1st Female curator or grounds woman in the world- Arul Mary -Srilanka

Arul Mary, a Tamil lady, worked as a pitch fixer at Sri Lanka's P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. She has been a long-time supporter of the Tamil Union Sports Club's P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, and she is the first and only woman to do so. Sir Donald Bradman, widely regarded as the greatest batsman in the world, played his debut match in Asia in 1948 at P. Sara Oval stadium, with the surface created by none other than the famous Arul Mary.

Arul Mary, the female curator of Saravanamuttu Stadium, was well-known.

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