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SINGAPORE




Population: 5, 1883, 700 (2011 est.)
Population Aged 0-14: 13.6%
National Coach: Trevor Chappell
National Captain: Saad Khan Janjua
Women’s Coach: Mahesh Kumar
Women’s Captain: Diviya GK
Clubs: 66
Grounds: 21
Turf wickets: 4
Playing Season: February to December

ACC Member since 1983
ACC Development Officer: Aminul Islam

At the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Nepal, March 2013
Recent Achievements:
2009 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 6
2010 Winners, ACC U-16 Elite Cup
2012 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5
2012 Winners, ACC Trophy Challenge

Seventh in ACC Rankings for 2011 and 2012 seasons
Fifth in ACC Rankings for 2009 and 2010 seasons

29th in ICC Global Rankings

Personnel qualified from ACC Courses:
Coaches: Level I - 59; Level II - 13; Level III - 1
Umpires: Level I - 11; Level II - 10

Having almost doubled junior playing numbers to 1,735 and more than doubling junior involvement to 3,566 in 2012, Singapore Cricket is riding an upswing of interest in the game. Domestic cricket has never been busier with many new teams joining the Association in the past two years with a range of league and Cup matches arranged last year. Singapore holds the highest number of officially-sanctioned cricket matches of any non-Test playing country in the world. To put this growth in context, there were just 14 Singapore League fixtures in 2003. There are close to 200 now.

An influx of seasoned new players is adding to the strength of the team and if Singapore can master the transition of junior cricketers to the senior ranks, then they’ll have a truly competitive team. The opportunity has been taken to build up domestic cricket activity and there are already signs that 2012 will mark a renaissance for Singapore cricket.

The Singapore Cricket Association are actively engaging with the state in order to seek further state support and funding. They are emphasising cricket’s virtues as a character and team-spirit builder in order to do so, knowing full well that these will appeal to the administrators of the nation-state.

Singapore is reaping the reward for having a strong forward-thinking administration coupled with players who have consistently shone at youth level. “We will spread our programs now to reach other areas," adds Mr. Imran. “Being No.1 is great. Now we must stay there and apply a fresh perspective to the younger lot of players.” The U-16s repaid that attention in winning the 2010 ACC U-16 Elite Cup. The senior team and U-19 team have slipped down to the Challenge Division but are confident of winning promotion back to the Elite next time round. Singapore’s men won Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 at the start of 2012, and then came a creditable third in Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 in September before winning the ACC Trophy Challenge at the end of 2012 to win back a place in the ACC Trophy and ACC Twenty20 Cup for the 2013-2014 seasons.

Winners, 2012 ACC Trophy Challenge in Chiang Mai Young prospect Abhiraj Singh

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