Cricket Canada

2008-07-04 Scotiabank Presents Canada and Bermuda in Intercontinetal Cup Action July 4-7

Scotiabank presents Canada Vs Bermuda in a 4-day Intercontinental Cup Cricket game July 4 to July 7. Venue: Maple Leaf Cricket Facility, 13811 Dufferin Rd, King City. Time: 10 AM to 6 PM. Directions: From Hwy 401. North on Hwy 400. Exit on King Rd. East on King Rd to Dufferin St. North on Dufferin st. As soon as you pass Bloomington Side Rd the ground is located on the East side of Dufferin St. Looking forward to your attendance. Canadian Team: Trevin Bastiampillai, +Rustam Bhatti, Abdool Samad, Arvind Kandappah, Geoff Barnett, Ian Billcliff (Captain), Karun Jethi, Saad bin Zafar, Sunil Dhaniram, Eion Katchay, Henry Osinde [CricketEurope: Live Score]

2008-07-02 Toronto Star Editorial - Cricket's Comeback

History records 1867 not only as the time of Confederation but also the year cricket became our national sport. Sir John A. Macdonald, a visionary on matters both political and sporting, saw the future for the game of googlies and wickets born of the British Empire. Later generations of Canadians left cricket in the dust, seduced by North American passions for baseball, football and hockey; yet Sir John A. was clearly ahead of his time. Last month, the federal government granted formal recognition to cricket once again. To be sure, it will no longer be the sole national sport, merely one among many, with hockey and lacrosse now the undisputed winter and summer national sports, thanks to a 1994 Act of Parliament... [More]

2008-07-01 Canada win 3rd Scotiabank ODI

Canada 278/9 defeated Bermuda 199/7 by 77 runs. Abdool Samad led the way with 130 runs, despite breaking his finger early in his innings. Ashish Bagai scored 81 runs, partnering with Samad for 217 runs. Tamauri Tucker led the Bermudan bowlers taking 4 wickets for 56 runs. In Bermudas replay, Steve Outerbridge (56) and Irving Romaine (60) partnered for 90 runs. Eion Katchay took 3 wickets for 39 runs. Canada and Bermuda begin their Intercontinental Cup 4-Day match on Friday at Maple Leaf C.C. in King City. [CricInfo Scorecard] [CricInfo Report] [Yahoo! Video]

2008-06-30 Scotiabank enables Cricket Canada to establish monthly Player Allowance Policy

The recent arrival of Scotiabank as Official Bank and Premier National Sponsor has enabled Cricket Canada to establish an unprecedented monthly player allowance policy effective July 1, 2008. The Scotiabank sponsorship has helped Canada move into a select league of Cricket-playing nations that are able to pay their players on a monthly basis. The amounts that Cricket Canada is being able to afford at this stage compared with nations like Australia, England, India and others, can be considered 'token' but indicate the resolve of the Management and the Executive Committee to support National Players in every possible way. The player allowance policy is tiered, currently based on factors like number of years on the national team, player attendance during season and off-season, among others. These and a host of other factors, including player performance during the 2008 season, will be considered when the next allowance review is done in January 2009. Cricket Canada is working with the Federal Government to determine whether Cricket will be eligible for the Federal Government's Athlete Assistance Program (AAP). This will help increase allowance dollars when reviewed in January 2009.

2008-06-29 Bermuda win 2nd ODI

Scotiabank ODI Series Match 2 - Match start - delayed due to wet field. Canada won the toss and elected to field first. Bermuda 201/8 (50 overs, R. Trott 48; S. Dhaniram 5-32), Canada 184 (45.3/47 overs, S. Dhaniram 79; G O'Brien 3-39). Bermuda won by 11 runs (D/L method). Canada were chasing a revised target of 196 because of a shower during the lunch break but were dismissed for 184, out of which Dhaniram struck 79 off 86 balls to follow up his 5 for 32 that helped restrict Bermuda to 201 for 8. [CricInfo Live Scorecard] [CricInfo Report] [CBC Report]

2008-06-28 Bermuda defeats Canada in 1st ODI

The tourists were the winners in the first of the three match Scotiabank ODI Series between Canada and Bermuda. The start of play was delayed due to morning rain and a damp outfield. Canada won the toss and elected to bat first in a 36-over-a-side game. At the interval, Canada finished their innings at 155/9 (36 overs) led by Ashish Bagai's 71 from 97 deliveries. Tamauri Tucker and Oronde Bascome led the Bermudan bowlers with 2 wickets each. Bermuda reached the target with 3 wickets and 3 balls to spare 158/7 (C Foggo 60; Q Ali 3-28). Bermuda leads the 3 match series 1-0. [Scorecard] [CricInfo Report] [CBC Report]

2008-06-21 Scotiabank Presents Canada and Bermuda in 3 ODIs

Canada will take on Bermuda in 3 One Day Internationals, on June 28, 29 and July 1st, presented by Scotiabank. The Canadian Team consists of: Zubin Surkari (Captain), Qaiser Ali (Vice-Captain), Ashish Bagai, Harvir Singh Baidwan, Geoffrey Barnett, Trevin Bastiampillai, Umar Bhatti, Ian Bilcliff, Sunil Dhaniram, Abdus Sami Faridi, Eion Katchay, Henry Osinde, Abdool Samad, Steve Welsh. All matches are at Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, and start at 10.00 am. Venue: Maple Leaf Cricket Facility, 13811 Dufferin St, King City, ON. Directions: From Hwy 401. North on Hwy 400. Exit on King Rd. East on King Rd to Dufferin St. North on Dufferin st. As soon as you pass Bloomington Side Rd the ground is located on the East side of Dufferin St. [Google Map] [Surkari Canada's new captain]

2008-06-20 Cricket Canada-Federal Government Media Conference

The Secretary of State for Sports, Ms. Helena Guergis announced the Federal Government's plans for the support of Cricket in Canada at a Media Conference held at the Ontario Sport Alliance Building, located at 1185 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto on Friday, June 20. At this event, the newly selected National Team and newly appointed National Captain for the 2008-09 season was announced. The Minister will also unveil the new Cricket Canada uniform for the 2008-09 season. We thank you those who were there for your attendance. [Toronto Star Report] [GlobeSports Report] [Yahoo! Sports Report]

2008-06-12 ICC announces schedule for World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast

The International Cricket Council today announced the schedule for the inaugural six-team ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier (WT20 Qualifier), which will take place in Ireland from 2 to 4 August. Kenya and the Netherlands will get the short, sharp tournament off to an exciting start in Stormont as the picturesque Belfast venue will host three matches per day culminating in the final on the Monday afternoon. At stake, apart from the pride of being the top Associate team in this form of the game, will be a place in the ICC World Twenty20 2009 being staged in England. Both finalists from this event will qualify for the big one which will take place at Lord's, the Oval and Trent Bridge next June. [More]

2008-06-07 Baseball To Cricket - Mike Young

CBC Metro Morning's Sports reporter Scott Regehr spoke with Mike Young. He has been an integral part of Australia winning the last three cricket World Cups. Follow link for RealAudio file. [More]

2008-05-19 Ontario B are National T20 Champions

Ontario B defeated Quebec in the 15-over final of the Scotiabank National T20 Championships. Both teams were surprise finalists after the Semi-Finals were reduced to 5-overs a side Quebec 41-5 defeated B.C. 37-8 by 4 Runs. Ontario B 29-6 defeated Ontario 28-8 by 4 wickets. [Results] [Final Scorecard] [CBC: Weather fails to dampen spirit of T20s]

2008-05-18 Semi-Finals Set After Rain Affected Day 2 at Scotiabank Championships

Rain has halted play at the Canadian cricket championships, forcing organizers to push the final game to Monday. The tournament, featuring eight teams from across the country using the new Twenty20 format of 20 overs each, completed its round robin phase on Saturday with defending champs British Columbia and Ontario A leading their divisions. Semifinals will go at 9 a.m. Monday featuring British Columbia against Quebec and Ontario A in a showdown with Ontario B. Finals go at 1 p.m. in King City, Ont., just north of Toronto. Click on logo for Schedule and Results. [More] [Results] [Stats]

2008-05-17 BC and Ontario Top Group Standings at Scotiabank Championships

Manoj David and Geoff Barnett were the stars for B.C. on Day 1 of the Scotiabank National T20 Championships. David scored a total of 126 runs in 3 matches, including 69 versus Nova Scotia. Barnett scored 37 against Ontario B and 56 not out against Alberta, leading B.C. to a 3-0 record and top spot in Group A. Ontario also finished Group B play with 3 wins and no losses. Quarter-final play will begin at 9am on Sunday. Click on Tournament logo for Schedule and Results. For CBC report click... [More] [Results] [Standings] [Stats]

2008-05-16 CBC Coverage of Scotiabank National Championships

Press coverage of the National Championship has been extensive and nationwide via Print, Radio and TV. The www.cbc.ca/sports homepage has a number of articles covering the National Championship: [More] [Turning cricket on its ear] [Nigel Reed: Jazzing up the gentlemen's game] [CEO Atul Ahuja on ICC Cricket]

2008-05-14 Pakistan likely to play in Canada in August

AFP: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf told a press conference here on Tuesday that Pakistan is also likely to play a Twenty20 matches series with the West Indies in Canada in August this year. "Both Pakistan and the West Indies have given their consent to play a Twenty20 event in Canada in August, the dates and other modalities will be finalised soon," said Ashraf. [More]

2008-05-13 National Cricket Academy Canada - Ontario Junior Cricket Coaching Program

The National Cricket Academy welcomes junior cricketers aged 8-16 years to register for the Summer Coaching 2008 program, which begins May 19th. These Indoor Coaching Programs are run in 3-month segments with 12-2 hour sessions, held on weeknights - Mondays or Tuesday between 5 pm & 9 pm. Sessions delivered by selected coaches in Groups of 1 to 10 juniors. [More] [Registration Form]

2008-05-02 Twenty20 extravaganza now comes to Toronto, Canada

Fresh from sponsorship by Scotiabank, Cricket Canada on Tuesday unveiled the nation's first premier cricket tournament, to be known as the Scotiabank National T20 Cricket Championship. It will to be held at King City near Toronto May 17 and 18. Eight teams from the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia will vie for the Scotiabank National Cricket Trophy. [More] [Schedule] [Buy Tickets Now] [CBC: Cricket at the speed of light]

2008-04-10 Scotiabank Becomes Canada's 'All Rounder' in Cricket

Scotiabank and Cricket Canada today announced a three year sponsorship agreement that makes Scotiabank the Premier National Sponsor and Official Bank of Cricket in Canada. While the agreement includes exclusivity across the financial services sector, further terms were not disclosed. "We are very proud to take on this preeminent national sponsorship of cricket in Canada," said Rania Llewellyn, Scotiabank Vice-President, Multicultural Banking. "The popularity of cricket in the United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Guyana and the West Indies has carried over into several of Canada's multicultural communities. We look forward to working with Cricket Canada to enhance the sport's appeal across the country at both the professional and community levels." [More]

2008-04-07 International Pace Bowling Coach - May 16 to May 30

Rumesh Ratnayake, Pace Bowling Coach at the Asian Cricket Council will run a 14-day camp for the National Cricket Academy, May 16 to May 30, in Toronto. The best Pace Bowlers in Canada are expected to be gathered in Toronto May 17 to May 19 for the National Championships. Rumesh will have an opportunity to look at Pace Bowling talent from across the country at this event and identify talent for further development. During his visit he will assist our current national team Pace Bowlers and will help assemble a squad of 15 top Pace Bowlers from across the country to feed the national team. Rumesh will also brief and work with Pace Bowlers regarding latest techniques and international best practices, during the national tournament.

2008-03-17 Sri Lanka Cricket to 'adopt' Canada

Sri Lanka Cricket chief Arjuna Ranatunga who made an official visit to Canada last week held talks with Canadian Cricket Association on the ways to offer Sri Lanka's help for the development of the sport in Canada. During the discussions, Ranatunga has agreed to "adopt" the Canada's national cricket team in an interesting move which would see Sri Lanka assuming the responsibility of nurturing the Canadian side to highest international level. The agreement between the two Cricket Boards will be signed very soon, according to sources in Canada. [More] [CricInfo Article]

2008-02-15 Cummins takes Under-19 coach role

CCA announce new jobs - Pubudu Dassanayake, Canada's coach, has announced a new coaching team who will take charge across the various levels of the game. Shaun Miller who played minor counties cricket in England will be the deputy national coach and he will be responsible for Western Canada which includes the areas of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. He holds an ECB Level 3 qualification. Anderson Cummins, the former West Indies and Canada opening bowler, will look after the Under-19s, who have not qualified for the World Cup in Malaysia this month but will definitely take part in the 2012 event as hosts. Farooq Kirmani who represented Canada in the '80s, will be undertaking the future of the juniors, in looking after the Under-15s. George Codrington, who represented Canada at last year's World Cup in the West Indies, will undertake the women's program. [More]

2008-02-08 Women's Open Ontario Trials for National Squad

The Canadian Cricket Association will be holding a Women's Open Ontario Trial for the National Squad on Sunday, Feb. 17 from 3 PM to 6 PM at Qasra Sports, 6680 Finch Avenue West, Etobicoke, ON (416) 213-0734 (close to Hwy 427 and Finch).

2008-02-06 Canadian wins ICC Lifetime Award

Calvin Clarke, General Secretary at the Canadian Cricket Association, has won the ICC Americas Regional Award for lifetime service to Cricket. Calvin, adopted Canada as his home in 1967 and in 1969 held his first Board position within Canadian Cricket. It was all up and up from there as he went onto become President of the Toronto and District Cricket Association and Vice-President at the Ontario Cricket Association among myriad distinctions in Canadian cricket. He has served as General Secretary at the CCA in the 70's and came back into office recently and continues to do so with aplomb and distinction.

2008-01-31 Dutch CEO Westermann takes on the big guns

Cricket Europe - Rod Lyall - Maarten Westermann, the CEO of the Dutch governing body (KNCB) is not happy. And that's putting it mildly. Outraged as he is by the proposal to reduce the number of Associates taking part in the next World Cup from six to four, he has returned from this week's crisis meeting with his colleagues determined to do everything in his power to resist. "The High Performance Program countries have been required to appoint, at considerable cost, full-time coaches and full-time CEOs," Westermann says, "and we've all done so.And now we get this!" [More]

2008-01-28 Move to reduce World Cup cricket teams opposed

Malaysia Sun (IANS) - The associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) have opposed moves by India and Pakistan to reduce the number of teams at the next World Cup in 2011. Since their elimination from the 2007 World Cup, the Asian cricketing giants have reportedly been pressuring the ICC to have 14, instead of proposed 16, teams at the next World Cup. As ten full members cannot be shut out, the axe will fall on any two of the six associate members. India and Pakistan may argue that reduction in teams will shorten the duration of the tournament, but what they actually want is reduce chances of their elimination at the preliminary rounds. To ensure this, they have suggested only two groups of 14 teams, instead of the current four groups of four teams each. [More] [CricInfo: Associates fume at World Cup pruning]

2008-01-25 Coaching Association of Canada seeks High Performance Coaching Consultant

The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) is seeking to fill a High Performance Coaching Consultant position to assist in the development of multi-sport and sport-specific advanced coaching programs leading to the development of expert coaches in Canadian sport. Reporting to CAC Senior Management, the High Performance Coaching Consultant will: - Work closely with the network of National Coaching Institutes in the development and delivery of advanced diploma and professional development programs. - Provide consultation to national sport organizations in the development of the NCCP High Performance context. - Liaise with higher education institutions (colleges and universities) in the delivery of coaching specialist degrees and diplomas. - Liaise with Podium Canada to ensure continuity in National Team Coach Professional Development Initiatives. As the ideal candidate, you will possess a masters degree in a coaching-related field, have eight or more years of high performance sport and coaching experience, and have proven expertise in project management. You will bring a track record of success in coaching development, education (e.g. program development, course delivery, coach assessment) and management of sport programs. You will be knowledgeable of the National Coaching Certification Program, the Canadian high performance sport environment and other countries High Performance Coach Education Programs/Initiatives. You demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills. Bilingualism is an asset. A compensation package will be negotiated commensurate with education and experience. This position is scheduled to start on or before April 1, 2008. Applications will be received in the strictest confidence. Please e-mail your CV with references, both personal and professional and salary expectations by February 4, 2008 to the Coaching Association of Canada, at hr@coach.ca . CAC thanks all applicants for their interest, but will only contact selected applicants.

2008-01-08 National Cricket Academy Coach Appointments

The National Coach, Pubudu Dassanayake, today announced his team of National-level Coaches as follows: Shaun Miller - Deputy National Coach (BC, AB, SK), Anderson Cummins - National Under-19 Coach, Farooq Kirmani - National Under-15 Coach, George Codrington - National Women's Coach, Geoffrey Crosse - Technical Analyst.

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