Suthershini Sivanantham

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]

Suthershini Sivanantham

Personal information
Full name	Suthershini Sivanantham
Born	(1973-12-20) 20 December 1973 (age 51) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
International information
National sides	Sri Lanka (1997/98–2002/03) Canada (2010–2013)
ODI debut (cap 11)	25 November 1997  Sri Lanka v Netherlands
Last ODI	23 March 2003  Sri Lanka v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition ODI Matches 27 Runs scored 86 Batting average 8.60 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 36 Balls bowled 1,130 Wickets 35 Bowling average 14.54 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/2 Catches/stumpings 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 May 2016

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 Women's ODIs.^[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]