Prakash Moosai
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Prakash Moosai (born 4 November 1959) is a Trinidadian cricketer and a Justice of Appeal for the Supreme Court of Judicature for Trinidad and Tobago. He played in twenty first-class and eight List A matches for Trinidad and Tobago from 1981 to 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52455.html |title=Prakash Moosai |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 November 2020}}
Career
He received his LLB from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus in 1979. He then obtained a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School and was called to the bar in 1981.{{Cite web|title=The Honourable Mr. Justice Moosai, JA|url=https://www.ttlawcourts.org/index.php/mr-justice-moosai-ja|website=The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago}}
He spent sixteen years in private practice. He was appointed a temporary judge on 15 September 1997 and then became a permanent puisine judge of the High Court on 1 March 1998. Moosai was appointed a Justice of Appeal on 16 September 2013. He sat on the Adoption Board of Trinidad and Tobago and is on the steering committee for the drug treatment court.
= Cricket career =
He was captain of the teams at St. Mary’s College and the Tunapuna Hindu Primary School. He was on the Under-19 and Senior National Teams and captain of the West Indies Lawyer’s Cricket team. Moosai is a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Disciplinary Committee and chairman of the Past Cricketers Society, which raises money for former cricket players facing medical problems.{{Cite news|last=Beckles|first=Jelani|date=12 April 2021|title=Past Cricketers Society raise funds for ex-national players|work=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2021/04/12/past-cricketers-society-raise-funds-for-ex-national-players/|access-date=6 July 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Seepersad|first=Roger|date=9 April 2021|title='Past Cricketers' hosts fundraiser at Oval|work=Trinidad Express Newspapers|url=https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/past-cricketers-hosts-fundraiser-at-oval/article_6143d85a-9997-11eb-a509-7fca559e1d28.html|access-date=6 July 2021}}
See also
References
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External links
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Category:Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
Category:Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian people
Category:Sportspeople of Indian descent
Category:20th-century Trinidad and Tobago judges