Muttaiah Devaraj

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Muttaiah Devaraj
Personal information
Full nameC. T. Muttaiah Devaraj
Born (1938-08-16) 16 August 1938 (age 83)
Batticaloa, Ceylon
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 279
Batting average 21.46
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 85
Balls bowled 114
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 April 2017

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.

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[]

  1. ^ "SL former player Anver dies in Oman". Cricinfo. 15 May 1997. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Madras v Ceylon 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Muttaiah Devaraj as referee in first-class matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. ^ "BCCSL honours past cricketers". Cricinfo. 20 December 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. ^ "14 Former Ceylon Cricketers Felicitated by SLC". Sports Today. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  7. ^ "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

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