Shivnath "Shiv" Seeram (born 25 September 1963) is a former international

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who represented the Canadian national side between 1996 and 1998. He was born in

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, and before emigrating to Canada played first-class cricket for Demerara. Seeram was born in Ogle, a village in Guyana's Demerara-Mahaica region. In November 1985, he represented Demerara against

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in the final of the

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, which at the time held first-class status. After emigrating to Canada, Seeram made his debut for the national team in October 1996, playing in the Shell/Sandals Trophy (a West Indian domestic competition in which Canada were competing as a guest team). At that tournament, he shared the wicket-keeping duties with

Alex Glegg Alexander Kenneth Lindsay Glegg (born 9 August 1971) is a Canadian former cricketer. He represented the Canadian national side in several competitions during the 1990s. Born in Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), Glegg made his List A debut for Ca ...

, although in all other matches for Canada he played solely as a batsman.List A matches played by Shiv Seeram
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2016. The following year, Seeram played in the

1997 ICC Trophy The Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 March and 13 April 1997. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh national ...

in Malaysia, featuring in six of his team's seven matches. He had little success, however, scoring only 76 runs in six innings (with a best of 25 against Denmark).Records / Carlsberg ICC Trophy, 1996/97 - Canada / Batting and bowling averages
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2016. Seeram's final match for Canada came in the

1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl The 1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl was the 24th edition of what is now the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It ran from 4 to 20 October 1997, and was the firs ...

(the renamed Shell/Sandals Trophy), against his country of origin,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seeram, Shiv 1963 births Living people Canadian cricketers Demerara cricketers Guyanese cricketers Guyanese emigrants to Canada Indo-Guyanese people People from Demerara-Mahaica Wicket-keepers