| Anish Paraam | |||||
| Country: | Singapore | ||||
| Fullname: | Anish Edward Paraam | ||||
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1990 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Singapore | ||||
| Batting: | Right-handed | ||||
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||
| Role: | All-rounder | ||||
| Club1: | Durham MCCU | ||||
| Year1: | 2014 | ||||
| Internationalspan: | 2008-present | ||||
| International: | true | ||||
| T20idebutdate: | 22 July | ||||
| T20idebutyear: | 2019 | ||||
| T20idebutagainst: | Qatar | ||||
| T20icap: | 8 | ||||
| Lastt20idate: | 6 February | ||||
| Lastt20iyear: | 2024 | ||||
| Lastt20iagainst: | Japan | ||||
| Date: | 4 May 2023 | ||||
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/307692.html Cricinfo | ||||
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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.
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]
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]
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]