Ahmad Faiz (born 12 February 1988) is a Malaysian

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who plays for the

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. He was part of Malaysia's squad for the

2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. It was the seventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The opening ceremony took place on 15 February 2008. The final was played between S ...

. He played in the

2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three The 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket divisional tournament organised by International Cricket Council. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) and qualification for the 2019 World Cup. The top two teams in ...

tournament. He was a member of the Malaysian team which won the gold medal in the men's 50-over tournament after defeating

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by 251 runs in the final at the

2017 Southeast Asian Games The 2017 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games, or the 29th SEA Games, and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event that took place from 19 to 30 August 2017 in Kuala ...

. He was in

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's squad for the

2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was an international cricket tournament that took place during April and May 2018 in Malaysia. It formed part of the 2017–19 ICC World Cricket League, 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League ...

tournament, also in Malaysia. He finished as the leading run-scorer for the tournament, with 298 runs in six matches. In August 2018, he was named the captain of Malaysia's squad for the

2018 Asia Cup Qualifier The 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 29 August to 6 September 2018. The event served as the qualifier for the 2018 Asia Cup. The top two teams from the group stage met in the final, with the winner ...

tournament. In October 2018, he was named the captain of Malaysia's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament. In June 2019, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the

2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series The 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malaysia. The series took place from 24 to 29 June 2019. The participating teams were Malaysia, Maldives and Thailand. Papua New Guinea were also ...

tournament. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Malayasia, against

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, on 24 June 2019. The following month, he was named as the captain of Malaysia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament. He made his

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debut for Malaysia, against

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, in the

2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A The 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was the inaugural edition of Group A of the 2019–2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cu ...

tournament on 16 September 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Faiz, Ahmad 1988 births Living people Malaysian cricketers Malaysia Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in cricket Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games