NEW INNINGS FOR CANADIAN CRICKETER

Cricket Canada’s Board of Directors announced the appointment of Durriya Shabbir as Canadian cricket’s women’s coordinator.

Her appointment will last until Cricket Canada’s next annual general meeting in May 2021.

Born in Chennai, India, Durriya Shabbir competed at National, Zone (South Zone), State (Tamil Nadu seniors, juniors, and sub-juniors), and university (University of Madras) levels as an opening bowler and middle-order batter.

Following her immigration she later represented Canada as a right-handed medium pace bowler and middle-order batter. She played a key role in Canada’s qualification during the 2013 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier after scoring 153 runs in the ICC Americas Qualifier tournament. After her retirement from the international arena, she continued her active participation in domestic cricket for several years as a player in the Scarborough Cricket Association’s (SCA) Women’s League.

As an administrator she initiated and launched Cricket Council of Ontario’s Women’s Program by organizing the formation of the First Ontario Women’s Team. Shabbir also co-created the July 2018 Canada Day Women’s Cup Tournament to provide a National stage for women cricketers in order to resurrect women’s cricket in all provinces and break down barriers hindering the growth of the game.

She also served as the Manager for the Canadian Women’s Team’s participation in the 2019 ICC America’s Cup.

As Cricket Canada’s Women’s Cricket coordinator, Shabbir will be directly responsible for growing all aspects of female cricket in Canada  as well as the development of gender-specific programs.

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