The Singapore national cricket team is the team that represents the

Republic of Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country, island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Pen ...

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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 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, the ...

. It later contributed players to combined teams representing the

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and Malaya. After gaining ICC membership, Singapore played in six out of the first seven editions of the

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, beginning in 1979. Post-independence, its greatest rivalry is with neighbouring

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

, in the annual

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. Singapore reached as high as Division Three 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

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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 Christian Sabbath. 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

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two years later.Timeline of Singapore Cricket
at CricketEurope The Singapore Cricket Club eventually began to play against teams from other parts of

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such as

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Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand' ...

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 "

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, the ...

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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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

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in 1895. Matches against the

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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 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

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

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 UAE and the

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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

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in 2004 and 2005. Singapore began to show an improvement in their form in 2006. That year they finished third in the

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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

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, beating only Hong Kong and

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, but captain Chaminda Ruwan 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 UAE for the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup. During the tournament Singapore finished third in Group A, therefore failing to progress to the semi-finals and a chance to qualify for the

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. 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

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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

2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier The 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was the tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. Twelve regional qualifiers were held by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with 62 teams competed du ...

; 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 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series. 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)

ICC World Cup Qualifier

* 1979: First round *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

: First round *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...

: Withdrew *

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

: First round *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

: 19th place *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

: 14th place *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

: First round *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

: Did not qualify *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

: Did not qualifyWorld Cricket League Structure 2006–2009
/ref> *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

: Did not qualify *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

: Did not qualify

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Did not qualify *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: Did not qualify *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

: Did not qualify *

: 11th place * 2022: 8th place

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament The ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a three-day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), contested between its top-ranking ICC associate members. It was played three times between 2004 and 2006, and then replaced by the ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

: 4th place *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

: 3rd place

ACC Trophy

*1996: First round *1998: First round *2000: First round *2002: First round *2004: First round *

: 5th place * 2008 Elite: 5th place * 2010 Elite: 9th place

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* 2014 Ellite League: Winner

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

: First round *

: 6th place *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

: Did not participate *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: 9th place *

: 4th place

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: Withdrew *

: Did not participate

ACC Eastern Region T20

: Did not participate * 2020: Winner (Qualified for

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)

Asia Cup Qualifier

: 6th place * 2020: 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

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. * Best individual bowling figures: 4/25, Selladore Vijayakumar v.

on 28 July 2019 at

. 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 - 108 vs

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on 27 October 2014 * Christopher Janik – 106 vs

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on 4 September 2012 *

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The Padang The Padang ( Malay for 'field') is an open playing field located within the Downtown Core of the Central Area in Singapore. It includes the Padang Cricket Ground. The Padang is surrounded by several important landmarks, which include Sai ...

, Singapore on 1 September 2009 * Arjun Mutreja - 101* vs

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Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and R ...

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

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

, Singapore on 10 June 2014

Best Bowling figures

* Mulewa Dharmichand – 6/55 vs

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

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

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

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

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

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Ku ...

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

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

at Royal Military College,

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

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

Bayuemas Oval Bayuemas Oval is a cricket stadium located in Pandamaran, Klang, Malaysia. The first recorded match on this ground was in season 2004. The ground is designed and constructed by the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. It features like saucer for ...

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

on 25 July 2008

ICC Trophy

*Highest team total: 231/6 v

Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = "Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gibr ...

, 25 February 1994 at Ruaraka Sports Club Ground,

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*Highest individual score: 77 by Joshua Dearing v

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

, 28 June 2001 at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club *Best innings bowling: 5/39 by M. Rajalingam v

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...

, 5 July 1982 at Solihull Cricket Club Ground

Overall

*Highest team total: 440/2 v

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

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

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 f ...

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament The ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a three-day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), contested between its top-ranking ICC associate members. It was played three times between 2004 and 2006, and then replaced by the ...

ACC Trophy

ACC Premier League The ACC Premier League is a One Day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council that is contested between its members nations in League system. It has evolved from the former ACC Trophy Elite cricket competition and played under three di ...

ACC Twenty20 Cup The ACC Twenty20 Cup was a 20-over cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The tournament did not include the ACC members who were full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) during the years in which it was h ...

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

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