Winifred Duraisingam

[3] Duraisingam started playing cricket when she was eight years old, in the backyard of her home and in the nearby streets.

[2][4][5] With the benefit of the bowling tuition, and practice, Duraisingam eventually renewed her request to join in with the street cricket.

"[2]At the age of 13, and with her uncle's encouragement, Duraisingam began playing for the Kuala Langat Club, as the only girl in the team.

Before long, while playing in an interclub tournament match for Kuala Langat against Royal Selangor Club, she took the wicket of a former captain of the Malaysia men's national team, Hector Durairatnam,[2][4][5] who has been described as "Malaysian cricket's living treasure".

[4] She found the task of juggling cricket with her schooling a challenge, but says that she succeeded "... by God’s grace and of course my family's support.

[4] In July 2019, she participated in the MCA 3rd Womens T20 Championship, as a member of the Rmaf Tudm team.

[9] In December 2019/January 2020, Duraisingam led the Northern Queens team to victory in the Malaysian Super Women League (MSWL) tournament.

[5][11] In 2020, Duraisingam was one of the eight women who took the field in the Men's MCA T20 Super Series, which she has said gave her "... a new sight on how to become a better cricketer.

"[2] Duraisingam first participated in national team selection matches, and represented Malaysia, in 2007, at the age of 14.

[5] In December 2008, Duraisingam was part of a Malaysian U-19 team that finished as runner-up in the ACC Under-19 Women's Championship in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[5] The team defeated Hong Kong in the semi-final by two runs, but lost to Nepal in the final by seven wickets.

[30] In November 2021, she was named as the captain of Malaysia's side for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

[5] Two months later, in January 2022, she was the home team's captain when Malaysia hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier in Kuala Lumpur.

[34][35] More importantly, in Malaysia's final match of the tournament, against Kenya, on what has been described as "... one of the biggest days in the history of Malaysian cricket ...",[5] she led the team to an upset victory,[36][37][38] an outcome that made the front pages of newspaper sport sections in Malaysia.