Suthershini Sivanantham
Suthershini Sivanantham 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.
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*. 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. 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. 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.
Sivanantham moved to Canada in 2008, and her first recorded match for Canada was in July 2010 against the United States. Sivanantham took 1/46 from 10 overs. A few days later, Sivanantham captained the team in a Twenty20 match against the United States, making 31*. 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. 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. Canada won their final group game against Japan, with Sivanantham scoring 32 from 41 balls.