Stacey Muruthi

Stacey Muruthi or Sreerangam Muruthi (born 31 May 1952) is a cricketer in Singapore.

Together with two other Singapore prominent cricketers, S Sivalingam (a former Singapore cricket captain) and M Neetianathan (Singapore Cricket Association vice-president), they were protégés and students of the late Victoria School teacher, S Soocelaraj, an avid cricketer himself.

Muruthi had made significant contributions to cricket in Singapore. He holds the record for playing 45 consecutive years in the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) league since 1968, at the age of 60.

Muruthi first played for the Combined Schools, a Singapore Cricket Association Division 2 team in 1968. Two years later, he was playing for the national team, becoming one of the youngest national cricket player while still a student at Victoria School at the age of 17. He was on the national team until 2001, and was the national captain in 1976, 1979–1989 and 1994. His sons, Peter and James, are also Singapore cricket internationals.

Muruthi's best performance was on 21 February 1973, when playing for a Singapore Selection, he took 4-55 against the Pakistan Test side in a friendly at the Padang. One of the players on the Pakistan Test side was the Pakistan national captain, Majid Khan. Zaheer Abbas, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by Pakistan, had commented that "Muruthi, once he masters the art of varying his flight and speed can find a place in any country side."

In the 1994 ICC Trophy tournament, Muruthi was Singapore's best batsman.

Muruthi is a vice-president with logistics company, Pan Projects.

Statistics

Statistics M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct

Singapore 23 20 8 190 29* 15.83 0 0 13

Statistics Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ

Singapore 1147 29 564 22 3-22 25.63 0 0 52.13 2.95

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