Manoj Parmar

{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Manoj Parmar

| image =

| fullname = Manoj Mansinh Parmar

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|3|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Botad, Gujarat, India

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club2 = Oxfordshire

| year2 = 2003

| club1 = Saurashtra

| year1 = 1991/92–2001/02

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 40

| runs1 = 1,256

| bat avg1 = 20.93

| 100s/50s1 = 0/6

| top score1 = 71*

| deliveries1 = 12

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 79/16

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 25

| runs2 = 341

| bat avg2 = 22.73

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 69*

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 21/10

| date = 27 May

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/32206.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Manoj Mansinh Parmar (born 1 March 1967) is a former Indian cricketer and coach. Parmar was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Botad, Gujarat.

Parmar made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in the 1991–92 Ranji Trophy against Maharashtra. Parmar played first-class cricket from the 1991–92 season to season 2001–02, making 40 first-class appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7846/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Manoj Parmar|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2011}} In his 40 matches, he scored 1,256 runs at a batting average of 20.93, with a high score of 71*.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7846/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Manoj Parmar|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2011}} His highest score came against Orissa in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/69/69329.html|title=Saurashtra v Orissa, 1999/00 Ranji Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2011}} In his capacity as a wicket-keeper, he took 79 catches and made 16 stumpings.

Parmar also played List A cricket for Saurashtra, making his debut in that format against Baroda in the 1993–94 Ranji Trophy One Day tournament. He played a further 23 List A matches for Saurashtra, the last coming against Maharashtra in the 2000–01 Ranji Trophy One Day tournament.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7846/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Manoj Parmar|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2011}} In his 24 limited-overs matches for the team, he scored 340 runs at an average of 24.28, with a high score of 69*.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7846/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Manoj Parmar|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2011}} His highest score came against Maharashtra in his last List A match in India.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71039.html|title=Maharashtra v Saurashtra, 2000/01 Ranji Trophy One Day|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2011}} Behind the stumps he took 21 catches and made 10 stumpings.

He later appeared in a single List A match in England for Oxfordshire against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. He was dismissed for 1 run in this match by Franklyn Rose.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/77/77792.html|title=Oxfordshire v Herefordshire, 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2011}}

Parmar spent several seasons as overseas professional/coach for Fife side, Falkland Cricket Club in Scotland in the mid 1990s.

Parmar now coaches the MP Sports Cricket Club in Thame, Oxfordshire, just next to Chinnor Rugby Club. He also runs a sports supplies shop elsewhere in Thame. https://mpsportscricketacademy.co.uk/about