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
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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