Singapore Cricket Team

Ever since Singapore became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1974, the Singapore National Team has been participating in all the ICC and ACC tournaments.

Three years after becoming an associate member, Singapore won the Saudara Cup for the first time. In 1978, Singapore played India at home, the match ending in a draw. Singapore took part in the first ICC Trophy in England in 1979 but could only finish fourth in their first round group after only beating Argentina. Singapore finished fourth out of eight teams in their first round group in the 1982 tournament and withdrew from the 1986 tournament when several of the players couldn't get leave from work.
Singapore played in the South East Asian Tournament for the first time in 1984, playing in the event again in 1988 and 1992 (when Singapore hosted), Singapore never managed to reach the final as Bangladesh and Hong Kong finished first and second on each occasion. The final Interport Match took place in Singapore in 1987, with Hong Kong beating the home side. Singapore returned to the ICC Trophy for the 1990 tournament in the Netherlands, beating Malaysia and Israel during the event, and failed to progress past the first round.

Singapore began playing in the Tuanku Ja'afar Cup in 1991, an annual tournament against Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand winning the event just once, in 1994, a year in which they finished 19th out of 20 teams in the ICC Trophy. The Stan Nagaiah Trophy, an annual three match series of one-day matches against Malaysia, began the following year. Singapore played in the first ACC Trophy in 1996, beating the Maldives and Thailand but failing to go past the first round. Singapore finished 14th in the 1997 ICC Trophy and could only beat Papua New Guinea in the 1998 ACC Trophy, again failing to go past the first round.

The first two major tournaments of the 21st century for Singapore got them off to a bad start losing all first round matches in both the 2000 ACC Trophy in the UAE and the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario, Singapore's final ICC Trophy to date. Singapore hosted the ACC Trophy in 2002, beating the Maldives and Thailand (by 325 runs) but again failing to progress beyond the first round, a performance Singapore repeated in 2004. Singapore finished fourth in the ACC Fast Track Nations Tournament in 2004 and 2005.

Singapore began to show improvement in their form in 2006. That year Singapore finished third in the ACC Premier League and finally passed the first round stage in the ACC Trophy, finishing fifth to qualify for Division Five of the World Cricket League in 2008. Singapore didn't progress beyond the first round of the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, beating only Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia. In November 2009, Singapore travelled to the UAE for the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup. During the tournament Singapore finished third in Group A, therefore failing to progress to the semi-finals and a chance to qualify for the 2010 Asian Games. In the fifth place playoff Singapore lost to Nepal by 9 wickets to finish the tournament in sixth place.

In the World Cricket League, Singapore started off in the Division Five tournament in Jersey, Singapore finished fifth after beating Botswana in a play-off, Singapore did beat Afghanistan during the first round, who went on to win the tournament. In August 2009, Singapore hosted and won Division Six of the World Cricket League, going through the tournament undefeated and winning promotion back to Division Five. In the division Five in Nepal, Singapore by a streak of bad luck failed to qualify for Division Four finishing third in the round robin by an inferior run rate of 0.004 to hosts Nepal.

Having stayed at Division 5, Singapore will now look to progress in the world cricket league in the World Cricket League Division Five, which will be hosted by Singapore in February 2012.

Source: Wikipedia

ICC World Rankings:

Ranks as on 10 October 2011 according to ICC:

Rank

Nation

Regional Rank
10  Ireland  Europe No.1 Associate/Affiliate member
12  Netherlands  Europe 2
13  Kenya  Africa No. 1 Associate/Affiliate member
14  Afghanistan  Asia No. 1 Associate/Affiliate member
15  Scotland  Europe 3
16  Canada  Americas No.1 Associate/Affiliate member
17  United Arab Emirates  Asia 2
18  Namibia  Africa 2
19  Papua New Guinea  East Asia - Pacific No.1 Associate/Affiliate member
20  Hong Kong Asia 3
21  Uganda  Africa 3
22  Bermuda  Americas 2
23  Oman  Asia 4
24  Italy  Europe 4
25  Denmark  Europe 5
26  United States  Americas 3
27  Nepal  Asia 5
28  Tanzania  Africa 4
29  Cayman Islands  Americas 4
30  Argentina  Americas 5
31  Bahrain  Asia 6
32  Singapore  Asia 7
33  Guernsey  Europe 6
34  Malaysia  Asia 8
35  Kuwait  Asia 9
36  Jersey  Europe 7
37  Nigeria  Africa 5
38  Fiji  East Asia - Pacific 2
39  Germany  Europe 8
40  Botswana  Africa 6
41  Norway  Europe 9
42  Japan  East Asia - Pacific 3
43  Vanuatu  East Asia - Pacific 4
44  Zambia  Africa 7
45  Suriname  Americas 6
46  Gibraltar  Europe 10
47  Bhutan  Asia 10
48  Bahamas  Americas 7