Arjun Menon (coach)

Arjun Menon
Menon in 2025
Personal information
Born1977 (1977)[1]
Singapore
Died (aged 48)
Blantyre, Malawi
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side

Arjun Menon (1977 – 10 May 2025) was a Singaporean cricket coach and player, who represented the Singapore national cricket team and coached a number of teams at international level, including Chile, Botswana, Malawi, Indonesia, and Singapore.[2]

Playing career

Menon began playing cricket at Saint Patrick's School, Singapore. He represented Singapore at youth level as a wicket-keeper and made his senior debut against United Arab Emirates in Malaysia. He made five senior appearances for Singapore.[3] He discontinued his international career in 1999 when he moved to Australia to attend university.[4]

Coaching career

Menon was appointed head coach of Chile in the lead-up to the team's inaugural ICC tournament appearance at the 2006 World Cricket League Americas Division Three.[5] In 2010, he was appointed head coach of Botswana,[4] a position he held until 2013.[6] Menon later coached Indonesia at the 2014 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship.[7]

Menon held various roles with the Singapore Cricket Association from 2015 to 2020, coaching Singapore to a gold medal in T20 cricket at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[3] In 2020, he went to Malawi as operations manager of Cricket Malawi on a three-year contract, shortly after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi.[8] He coached Malawi at the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A.[9] At the time of his death in May 2025, various Malawi's sports authorities such as Henry Kamata, the CEO of the Malawi National Council of Sports, had attributed the recent progress of the sport in the nation to Menon.[2][10]

Death

Menon died during an assault by unknown assailants in the area of his residence, in Blantyre, Malawi, on 10 May 2025.[11][12] He was 48.[11] Police have opened investigations into his death.[2][10]

References

  1. ^ "Arjun Menon".
  2. ^ a b c "Police investigating death of Cricket Malawi operations director Arjun Menon". 12 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b Yeo, Clarence (13 May 2021). "Cricket: Former Singapore international Arjun Menon pitches in to help Malawi orphanage". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b Disele, Sylviah (1 June 2012). "Menon's cricket puzzle coming together". Mmegi. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. ^ Munro, Tony; Williams, Joseph (23 January 2006). "Hectic times for Chile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ Ncube, Dumisani (27 November 2014). "BCA intensifies search for cricket coach". Mmegi. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  7. ^ Nasse, Raymond (26 October 2014). "Squads Announced for Pepsi ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Trophy". Daily Post. Vanuatu. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  8. ^ Lockett, Isaac (24 July 2020). "A new sun rising over cricket in Malawi". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Uganda start as favourites in World Cup Qualifier". Monitor. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  10. ^ a b Waikul, Adit (12 May 2025). "Tragic death of top cricket official Arjun Menon shocks global cricket community". SportsTiger. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Former Singapore cricketer and coach Arjun Menon killed in Malawi". The Straits Times. 11 May 2025.
  12. ^ Manda, Solomon (12 May 2025). "Cricket Malawi operations director Arjun no more". Nation Online. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
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