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Bagai (76*) and Chohan (33*) fought through the session adding 81 runs and pushing Canada's lead to 130. Canada resumed after lunch at 271-8 led by Bagai (90) and Chohan (59) pulled Canada to 316-10.

In reply Ireland are 124-4 with White (21) and Mooney (2*) at the crease at the close of play. Ireland need 52 runs with 6 wickets in hand to win this game outright.

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Canada's batsmen then continued to carry the fight to the Irish adding 89-1 as Nitish Kumar (20) and Ruvindu Gunasekara (31*) gave Canada a solid platform to build from. Zubin Surkari followed with a gallant 72 for Canada and the the Irish lead was finally overtaken. From there it was all downhill for Canada from 151-3 they collapsed to 190-8 at the end of the day essentially negating the advantage from earlier.

Ashish Bagai (31*) and Khurram Chohan (0*) will resume in the morning as Canada looks to save the game.

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Charton Hobbs represents several premium liquor brands in Canada such as Cutty Sark and Veuve Clicquot.

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Canada has one draw in the ICUP so far this season and have suffered losses to Scotland, Kenya, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe XI.

Ireland were looking to play their way into the final after a somewhat sluggish start, they need to win out both games remaining to have a chance to make it in.

Canada won the toss and elected to bat first and immediately fell into trouble losing both opening batsmen. As has become the pattern in 4 Day cricket, the loss of early wickets was stayed briefly by a fruitful partnership, this time between Zubin Surkari and Ashish Bagai. Both players looked to have little trouble with the Irish bowling before losing their way.

A Trent Johnston triple strike pegged back Canada after an agressive start as Ireland bowled in the right areas and took control of the match. At lunch Canada were 95-7 and finished at 120 all out.

Ireland had no trouble overhauling Canada's score and coasted to 190-4 off 51 overs at the end of Day 1.

Canada XI :

N. Kumar (1), R. Gunasekera (1), Z. Surkari (28), A Bagai* (24), S Dhaniram (17), R Cheema (0,0-5), H Tariq+ (25*), A Dean (4, 2-42), U Bhatti (0,0-54), K Chohan (10, 1-40), H Osinde (4, 1-41) .

Ireland XI :

P Stirling (45), R McCann (4), A Botha(39), K O'Brien (1-15,57), A White (30*), J Mooney, T Johnston (5-23), A van der Merwe (1-20), A Eastwood (3-30), G Dockrell, (0-7, 1*) P Eaglestone (0-22).

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The matches are to take place Sept 8 - 17 at Malton Cricket Club and will include Canada, West Indies HPC team, and Bermuda.

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A festive atmosphere, and a good crowd, despite inclement weather greeted the visitors as they were treated to some fabulous Quebec hospitality enroute to winning both T20 matches. The 50 over match scheduled for Sunday was washed out.

Brief Scores :

1st Match T20: QCF Batted first and scored 107 for 5 wkts.
Deepak Pabla 14 Suresh Ramkissoon 20 Jason Goolab 40 n.o. and D. Baptiste 15 n.o.

Mahabir A 14/2

Clark United batting: 108 for 3 wkts

Maraj T 23 Moonesar M 19 Silouch S 2/ n.o and. Bennett 25 n.o

Krunal Patel 22/2
2nd T20 match:

Qcf Trinidad combined: 89 all out

Jason Goolab 31

Butler D 24/3, Moonesar M 15/2 and Goolgar S 17/3

Clark United: 96 for 1 wkts

Moonesar 35*
Maraj M 40
Silouch S 21*

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Two One-Day Internationals (ODIs) will be contested over the weekend of September 6-7, following the 4-day Intercontinental Cup match, which runs from August 31-September 3.

The duel between the countries, who have enjoyed a healthy rivalry over the years as two of the top teams from the sport's second tier of competition, will be the last time they meet before heading to the 2011 World Cup in India next February.

Canada, ranked 14th in the world, four places behind Ireland, will be boosted by the presence of its all-time leading run scorer and most capped player, Ashish Bagai, and the return of top-order batsman Zubin Surkari who has recovered from a hamstring injury.

Bagai, who over the last twelve months has averaged a highly impressive 52 runs per innings despite a long-standing knee injury, was recently recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with a nomination for Associate Countries World Player of the Year.

By contrast, Ireland announced on Saturday that they will be traveling without several key players, including all-rounder Alex Cusack and wicketkeeper Niall O'Brian.

The biggest blow for the Irish comes from the absence of arguably their top batsman and most threatening strike bowler, William Porterfield and Boyd Rankin respectively. Both have been retained by their English county championship sides, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. Gary Wilson, who plays for English county side Surrey, will also miss the Intercontinental Cup match, but has been released for the ODI matches. Trent Johnston will captain the side.

The Canada-Ireland series sees the return of international cricket to the picturesque Toronto Cricket Club, located close to the Avenue Rd and Wilson Blvd intersection, for the first time in over a year. Entry to the matches is free, and supporters of both sides will be welcome.

TEAMS

CANADA

One Day Internationals (Sept. 6-7, 2010), Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club:

Ashish Bagai (Capt.); Rizwan Cheema (VC); Harvir Baidwan; Umar Bhatti; Hemanarine Chattergoon; Khurram Chohan; Parth Desai; Ruvindu Gunasekera; Jimmy Hansra; Nitish Kumar; Hiral Patel; Balaji Rao; Zubin Surkari; Hamza Tariq

Intercontinental Cup (Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2010), Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club:

Ashish Bagai (Capt.); Rizwan Cheema (VC); Umar Bhatti; Hemnarine Chattergoon; Khurram Chohan; Abzal Dean; Parth Desai; Ruvindu Gunasekara; Jimmy Hansra; Nitish Kumar; Henry Osinde; Hiral Patel; Zubin Surkari; Hamza Tariq

IRELAND

Trent Johnston (Capt.); Andre Botha; George Dockrell; Phil Eaglestone; Allan Eastwood; Nigel Jones; Rory McCann; John Mooney; Kevin O'Brian; Andrew Poynter; Paul Stirling; Albert van der Merwe; Andrew White; Gary Wilson (ODI only)

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Canada will take on Bangladesh on February 12th in a Day-Night Clash at Chittagong, and February 16th against England at Dhaka.

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One Day Internationals (September 6,7, 2010)

Ashish Bagai - Captain
Rizwan Cheema - Vice Captain

Harvir Baidwan
Umar Bhatti
Hemanarine Chattergoon
Khurram Chohan
Parth Desai
Ruvindu Gunasekera
Jimmy Hansra
Nitish Kumar
Hiral Patel
Balaji Rao
Zubin Surkari
Hamza Tariq

Intercontinental Cup (August 31 - September 3, 2010)

Ashish Bagai - Captain
Rizwan Cheema - Vice Captain

Umar Bhatti
Hemnarine Chattergoon
Khurram Chohan
Abzal Dean
Parth Desai
Ruvindu Gunasekara
Jimmy Hansra
Nitish Kumar
Henry Osinde
Hiral Patel
Zubin Surkari
Hamza Tariq
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Bhatti's side will begin its campaign in Hambantota six months today, on 20 February 2011, against hosts Sri Lanka and the 26-year-old is looking forward to the challenge.

"It is a big honour to play against a team like Sri Lanka, which is clearly one of the best teams in the world, in the opening game," he said.

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Despite being hobbled by a knee injury for much of the year, Bagai has been stellar for Canada in T20 and ODI cricket scoring a healthy 576 runs in 13 innings at a healthy 52.36, which is well above his career averages.

Also nominated in the category are Richie Berrington, Muddassar Bukhari, Tom Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Trent Johnston, Kevin O'Brien, Mohammad Shahzad, Samiullah Shenwari and Paul Stirling ]]>
The flooding has displaced over 14 million people and the potential for this disaster to escalate is serious.

Several aid agencies in Canada are collecting donations to support relief efforts in Pakistan. Cricket Canada encourage for those who can, to please do what they can to support these initiatives.

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University Cricket has been on the rise in Canada in the past year and Cricket Canada has been proud to foster and support this growth. 2010 started off very well when York University won the American College Cricket Championship held in March in Florida.

This October, Cricket Canada and the Quebec Cricket Federation are proud to partner with the schools to help renew one of Canada's oldest sporting rivalries as McGill University will host Queen's University in Montreal, starting a new era in the rivalry between these two schools.

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The camps were run by Barry Seebaran, former Canadian team member, in association with Cricket Canada and were a resounding success.

Cricket Canada KIDS now has programs running from coast to coast in schools and communities.

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The children were given instruction in batting and bowling before playing a few games to practice their skills.

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Cricket Canada is proud to support University Cricket across Canada and is actively pursuing options with the school teams to help raise the profile of the games.

Earlier this year, York University in Toronto participated in the American College Cricket Championship for the first time and won the event in fine style to claim their position as North America's top University Team.

The Quebec Cricket Federation has been working diligently with area universities to help promote the game and this is the start of what is expected to be a new age in Canadian cricket.

Next up for McGill will be a match with players from rival Concordia University next weekend in Montreal.

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Resuming on 49/3 after Zimbabwe ammassed 351 built on Craig Ervine's 177 runs, Canada struggled again to build batting partnerships losing wickets routinely and soon crumbled to from 74-3 to 74-7 effectively ending any chance to save the match. Hamza Tariq (39) made a valliant attempt to make the Zimbabwean's bat again refusing to go down fighting but was last man out.

Umar Bhatti (6-98) was Canada's top bowler in this match withi his outstading performance in a losing cause for the Canadians. Canada now have 3 weeks off to rest and recover after a busy period of cricket finally comes to an end. Ireland will visit on August 31st at the Toronto Cricket Club as Canada plays their last match of the 2009-2010 Intercontinental Cup.

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Losing the toss and being sent in, Canada got off to a rollicking start with Hiral Patel (32) leading the way but from there it was all down hill as the batsmen could not get any starts going.

Rizwan Cheema (39*) struck some hefty blows but the skipper had nobody to stay with him and Canada were all out for 129.

In reply, Canada came out firing with some vicious bowling from both openers who accounted for all 3 wickets thus far. Umar Bhatti bowled tidyily (2 wickets) while Henry Osinde took the attack to the Zimababweans and was rewarded when keeper Hamza Tariq snared an impossible catch (see the video on the Cricket Canada facebook fansite).

Zimbabwe resume on day 2 at 88-3.

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Canada have only 9 points from their 5 matches and are well behind table leaders Scotland but have shown encouraging performances this year. Matches against Scotland and Afghanistan came down to the wire with Canada losing narrowly while the Netherlands with the help of some weather withstood Canada's final push to draw the match.

Zimbabwe travel to Canada with the same squad that defeated Netherlands handily last week. For Canada, Ashish Bagai remains out while he rehabilitates his knees but is slated to be back into the side in time for Ireland's visit in September. Zubin Surkari is nursing an injury while Geoff Barnett are Jimmy Hansra are unavailable due to work commitments.

Canada :

Rizwan Cheema - Captain
Umar Bhatti
Trevin Bastiampillai
Hemnarine Chattergoon
Abzal Deane
Parth Desai
Calvert Hooper
Sandeep Jyoti
Nitish Kumar
Usman Limbada
Henry Osinde
Hiral Patel
Kevin Sandher
Hamza Tariq
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"We had a minor incident crop up on our last tour and will be putting the player (Harvir) through the disciplinary process...in light of this we felt it best to hold him out of the upcoming match" said high performance manager Ravin Moorthy.

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The Polar Bears will take on the Senior Men's Team and will be made up of the best players from the recently completed Cricket Canada National Championships

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The national team players will represent Canada while the Polar Bears will be made up of the top players from the National Championships week.

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The meeting of both unbeaten teams served as a defacto final and drew a healthy crowd at Malton Cricket Club to overview the proceedings.

Ontario easily defended the total of 173 they put up beating Alberta comfortably with a disciplined bowling attack and sharp fielding that accounted for 4 Alberta run outs.

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"The City of Mississagua has been instrumental in helping us get the grounds ready for this tournament and has provided unprecedented civic support to provide our athletes good facilities to play on" said president Ranjit Saini.

Saini continued saying that "...we are grateful to the parks staff and the city for ensuring the grass is cut to acceptable cricket standards every morning..."

Malton Cricket Club has witnessed a rebirth in the past 2 years hosting several high profile events and will host the Cricket Canada All Star Match on Saturday.

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CBC Sports, Cricket Canada and the West Indies Cricket Board have parternered to bring this tournament live to fans across the country

Match Status - Match Abandoned

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Ontario batted first and behind Desorath Damodar's 67* ammased 195 before taking Eastern Canada to 126-9 in 44 overs when rain stopped play. Ontario won by 63 runs (D/L)

In the second game of the day, British Columbia were pegged back by 3 wickets from Shajib Darain to get to 125 before Abdul Sattar (39) and Parveen Saroye (35) helped take Alberta over the target with 3 wickets to spare.

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Some big hitting was on show, in addition to a plethora of fine vintage motor vehicles, much to the delight of the crowd visiting the festival on what was a wonderful summer's day in the Maritimes. Halifax Gold came away with a comfortable 77-run victory having posted 197 all out (19.5 overs) and then dismissing Halifax Red for 120 (15.5 overs).

The event was a great success and enjoyed by all players and NSCA officials who attended, with much thanks to the dedicated organizing committee of the British Motoring Festival.

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Alberta succesfully chased 92 runs set by the Eastern team while Ontario defended 171 that they set batting first against Manitoba.

The Ontario vs. Prairies match had to be moved to Inverhaugh late last night as the Malton ground outfield was wet and no guarantee could be made that it would be playable in the morning.

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An all star match of Canada's top players will take place on July 31 at Malton Cricket Club.

Monday's Matches :

Ontario Rep XI vs. Prairies (Malton Cricket Club)
Alberta vs. Eastern (Iceland)

On the eve of the national championships, Cricket Canada regrets to announce that the various parties in Ontario were not able to come to an understanding with respect to fielding a team in the national championships.

In a letter today, to all involved parties President Saini expressed his disappointment saying :
"It is unfortunate that despite significant time having been provided, leading up to today , the various parties in the conflict were unable to come to a solution within Ontario to resolve their governance matters. As a result of this situation, we have no other option but to proceed with the team that has been selected by the national selector. Cricket Canada is satisfied that adequate process that provided opportunity to all was given and the selection was done in a public and transparent manner."

The team will play as an Ontario Representative XI

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Losing the toss and batting first, Canada struggled to reach 101 runs and were unable to hold back Xavier Marshall and the rest of the Jamaicans as they cruised to a 9 wicket victory. Tyson Gordon (26) top scored for Canada while Trevin Bastiamillai picked up the sole wicket.

Like Thursday, Canadians flocked to CBCSports.ca to watch the Canadian team in action and many were seeing the game and the team for the first time. "Go Canada Go" was a common post on the CBC site as well as on Twitter as Canadians were thrilled to be able to see their team live.

Canada's final match of the tournament will be on Wednesday.

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CBC will live stream Canada�s three games against Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, plus the tournament�s semi-finals and final. The series will be broadcast on CBCSPORTS.CA from July 22�31.

The decision from the Canadian national broadcaster is an indication that major players may be looking to capitalize on the growing domestic audience for a sport that, despite being second only to soccer in terms of worldwide popularity, has until now remained largely in the shadows of Canadian mainstream media.

Terry Ludwick, Director of Sports Programming at CBC, comments: �We�ve been interested for some time in testing the appetite of Canadians for cricket programming, and this looks like a great opportunity.

�By making this tournament available online and giving exposure to the national team, we�re hoping the Canadian public show us they want more.�

Cricket Canada President Ranjit Saini who was instrumental in bringing the various parties together, and spoke positively about the development.

�We certainly see this as a turning point for Canadian cricket and hope it represents the start of a new era, where cricket gets the exposure and recognition it deserves in this country.�

Saini also recognized the role of the WICB in making the deal happen. �We have the WICB to thank, as without their generosity first in welcoming us into their national event, and then in working to secure the broadcast rights, this simply could not have happened.�

Canada�s first game begins at 3.40pm on Thursday July 22

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Losing the toss and being set in, Canada started off slow as they got accustomed to the new conditions. The entrance of Geoff Barnett got the innings going and in his typical agressive manor Barnett took the attack to the Trinidad batmen before falling for a well struck 37 from 33 balls including 2 well hit sixes. Rizwan Cheema entered the fray long enough to pelt the biggest 6 of the innings before falling to Dwayne Bravo's sharp fielding. On a day when the ball followed him everywhere, Bravo set a Caribbean T20 record with 4 catches removing Patel, Barnett, Cheema and Gordon.

Late cameos from Zubin Surkari (26) who hit some glorious shots off Bravo and Umar Bhatti (17) brought Canada to a fighting 110-8 off 20 overs.

The match was broadcast live in Canada on CBCSports.ca

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Cricket Canada and Cricket Ireland confirmed the dates this morning as well as the venue for the matches. Cricket Canada will return to the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club after long absence.

Speaking on the ground arrangements Cricket Canada president Ranjit Saini was happy to see both Canada's top facilities get matches this summer.

"We are pleased to have concluded productive negotiations with both MLCC (Zimbabwe) and the TCSCC (Ireland). As an organization it is important to invest in both of our ODI facilities and we are happy that both facilities put forward good proposals for us to work with. "

Canada vs. Zimbabwe

Intercontinenal Cup Match August 2 - 5 : Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City Ontario

Canada vs. Ireland

Intercontinental Cup Match :Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, Toronto, Ontario

ODI Series Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, Toronto, Ontario
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Canada batted first in the second T20 and scored 143-5 with the USA still to bat.

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In the first game of the series the USA rolled to a convincing 112 run victory. Batting first the USA put up an impressive 225-6 from 50 overs. The USA batting was led by Durga Das (53) and Indomatie Goordial-John (83) whose partnership of 92 set the platform for the imposing total. The rest of the USA bastmen were unable to really mount any real answer to the Canadian bowling attack but were helped out by 35 Canadian extras and some intelligent batting around Goordial-John.

In reply, Canada was shellshocked by Shondelled Ward (5-20) who knocked out the top 4 batsmen for 12 runs essentially blunting the chase of any Canadian counter attack. Mikaela Turik (40) batted beautifully for Canada but was run-out while in good touch.

The two teams clash again tomorrow, a match which Canada must win to keep its world cup dream alive.

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Rizwan Cheema - Captain

Harvir Baidwan
Trevin Bastiampillai
Geoff Barnett
Umar Bhatti
Hemnarine Chattergoon
Khurram Chohan
Parth Desai
Tyson Gordon
Calvert Hooper
Usman Limbada
Hiral Patel
Zubin Sukari
Hamza Tariq

Ashish Bagai (knee) is out of this tour. He stays in Toronto to have some more work done on his knee.

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Scoring 29 in the first innings Gunasekera turned it up in the second innings scoring a patient 63 runs.

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Bagai was in great touch during the tournament scoring 284 runs in 6 innings.

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The tournament will also serve as a backdrop for a fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Breast Cancer Network, both of whom will be receiving signed jerseys from the Canadian team to support fundraising auctions later this year. ICC America's has also provided pink shirts for all the players and a donation to the CBCF to support this cause.

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Canada's batsmen struggled to make ground losing wickets at regular intervals before Ashish Bagai (39) and Zubin Surkari (49) made a stand to set up the victory. At the end Canada got home with 4 balls to spare as Jimmy Hansra (1-23 and 13*) and Umar Bhatti (2-48 and 8*) saw the team home.

A tough tournament comes to and end with two important ODI victories against a team on the Reliance ODI Table salvages some pride and injects some confidence into the Canadian team. The pitches made batting difficult for all the teams and those who showed the ability to graft for their runs ultimately prospered.

The Irish were full value for their billing as the top associated, wining with several players away on assignment for most of the tournament. Scotland finished in second as their rebuilt towards 2013 continues. The Afghans continued their strong play nosing out the Dutch for 3rd.

WCL Division 1 Final Standings

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. Afghanistan
4. The Netherlands
5. Canada
6. Kenya
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Ashish Bagai won the toss and elected to field, a decision that paid off for captain as the bowlers backed him up with a glittering performance. Harvir Baidwan who has been in fine form picked up 3 wickets (bringing his total to 6 in the past 3 games) to lead the Canadian attack. Rizwan Cheema (2-28), Parth Desai (2-33) and Hiral Patel (1-33) joined in on the wicket taking to restrict Kenya to 153.

Canada started well before Hiral Patel (18) lost his way which followed with 3 wickets falling in quick succession to leave Canada at 71-4. As he has consistently the skipper guided his team home under difficult conditions. Bagai (61*) continued his fine run of form (392 at an average of 65.33 in his last 8 international matches) and played an evenly paced innings to seal the victory. Bagai was joined at the other end by Zubin Surkari (21*) who played the supporting role to give Canada a much needed victory.

Canada and Kenya clash again on Saturday in the battle for 5th place.

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The World Cup was reduced from 16 teams in 2007 to 14 next year and Lorgat emerged from the Chief Executives Committee meeting to state that the enlargement of the World Twenty20 and compression of the World Cup is a popular idea among the full members.

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Earlier in the day, Canada laboured to a score of 154-9 from 50 overs. Winning the toss and batting first, Canada immediately lost the openers and were in a hole at 6-2. Nitish Kumar (38) and Geoff Barnett (26) did rebuild the innings slightly but the Irish spinners strangled the life out of the middle order and restricted Canada to a meagre total.

Canada are now resigned to the 5-6th place match where they look to be playing Kenya who have also stuggled to make a mark in this tournament. Canada and Kenya will play on Friday to close out the round robin.

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Gunasekera has also struck a half century in a provincial match and looks in fine form heading into the summer.

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Brief Scores :

Richmond CC 260 all out
H. Dhillon 74, H. Fernandes 52, S. Sadana 32
G. Dhillon 3-50, V. Grewal 3-42 (49.1 overs) Abotsford CC 162 all out
S. Gainder 80, V. Grewal 25
T. Kurooparan 3-40, T. Dayal 2-25

Final Standings :

1. Richmond (BC)
2. Abbotsford (BC)
3. St. John's (AB)
4. Elites (AB)
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Defending a meagre total, Canada's bowlers did yeoman's work today with Harvir Baidwan picking up 2-28 but the total of 168 was simply not enough to defend.

EArlier in the day, a stunning batting collapse left Canada with lots of work to do in order to salvage today's game against the Netherlands.

Winning the toss and batting first, Bagai stroked yet another half century (his 3rd on this tour) but could find little in the way of support from his teammates as Canada slumped to 168. Only Geoff Barnett (34) and Calvert Hooper (27) offered any sort of resistance as Canada's batting folded.

Canada has struggled to get any momentum going on tour and while the introduction of fast bowling coach Courtney Walsh, the legendary fast bowler, offered the bowlers a shot in the arm for today's clash, it was simply not enough on the day.

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In Montreal, Nova Scotia and Quebec wrap up their weekend series with Nova Scotia. On Saturday, Quebec picked up victories in both T20 matches. In the first match, Quebec's bowlers did the damage knocking back Nova Scotia for 59 runs allowing the batsmen to chase it down in 9 overs.

In the second match, Nova Scotia fought back and were in control for parts of the match knocking out the Quebec top order and keeping themselves in the match chasing 154 to win. A good start ramped up the pressure on Quebec before their bowlers got on top finally dismissing Nova Scotia for 93. A 50 over match takes place today at Raymond Park in LaSalle

In Vancouver, it will be an all BC final in the John Ross Robertson Competition as both Richmond and Abbotsford scored wins over their Alberta Rivals.

Brief Scores from day 1 :

St.Johns CC Calgary 135 all out :P.Patel 38 S.Thapliyal 33 T.Kurooparan 4 - 36 P.Gillar 3 - 16 ( 45.4 overs )

Richmond CC. 136 for 4 K.Khanna 63 H.Dhillon 26 ( 37.5 overs )

Abbotsford C.C. 151 all out D.Dhillon 27 G.Grewal 24 ( 42.4 overs )

Elites CC Edmonton 122 all out A.Anand 36 D.Dhillon 4 - 25 ( 40.3 overs )

On Friday, Manitoba had wrapped up the Western Canadian U19 Title with a convincing win over Edmonton. This followed up on a win against Calgary to go undefeated in the tournament.

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The team will depart for Auckland on January 1st to participate in a preparatory camp before moving to Christchurch for warm up matches vs South Africa on January 11th, and Hong Kong on January 12th. The tournament gets underway for Canada on January 15th vs Zimbabwe.

Full Squad:

Rustam Bhatti (captain), Manny Aulakh, Parth Desai, Darius D'Souza, Ruvindu Gunasekara, Hardik Kotak, Nitish Kumar, Usman Limbada, Zain Mahmood, Asif Manjra, Hiral Patel, Riyazkhan Pathan, Arsalan Qadir, Harpreet Singh, Hamza Tariq.]]> http://www.canadiancricket.org/page_MENS_HOME
Murtaza Malik spoke with Manny this week and ahead of the team's departure to the WIndies.]]> http://canadacrickethq.com/2009/12/09/player-profile-manny-aulakh/ Monali Patel has put on the black and red uniform so many times she hardly notices the metal bars in front of her face anymore. It's a curious but necessary outfit for the opening batsman and part-time bowler for Canada?s national women's cricket team. "If you wear it for the first time, you're like, 'Oh my gosh, it's so lumpy,'" she says, comparing it to goaltender equipment. "There's a special way of running in it. After you get used to it, it becomes part of you."]]> http://dollmag.ca/2009/11/canada-could-use-more-cricket/ index.jsp?page_id=BLOG_P3 Canada will play 2 games in Sri Lanka and 4 games in India during the tournament which kicks off Saturday February 19th with co-hosts India and Bangladesh clashing in Mirpur. Hosts Sri Lanka will take on Canada on Sunday February 20th to kick of the tournament for both sides at Hambantota.

Canada's Full schedule is as follows:

Date	Opposition
Sunday, Feb 20	Sri Lanka
Monday, Feb 28	Zimbabwe
Thursday, March 3	Pakistan
Monday, March 7	Kenya
Sunday, March 13	New Zealand
Wed, March 16	Australia

A total of 13 venues will be used over the 43-day tournament, which is a week shorter than the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. The ten Full Member countries and four Associates have been divided into two groups of seven each, with the top four from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. Group A includes Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya. Group B comprises India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands.]]> http://www.canadiancricket.org/images/091106-Shaheed.pdf ]]> http://www.canadiancricket.org/images/091103-CC-Scotiabank.pdf Shaheed is on the cusp of making Tamil Union's 15 man top squad as they compete in the domestic 3 day and 1 day competitions. His blog can be read weekly on www.canadiancricket.org ]]> http://www.canadiancricket.org/images/091102-Shaheed.pdf Any interested umpire who wish to write umpiring exam must register with Mr. Gwynne Giles at least one week prior to exam date. The Cricket Canada's umpiring exams have been amended to include modern day cricket.

All candidates appearing for umpiring exam must be familiar with MCC Cricket Laws and ICC Playing Conditions for ODI & Twenty20 matches.]]> http://www.canadiancricket.org/images/Cricket+Canada+Umpiring+Examinations.pdf The committee, which comprises of Isvan Balyi - Sports Canada appointed Specialist Consultant, Ingleton Liburd - Project Director, Pubudu Dassanayake ? CC Head Coach, Ron Dipchand ? CC Coaching Coordinator & Shelly Boardman ? CC Women?s Coordinator, will meet twice more before presenting a final draft document to the CC Board of Directors for review.

By early 2010 a final draft will be presented to the Board of Directors for approval at its Annual General Meeting. Once approved an implementation process will begin throughout the Provinces. ?The LTAD program will enable Cricket Canada to better plan and track the development of cricketers from an early stage through to national team and lead to having persons actively involved in the game for life?? stated Ingleton Liburd in reference to the LTAD program.

For more information on LTAD visit www.ltad.ca. ]]> The 2010 T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which is to be held February 9-13 at Dubai Sports City will feature the top 6 Associate nations as well as hosts UAE and wildcard entrants USA. Canada has been placed in group B with the Netherlands, Kenya and the UAE. Group A consists of Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan and the USA. The top 2 from each group progress to the semi-finals with the winners moving onto the finals. The two finalists will gain entry into the 2010 T20 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. The winner of the event joins South Africa and India in Group C of the main event while the runner up joins host West Indies and England in Group D. The T20 Cricket World Cup runs from April 30 to May 16th.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup Groups have also been announced with Canada drawing into Group A. Canada will play matches against Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya. The top four teams in each group progress to the super eight stages.

"...we are looking forward to taking on some of the worlds best in Group A. Being familiar with some of the teams in the group already will give us added confidence at the World Cup when we take the field..." said coach Pubudu Dassanayake when the groups were announced. "...Canada has in the past 2 years played against all but Australia which will make for interesting competition at the World Cup. Dassanayake continued "...we have a good side and we back ourselves against any opposition"

The 2011 Cricket World Cup scheduled will be announced by the ICC on November 9, 2009.

Canada's positioning in the u19 Cricket World Cup has also been confirmed with Canada drawing into group C with hosts New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe. Group C will be based out of Christchurch. The 2010 U19 Cricket World Cup begins on January 16, 2010 in New Zealand.

ICC Cricket World Cup Groupings

Group A	Group B
Australia	India
Pakistan	South Africa
New Zealand	England
Sri Lanka	West Indies
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Canada	Ireland
Kenya	Netherlands

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Groupings

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
India	South Africa	New Zealand	Pakistan
England	Australia	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
Afghanistan	Ireland	Zimbabwe	West Indies
Hong Kong	USA	Canada	PNG

2010 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Group A	Group B
Ireland	Netherlands
Scotland	Kenya
Afghanistan	Canada
USA	UAE

]]> http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/CWC/index.php Cricket Alberta seeks Expressions of Interest (EIO's) to Develop Cricket Turf Pitches in Alberta. Consultants will participate in Cricket Alberta's Facility Upgrade Project. Please forward all expression of interest letters outlining relevant experience to acacricket@gmail.com no later than Wednesday October 7th, 2009. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Friday October 9th, 2009.

Please note that sucessful candidates will be subject to background screening suitable for the Vulnerable Sector. Alberta Cricket is an equal opportunity employer.

For more information click on the following links: ]]>