Navdeep Singh Poonia (born 11 May 1986) is a Scottish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler. He has played One Day Internationals for Scotland, and was selected for his country for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. He has also played for Warwickshire in English county cricket. Nav played for Pelsall Cricket Club and went onto play for Brewood Cricket Club, his current club in the South Staffordshire Premier League as of the 2023 season.

Navdeep Singh Poonia
Personal information
Full name
Navdeep Singh Poonia
Born (1986-05-11) 11 May 1986 (age 37)
Glasgow, Scotland
NicknameSat Nav, Navi, TB
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 24)5 August 2006 v Ireland
Last ODI22 August 2009 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 7)12 September 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I10 February 2010 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–2009Warwickshire
2002Warwickshire Cricket Board
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 21 8 14 42
Runs scored 237 95 557 732
Batting average 20.28 19.00 28.31 29.30
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 1/2 0/4
Top score 67 38* 111 79
Catches/stumpings 7/– 2/– 5/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 January 2010

In the 2008 ICC World T20 Qualifier against Bermuda, Navdeep Poonia played the patient innings of unbeaten 38 off 54 balls without hitting even a single boundary or a six, which is also the longest ever T20I innings by any player without hitting a single six or a boundary. He's also the only player to record a 30+ score in T20I history without scoring a boundary or a six.[1][2][3]

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Notes
  1. ^ "Twenty wickets in a T20, and identical scores by openers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ^ "4th Match: Bermuda v Scotland at Belfast, Aug 3, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Batting records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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