Following Malaysian independence, the team's most frequent opponent has been Singapore in the Saudara Cup and Stan Nagaiah Trophy.

[6] Various teams represented Malaya, the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements, formed in 1884 by the British, Royal Selangor Club (RSC) is the first cricket club founded in present Malaysia (locally called a padang also in Singapore e.g. Padang, Singapore).

The first team to represent Malaysia was in 1970, three years after the MCA became an ICC associate member,[4] when it played an MCC side captained by Tony Lewis in a two-day match, losing by 230 runs.

[8] The Saudara Cup match continued annually, and in 1979 Malaysia participated in the first ICC Trophy, failing to progress beyond the first round,[9] a performance they repeated in 1982[10] and 1986.

[18] They played one season in Pakistani domestic cricket in 1998, losing all four of their preliminary round matches.

[24] Malaysia played their first first-class matches in 2004 as part of that year's ICC Intercontinental Cup.

[26] They finished last in the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament in 2004, thus failing to qualify for the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup.

[29] They again hosted the ACC Trophy that year, again finishing seventh after beating Qatar in a play-off.

[32] In 2011, they finished sixth after winning 4 Group A matches and losing a positional playoff against the UAE.

After April 2019, Malaysia will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.

Performances by Malaysian cricketers in World Cricket League matches and ACC Premier League matches, as of 29 June 2014 This lists all the players who have played for Malaysia in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad.