N Krishnamurthi Muniandy (born 24 July 1980) is a Malaysian

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er. A right-handed

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and right-arm medium pace bowler,CricketArchive profile
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since 1999,Other matches played by Krishnamurthi Muniandy
at CricketArchive including two first-class matches.

Biography

Born in

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the M ...

in 1980, Muniandy made his debut for Malaysia in 1999, when he played one match in that year's

Stan Nagaiah Trophy The Stan Nagaiah Trophy is an annual series of one-day cricket matches played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played annually since 1995, and is named in honour of Stan Nagaiah, a cricketer from Singapore in the 1950s who also often repr ...

series against

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. The following year, he played all three matches in the series, also playing in the Saudara Cup match against Singapore, before playing one match in that year's

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, against

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. In 2001, he played for Malaysia at the

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, playing five matches in the tournament. He played only in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series in 2002, and only in the Saudara Cup match in 2003. In 2004, he played twice for a Malaysia Cricket Association Invitation XI against England A, also playing for Malaysia in the Saudara Cup match, an ACC Trophy match against

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, and an

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament The ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a three-day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), contested between its top-ranking ICC associate members. It was played three times between 2004 and 2006, and then replaced by the ...

match against

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. He also made his first-class debut in 2004, playing

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matches against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

and the UAE.First-class matches played by Krishnamurthi Muniandy
at CricketArchive He played in both the Saudara Cup match and Stan Nagaiah Trophy series in 2005 and 2006, also playing ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, Hong Kong and Nepal in 2005,

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matches against Hong Kong and

in 2006, and five matches in the

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. He most recently represented his country in the 2007 Saudara Cup match.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muniandy, Krishnamurthi 1980 births Living people Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent People from Penang Malaysian cricketers