Vedam Hariharan (born 5 June 1954) is a former Indian first-class

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. After retirement, he became a cricket coach.

Career

A right-arm

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pace swing bowler, Hariharan represented

in one match in the 1974/75 season before playing for his home team

between 1980/81 and 1989/90. He appeared in 42

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matches but did not play

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in his autobiography mentioned that Hariharan had more talent than he himself did. After his playing career, Hariharan took up the job of coaching. In 1990, he became a cricket coach and worked for several years in Australia, England, India, Ireland, Malaysia and Scotland. In the 1990s, Hariharan became a player-coach with the Scottish team Glasgow Accies in the Western Union League and continued in that role for over a decade. He also trained cricketers at cricket academies in

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during his stint with Glasgow Accies. He worked as a coach at the Glasgow Academy in Scotland and was accredited as a Level 3 coach from the

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. In 2007, the

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appointed him as the head coach of the Kerala team for the 2007/08 domestic season. Hariharan was replaced from the position in 2009 following which he served the Kerala Cricket Association with a legal notice claiming his term as coach was to end after the 2010/11 season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hariharan, Vedam 1954 births Living people Karnataka cricketers Kerala cricketers Indian cricket coaches Cricketers from Kochi Indian cricketers 20th-century Indian sportsmen