Parasram Rishi Singh (born 17 March 1975) is a Guyanese-born former

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er. A right-handed

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and

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bowler, Singh played two

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matches for the Sint Maarten cricket team. Singh was born at

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, before emigrating to

. He was selected in Sint Maarten's squad for the 2006 Stanford 20/20, making his debut in Twenty20 cricket against the

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. Singh captained Sint Maarten in this match, during which he bowled four wicket-less overs and scored an unbeaten run coming into bat at number eleven. The United States Virgin Islands won the match by 47 runs, eliminating Sint Maarten from the tournament. He was later selected in Sint Maarten's squad for the second edition of the tournament, although this time the team was captained by

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. Having received a bye into the first round after

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could not fulfill their preliminary round fixture, Singh featured in the first-round match against

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, which despite an unbeaten

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from

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, Sint Maarten lost by 10 runs and were eliminated from the tournament. Having retired as a player, Singh has been the Sint Maarten coach since at least 2009.

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