Suthershini Sivanantham

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Suthershini Sivanantham
Personal information
Full name
Suthershini Sivanantham
Born (1973-12-20) 20 December 1973 (age 49)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
International information
National sides
ODI debut25 November 1997 
Sri Lanka v  Netherlands
Last ODI23 March 2003 
Sri Lanka v  West Indies
Career statistics
Competition ODI
Matches27
Runs scored86
Batting average 8.60
100s/50s0/0
Top score36
Balls bowled1,130
Wickets 35
Bowling average 14.54
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling5/2
Catches/stumpings 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 May 2016

Suthershini Sivanantham (born 20 December 1973) is a former cricketer who played international cricket for and captained Sri Lanka and Canada, and played domestic cricket for Colts Women. Sivanantham was an off-spin bowler. [1]

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Sri Lanka career

Sivanantham made her Women's One Day International cricket debut for Sri Lanka in a 1997/8 match against The Netherlands, taking 1/16 from 8 overs, and making 10*. [2] She played three matches in the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup, taking 4 wickets; only Thalika Gunaratne took more wickets for Sri Lanka in the tournament. [3] Sivanantham was vice-captain of the Sri Lankan team for the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup, and was the captain of the team for a 2001/02 series against Pakistan. [4] In January 2002, she recorded bowling figures of 5 wickets for 2 runs in a match against Pakistan; these are the best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan bowler in a Women's ODI. [5]

Canada career

Sivanantham moved to Canada in 2008, [6] and her first recorded match for Canada was in July 2010 against the United States. [7] Sivanantham took 1/46 from 10 overs. [8] A few days later, Sivanantham captained the team in a Twenty20 match against the United States, making 31*. [9] She also captained the team in the 2012 Americas T20 Championship in the Cayman Islands, a pre-qualifying tournament for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20. [6] [10] Canada qualified for the 2013 World T20 Qualifier tournament; in the first match, they were bowled out for 44, with Sivanantham top scorer with 13. [11] Canada won their final group game against Japan, with Sivanantham scoring 32 from 41 balls. [12]

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