Sanjayan Thuraisingam (born 11 September 1969) is a Tamil Canadian

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm

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bowler. Thuraisingam was Canada's top wicket-taker at the 2001 ICC Trophy and his 5 wickets for just 25 runs brought Canada's cricket team to the World Cup on 17 July 2001. He played three matches in the

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, and has since played a further six One Day Internationals for

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. He has also represented them in two

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matches and the

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