Career
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1994 and 1998. Born in Kuala Lumpur in 1963, David Thalalla first played for Malaysia in the 1994 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Nairobi. He next played in September 1995, playing in the annual Saudara Cup match against Singapore.
He didn"t play again until February 1998 when he played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore.
After the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series, Thalalla made his List A debut, playing for Malaysia in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day competition.