Santha Moorthy

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Santha Moorthy (born 10 September 1979) is an Indian cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/772285.html |title=Santha Moorthy |access-date=10 October 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his List A debut on 10 October 2019, for Puducherry in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1200734.html |title=Plate Group, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Dehradun, Oct 10 2019 |access-date=10 October 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 November 2019, for Puducherry in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1205728.html |title=Group D, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Mumbai, Nov 18 2019 |access-date=18 November 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

He made his first-class debut on 12 February 2020, for Puducherry in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1203603.html |title=Plate Group, Ranji Trophy at Puducherry, Feb 12-15 2020 |access-date=12 February 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In the match, he took a five-wicket haul, and at the age of 40 years and 155 days, became the oldest bowler to take five wickets on debut.{{cite web|url=https://www.bdcrictime.com/indian-cricketer-breaks-125-year-old-world-record/ |title=Indian cricketer breaks 125-year-old world record |work=BD Crictime |access-date=8 May 2020}} The previous record was set 125 years earlier, when Fred Wright took five wickets for Leicestershire against Derbyshire in the 1895 County Championship in England, when Wright was 40 years and 49 days old on debut.