Narayan Yashwantrao Satham (12 July 1949 – 12 February 2023) was an Indian first-class

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er who played for

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. He worked as an administrator and coach after his playing career.

Career

Satham was right-arm

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bowler who made his first-class debut for Baroda at the age of 18 during the

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. He became part of Baroda's pace trio which included Cecil Williams and

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. 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

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and against touring Sri Lankan and English teams. 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. In 2001, Satham, along with Mohinder and Surinder Amarnath, trained cricketers in

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, as part of a cricket development pact with the Moroccan Cricket Association. In 2008, Satham, Williams,

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and

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formed the Veteran Cricketers Association. He then had two tenures as the chairman of cricket improvement committee (CIC) of the

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(BCA) and was a member of BCA managing committee until his resignation in 2018. He also coached at the

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Cricket Academy in

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. Satham died on 12 February 2023, at the age of 73.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Satham, Narayan 1949 births 2023 deaths Indian cricketers Baroda cricketers West Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches Indian cricket administrators People from Vadodara district