasif 29 (25) Pavandeep Singh 2/26 (4 overs)

Malaysia won by 13 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas) Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dhivendran Mogan (Mas) and Hassan Khan Mohammad (HK) both made their T20I debuts.

5th T20I

26 February 2020 10:00 Scorecard

Hong Kong  171/7 (20 overs)	v	Malaysia 176/4 (18.3 overs)
Kinchit Shah 72 (46) Syazrul Idrus 2/27 (4 overs)		Syed Aziz 50 (33) Aizaz Khan 2/30 (3.3 overs)

Malaysia won by 6 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Kinchit Shah (HK)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

1. Virandeep Singh captained Malaysia for the fifth T20I.

References

1. "Hong Kong vs Malaysia T20I Interport Series moved to Malaysia!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
2. "Malaysia to host Hong Kong in rescheduled T20I Series". Cricket Malaysia. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
3. "Preview - Malaysia Vs Hong Kong Interport T20I Series". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
4. "Hong Kong to host Malaysa in 5-Match T20I series!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
5. "Hong Kong vs Malaysia T20I Interport Series Called Off". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
6. "Faiz seals series for Malaysia with third win over Hong Kong". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
7. "Malaysia sweep Hong Kong in historic series win". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
8. "A treat for Cricket fans in Thailand as Bangkok hosts the ACC eastern region T20". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
9. "Malaysia (Malaysia vs Hong Kong T20I bi-lateral series 2020)". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
10. "Khizar returns with a bang as Malaysia down Hong Kong". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
11. "Is Kyle Jamieson the tallest man ever to play for New Zealand?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo