Singapore national cricket team

The Singapore national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Singapore in international cricket. Singapore has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1974, and was a founding member of the Asian Cricket Council formed in 1983.[4]

Singapore
Flag of Singapore
Personnel
CaptainAmjad Mahboob
CoachDav Whatmore
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1974)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current [1] Best-ever
T20I 20th 19th (20-Oct-2019)
One Day Internationals
World Cup Qualifier appearances6 (first in 1979)
Best result14th (1997)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Qatar at Indian Association Ground, Singapore; 22 July 2019
Last T20Iv  Hong Kong at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 4 March 2020
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total [2] 15 9/6 (0 ties, 0 no result)
This year [3] 3 3/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)

T20I kit

As of 20 May 2020

Singapore currently sits in ICC World Cricket League Division Three, which is the highest level in the World Cricket League system. Singapore has also played in the ICC World Cup Qualifier several times, most recently in the 2001 ICC Trophy. Singapore's greatest rivalry is with neighbouring Malaysia, whereby they play against each other annually in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy. For most of their history, they have been evenly matched, with both currently sitting in the third tier of Asian cricket – that is the level below the Test teams (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan) and the high-level associates (Hong Kong, Nepal, Oman, UAE).

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Singapore and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[5] After April 2019, Singapore will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[6] Singapore played their first T20I against Qatar on 22 July 2019.[7] In September 2019, Singapore beat Zimbabwe by four runs in the third T20I match of the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series.[8] It was the first time that Singapore had beaten a Full Member team in an international cricket match.[9]

History

Beginnings of cricket in Singapore

The first recorded mention of cricket in Singapore was in 1837 when a "Mr Z" complained, in a letter to the Singapore Free Press, of cricket being played near a church on a Sunday in violation of the Christian Sabbath. This resulted in cricket being banned on Sundays, a prohibition that remained in place until the 1930s.[10]

Cricket was an important recreational activity, with matches often played against the officers of visiting ships. The Singapore Cricket Club was formed in 1852 and played its first match amongst themselves the same year. The quality of cricket in these early years was quite poor, and it wasn't until 1865 before a team total of more than 100 was scored.[10] Louis Glass became the first person in Singapore to record a century two years later.[11]

The Singapore Cricket Club eventually began to play against teams from other parts of British Malaya such as Penang, Perak and Kuala Lumpur[11] and this eventually led to an invitation from Hong Kong to send a team there, which saw the beginning of the long-running series of "Interport matches".[10]

Straits Settlements cricket team
Main article: Straits Settlements cricket team

The 1890 invitation from Hong Kong led to the formation of the Straits Settlements cricket team, and they played Hong Kong in two two-day matches, both of which were lost. The series was the beginning of the "Interport Matches", which continued until 1987. Hong Kong and Ceylon came to Singapore the following year, and the Straits Settlements won both matches, also drawing against a combined Ceylon/Hong Kong team.[11]

The Straits Settlements team beat Ceylon in Colombo in 1893,[12] and played a match in Jakarta in 1895. Matches against the Federated Malay States began in 1896, and against Shanghai in 1897.[11]

They played Burma in 1906, and their involvement in the Interport Matches ceased in 1909, when they were replaced by an All Malaya team. The Straits Settlements visited Bangkok in 1910, though from them their only matches came annually against the Federated Malay States until 1940. These fixtures continue in the modern era as the Saudara Cup matches between Singapore and Malaysia.[11]

Singapore team

First matches

The Singapore team did play twice during the Straits Settlements team era, playing twice against WAS Oldfield's XI in 1927, losing both matches by an innings.[13][14] They next played in 1957, drawing at home to Ceylon.[15] Various teams visited Singapore in the 1960s, including Worcestershire.[10]

The Interport Matches resumed in 1968 with Singapore drawing against Hong Kong. These matches were played occasionally until 1987. In 1970, the Saudara Cup match against Malaysia was played for the first time, this continues annually to the present day. Also that year, Singapore played an MCC side captain by Tony Lewis and featuring Geoff Boycott. The match was won by the MCC.[11]

ICC membership

Singapore became an associate member of the ICC in 1974[4] and three years later won the Saudara Cup for the first time. In 1978, Singapore played India at home, the match ending in a draw.[11] Singapore took part in the first ICC Trophy in England in 1979 but could only finish fourth in their first round group after only beating Argentina.[16] They finished fourth out of eight teams in their first round group in the 1982 tournament[11] and withdrew from the 1986 tournament when several of their players couldn't get leave from work.[10]

Singapore played in the South East Asian Tournament for the first time in 1984, playing in the event again in 1988 and 1992 (when they hosted), though they never reached the final as Bangladesh and Hong Kong finished first and second on each occasion.[10] The final Interport Match took place in Singapore in 1987, with Hong Kong beating the home side. They returned to the ICC Trophy for the 1990 tournament in the Netherlands, beating Malaysia and Israel during the event,[11] and failing to progress past the first round.[17]

Singapore began playing in the Tuanku Ja'afar Cup in 1991, an annual tournament against Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand. They won the event just once, in 1994, a year in which they finished 19th out of 20 teams in the ICC Trophy. The Stan Nagaiah Trophy, an annual three match series of one-day matches against Malaysia, began the following year. Singapore played in the first ACC Trophy in 1996, beating the Maldives and Thailand[11] but failing to go past the first round.[18] They finished 14th in the 1997 ICC Trophy and could only beat Papua New Guinea in the 1998 ACC Trophy,[11] again failing to go past the first round.[19]

21st century

2000 - 2009

The first two major tournaments of the 21st century for Singapore got them off to a bad start as they lost all their first round matches in both the 2000 ACC Trophy in the UAE and the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario, their final ICC Trophy to date. They hosted the ACC Trophy in 2002, beating the Maldives and Thailand (by 325 runs) but again failing to progress beyond the first round, a performance they repeated in 2004. The finished fourth in the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament in 2004 and 2005.[11]

Singapore began to show an improvement in their form in 2006. That year they finished third in the ACC Premier League and finally passed the first round stage in the ACC Trophy, finishing fifth to qualify for Division Five of the World Cricket League in 2008. They didn't progress beyond the first round of the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, beating only Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, but captain Chaminda Ruwan did make the highest score of the tournament.[11] In the World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Jersey, Singapore finished fifth after beating Botswana in a play-off,[20] though they did beat Afghanistan during the first round,[21] who went on to win the tournament.[22]

In August 2009, Singapore hosted and won Division Six of the World Cricket League, going through the tournament undefeated and winning promotion back to Division Five.[23] In November 2009, Singapore travelled to the UAE for the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup.[24] During the tournament Singapore finished third in Group A, therefore failing to progress to the semi-finals and a chance to qualify for the 2010 Asian Games. In the fifth place playoff Singapore lost to Nepal by 9 wickets to finish to tournament in sixth place.

2010 - present

In the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five,they finished fourth to remain in Division Five. Hosting the 2012 tournament, they ran out winners, moving them up to Division Four and keeping their hopes of World Cup qualification alive. Singapore has decided to dedicate their strengths in to their SEA GAMES team, where Mohammad Yusof Bin Aslam (Captain) has chosen not to participate due to conflict of interest.

In August 2017, Singapore won two medals in cricket at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. They won the gold medal in the 20-over tournament and the silver medal in the 50-over tournament. On 26 April 2018, ICC released in a press conference that all the men's T20 matches will get T20I status starting from 1 January 2019.[25] Singapore first T20I match was on 22 July 2019 in the Asia Regional Finals for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup as they defeated Qatar.[7] On 28 July 2019, after their victory against Nepal in the regional finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier; Singapore qualified for the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier for the first time.


Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within Singapore

In September 2019, Singapore beat Zimbabwe by four runs in the third T20I match of the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series.[26] It was the first time that Singapore had beaten a Full Member team in an international cricket match.[27]

29 September 2019
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Singapore 
181/9 (18 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
177/7 (18 overs)
Manpreet Singh 41 (23)
Ryan Burl 3/24 (3 overs)
Sean Williams 66 (35)
Amjad Mahboob 2/20 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 4 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Balraj Manikandan (Sin)
Player of the match: Sean Williams (Zim)
  • Singapore's first victory against a Full Member.

Tournament history

World Cricket League

ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
  • 2019: 2nd place (League A)

ICC World Cup Qualifier

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier
  • 2008: Did not qualify
  • 2010: Did not qualify
  • 2012: Did not qualify
  • 2015: Did not qualify
  • 2019: 11th place

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

ACC Trophy

ACC Premier League

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Asian Games
  • 2010: Withdrew
  • 2014: Did not participate

Asia Cup Qualifier

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Singapore[30]

Last updated 4 March 2020

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals15960022 July 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[30]

Records complete to T20I #1074. Last updated 4 March 2020.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Test nations
 Zimbabwe2110029 September 201929 September 2019
Associate Members
 Bermuda1100020 October 201920 October 2019
 Hong Kong110004 March 20204 March 2020
 Kenya1010023 October 2019
 Malaysia2200026 July 201926 July 2019
 Namibia1010026 October 2019
   Nepal2110028 July 201928 July 2019
 Netherlands1010022 October 2019
 Papua New Guinea1010025 October 2019
 Qatar1100022 July 201922 July 2019
 Scotland1100018 October 201918 October 2019
 Thailand1100029 February 202029 February 2020

Other records and statistics

Twenty20 Matches

Statistics from Singapore players in World Cricket League matches and ACC Events since 2008

Highest scores

Best Bowling figures

Mulewa Dharmichand – 6/55 vs Guernsey at The Padang, Singapore on 29 August 2009

Christopher Janik – 5/9 vs Afghanistan at FB Fields, St Clement on 27 May 2008

Abhiraj Singh – 5/12 vs Tanzania at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur on 7 September 2012

Abhiraj Singh – 5/42 vs Kuwait at Kallang Ground, Singapore on 8 June 2014

Mohammad Ali – 5/45 vs Hong Kong at Royal Military College, Kuala Lumpur on 30 July 2008

Chaminda Ruwan – 5/46 vs Qatar at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 25 July 2008

ICC Trophy

Overall

Current squad

Playing staff

This lists all the active players who have played for the Singapore in the past year (since 20 October 2018) and the forms in which they have played, or any players (in italics) outside this criteria who have been selected in the team's most recent squad.

Key

  • S/N = Shirt number
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms S/N Last FC Last List A Last T20I
Batsmen
Surendran Chandramohan31Right-handed—List A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Tim David24Right-handedRight-arm mediumList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Aritra Dutta29Right-handed—T20I——— 2019
Rezza Gaznavi27Right-handedRight-arm leg breakList A—— 2019—
Arjun Mutreja22Right-handedRight-arm off breakList A—— 2019—
Rohan Rangarajan21Right-handedRight-arm off breakList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Wicket-keepers
Manpreet Singh25Right-handedRight-arm off breakList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Chetan Suryawanshi35Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I——— 2019
All-rounders
Avi Dixit21Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastT20I————
Anish Paraam30Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxT20I——— 2019
Navin Param24Right-handedRight-arm off breakList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Janak Prakash20Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I——— 2019
Sidhant Singh20Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I—— 2019 2019
Pace bowlers
Amjad Mahboob39Right-handedRight-arm mediumList A (C), T20I (C)—— 2019 2019
Aryaman Sunil20Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Spin bowlers
Aahan Gopinath Achar21Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Vinoth Baskaran30Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Anantha Krishna29Right-handedRight-arm leg breakList A, T20I—— 2019 2019
Selladore Vijayakumar41Right-handedRight-arm off breakT20I——— 2019
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