Arul Suppiah
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| Arul Suppiah | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Arul Vivasvan Suppiah | |||
| Nickname | Ruley, Ja Rule | |||
| Born | 30 August 1983 | |||
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm orthodox spin | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2002- | Somerset | |||
| 2003-2005 | Devon | |||
| 2002 | Somerset Cricket Board | |||
| First-class debut | 24 July 2002: Somerset v West Indies A | |||
| Last First-class | 14 April 2007: Somerset v Loughborough UCCE | |||
| List A debut | 29 August 2002: Somerset Cricket Board v Cornwall | |||
| Last List A | 23 August 2007: Somerset v Durham | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| First-class | List A | Twenty20 | ||
| Matches | 25 | 35 | 17 | |
| Runs scored | 1161 | 821 | 74 | |
| Batting average | 28.31 | 25.65 | 10.57 | |
| 100s/50s | 1/7 | 0/5 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 123 | 79 | 18* | |
| Balls bowled | 1131 | 879 | 132 | |
| Wickets | 12 | 25 | 9 | |
| Bowling average | 65.41 | 31.20 | 20.22 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | 3/46 | 4/39 | 2/14 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 11/0 | 13/0 | 7/0 | |
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As of 15 January 2008 |
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Arul Vivasvan Suppiah (born 30 August 1983) is an English/Malaysian cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler,[2] he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1999, and currently plays county cricket in England for Somerset.[3]
He is the youngest player to play for Malaysia, and has played for England at Under-14, Under-15, Under-16 and Under-18 level. He has also represented England Under-16s at hockey, and played badminton for his school.[4] His elder brother Rohan also plays for Malaysia.[5]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early career
Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Arul Suppiah moved to England to attend Millfield School and further his cricket career.[1] He played for the school's cricket team between 1998 and 2001.[3] He made his debut for Malaysia in August 1999[6] at the age of 15,[2] becoming the youngest player to play for Malaysia.[4] In the Saudara Cup match against Singapore, he took a hat-trick, the only time this has happened in the 37 year history of the fixture.[7]
He next played for Malaysia in the 2000 ACC Trophy and in the 2001 Saudara Cup match, but commitments in England began to reduce his availability for Malaysia.[6] He had made his debut for Somerset's Second XI in 2000,[3] and played for the first team for the first time in 2002, when he played against West Indies A[4] in his first first-class match. He played a County Championship match against Lancashire later in the year.[8]
He had also made his List A debut in 2002, playing for the Somerset Cricket Board against Cornwall in the C&G Trophy in August. In September he played four Norwich Union League matches for Somerset.[9] He was not yet a regular member of the Somerset first team[4] and was regularly playing for their Second XI in addition to playing Minor Counties cricket for Devon.[3] He played four C&G Trophy matches for Devon between 2003 and 2005.[9]
[edit] Later career
In the second half of the 2005 season he was one of a selection of young players offered regular first team cricket by Somerset. He scored his first first-class century against Derbyshire that year,[4] though he has not scored another since.[2] He played eight totesport League matches for Somerset in 2005,[9] and also represented them in that year's Twenty20 Cup,[10] which was won by Somerset.[4] He also played for them in an International 20:20 Club Championship tournament that September, playing against Faisalabad Wolves and Leicestershire.[10] He returned to the Malaysian side that October, playing an ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament match against Nepal.[6]
After playing several matches for Somerset throughout the 2006 season,[8][9][10] he again found himself out of favour in 2007, with his only first-class match coming against Loughborough UCCE in April.[8] He played just one Pro40 match against Durham[9] and two Twenty20 matches against Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.[10] He has continued to play for the Somerset Second XI and for Devon[3] and his lack of matches for Somerset have allowed him to return to international duty for Malaysia, and he played in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Kuwait in October 2007.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Cricinfo profile
- ^ a b c CricketArchive profile
- ^ a b c d e Teams played for by Arul Suppiah at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d e f Somerset County Cricket Club Pen Pic
- ^ Rohan Suppiah at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d Other matches played by Arul Suppiah at CricketArchive
- ^ Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing, 2007
- ^ a b c First-class matches played by Arul Suppiah at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d e List A matches played by Arul Suppiah at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d Twenty20 matches played by Arul Suppiah at CricketArchive
