Anurag Singh (born 9 September 1975) is a British former

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er. He is a right-handed

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and a right-arm

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bowler. Singh was born in

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, India, but moved to England and attended

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where he played alongside

Mark Wagh Mark Anant Wagh (born 20 October 1976) is a former English cricketer who played for Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham where he played alongside Anurag Singh, in the year group team two years above h ...

. He began his cricketing career at

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and represented England at U-19 level in 1994 and 1995 alongside players such as

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and

Andrew Flintoff Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff (born 6 December 1977) is an English television and radio presenter and former international cricketer. Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading all-rounders, a fast bowler, middle-orde ...

. Singh later attended the

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and

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in 1997 and 1998, playing in the annual Oxford vs Cambridge varsity match at Lord's. He divided his time between them and Warwickshire and captained the

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during this period. However, Singh struggled to live up to his initial promise, and having failed to establish himself at Warwickshire, he moved to

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in 2000 in search of new opportunities. In 2003, he was signed by

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as a replacement for

Usman Afzaal Usman Afzaal (born 9 June 1977) is a Pakistani born English cricketer who has played three Test matches for England, all against Australia in 2001. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional left arm slow bowler. He started his fi ...

. He was released by Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2006 season. Singh's top score from a decade's worth of cricket is 187, and he has a career average of 32.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Anurag People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham 1975 births Living people English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Sportspeople from Kanpur British Universities cricketers British Asian cricketers British people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom