Rohan Selvaratnam

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Rohan Selvaratnam
Malaysia
Personal information
Full name	Rohan Mark Selvaratnam
Born	21 March 1974 (1974-03-21) (age 34)
	Johor, Malaysia
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998-2004	Malaysia
First-class debut	23 April 2004: Malaysia v Nepal
Last First-class	17 September 2004: Malaysia v UAE
List A debut	17 March 1998: Malaysia v Pakistan International Airlines
Last List A	14 September 1998: Malaysia v Jamaica
Career statistics
	First-class	List A	ICC Trophy
Matches	2	7	17
Runs scored	130	48	245
Batting average	32.50	9.60	20.41
100s/50s	0/2	0/0	0/1
Top score	56	21*	53*
Balls bowled	0	90	360
Wickets	-	3	11
Bowling average	-	40.33	20.72
5 wickets in innings	-	0	0
10 wickets in match	-	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	-	2/41	2/9
Catches/stumpings	0/0	1/0	6/0
As of 14 January 2008 Source: CricketArchive

Rohan Mark Selvaratnam (born 21 March 1974) is a Malaysian cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,^[2] he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1993.^[3]

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 Later career 2 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early career

Born in Johor in 1974,^[2] Selvaratnam first represented his country at Under-19 level, playing in the Youth Asia Cup in Bangladesh in 1989. He made his debut for the senior side four years later, playing in the annual Saudara Cup match against Singapore in Kuala Lumpur.^[4] He played in the following years ICC Trophy tournament in Nairobi.^[5]

He played in the annual Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore for the first time in February 1995. He played in the series every year from then on until 2001. He returned to the Saudara Cup match in 1997, playing in that match every year until 2004, with the exception of 2002.^[4] He played in the 1997 ICC Trophy, which was held in Malaysia.^[5]

In 1998, he made his List A debut, playing for Malaysia against the Pakistan International Airlines cricket team in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic competition. Later in the year he represented Malaysia in the cricket tournament of the 1998 Commonwealth Games, hosted in Kuala Lumpur.^[6] He played in the ACC Trophy in Nepal the same year.^[4]

[edit] Later career

He played in the 2000 ACC Trophy,^[4] and in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario the following year.^[5] He did not play for Malaysia in 2002, returning for a match against the ECB National Academy in February 2003, also playing in the Saudara Cup match later in the year.^[4] He made his first-class debut in 2004, playing against Nepal and the UAE in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.^[7] He also played in the ACC Trophy that year, in addition to an ACC Fast Track Nations Tournament match against Hong Kong.^[4]

In 2005, he played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, Hong Kong and Nepal, also returning to the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series for the first time in four years. He played in the series again the following year, also playing ACC Premier League matches against Hong Kong, Nepal and the UAE, and in that year's ACC Trophy. He most recently represented his country in the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, where he played against Nepal and Oman.^[4]

[edit] References