Timothy Nicholas Surujbally (born May 25, 1984) is an American

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er of

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ian origin who made his debut for the U. S. national side in November 2012. He is a right-handed

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and occasional right-arm

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bowler. Born in

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, Trinidad, Surujbally emigrated to the United States in 2007, settling in Florida. His club cricket has been played in

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, for teams in the South Florida Cricket Alliance and the Florida Southeast Cricket League. In November 2012, Surujbally made his international debut for the U.S. in the annual

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series against

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. He was retained in the side for the 2013 Americas Twenty20 Championship the following year, and featured in five of a possible eight matches, with a best of 44 against

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. Surujbally also featured in the 2013 Auty Cup series, but was not again selected in a national squad until 22015, when he replaced Steven Taylor (a late withdrawal) in the squad for the

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in Ireland and Scotland. He went on to make his full

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debut in the third match of the tournament, against

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. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Surujbally, Timothy 1984 births Living people American cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian people American people of Indo-Trinidadian descent American sportspeople of Indian descent