IT may be well-worn play on words but there's one headline Worcestershire supporters would love to read regularly this season -- and that's 'Singh on Song'.

Although it might make County newcomer Anurag Singh cringe, it would at least trumpet the fact that the talented 25-year-old batsman is hitting the right notes following his move from arch rivals Warwickshire.

It's the runs and not puns, however, that Singh's interested in after his close season decision to sign a two-year contract with Worcestershire after turning down a similar deal at Edgbaston to search for more first-team action.

"I looked on the move as an opportunity to come to club that has every potential of going forward and winning. The aim of the game is to put trophies in the cabinet, so I'm hoping to be a very large part of that at Worcester," said the determined right hander, who has already made his debuts for the County in the Championship, Norwich Union League Division Two and Benson and Hedges Cup.

He added: "Warwickshire had great success during the mid-1990s and have struggled to rekindle that in recent years, but what I see here at Worcester is a young side with a lot of talent and a good coaching set-up.

It's very much a forward looking club that will invest in youth and give them time to develop and hopefully win things.

"I want to see how far I can go in the game. I think all players have points to prove to themselves. I'm not looking to get one over Warwickshire or anything like that, I'm in this for my own game and further my career and hopefully along the way Worcestershire will win."

Singh has set out his agenda for what he hopes will be a highly successful first season at New Road.

"I've actually set myself a target of attempting to win five or six games, so I can say 'yes, I contributed a very, very large part to that.'

"Obviously, no one person every wins a game, but in five or six games I'd like to say I have contributed by being man-of-the-match or something like that."

Singh, however, prefers not to put a figure on the amount of runs his hopes to tot up this season.

"I try to avoid that because I don't want to get caught up with personal goals. I'm very much a team player and I'd rather have team success over personal success.

"I think my record shows that when I've performed it's been in a winning cause and it's gone a long way to securing a victory for the side and that's what I aim to do at Worcester."

Singh also resists putting himself in a category of being either a four-day or one-day player.

"I think you can't class yourself or be pigeon-holed. I'm very aware that I don't want to be pigeon-holed. I think the reason I have done better in one-day cricket is because I've had more backing and opportunities in that."

Singh, however, was never given the chance of an extended run of matches in the first team at Edgbaston.

"I think my record at Warwickshire was four games in a row. I performed in two of those, so it was a couple of bad games and I was out.

"Even Stuart Law has two or three weeks where it doesn't quite go right for him, but I couldn't even afford a couple of games. Hopefully I'll grasp the opportunities I get at Worcester.

"The squad may lack experience in depth but there are good players here who are young and willing to learn and that's the key."

Singh made his debut for Warwickshire in 1995 and was a regular member of the Cambridge University side from 1996-8, captaining them in his final two years.

He also skippered British Universities in the Benson and Hedges Cup and has represented England Under 19s, being named man-of-the-match against the West Indies in 1994-5.

Singh has four first-class centuries to his credit and figured inWarwickshire's run to the NatWest Trophy final last season, hitting 85 in their semi-final victory over Hampshire.

His highest score so far for the County is the 83 he notched in the Benson and Hedges Cup defeat against Gloucestershire at Bristol when he put on 150 for the first wicket with Phil Weston.