Narayan Satham | |
Fullname: | Narayan Yashwantrao Satham |
Country: | India |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1949 |
Birth Place: | Dabhoi, Province of Bombay, India |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Baroda |
Year1: | 1967/68–1984/85 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 84 |
Runs1: | 3,119 |
Bat Avg1: | 28.61 |
100S/50S1: | 4/12 |
Top Score1: | 197 |
Deliveries1: | 11,181 |
Wickets1: | 193 |
Bowl Avg1: | 31.31 |
Fivefor1: | 7 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 8/65 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 32/– |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 8 |
Runs2: | 11 |
Bat Avg2: | 3.66 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 8 |
Deliveries2: | 378 |
Wickets2: | 5 |
Bowl Avg2: | 50.20 |
Fivefor2: | 0 |
Tenfor2: | n/a |
Best Bowling2: | 3/33 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
Date: | 24 August |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/34813.html ESPNcricinfo |
Narayan Yashwantrao Satham (12 July 1949 – 12 February 2023) was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Baroda. He worked as an administrator and coach after his playing career.
Satham was right-arm fast-medium bowler who made his first-class debut for Baroda at the age of 18 during the 1967–68 Ranji Trophy. He became part of Baroda's pace trio which included Cecil Williams and Anthony Fernandes.[1] In a career that lasted until the 1984/85 season, Satham appeared in 84 first-class matches in which he took 193 wickets at an average of 31.31. He was also a handy lower-order batsman with more than 3000 runs including four centuries. Satham represented West Zone in Duleep Trophy and against touring Sri Lankan and English teams.[2]
Satham worked in cricket administrative and coaching roles after retirement. After officiating as a match referee in domestic tournaments, he worked as the head coach of the Singapore national under-19 and senior teams for three years until 1999.[3] In 2001, Satham, along with Mohinder and Surinder Amarnath, trained cricketers in Tangier, Morocco, as part of a cricket development pact with the Moroccan Cricket Association.[4] [5] [6] In 2008, Satham, Williams, Anshuman Gaekwad and Nayan Mongia formed the Veteran Cricketers Association.[7] He then had two tenures as the chairman of cricket improvement committee (CIC) of the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) and was a member of BCA managing committee until his resignation in 2018.[8] He also coached at the Sangramsinh Gaekwad Cricket Academy in Vadodara.[9]
Satham died on 12 February 2023, at the age of 73.[10]