Sunway Cricket Team to play Malaysian National Cricket Team

The dynamic talent of the Sunway Cricket team was proven when they were recently handpicked by the management of the Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) to play in a series of matches against the Malaysian National Cricket team. Sunway’s Cricket team who participated in various tournaments organised by numerous State Cricket Associations had advanced into the finals of each tournament. The Chairman of the MCA was impressed by Sunway’s track record for Year 2011 and thus offered them an opportunity to partake in a five match series with the national team in preparation for their upcoming 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament that will take place in Singapore in February.

The players in concentration during the match.

The Sunway team is made up of a number of international students who are pursuing their studies in Sunway. They come from countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. The first match of five in the series started at the home of the Malaysian National Cricket team, Kinrara Cricket Academy, Kinrara Oval in Puchong recently. The Sunway players performed tremendously well against the illustrious opposition despite playing with their second squad. These students exercised time management skills as they were busy training for the match and preparing for their exams. Although the team came up short, Sunway’s bowler Sohail Khan took 3 Malaysian wickets in the finals contributing to Sunway scoring 6 for the match.

A Sunway Cricket player in action during the match.

Team Captain and American Degree Transfer Programme (ADTP) student, Ziaul Alam Rony said, “The experience playing against the Malaysian National Team was amazing. I did not have my first squad for the match but we tried our best to play decent cricket against them and put up a good fight.”
Rony conceded that there are some things to work on if Sunway defeats Malaysia in the upcoming games. “In my opinion, our bowlers bowled a good line and the fielding was superb, however we lacked strategy and confidence in batting. We hope to improve once the full squad returns in January next year. I think we will make a positive comeback in the upcoming matches.”

The Sunway Cricket players and the Malaysian National Cricket team shake hands after the match.

The Sunway Cricket Club deserves enormous amount of credit for being recognised by the Malaysian Cricket Association as one of the premier teams in the nation. Congratulations to SCC from all of us at Sunway.