2003 and 2005. Later career In the second half of the 2005 season he was one of a selection of young players offered regular first team cricket by Somerset. He scored his first first-class century against Derbyshire that year. He played eight totesport League matches for Somerset in 2005, and also represented them in that year's Twenty20 Cup, which was won by Somerset. He also played for them in an International 20:20 Club Championship tournament that September, playing against Faisalabad Wolves and Leicestershire. He returned to the Malaysian side that October, playing an ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament match against Nepal. After playing several matches for Somerset throughout the 2006 season, he again found himself out of favour in 2007, with his only first-class match coming against Loughborough UCCE in April. He played just one Pro40 match against Durham and two Twenty20 matches against Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. He continued to play for the Somerset Second XI and for Devon and his lack of matches for Somerset have allowed him to return to international duty for Malaysia, and he played in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Kuwait in October 2007. He returned to the Somerset team during the 2009 season, when he opened the batting alongside Marcus Trescothick in the County Championship, as well as appearing in the majority of Somerset's Friends Provident Trophy and Twenty20 Cup matches under captaincy of Justin Langer. He scored 1,000 first-class runs in a season for the first time in 2009 and was awarded his county cap during the final game of the 2009 County Championship season against Worcestershire. On 5 July 2011, Suppiah set a new world record for best Twenty20 bowling figures, recording 6 for 5 from 3.4 overs for Somerset against Glamorgan at Cardiff. He followed this up with a career best first-class innings of 156 against India, in the touring side's warm-up match before the Test series against England. On 4 July 2013, Suppiah retired from professional cricket with immediate effect at the age of 29 due to serious injuries in both of his knees. He was Awarded a Benefit Year in 2013 for his 13-year loyal service and contributions to Somerset County Cricket Club. He went onto become a teacher of business studies and work as the Director of Cricket at Queen's College Taunton. In 2018, in advance of the London Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Suppiah was invited to