Mohammad Shukri Abdul Rahim usually known as Mohammad Shukri (born 6 October 1986) is a Malaysian cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin

Left-arm orthodox spin

Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...

 bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 2002.

Biography

Born in Kelantan

Kelantan

Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ....

 in 1986, Mohammad Shukri first represented his country at Under-15 level, playing in the ACC Under-15 Trophy in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

 in 2000. He also played in the ICC Under-17 Asia Cup in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 the same year, and played in the ACC Under-17 Asia Cup in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 in 2001. He made his debut for the Malaysian senior side in 2002, playing in the Saudara Cup

Saudara Cup

The Saudara Cup is an annual cricket match played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played since 1970, with Malaysia winning twelve times, Singapore winning eight times, including the most recent match in 2007. The other matches have all been drawn. The name of the tournament comes from...

 match against Singapore.

In 2003, he played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy

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 represented All-Malaya.-Results:-Records:*Highest team...

 series against Singapore before playing for Malaysia Under-19s in the Youth Asia Cup in Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. He made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut the following year, playing against Nepal and the UAE in the ICC Intercontinental Cup

ICC Intercontinental Cup

The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development programme...

. The same year, he also played for a Malaysia Cricket Association Invitation XI against England A and played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy, the Saudara Cup and in the ACC Trophy

ACC Trophy

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 against Saudi Arabia.

In April 2005, he played for Malaysia Under-15s in the ACC Under-15 Cup in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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, despite being 18 years old at the time. He played in the Saudara Cup match against Singapore later in the year, in addition to the ACC Under-19 Cup in Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. He played twice for Malaysia in 2006, both times against Singapore.

He played for Malaysia Under-19s against Sri Lanka Under-19s and England Under-19s in January 2007, though he was 20 at the time. After playing in that year's Saudara Cup match, he most recently represented his country at the ACC Twenty20 Cup

ACC Twenty20 Cup

The Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup is a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Asia. The first tournament was jointly won by Afghanistan and Oman.-2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup:...

 in Kuwait

Kuwait

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in October 2007.