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Chew Pok Cheong

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Chew Pok Cheong
Personal information
Born (1970-07-28) 28 July 1970 (age 54)
Johor, Malaysia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingOff spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998Malaysia
List A debut21 March 1998 Malaysia v Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan
Last List A14 September 1998 Malaysia v Jamaica
ICC Trophy debut28 June 2001 Malaysia v France
Last ICC Trophy4 July 2001 Malaysia v Argentina
Career statistics
Competition List A ICC Trophy
Matches 4 3
Runs scored 7 4
Batting average 3.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 4* 4*
Balls bowled 72 90
Wickets 2 1
Bowling average 38.50 73.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/50 1/21
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 January 2008

Chew Pok Cheong (born 28 July 1970) is a Malaysian cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,[2] he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1992 and 2002.[3]

Biography

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Chew was born in Johor in 1970,[2] and first represented Malaysia at Under-19 level, playing in the Youth Asia Cup in 1989. He made his debut for the senior side in September 1992, playing in the annual Saudara Cup match against Singapore. It was almost four years before his next match for Malaysia, playing one match in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore in February 1996.[4]

He played in the Saudara Cup match in 1997, and played one match in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series of 1998[4] before making his List A debut, playing two matches in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day competition. Later in the year he represented Malaysia in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, hosted in Kuala Lumpur.[5] He also played in the ACC Trophy in Nepal the same year.[4]

He played in the Saudara Cup and Stan Nagaiah Trophy in both 1999 and 2000[4] before playing three matches in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[6] After playing in the ACC Trophy in Singapore in 2002. To date, his last match for Malaysia was in the Saudara Cup against Singapore in August 2002.[4]

Chew later became the head coach of the Sarawak state cricket team.[7] He was appointed an assistant coach of the Malaysian national cricket team in 2017.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Cricinfo profile
  2. ^ a b CricketArchive profile
  3. ^ Teams played for by Chew Cheong at CricketArchive
  4. ^ a b c d e Other matches played by Chew Cheong Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  5. ^ List A matches played by Chew Cheong at CricketArchive
  6. ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Chew Cheong at CricketArchive
  7. ^ "Sarawak Cricket Association express optimism". The Borneo Post. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  8. ^ Faizal Bujang (23 April 2017). "Pok Cheong appointed M'sian assistant coach". New Sarawak Tribune. Retrieved 23 October 2018.