Manoj Cheruparambil

Manoj Cheruparambil (born 24 October 1979) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He played in two One Day Internationals for the Hong Kong cricket team in 2004, both in Colombo in Sri Lanka during the Asia Cup, the first against Bangladesh and the second against Pakistan.[1] As of 1 March 2007, he has also played in two first-class and two List A cricket matches. He served as captain of Hong Kong in ICC World Cricket League matches and also as vice-captain. He also served as a wicket-keeper for Hong Kong national team.

Manoj Cheruparambil
Personal information
Full nameManoj Cheruparambil
Born (1979-10-24) 24 October 1979
Thrissur, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 2)16 July 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI18 July 2004 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2005Hong Kong
Career statistics
Competition ODI First-class List A
Matches 2 2 2
Runs scored 30 41 30
Batting average 15.00 10.25 15.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 30 26 30
Balls bowled 0 0 0
Wickets – – –
Bowling average – – –
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match n/a – n/a
Best bowling – – –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2009

Manoj Cheruparambil is the first Malayali cricketer to represent another country (Hong Kong) in International cricket. He is only the fifth Kerala born cricketer to play International cricket after Abey Kuruvilla, Tinu Yohannan, Sreesanth and Sanju Samson. He was the first Malyali cricketer to play international cricket as a batsman before Sanju Samson.

References
  1. "2 minutes with... Manoj Cheruparambil". South China Morning Post. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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