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{{short description|Indian cricketer, coach, and administrator}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Narayan Satham
| fullname = Narayan Yashwantrao Satham
| image =
| country = India
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|7|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Dabhoi]], [[Gujarat]], India
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| year1 = 1967/68–1984/85
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 84
| runs1 = 3,119
| bat avg1 = 28.61
| 100s/50s1 = 4/12
| top score1 = 197
| deliveries1 = 11,181
| wickets1 = 193
| bowl avg1 = 31.31
| fivefor1 = 7
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 8/65
| catches/stumpings1 = 32/–
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| matches2 = 8
| runs2 = 11
| bat avg2 = 3.66
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 8
| deliveries2 = 378
| wickets2 = 5
| bowl avg2 = 50.20
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 3/33
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| date = 24 August
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/34813.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Narayan Yashwantrao Satham''' (born 12 July 1949) is an Indian former [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who played for [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]. He worked as an administrator and coach after his playing career.

==Career==
Satham was right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] bowler who made his first-class debut for Baroda at the age of 18 during the [[1967–68 Ranji Trophy]]. He became part of Baroda's pace trio which included [[Cecil Williams (Indian cricketer)|Cecil Williams]] and [[Anthony Fernandes (cricketer)|Anthony Fernandes]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murzello |first1=Clayton |title=His name is Anthony Fernandes! |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/clayton-murzello-column-his-name-is-anthony-fernandes/16800194 |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=Mid Day |date=24 December 2015}}</ref> 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 cricket team|West Zone]] in [[Duleep Trophy]] and against touring Sri Lankan and English teams.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Narayan Satham |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24986/First-Class_Matches.html |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref>

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 cricket team|Singapore national under-19]] and [[Singapore national cricket team|senior teams]] for three years until 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vengsarkar |first1=Dilip |title=TV calls the tune! |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/1999/sep/14dilip.htm |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=Rediff |date=14 September 1999}}</ref> In 2001, Satham, along with [[Mohinder Amarnath|Mohinder]] and [[Surinder Amarnath]], trained cricketers in [[Tangier]], [[Morocco]], as part of a cricket development pact with the [[Moroccan Cricket Association]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Munro |first1=Tony |title=Morocco: Seven teams take part in tournament in Tangier and Rabat as development work continues |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/107952.html |accessdate=24 August 2019 |date=9 November 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kabbaj |first1=Ouadia |title=Morocco: How Abdur Rahman Bukhatir is building cricket in Morocco from the ground up |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/101553.html |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=13 July 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kevin |title=Morocco bound |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/jan/06/cricket.kevinmitchell |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=6 January 2002}}</ref> In 2008, Satham, Williams, [[Anshuman Gaekwad]] and [[Nayan Mongia]] formed the Veteran Cricketers Association.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cricket academy gets BCA affiliation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Cricket-academy-gets-BCA-affiliation/articleshow/33712382.cms |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=13 April 2014}}</ref> He then had two tenures as the chairman of cricket improvement committee (CIC) of the [[Baroda Cricket Association]] (BCA) and was a member of BCA managing committee until his resignation in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kotambi int’l stadium finally gets BCA nod |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/kotambi-intl-stadium-finally-gets-bca-nod/articleshow/62546449.cms |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=18 January 2018}}</ref> He also coached at the [[Sangramsinh Gaekwad]] Cricket Academy in [[Vadodara]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tere |first1=Tushar |title=Cricket improvement committe (sic) head resigns |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/cricket-improvement-committe-head-resigns/articleshow/61376958.cms |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=1 November 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=34813}}
* {{CricketArchive|id=24986}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Satham, Narayan}}
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Baroda cricketers]]
[[Category:West Zone cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian cricket coaches]]
[[Category:Indian cricket administrators]]
[[Category:People from Vadodara district]]

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