S. K. Gurunathan
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S. K. Gurunathan, was a sports journalist and one of the pioneers of cricket statistics in India.
Gurunathan started his journalistic career in the advertisement section of the Hindu
in 1928. He became a reporter in 1938 and from 1958 till his death, was the sports editor. He founded the Madras Sports Annual which covered local cricket and other sports in the 1940s. While at the Hindu, he started the magazine Sport and Pastime which ran for about twenty years and ceased publication due to labour troubles soon after his death. Gurunathan was the first Honorary Cricket Statistician for the Board of Control for Cricket in India
serving in that post from 1949-50 till his death.
Gurunathan founded the annual Indian Cricket
in 1946 on the same lines as the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
and remained its editor till his death. He also regularly contributed to the Indian section of the Wisden. He covered more than 50 Test matches including the Indian tours of Australia in 1947-48, England in 1952 and Pakistan in 1954-55, and reported the 1961-62 MCC
tour of India for the Times
. He authored the books 12 years of Ranji Trophy and three volumes of Story of the Tests. Gurunathan became the Founder-President of the Madras Sports Writers Club in 1963-64.
He was a stylish wicketkeeper in his youth and represented the Indians in the Madras Presidency matches. In the Madras League matches, he represented Sundar C.C. He died a few months before he was due to retire from the Hindu.
Gurunathan started his journalistic career in the advertisement section of the Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
in 1928. He became a reporter in 1938 and from 1958 till his death, was the sports editor. He founded the Madras Sports Annual which covered local cricket and other sports in the 1940s. While at the Hindu, he started the magazine Sport and Pastime which ran for about twenty years and ceased publication due to labour troubles soon after his death. Gurunathan was the first Honorary Cricket Statistician for the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered at Mumbai, is the national governing body for all cricket in India. It's not the apex governing body in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu...
serving in that post from 1949-50 till his death.
Gurunathan founded the annual Indian Cricket
Indian Cricket (annual)
Indian Cricket was a cricket yearbook published by The Hindu from 1946–47 to 2004. There was no 2003 issue and so there are 57 editions in all. During most of its run it was the principal annual of its kind in India...
in 1946 on the same lines as the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
and remained its editor till his death. He also regularly contributed to the Indian section of the Wisden. He covered more than 50 Test matches including the Indian tours of Australia in 1947-48, England in 1952 and Pakistan in 1954-55, and reported the 1961-62 MCC
English cricket team
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tour of India for the Times
The Times
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. He authored the books 12 years of Ranji Trophy and three volumes of Story of the Tests. Gurunathan became the Founder-President of the Madras Sports Writers Club in 1963-64.
He was a stylish wicketkeeper in his youth and represented the Indians in the Madras Presidency matches. In the Madras League matches, he represented Sundar C.C. He died a few months before he was due to retire from the Hindu.