Batsman Rajendran Vijayababu smashed a 244 not out from 102 balls to register the highest individual score in a 30-over cricket league game in Singapore on Sunday. Vijayababu, who is of Indian origin, hit 44 fours and five maximums en route as he helped his side Minnals get to a mammoth 380/2 against Avadh in a Pro30 match at the Bukit Timah Sport Field.
The 34-year-old broke Aslam Parvez’s record, who had slammed 192 playing for Mariners CC versus Meiji Mavericks in another league game on May 29 at the same ground. After posting such a massive score, the Minnals restricted Avadh to 182-9 in 30 overs.
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The tournament is recognised by the Singapore Cricket Association and almost all the top players from the country feature in it. Singapore became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1974 and then later played India at home but the team could never meet up to the expectations.
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More recently they began showing signs of improvement from 2006. They finished third in the ACC Premier League and moved to the second stage of the ACC Trophy, finishing fifth and also made the cut for Division Five of the World Cricket League in 2008.
In August 2009, Singapore hosted the Division Six of the World Cricket League, which they also won. The triumph also helped them crawl back into Division five which they had to give up on a year earlier. In November 2009 Singapore took part in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in UAE. They could only manage a third-place finish in Group A and then lost to Nepal by nine wickets in the playoffs to finish at the sixth spot.
In 2012 they won the ICC World Cricket League which propelled the national team to Division Four.
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