Simi Singh

For the Pakistani footballer, see Simranjit Singh. For the Italian cricketer, see Simranjit Singh (cricketer).

Simi Singh
Personal information
Full name
Simranjit Singh
Born (1987-02-04) 4 February 1987 (age 37)
Bathlana, Punjab, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 52)14 May 2017 v New Zealand
Last ODI12 July 2022 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 42)12 June 2018 v Netherlands
Last T20I23 October 2022 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–presentLeinster Lightning
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 35 53 13 76
Runs scored 593 296 612 1,578
Batting average 22.80 10.20 36.00 28.69
100s/50s 1/1 0/1 2/2 2/6
Top score 100* 57* 121 121*
Balls bowled 1,519 965 1,785 3,131
Wickets 39 44 27 79
Bowling average 25.92 27.84 25.25 27.88
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/10 3/9 5/38 5/10
Catches/stumpings 13/– 16/– 6/– 27/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 August 2023

Simranjit "Simi" Singh (born 4 February 1987) is an Indian born Irish cricketer.[1] In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.[2][3] In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[4] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[5]

Domestic and T20 career

Singh made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 1 May 2017.[6]

Singh made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017.[7] He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 5 June 2017.[8]

In July 2019, Singh was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[9][10] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[11]

Singh was the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Championship, finishing the tournament with 204 runs and 13 wickets.[12][13]

International career

In May 2017, Singh was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their tri-series tournament featuring Bangladesh and New Zealand.[14] He made his ODI debut for Ireland against New Zealand on 14 May 2017.[15]

In June 2018, Singh was named in Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series.[16] He made his T20I debut for Ireland against the Netherlands on 12 June 2018.[17] He scored 57 not out on debut and became the first batsman to score a fifty on T20I debut batting at number 8 or lower.[18]

In January 2019, Singh was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in India, but he did not play.[19][20] In July 2019, he was named in Ireland's Test squad for their one-off match against England at Lord's, but he did not play again.[21] In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[22]

On 10 July 2020, Singh was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.[23][24]

On 18 January 2021, against the UAE, Singh took his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket, with five wickets for ten runs off his ten overs.[25] On 16 July 2021, against South Africa, Singh scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 100 not out.[26] He also became the first batsman to score a century in ODI cricket batting at number 8 or lower.[27] In September 2021, Singh was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[28]

In the annual ICC Awards in January 2022, he was included in ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year for the year 2021.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Simi Singh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ "19 men's central player contracts finalised ahead of busy 2019". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Ireland women to receive first professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, Leinster Lightning v North-West Warriors at Dublin, May 1, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, North-West Warriors v Leinster Lightning at Bready, May 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning at Belfast, Jun 5-7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, 2019: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, 2019: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Singh Named in Tri Nations ODI Squad". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2nd Match: Ireland v New Zealand at Dublin (Malahide), May 14, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Gary Wilson named Ireland's T20I captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  17. ^ "1st Match, Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series at Rotterdam, Jun 12 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  21. ^ "England v Ireland: Mark Adair, Lorcan Tucker, Simi Singh and Craig Young in 14-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  22. ^ "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  25. ^ "Sensational Singh spins Ireland to victory". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  26. ^ "Cricket-Malan blasts South Africa to victory in third ODI v Ireland". Yahoo Sports. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock and all the records they broke". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Ireland names 18-player provisional squad for T20 World Cup". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  29. ^ "ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 January 2022.