Shiv Seeram

{{short description|Guyanese cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Shiv Seeram

| image =

| fullname = Shivnath Seeram

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|9|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ogle, British Guiana

| nickname =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| family = Ravindranauth Seeram (brother)

| country = Canada

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1996–1998

| club1 = Demerara (Guyana)

| year1 = 1985

| date = 2 February

| year = 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/player/23791.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Shivnath "Shiv" Seeram (born 25 September 1963) is a former international cricketer who represented the Canadian national side between 1996 and 1998. He was born in Guyana, and before emigrating to Canada played first-class cricket for Demerara.

Seeram was born in Ogle, a village in Guyana's Demerara-Mahaica region.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/player/23791.html Canada / Players / Shiv Seeram] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2016. In November 1985, he represented Demerara against Berbice in the final of the Guystac Trophy, which at the time held first-class status.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5594/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Shiv Seeram] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2016. 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, although in all other matches for Canada he played solely as a batsman.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5594/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Shiv Seeram] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2016. The following year, Seeram played in the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia, featuring in six of his team's seven matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5594/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Shiv Seeram] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2016. He had little success, however, scoring only 76 runs in six innings (with a best of 25 against Denmark).[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=918;team=17;type=tournament 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 renamed Shell/Sandals Trophy), against his country of origin, Guyana.