Sony Cheruvathur
Sony Cheruvathoor speaking at Chengannur Bhadrasana convention in a youth meeting of the orthodox church on 7 February 2008
Personal information
Full name
Sony Kuriakose Cheruvathur[1]
Born (1978-08-26) 26 August 1978 (age 45)
Chengannur, Kerala, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02 – 2012/13Kerala
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 36 15 5
Runs scored 888 197 25
Batting average 19.73 16.41 6.25
100s/50s 1/3 0/1 0/0
Top score 104 80 20
Balls bowled 6592 638 96
Wickets 118 16 3
Bowling average 24.33 35.87 38.00
5 wickets in innings 9 0 0
10 wickets in match 2 0 0
Best bowling 7/30 4/38 2/21
Catches/stumpings 11/0 2/0 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 18 June 2021

Sony Kuriakose Cheruvathur (born 26 August 1978) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Kerala in domestic cricket.[2] He is an all-rounder who plays as a right-handed middle order batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler.[3]

He made his List A debut in the 2001/02 season.[4] He made his first-class debut for Kerala on 15 November 2003 in the 2003–04 Ranji Trophy against Railways.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kerala in the 2006-07 Inter-state Twenty-20 tournament on 3 April 2007 against Karnataka.[6]

He has led Kerala in the 2007, 2008 and 2012 seasons of Ranji Trophy.[7][8] He is the fastest player to take 100 wickets for Kerala and the only second Kerala player to take a hat-trick after S Sreesanth.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Sony Cheruvathoor". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (5 November 2010). "Sony fills big shoes, Sree set to benefit". The Indian Express. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Sony sizzles with ball". The New Indian Express. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Sony Cheruvathur". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Elite Group, Palakkad, Nov 15 – 18 2003, Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. ^ "South Zone, Visakhapatnam, Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Sony Cheruvathur to lead Kerala". ESPNcricinfo. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Sony Cheruvathur to lead Kerala Ranji team". The Times of India. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ^ Ak, Muralidharan (26 August 2020). "HBD Sony Cheruvathur: കേരളത്തിന്റെ ലക്ഷണമൊത്ത ഓൾറൗണ്ടറിന് പിറന്നാൾ ആശംസകൾ!". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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