Muttaiah Devaraj

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.

Muttaiah Devaraj
Personal information
Full nameC. T. Muttaiah Devaraj
Born (1938-08-16) 16 August 1938
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

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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