Singaporean cricketer
Anish Edward Paraam (born 19 July 1990) is a Singaporean cricketer . He has played for the Singapore national cricket team since 2008, as a right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.
Personal life
Paraam is a nephew of Singapore cricket pioneer Stacey Muruthi .[ 1] His brothers Navin and Prasheen have also represented Singapore in cricket, as well as his cousins Peter and James Muruthi and Diviya G K .[ 2]
Domestic career
Paraam played club cricket in England for Horwich in the Bolton Cricket League .[ 3] He represented Durham MCC University in two first-class matches during the 2014 English season .[ 4] He is one of three Singaporeans to have played first-class matches for an English university around the same time, the others being Oxford University's Sachin Mylavarapu and Durham MCCU's Abhiraj Singh .[ 5]
Paraam has also played club cricket in Australia for Great Northern Raiders in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League .[ 6]
International career
Paraam was named in Singapore's squad for 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Jersey.[ 7]
He was in Singapore's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[ 8] He was the leading run-scorer for Singapore in the tournament, with 218 runs in five matches.[ 9] In October 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[ 10]
In July 2019, he was named in Singapore's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament.[ 11] He made his T20I debut against Qatar on 22 July 2019.[ 12]
In September 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[ 13] In July 2022, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2022 Canada Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[ 14] He made his List A debut on 28 July 2022, for Singapore against Qatar .[ 15]
Paraam scored his maiden T20I century, 100 not out, against the Philippines at the 2023 SEA Games .[ 16]
References
^ Kumar, V. K. Santosh (30 August 2017). "SEA Games 2017: Singapore wins its first cricket gold" . The Straits Times . Retrieved 13 September 2023 .
^ Santosh Kumar, V.K. (21 August 2017). "SEA Games: Quintet from Sreerangam clan power Singapore cricket team in Kuala Lumpur" . The Straits Times . Retrieved 14 May 2022 .
^ V. K. Santosh Kumar (29 May 2013). "Singaporean making waves in English cricket" Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine – The Straits Times . Retrieved 24 October 2014.
^ "Anish Paraam" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 24 October 2014 .
^ Players / Singapore / Sachin Mylavarapu – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^ McGuane, Jarryd (17 October 2019). "Raiders secure batting support in the return of Anish Paraam" . The Advocate . Retrieved 20 May 2023 .
^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Five 2008: Singapore Squad" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2023 .
^ "Singapore Team" . Asian Cricket Council . Retrieved 23 August 2018 .
^ "Asia Cup Qualifiers, 2018/19: Singapore / Minor cricket (one-day/limited overs) / Batting and bowling averages" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 4 September 2018 .
^ "Squads and match schedule announced for ICC World Cricket League Division 3" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 31 October 2018 .
^ "The SCA have announced the 14-man squad for the ICC T20 World Cup Asia Final" . Singapore Cricket Association . Retrieved 15 July 2019 .
^ "1st Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Region Final at Singapore, Jul 22 2019" . ESPN cricinfo . Retrieved 22 July 2019 .
^ "The SCA have announced the 14-man squad – ICC Men's CWC Challenge League A – 2019" . Singapore Cricket Association . Retrieved 8 September 2019 .
^ "ICC Men's CWC Challenge League A: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview" . Cricket World . Retrieved 27 July 2022 .
^ "17th Match, King City (NW), July 28, 2022, CWC Challenge League Group A" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 28 July 2022 .
^ Dada, Madhav (3 May 2023). "Singapore finds big win over the Philippines in the SEA Games Men's T20 Cricket Competition" . Home of T20. Retrieved 20 May 2023 .
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