Anish Edward Paraam (born 19 July 1990) is a Singaporean cricketer who has made appearances for the Singapore national team in several major tournaments. Paraam has also played club cricket in England, including for Horwich in the Bolton League,[1] and represented Durham MCC University in two first-class matches during the 2014 English season.[2] He is one of three Singaporeans to have played first-class matches for an English university in recent years, the others being Oxford University's Sachin Mylavarapu and Durham MCCU's Abhiraj Singh.[3]
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Full name | Anish Edward Paraam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 (age 32) Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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T20I debut (cap 8) | 22 July 2019 v Qatar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 28 July 2019 v Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Durham MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In August 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[4] He was the leading run-scorer for Singapore in the tournament, with 218 runs in five matches.[5] In October 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[6]
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.[7] He made his T20I debut for Singapore against Qatar on 22 July 2019.[8]
In September 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[9] In July 2022, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2022 Canada Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[10] He made his List A debut on 28 July 2022, for Singapore against Qatar.[11]