Suresh Singh ( pa, ਸੁਰੇਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ, Surēśa sigha; born 27 September 1973) is a Malaysian

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er. A right-handed

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and right-arm

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since 1995.

Biography

Born in

Labuan Labuan (), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan ( ms, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan), is a Federal Territory of Malaysia. Its territory includes and six smaller islands, off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia. Labuan's capita ...

in 1973, Suresh Singh made his debut for Malaysia in September 1995, playing in the annual

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match against

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. He played in the fixture again in 1996, a year in which he played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series for the first time. He also played in the series in 1997 and 1998.Other matches played by Suresh Singh
at CricketArchive He played in the

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ICC Trophy matches played by Suresh Singh
at CricketArchive and made his List A debut in March 1998, playing two matches for Malaysia in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day competition.List A matches played by Suresh Singh
at CricketArchive He also played in the

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later in the year. He was then absent from the Malaysian side until 2001, when he returned for that year's Stan Nagaiah Trophy. He also played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in

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. He played for Malaysia in a match against the

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in February 2003, playing one match in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series the following month. His next match for Malaysia wasn't until December 2006, when he played the Saudara Cup match against Singapore. He has not played for Malaysia since.

References

1973 births Living people People from Labuan Malaysian cricketers Malaysian Sikhs Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysian people of Punjabi descent {{Malaysia-cricket-bio-stub