Suthershini Sivanantham (born 20 December 1973) is a former cricketer who played international cricket for and captained

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and

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, and played domestic cricket for Colts Women. Sivanantham was an

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bowler.

Sri Lanka career

Sivanantham made her

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debut for

in a 1997/8 match against

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, taking 1/16 from 8 overs, and making 10 *. She played three matches in the

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, taking 4 wickets; only

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took more wickets for Sri Lanka in the tournament. Sivanantham was vice-captain of the Sri Lankan team for the

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, and was the captain of the team for a 2001/02 series against

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. 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.

Canada career

Sivanantham moved to Canada in 2008, and her first recorded match for Canada was in July 2010 against the

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. Sivanantham took 1/46 from 10 overs. A few days later, Sivanantham captained the team in a

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match against the United States, making 31*. She also captained the team in the 2012 Americas T20 Championship in the

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, a pre-qualifying tournament for the

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. 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

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, with Sivanantham scoring 32 from 41 balls.

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