Malaysia at the T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier 2026

Malaysia host the ICC T20 World Cup Sub Regional Asia Qualifier B from Thursday 8 to Wednesday 14 October 2026. Six teams — Malaysia, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Singapore and China — meet each other once, so every side plays five matches and the event has fifteen in total.

Sub-regional qualifiers are the first stage of Asian qualifying for the next men's T20 World Cup: the teams at the top move on to the next round. For Malaysian fans every match is a home game in the local time zone, with morning starts at 9.15am and afternoon starts at 2pm MYT.

Below are Malaysia's matches with live scores as they happen, then the full fixture list and the points table — all in Malaysia time (MYT), updated from our cricket data feed.

Malaysia open against Hong Kong at the Selangor Turf Club on Thursday afternoon and play Saudi Arabia at Bayuemas Oval the next day, both at 2pm. After a rest day on Saturday the last three games start at 9.15am: Maldives in Bangi on Sunday 11 October, Singapore on Monday 12 October and China on Wednesday 14 October, the final day of the event.

Malaysia's game against China is not the last of the qualifier: Hong Kong v Singapore and Maldives v Saudi Arabia follow at 2pm the same day, so the final table is settled only that afternoon.

Three grounds share the fifteen matches. Bayuemas Oval stages six of them, including three of Malaysia's games (Saudi Arabia, Singapore and China). The Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur hosts four, among them Malaysia's opener against Hong Kong, and the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Bangi hosts five, including Malaysia against Maldives.

Malaysia arrive from the cricket tournament of the Asian Games 2026 in Japan. On 24 September at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin, they beat Hong Kong — their opponents in the qualifier opener — by eight wickets with 48 balls to spare. Hong Kong chose to bat and made 81 for 9 in 20 overs; Pavandeep Singh took 3 for 11 and Muhammad Amir 3 for 12. Malaysia reached 84 for 2 in 12 overs, with 36 from Muhamad Syahadat and 32 from Virandeep Singh (full scorecard).

Their other two matches in Japan, against Oman in the group and the quarter-final against Bangladesh, were abandoned without a ball bowled. Every Malaysia result we hold is on the Malaysia cricket team page.