The Singapore national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Singapore in

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. Singapore has been an associate member of the

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(ICC) since 1974, and was a founding member of the

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formed in 1983.Singapore
at CricketArchive The

Singapore Cricket Club The Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) is one of the premier sports and social clubs in Singapore. Its clubhouse is located on Connaught Drive on the south end of the Padang in Singapore's central business district. History The SCC was esta ...

was established in 1837 during the colonial period. Singapore played regular fixtures against other British colonies in Asia beginning in the late 19th century, notably participating in the

interport matches Interport matches refer to a series of cricket matches which took place in Asia from 1866 to 1987, between Ceylon, the Federated Malay States, Hong Kong, Malaya, Malaysia, Shanghai, Singapore and the Straits Settlements. In February 2020, ...

. It later contributed players to combined teams representing the Straits Settlements and Malaya. After gaining ICC membership, Singapore played in six out of the first seven editions of the ICC Trophy, beginning in

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. Post-independence, its greatest rivalry is with neighbouring

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, in the annual Stan Nagaiah Trophy. Singapore reached as high as

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of the

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. The team made its

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debut in 2019, following the granting of that status to associate members of the ICC, and in the same year participated in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier for the first time.

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

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. This resulted in cricket being banned on Sundays, a prohibition that remained in place until the 1930s.Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, SportsBooks Publishing, 2007 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. Louis Glass became the first person in Singapore to record a century two years later.Timeline of Singapore Cricket
at CricketEurope The Singapore Cricket Club eventually began to play against teams from other parts of British Malaya such as Penang, Perak and

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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 "

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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. The Straits Settlements team beat Ceylon in

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in 1893, and played a match in Jakarta in 1895. Matches against the Federated Malay States began in 1896, and against

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in 1897. They played

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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

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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.

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. They next played in 1957, drawing at home to Ceylon. Various teams visited Singapore in the 1960s, including

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. 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

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and featuring

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. The match was won by the MCC.

ICC membership

Singapore became an associate member of the ICC in 1974 and three years later won the

Saudara Cup The Saudara Cup is an annual cricket match played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played since 1970, with the exception of 2013, when it was not held, and 2014, when the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Malaysia have won ...

for the first time. In 1978, Singapore played

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at home, the match ending in a draw. 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

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. They finished fourth out of eight teams in their first round group in the 1982 tournament and withdrew from the 1986 tournament when several of their players couldn't get leave from work. 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

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and Hong Kong finished first and second on each occasion. 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

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, beating Malaysia and

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during the event, and failing to progress past the first round.1990 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo 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

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and Thailand but failing to go past the first round.1996 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope They finished 14th in the

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and could only beat

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in the 1998 ACC Trophy, again failing to go past the first round.1998 ACC Trophy
at CricketArchive

21st century

2000 - 2017

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

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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. 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

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, but captain

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did make the highest score of the tournament. In the World Cricket League Division Five tournament in

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, Singapore finished fifth after beating

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in a play-off,Scorecard
of Botswana v Singapore, 31 May 2008 at CricketArchive though they did beat

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during the first round, who went on to win the tournament. 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. In November 2009, Singapore travelled to the

for the

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. 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

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by 9 wickets to finish to tournament in sixth place. In the

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, they finished fourth to remain in Division Five. Hosting the

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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

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. 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.

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Singapore and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. Singapore played their first T20I against

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on 22 July 2019. On 28 July 2019, after their victory against Nepal in the regional finals of the

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; Singapore qualified for the

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for the first time. After April 2019, Singapore will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. In September 2019, Singapore beat

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by four runs in the third T20I match of the

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. It was the first time that Singapore had beaten a Full Member team in an international cricket match.

Grounds

Tournament history

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* 2008 Division Five: 5th place * 2009 Division Six: Champions * 2010 Division Five: 4th place * 2012 Division Five: Champions * 2012 Division Four: 3rd place * 2014 Division Four: 2nd place * 2014 Division Three: 3rd place * 2017 Division Three: 3rd place * 2018 Division Three: 3rd place (Relegated)

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: 2nd place (League A)

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: First round * 1982: First round *

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: Withdrew *

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: First round *

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: 19th place *

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: 14th place * 2001: First round * 2005: Did not qualify * 2009: Did not qualifyWorld Cricket League Structure 2006–2009
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: Did not qualify *

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: Did not qualify

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: Did not qualify * 2010: Did not qualify *

: Did not qualify * 2015: Did not qualify *

: 11th place *

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: 8th place

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

* 2004: 4th place * 2005: 4th place * 2006: 3rd place

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*1996: First round *1998: First round *2000: First round *2002: First round *2004: First round * 2006: 5th place * 2008 Elite: 5th place * 2010 Elite: 9th place

ACC Premier League

* 2014 Ellite League: Winner

ACC Twenty20 Cup

* 2007: First round * 2009: 6th place * 2011: Did not participate *

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: 9th place * 2015: 4th place

Asian Games

* 2010: Withdrew *

: Did not participate

ACC Eastern Region T20

: Did not participate *

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: Winner (Qualified for 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier)

Asia Cup Qualifier

: 6th place *

: Qualified

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Singapore ''Last updated 23 December 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 239/3 v.

on 3 March 2020 at

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. * Highest individual score: 100, Surendran Chandramohan v.

on 3 July 2022 at Indian Association Ground,

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. * Best individual bowling figures: 4/25,

Selladore Vijayakumar Selladore Vijayakumar (born 29 July 1979) is a cricketer. He plays for Singapore national cricket team. He is a right-arm off break bowler. Vijayakumar had played for the Singapore team in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three. In t ...

on 28 July 2019 at Indian Association Ground,

. Most T20I runs for Singapore Most T20I wickets for Singapore T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1980. Last updated 23 December 2022.''

Other records and statistics

Twenty20 Matches

Statistics from Singapore players in

matches and ACC Events since 2008

Highest scores

Arjun Mutreja Arjun Mutreja (born 3 May 1990) is an Indian-born Singaporean cricketer. He played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament and was the highest scoring batsman for the tournament. In August 2018, he was named in Singapore's ...

- 108 vs

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on 27 October 2014 * Christopher Janik – 106 vs

at Kinrara Academy Oval,

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on 4 September 2012 * Buddhika Mendis – 103* vs

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, Singapore on 1 September 2009 *

- 101* vs

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, Uganda on 26 May 2017 * Rezza Gaznavi – 96 vs

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, Singapore on 10 June 2014

Best Bowling figures

* Mulewa Dharmichand – 6/55 vs Guernsey at

, Singapore on 29 August 2009 * Christopher Janik – 5/9 vs

at FB Fields, St Clement on 27 May 2008 * Abhiraj Singh – 5/12 vs

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on 7 September 2012 * Abhiraj Singh – 5/42 vs

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, Singapore on 8 June 2014 * Mohammad Ali – 5/45 vs

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at Royal Military College,

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on 30 July 2008 * Chaminda Ruwan – 5/46 vs

at Bayuemas Oval,

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on 25 July 2008

ICC Trophy

*Highest team total: 231/6 v

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, 25 February 1994 at

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*Highest individual score: 77 by Joshua Dearing v

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, 28 June 2001 at

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*Best innings bowling: 5/39 by M. Rajalingam v Fiji, 5 July 1982 at Solihull Cricket Club Ground

Overall

*Highest team total: 440/2 v

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, SingaporeScorecard
of Singapore v Thailand, 16 July 2002 at CricketArchive *Highest individual score: 191 by K Mendis v Thailand, 16 July 2002 at

, Singapore *Best innings bowling: 8/8 by Mahesh Mehta v

, 14 September 1979 at The Padang, MalaysiaScorecard
of Malaysia v Singapore, 14 September 1979 at CricketArchive

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

References

External links

Singapore Cricket Association official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singapore National Cricket Team Cricket in Singapore National cricket teams

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Singapore in international cricket

History

Beginnings of cricket in Singapore

Straits Settlements cricket team

Singapore team

First matches

ICC membership

21st century

2000 - 2017

2018-Present

Grounds

Tournament history

World Cricket League The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of ...

ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League is a cricket competition contested in the List A format, and the bottom level of the three-league Cricket World Cup qualification system, which was introduced in 2019. Twelve teams participate in t ...

ICC World Cup Qualifier The ICC World Cup Qualifier (previously called the ICC Trophy and officially known as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier) is a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that serves as the culmination of the Cricket World Cup qualifi ...

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (previously the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier) was a Twenty20 International tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament served as the final qualifying event for ...

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

ACC Trophy The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but ha ...

ACC Premier League

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Asian Games

ACC Eastern Region T20

Asia Cup Qualifier

Records and statistics

Twenty20 International

Other records and statistics

Twenty20 Matches

Highest scores

Best Bowling figures

ICC Trophy

Overall

Current squad

Playing staff

See also

References

External links