Muttaiah Devaraj (born 16 August 1938) is a former cricketer who played seven matches of first-class cricket for Ceylon between 1964 and 1967. He later became a match referee.
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| Full name | C. T. Muttaiah Devaraj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1938 Batticaloa, Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Devaraj attended Zahira College, Colombo, where he captained the cricket team in 1958.[1] A middle-order batsman, he toured India with the Ceylon team in 1964-65, playing in five first-class matches but not in any of the matches against India. In the match against Madras he made his highest first-class score of 85, which was also Ceylon's highest score in the match.[2]
He later became a coach, an administrator and a match referee. He served as a match referee in Sri Lankan domestic cricket from 2002 to 2011.[3] He has twice been formally honoured by Sri Lanka Cricket for his services to cricket in Sri Lanka: in 2000[4] and in 2014, when the honour included an award of 300,000 rupees.[5]
In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "SL former player Anver dies in Oman". Cricinfo. 15 May 1997. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Madras v Ceylon 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Muttaiah Devaraj as referee in first-class matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "BCCSL honours past cricketers". Cricinfo. 20 December 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "14 Former Ceylon Cricketers Felicitated by SLC". Sports Today. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
External links
edit- Muttaiah Devaraj at ESPNcricinfo
- Muttaiah Devaraj at CricketArchive (subscription required)