Brunei national cricket team
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| Brunei | |
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| ICC membership granted | 1992 |
| ICC member status | Affiliate member |
| ICC development region | Asia |
| Captain | Manzur Ahmed |
| World Cricket League division | n/a |
| ACC Trophy division | Challengers |
| First recorded match | 6 September 1996 v Japan at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| As of 10 September 2006 | |
The Brunei cricket team is the cricket team that represents the country of Brunei in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1992. [1]
Their first appearance in an international tournament came in the 1996 ACC Trophy. They failed to progress beyond the first round, and were not seen in the tournament again until 2006 where once failed to progress beyond the first round, although their final group match saw the remarkable occurrence of their opponents Saudi Arabia scoring 499 runs against them, [2] giving them a somewhat unwanted place in cricket history.
[edit] Brunei National Team
The national team as of November 2006 consists of:
Manzur Ahmed
Sujay J. Kamat
Manjunath D. B.
Mir Basharath Ahamed
Khalid Mehmood Khan
Stephen Whitely
Muhamed Shefeer Shereef
Arafat Mahbub
Ali Yousuf Sani
Ahmed Nafi
Mueed Ozair Mian
Packir Maideen Abdullah
Arun Korah Philip
Bilal Javed
Noor Alam Khan
[edit] Brunei Under-15 Cricket Team
The Brunei under-15 cricket team participated in the ACC Under 15 Challenge Cup 2006 held in December 2006. Brunei failed to progress through the preliminary rounds as they did not abide to the qualification rules and lost every game.
The team consisted of:
Rajeev Jayakumar
Harry Pygos
Akmal Aji
Hazim Halim
Rahat Mahbub
Muhamad Shavez Cheema
Ramesh Namasivayam
John Kottayil Thomas
Abhishek Kirti Gurung
Saiprasad Baliga
Akshar Mody
Ronish Darnal BK
Sayed Mohammed
Krutik Mody
Manager
Haji Rusdi Abdul Latif
Coach
Chris Love.
Trivia [U-15]
The team scored the highest against winners of the Cup Oman (69 runs).
Highest Runs Scored by: Muhamad Shavez Cheema [RHB]
Highest Wicket-Taker: John Kottayil Thomas [RMF]
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