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Born | Cochin, Kerala, India | 5 June 1954||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Hari [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974/75 | Karnataka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980/81–1989/90 | Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,28 November 2015 |
Vedam Hariharan (born 5 June 1954) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka cricket team and Kerala cricket team. After retirement,he became a cricket coach.
A right-arm medium pace swing bowler,Hariharan represented Karnataka cricket team in one match in the 1974/75 season before playing for his home team Kerala cricket team between 1980/81 and 1989/90. He appeared in 42 first-class cricket matches but did not play List A cricket. [2] Former India cricketer Kapil Dev in his autobiography mentioned that Hariharan had more talent than he himself did. [3] [4]
After his playing career,Hariharan took up the job of coaching. In 1990,he became a cricket coach and worked for several years in Australia,England,India,Ireland,Malaysia and Scotland. In the 1990s,Hariharan became a player-coach with the Scottish team Glasgow Accies in the Western Union League and continued in that role for over a decade. [1] He also trained cricketers at cricket academies in Brisbane and Bangalore during his stint with Glasgow Accies. [4] He worked as a coach at the Glasgow Academy in Scotland and was accredited as a Level 3 coach from the England and Wales Cricket Board. In 2007,the Kerala Cricket Association appointed him as the head coach of the Kerala team for the 2007/08 domestic season. [5] [6] Hariharan was replaced from the position in 2009 following which he served the Kerala Cricket Association with a legal notice claiming his term as coach was to end after the 2010/11 season. [7] [8]
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