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Prakash Moosai

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Prakash Moosai
Personal information
Born (1959-11-04) 4 November 1959 (age 65)
Trinidad
Source: Cricinfo, 28 November 2020

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.[1]

Career

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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.[2]

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.[2]

Cricket career

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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[2] and chairman of the Past Cricketers Society, which raises money for former cricket players facing medical problems.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Prakash Moosai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "The Honourable Mr. Justice Moosai, JA". The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago.
  3. ^ Beckles, Jelani (12 April 2021). "Past Cricketers Society raise funds for ex-national players". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ Seepersad, Roger (9 April 2021). "'Past Cricketers' hosts fundraiser at Oval". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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