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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = N. Kannayiram<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = <br />
| birth_date = 1927<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = 1 January 1996 (aged 68 or 69)<br />
| death_place = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| batting = <br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium <br />
| club1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]<br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1948/49–1956/57}}<br />
| club2 = [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]]<br />
| year2 = 1948/49–1952/53<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 25 <br />
| runs1 = 552<br />
| bat avg1 = 18.40<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 56 not out<br />
| deliveries1 = 3,055<br />
| wickets1 = 48<br />
| bowl avg1 = 29.77<br />
| fivefor1 = 2<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 6/43<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 6/–<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30495.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 3 December<br />
| year = 2014<br />
}} <br />
'''N. Kannayiram''' (1927 – 1 January 1996) was a [[cricket]]er who played [[first-class cricket]] in India between 1948 and 1956. He toured the West Indies in 1952–53, but did not play [[Test cricket]].<br />
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Kannayiram was educated at [[Madras Christian College]].<ref>[http://www.mcc.edu.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=340&Itemid=237 Some Outstanding Alumni of the College] Retrieved 3 December 2014.</ref> A middle-order batsman and opening bowler, he captained the [[University of Madras|Madras University]] cricket team in the [[Rohinton Baria Trophy]] in 1948–49 and 1949–50<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/5/5879/Other_Matches.html |title=Matches played by Madras University |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-date=5 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005102614/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/5/5879/Other_Matches.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and played for [[Indian Universities cricket team|Indian Universities]] in first-class matches against a [[Commonwealth XI cricket team|Commonwealth XI]] in 1949–50 and [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]] in 1951–52.<br />
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In 1948–49, in his first match for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]], he took his best figures, six wickets for the cost of 43 runs against [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] in a quarter-final of the [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18784.html Madras v Bombay 1948-49]</ref> In 1951–52 he took 6 for 59 against [[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20089.html Madras v Mysore 1951-52]</ref> and a few days later made his highest score, 56 not out, playing for [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]] against the touring MCC.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20093.html South Zone v MCC 1951-52]</ref><br />
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He replaced [[Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan]] in the Indian team which [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1952–53|toured the West Indies]] in 1952–53 after Kasturirangan and four others withdrew from the originally selected side.<ref>Sujit Mukherjee, ''Playing for India'', Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1988, p. 60.</ref> He played in three of the first-class matches, scoring 44 runs and taking two wickets.<ref>"India in West Indies, 1953", ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1954, pp. 820-34. He is referred to as "M. Kannaiyaram".</ref> After the tour he played seven more matches for Madras over the next four seasons.<br />
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When the Madurai District Cricket Association was formed in 1958, Kannayiram was appointed as its first secretary.<ref>[http://mdca.in/index.php/home/historyofmdca History of MDCA] Retrieved 3 December 2014.</ref> The trophy for the fourth division "A" section of the [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association]] is named the "N. Kannayiram Shield" in his honour.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Cricinfo|id=30495}}<br />
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[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
[[Category:1996 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:South Zone cricketers]]<br />
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