Arul Suppiah

England

Full name Arul Vivasvan Suppiah

Born August 30, 1983, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Current age 36 years 342 days

Major teams Somerset

Nickname Ruley, Ja Rule

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Height 6 ft 0 in

Education Millfield School; Exeter University

Relation Brother - RV Suppiah

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	100	167	8	5156	156	32.42	10386	49.64	8	29			56
List A	94	78	14	1722	80	26.90			0	10			34
T20s	82	53	17	472	32*	13.11	447	105.59	0	0	33	11	33

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
First-class	100		4689	2630	45	3/46		58.44	3.36	104.2	0	0
List A	94		1693	1562	46	4/39	4/39	33.95	5.53	36.8	1	0
T20s	82	44	647	785	41	6/5	6/5	19.14	7.27	15.7	0	1

Career statistics

First-class debut	2002
Last First-class	Somerset v Durham at Taunton, Jun 6-9, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	2002
Last List A	Middlesex v Somerset at Lord's, Jun 4, 2013 scorecard
T20s debut	Somerset v Worcestershire at Taunton, Jun 23, 2005 scorecard
Last T20s	Hampshire v Somerset at Cardiff, Aug 25, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
11, 3/20	Smrst 2nd XI	v Glouc 2nd XI	Bristol	24 Jun 2013	Other T20
0/42, 53	Smrst 2nd XI	v Glouc 2nd XI	Bristol	24 Jun 2013	Other T20
42, 27	Smrst 2nd XI	v Middx 2nd XI	Radlett	18 Jun 2013	Other
1/7, 7	Smrst 2nd XI	v Middx 2nd XI	Radlett	17 Jun 2013	Other OD
36, 0/11, 19	Somerset	v Durham	Taunton	6 Jun 2013	FC
10, 0/20	Somerset	v Middlesex	Lord's	4 Jun 2013	LA
6	Somerset	v Glamorgan	Taunton	2 Jun 2013	LA
5	Somerset	v Yorkshire	Taunton	28 May 2013	FC
20, 0/31	Somerset	v Leics	Leicester	26 May 2013	LA
7, 22	Somerset	v Sussex	Horsham	22 May 2013	FC

Profile

Arul Suppiah moved from his native Kuala Lumpur to further his cricket and attend Millfield School. He was given his first-class debut for Somerset in 2002 and established himself as an opener, also providing useful left-arm spin which produced a record return of six for five in a Twenty20 at Glamorgan in 2011.

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