| 1837 | First mention of cricket in Singapore. A Mr Z complains about cricket being played near a church on Sunday, in violation of the Sabbath. This results in cricket being banned on Sundays until the 1930s. |
| 1852 | The Singapore Cricket Club is formed. |
| 1867 | First recorded century in Singaporean cricket by Louis Glass. |
| 1880s | Singapore Cricket Club begins playing against teams from Penang, Perak, and Kuala Lumpur. |
| 1890 | Interport matches commence with the Straits Settlements visiting Hong Kong for two two-day matches, losing both. |
| 1891 | First Interport matches in the Straits Settlements with Hong Kong and Ceylon visiting Singapore. The Straits win both matches, and a further match against a combined Ceylon/Hong Kong team is drawn. |
| 1893 | The Straits Settlements visit Ceylon, playing the national side in Colombo. |
| 1895 | Straits Settlements visit Jakarta in Indonesia. |
| 1897 | Shanghai added to Interport matches, playing the Straits Settlements in Hong Kong. |
| 1905 | First match between the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States in Kuala Lumpur. The match continues to this day in the form of the annual Saudara Cup match between Singapore and Malaysia. |
| 1906 | Straits Settlements visit Rangoon to play Burma. |
| 1909 | The Straits Settlements play in the Interport matches for the final time before giving way to an All-Malaya team. |
| 1910 | Straits Settlements visit Bangkok. |
| 1919 | Annual matches against the Federated Malay States resume after the war. |
| 1920 | All-Malaya plays in the Interport matches for the first time, playing Hong Kong, Shanghai and a combined Hong Kong/Shanghai team. |
| 1927 | An Australian XI tours Malaya, losing to All-Malaya in Singapore. |
| 1940 | Final match between the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States. |
| 1955 | First Interport matches after the war, with All-Malaya playing Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. |
| 1957 | Ceylon tour Malaya, drawing a two-day match against Singapore. |
| 1963 | Final Interport match for All-Malaya, against Hong Kong. |
| 1965 | Worcestershire tour Malaysia, including a match against Singapore on their itinerary. |
| 1968 | Singapore draw their first Interport match against Hong Kong.
Hyderabad Blues tour Singapore. |
| 1970 | An MCC team captained by Tony Lewis and featuring Geoff Boycott visits Singapore, beating the national side.
First Saudara Cup match between Malaysia and Singapore. |
| 1972 | A combined Cambridge/Oxford Universities team tours Singapore. |
| 1977 | Singapore win the Saudara Cup for the first time. |
| 1978 | India tour Singapore, drawing against the national side. |
| 1979 | New Zealand tour Singapore.
Singapore take part in the first ICC Trophy, finishing fourth out of five teams in their first round group. |
| 1982 | Singapore play in the second ICC Trophy, finishing fourth out of eight teams in their first round group. |
| 1984 | New Zealand tour Singapore. |
| 1987 | Final Interport match as Singapore play Hong Kong in Singapore. Hong Kong win by 149 runs. |
| 1989 | Singapore Under-19s play in the Youth Asia Cup in Bangladesh, but their matches don't count as they field over-age players. |
| 1990 | Singapore play in the ICC Trophy in the Netherlands, beating Malaysia and Israel. |
| 1991 | Singapore play in the first Tuanku Ja'afar Cup. |
| 1994 | Singapore have their worst ICC Trophy, finishing 19th out of 20 teams in Nairobi.
Singapore win the Tuanku Ja'afar Cup for the first and only time. |
| 1995 | First Stan Nagaiah Trophy series of matches against Malaysia. |
| 1996 | Singapore play in the first ACC Trophy in Malaysia, beating the Maldives and Thailand. |
| 1997 | Singapore finish 14th out of 22 teams in the ICC Trophy in Malaysia. |
| 1998 | Singapore play in the second ACC Trophy in Nepal, only beating Papua New Guinea in the first round. |
| 2000 | Singapore play in the ACC Trophy in the UAE, losing all first round matches against Malaysia, Hong Kong and Kuwait. |
| 2001 | Singapore's final ICC Trophy to date in Canada sees them lose all five first round matches. |
| 2002 | Singapore host the ACC Trophy. They beat the Maldives and Thailand in the first round. Thailand are beaten by 325 runs thanks to a 334 run opening partnership between Zubin Shroff and K Mendis. |
| 2004 | Singapore again fail to progress past the first round of the ACC Trophy.
Singapore finish 4th in the ACC Fast Track Counties Tournament. |
| 2005 | Singapore finish 4th in the ACC Fast Track Counties Tournament again |
| 2006 | Singapore go past the first round of the ACC Trophy for the first time. They finish 5th and qualify for Division 5 of the World Cricket League in 2008.
Singapore finish 3rd in the ACC Premier League.
Singapore women make their international debut, losing to Malaysia by 58 runs. |
| 2007 | Singapore women play in the ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia. They beat the UAE in the first round but lose to Bangladesh and China.
Singapore play in the first ACC Twenty20 Cup, beating Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia in the first round. Chaminda Ruwan makes the highest score of the tournament.
Singapore Under-15s win the ACC Under-15 Elite Cup after beating Kuwait in the final. The tournament is shrouded in controversy however, as Singapore and Kuwait are the only two teams to pick 11 eligible players. |
| 2008 | Singapore finish fifth in Division 5 of the World Cricket League. They beat champions Afghanistan during the tournament.
Singapore finish fifth in the ACC Trophy Elite tournament. |
| 2009 | Singapore host and win Division Six of the World Cricket League, beating Bahrain in the final and gaining promotion to Division Five.
Singapore Women finish fifth in the ACC Women's Twenty20 Cup in Malaysia.
Singapore finish sixth in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in the UAE. |
| 2010 | Singapore finish fourth in Division Five of the World Cricket League in Nepal. However, there was controversy in the final group match between Nepal and the USA. With Nepal facing certain defeat, their fans rioted, throwing stones onto the field. The subsequent Duckworth/Lewis calculations and their effect on the net run rate meant that Singapore missed out on promotion to Division Four, which would have been guaranteed had the riot not taken place.
Singapore finish ninth in the ACC Trophy Elite tournament in Kuwait. |
| 2011 | Singapore's women finish sixth in the ACC Women's Twenty20 Cup in Kuwait |
A Timeline of Singapore Cricket
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