June 9, 2021

ACM Abdullah,Former Secretary KCA passed away on the 8th of June 2021.He was 88.

Sri ACM BDULLAH, born to a family with a rich cricketing history in Thalassery, Abdulla started his career as a PE teacher at St Joseph’s School there after graduating from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala. He became the secretary of the Kerala State School Athletics Association in 1962 before taking up the role of the Chief Sports Organiser in the state government in 1971 from where he retired in 1988. He was the secretary of the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) in 1981 when the state association managed to fly in the legendary Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) which had players like Graham Gooch and Ian Botham, to play a match against a Board President’s XI at the University Stadium.

The loss on his demise is heavy and irrecoverable.The Trivandrum District Cricket Association puts on record the grief and join the family in sharing this huge loss.