Santha_Moorthy

Santha Moorthy

Santha Moorthy

Indian cricketer

Santha Moorthy (born 10 September 1979) is an Indian cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut on 10 October 2019, for Puducherry in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 November 2019, for Puducherry in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[3]

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He made his first-class debut on 12 February 2020, for Puducherry in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.[4] In the match, he took a five-wicket haul, and at the age of 40 years and 155 days, became the oldest bowler to take five wickets on debut.[5] The previous record was set 125 years earlier, when Fred Wright took five wickets for Leicestershire against Derbyshire in the 1895 County Championship in England, when Wright was 40 years and 49 days old on debut.[5]

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    "Santha Moorthy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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    "Plate Group, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Dehradun, Oct 10 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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    "Group D, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Mumbai, Nov 18 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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    "Plate Group, Ranji Trophy at Puducherry, Feb 12-15 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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    "Indian cricketer breaks 125-year-old world record". BD Crictime. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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