S Jeevandran Nair (born 18 March 1974) is a Malaysian

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er. A right-handed

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and

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between 1996 and 2002.Other matches played by Jeevandran Nair
at CricketArchive

Biography

Born in

Port Dickson Port Dickson ( Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Podeksen'', Jawi: ) is a beach resort in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is the second largest urban area in Negeri Sembilan after Seremban, its state capital. The town's adm ...

in 1974, Jeevandran Nair first played for Malaysia in one match of the 1996

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series against

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, also playing in that year's Saudara Cup match. In 1997, after playing all three matches of the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series, he played in the

1997 ICC Trophy The Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 March and 13 April 1997. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh were the winners of the t ...

, hosted in

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.ICC Trophy matches played by Jeevandran Nair
at CricketArchive He made his

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debut in March 1998,List A matches played by Jeevandran Nair
at CricketArchive after playing in that year's Stan Nagaiah Trophy series, playing three matches in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day competition. He played in his second, and final, Saudara Cup match in August before representing Malaysia in the cricket tournament at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay language, Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by sev ...

, hosted in Kuala Lumpur, where he played against

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and

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. Following the Commonwealth Games he played in the 1998 ACC Trophy in

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 ...

, before spending almost four years out of the Malaysian national side. He returned for the 2002 ACC Trophy in

, which is his last appearance for Malaysia to date.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nair, Jeevandran 1974 births Living people Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysian people of Malayali descent Malaysian Christians Sportspeople from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia