2008-12-30
Toronto Star Reviews 2008
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Faraz Sarwat - This was an interesting year for cricket in Canada. The sport grew in profile and, after almost 10 years in the wilderness, Canada again hosted full-member ICC countries. But the higher profile coincided with the national team having a poor year on the field. A rundown of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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2008-12-25
Article Regarding Proposed T20 League
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Times of India: Cricket, which once was the official sport of Canada, has staged a major comeback in the past 12 months. The Canadian government had recognized cricket as a national sport, with promises of federal funding. Under its new governing body, Cricket Canada, the sport attracted top banks and corporates as sponsors.
Thanks to sponsorships by Scotiabank, Canada staged its first T20 national league in May and the Scotiabank triangular series featuring West Indies, Bermuda and the hosts in August. In October, it staged the world's first Twenty20 Canada Cup quadrangular series featuring Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and the hosts.
"This is just the beginning. Like the National Hockey League (NHL) in North America, we now plan a multi-city league to take cricket to the masses," Canada Cricket CEO Atul Ahuja said.
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2008-12-12
Canada aim for full strength at World Cup Qualifiers
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Tony Munro - Canada intend to field their best possible team at the World Cup Qualifiers in April, according to Cricket Canada CEO Atul Ahuja. Canada were without their overseas-based players during the recent Americas Championship and finished third on run-rate, behind the United States and Bermuda.
"We're not pretending that was anything like our best team in Florida, it wasn't even our A team or B team. But when the World Cup Qualifiers come around we will be looking to have our best team on the field," Ahuja told Cricinfo.
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2008-12-04
Toronto Star Article on Canada's Recent Tour
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Faraz Sarwat (Toronto Star) - In spite of being battered around in Guyana during the WICB Cup, which is the West Indies domestic One-Day championship, Canada embarked to Florida last week to take part in the ICC Americas Division 1 Championship with high hopes of winning the trophy. The tournament is for ICC Associate countries, so none of the countries that comprise the West Indies participate. That was good news for Canada after recent heavy losses to Leeward Islands (by 184 runs), Jamaica (by 9 wickets) and Guyana (by 7 wickets).
Bermuda, which like Canada has ODI status, was considered the only real threat to Canada's title hopes, which allowed the USA to catch both teams off guard.
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2008-12-01
Cricket Canada (CCA) Umpiring Examinations
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Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008 -10:00 a.m.
Location: Police Station, 40 Norfinch Dr, Toronto, ON M3N 1X1
Requirements: Register by e-mail or telephone before the date,
stating for which Level that you wish to be a candidate.
Cost: Pay fee on the date. Level 1 $10, Levels 2 and 3 $12
Note: Candidates for Levels 2 and 3 must bring their own
calculators for Last Hour calculations and D/L sheets and
tables.
Candidates must not have taken a Cricket Canada (CCA)
umpiring examination earlier in this calendar year.
Contact: Gwynne Giles, (416) 494-0455, gwynnegiles@yahoo.ca
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2008-12-01
Day 5: USA claim Americas title
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In a rain-interrupted match at Brian Piccolo Park, USA clinched the title with an 87-run win Cayman Islands, thus finishing their campaign unbeaten. A commanding opening stand of 194 between Sushil Nadkarni and Carl Wright put the USA firmly in the driving seat, with Wright going on to make a brilliant 112 from 105 balls. Nadkarni, the player of the tournament, made 84 from 103 balls with 10 fours. Kevon Bazil bowled well in difficult conditions to take 4 for 75 as USA reached 289 for 6 in 49 overs. Rain interruptions curtailed Cayman Islands' response and the match was eventually called to a halt with them struggling on 65 for 4 in the 24th over.
At the Central Broward Regional Park stadium in Lauderhill, the eagerly awaited clash between Bermuda and Canada was eventually abandoned late in the day with no result possible. Showers and lashing winds scuppered any chance of completing the match. Canada reached 190 for 6 in their 42 overs, while Bermuda's chase was cut short with the score on 53 for 1.
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2008-11-29
Day 4: USA defeat Canada to move within sight of title
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USA took a significant step towards the 2008 Americas championship with an 81-run victory over Canada at Central Broward Regional Park. In what was in reality a see-saw battle, with periods of holding the upper hand for both sides, it was the USA perseverance and determination that saw them through critical periods of play. The result leaves USA needing to beat Cayman Islands to win the title.
After winning the toss, the USA were soon 3 for 2, Sushil Nadkarni and Lennox Cush both falling to Umar Bhatti. Despite some repair work from Carl Wright (40) and captain Steve Massiah (22), at 89 for 6 after 29 overs, they were still in trouble. But Aditya Thyagarajan and Orlando Baker then added 105 in 20 overs, and steered USA to 201 for 8. Thyagarajan finished unbeaten on 84, made from 99 balls, while Baker was 38 not out.
In reply, Canada made a slow but steady start, with Sandeep Jyoti (40) and Asif Mulla putting on 44 for the first wicket, but once they had been separated the innings fell away as Orlando Baker (5 for 31) ripped through the middle order, the last eight wickets falling for 42. He received excellent support from Imran Awan (3 for 14 from 8.5 overs) and Sudesh Dhaniram (1 for 10 in 9 overs).
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2008-11-28
Day 3: Canada too much for Suriname
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Canada predictably had too much ammunition for Suriname in a comfortable 206-run victory, although they had a few testing moments after slipping to 168 for 7 despite Asif Mulla's 100 off 127 balls. It was left to the lower order to lift Canada to a strong total of 269 for 9, with captain Umar Bhatti making 37 and Eion Katchay contributing a hard-hitting 48 off 32 balls.
Suriname capitulated to 18 for 7 in reply, another example of how they have been completely outclassed in the tournament. Bhatti did most of the damage with 6 for 15, but the quality of the opposition has to be taken into consideration.
And Bhatti was quick to admit there are still areas to improve on. "We performed reasonably well, although there are no excuses for our batting, we should have scored more runs. There are two big games over the weekend, and it's important our top and middle order find more consistency."
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2008-11-27
Day 2: Canada step up a gear to overwhelm Cayman Islands by 206 runs
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On the Central Broward Regional Park B Field, Canada racked up an impressive 298 for 9 in 50 overs, with their top order firing on all cylinders. Opener Sandeep Jyoti top-scored with a stylish 88 off 129 balls, including 8 fours and a six, while two further half-centuries came from Zubin Surkari, 62 off 54 balls, 7 fours and 2 sixes, and Qaiser Ali, with 61 off 76 balls, with 4 fours and a six. Karun Jethi also weighed in with a whirlwind 37, scored off just 20 balls, with 3 fours and 3 sixes.
For the Cayman Islands, Alessandro Morris took 3 for 68 in 10 overs, while Ryan Bovell took 2 for 53 in his set of 10 overs. Disaster struck for the Cayman Islands, losing a wicket off the very first ball of their reply, a setback from which they were never really able to recover. Eventually bundled out for a mere 92 in 33,2 overs, only Steve Gordon showed some resistance of substance, making 24 from 68 balls, with 3 fours. Destroyers in chief for Canada were Khurram Chohan, who took 3 for 34 in 8 overs, and Zahid Hussain, with 3 for 11. Eion Katchay also bowled well to take 2 for 24 in his 8 overs.
Canadian captain Umar Bhatti was delighted with his teams return to form: "We set ourselves goals today and I believe we achieved almost all of them. The team performed tremendously well today, all three departments were up to scratch, and it was a huge improvement from yesterday."
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2008-11-27
Canada's Henry Osinde talks to Cover Point ahead of a busy few weeks for Canada
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In Canada's strong bowling performances at the Al-Barakah T20 Tournament in October, Henry Osinde impressed more than most. The tall seam bowler generated bounce that troubled both Pakistan and Zimbabwe, and Geoff Lawson, then Pakistan coach, singled him out for praise. Nevertheless, Osinde sees himself as the spearhead of Canada's pace attack, and wanted more. "I'd say I achieved 85% to 90% of what I wanted to do," he admits, as Canada prepare to fly to Guyana to play in the West Indies domestic one-day competition. "For the team I am the strike bowler, I always take wickets. But I wasn't really taking wickets, I was just containing."
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2008-11-26
Day 1: Canada secure last-gasp victory
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At Piccolo Park Argentina pushed Canada all the way with an excellent all-round performance and came within touching distance of a famous victory. Argentina were outstanding in the field with a succession of brilliant catches, but Henry Osinde launched a huge six to rescue Canada after a lackluster display.
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2008-11-25
Americas Division 1: Bermuda and Canada start favourites
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CricInfo - Bermuda will be aiming to retain their ICC Americas Division 1 Championship title when the tournament begins in Lauderhill, Florida, on Tuesday.
They will be joined in the regional event by hosts USA, Canada, Cayman Islands, Argentina and Suriname, who are playing in the top tier for the first time. Suriname earned their spot after winning the Division 2 event earlier this year. However, their build-up has been hampered when a number of their squad were refused US visas.
Bermuda and Canada will start as clear favourites as they both have recent exposure to one-day and Twenty20 internationals. Although matches between the six leading Associates are officially classed as ODIs, this meeting won't carry that title as the ground hasn't received ICC approval.
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2008-11-24
CricketWorld Interview: Cricket Canada CEO Atul Ahuja
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When we talk about world cricket there is often a tendency to focus on the Test playing nations. However, cricket is fast becoming a more global sport, and many of the Associate nations have plans in place in order to reach the level of the big boys in the near future.
While I was in Toronto, I spoke to Atul Ahuja, The CEO of Cricket Canada and he spoke to me at length about the state of cricket in Canada, long and short-term goals for Canadian cricket, and how he believes Canada is capable of hosting an event such as the IPL.
Ahuja told me that cricket in Canada is "alive and well" and it?s only a matter of time before the game becomes a professional sport:
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2008-11-21
Canada ends WICB Cup winless
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At the Providence Stadium, hosts Guyana, already knocked out of the competition, finished their campaign in style with a seven-wicket win over Canada. Set a target of 165, Guyana reached home in 36.2 overs, with Steven Jacobs, playing his second List A game, scoring an unbeaten 54 after the openers fell in the 30s. Canada, who bowed out with no wins in four matches, played out their 50 overs to score 164 for 4. Sunil Dhaniram, their captain, made 53 not out.
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2008-11-17
Canada falls to Jamaica at WICB Cup
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Saturday: Trinidad and Tobago vs Canada - No play due to rain.
Canada v Jamaica at Georgetown
Jamaica 108/1 (20.5 ov) defeated Canada 104 (36.5 ov) by 9 wickets (with 175 balls remaining)
It was a complete demolition job at Bourda as Canada crashed to 104 and lost by nine wickets against Jamaica. Seamer Andrew Richardson led Jamaica's inspired effort by taking 4 for 36 after the opposition captain Sunil Dhaniram chose to bat. Canada were sent packing half an hour before lunch and Jamaica, needed just 21 overs to get home.
Canada's openers began steadily by adding 25. However, Richardson started the slide when he had Abdool Samad and Qaiser Ali caught behind by Keith Hibbert of successive deliveries. Hibbert, the wicketkeeper, had an excellent match with six catches, including three off the bowling of Richardson, who managed a lot of lateral movement. Only Dhaniram offered some resistance, top scoring with 24. The spinners Bevon Brown and Grant Wallace took two wickets apiece as to bundle out Canada in the 37th over. Parchment (50*) and Bernard (40) shared an unbeaten stand of 81 to help Jamaica gain two bonus points.
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2008-11-13
Leewards defeat Canada at WICB Cup
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Results from the Thursday matches in the first round of the West Indies Cricket Board's One-Day Tournament being played in Guyana:
At the Everest Cricket Club
LEEWARDS ISLANDS 367 for 4 off 50 overs (Austin Richards 141, Omari Banks 75 not out, Runako Morton 72, Tonito Willett 23, Kieran Powell 22; Karun Jethi 2-50, Javier Baidwan 2-62) CANADA 183 for 7 off 50 overs (Quasir Ali 52, Sunil Dhaniram 44, Javier Baidwan 38 not out; Omari Banks 2-24)
LEEWARDS won by 184 runs
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2008-11-05
Rizwan Cheema: Big fish, small pond
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CricInfo - He may play for Canada but he's drawing favourable comparisons with the big boys of international cricket thanks to his ability to clear the boundary at will.
"When I left for the ground this morning, I told my family I would hit Shoaib Akhtar for a six today." Not many batsmen in the world would begin their day with such a prophecy and then see it fulfilled, but then not many batsmen are Rizwan Cheema.
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2008-11-03
Canadian Skipper Named to ICC Intercontinental Cup All Stars
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Four Ireland players and three from Namibia have been chosen in an ICC Intercontinental Cup team of the tournament, ahead of the final between the two teams on Thursday.
In addition, there are two players from Kenya and one each from Canada, the UAE and Bermuda. Only Scotland and the Netherlands are not represented in the team.
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2008-11-03
Coaching Certification Program
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Cricket Canada, is proud to conduct the Level - 1 Coach Accreditation Course on November 15-16 and 22-23, venue yet to be determined. This course is approved and designed by the Asian Cricket Council - (ACC), and delivered by the National Cricket Academy of Canada.
The primary target candidates for this Cricket Canada Level-1 Coach Certification are individuals that are actively/planning to coach Junior and/or Intermediate levels of Cricket, and have a playing knowledge of the game and laws of Cricket.
This course will be conducted during the 2008/9 Fall & Winter months in Ontario and other Provinces based on registrations & demand, please email Philip Navaratne to register or for more information (cricketnca@gmail.com or 416-254-2439). Cost: $350.00 per person.
The National Cricket Academy of Canada is looking to conduct several Clinics and Coaching session throughout the year, both indoor and Outdoor, These Part-time/Full-time positions will be offered to Coaches with Cricket Canada Approved Level-1 Certification only.
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2008-11-02
Sun Shines on Canada T20 Quadrangular - Cover Point
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Mother Nature must have a soft spot for Canadian cricket. Autumn has long since commenced in Southern Ontario, the nights are drawing in, and the leaves have turned the spectacular reds, golds and yellows that characterise the Canadian Fall. Yet for the new T20 Canada tournament, King City, 35km from downtown Toronto, enjoyed four days of perfect 20C sunshine. Only time will tell the importance of this unseasonal weather, but there's no doubt it helped bless the bold new era in Canadian cricket with the best of starts.
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2008-10-31
Canadian Team for the Americas Division 1 Championship
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Cricket Canada has announced the Canadian Team for the Americas Division 1 Championship to be played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, November 25, 2008 to Nov 30 2008
Umar Bhatti - Captain,
Karun Jethi - Vice Captain,
Qaiser Ali,
Harvir Baidwan,
Khurram Chohan,
Sunil Dhaniram,
Zahid Hussain,
Mohammad Iqbal,
Sandeep Jyoti,
Eion Katchay,
Asif Mulla,
Henry Osinde,
Jason Sandher,
Zubin Surkari.
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2008-10-31
Canadian Team for the WICB Cup
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Cricket Canada has announced the Canadian Team for the KFC Cup to be played in the West Indies (Guyana), November 13, 2008 to November 24, 2008: Sunil Dhaniram - Captain,
Umar Bhatti - Vice Captain,
Abdool Samad,
Mohammad Iqbal,
Sandeep Jyoti,
Qaiser Ali,
Khurram Chohan,
Asif Mulla,
Karun Jethi,
Zahid Hussain,
Harvir Baidwan,
Henry Osinde,
Eion Katchay.
Zubin, Surkari.
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2008-10-13
Al Barakah T20 Canada 2008 - Finals
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Championship Final: Sri Lanka 133 for 5 (Jayasuriya 40, Kapugedera 17*) beat Pakistan Pakistan 132 for 7 (Butt 44, Mendis 3-23) by 5 wickets
Sanath Jayasuriya cracked 44 and Ajantha Mendis took three wickets as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by five wickets in the final of the T20 Canada.
A Twenty20 round-robin in Canada does little to set hearts fluttering. Yet when Shoaib Akhtar steams in to bowl at Sanath Jayasuriya and company, the venue is of little importance. Unfortunately for Pakistan, Akhtar has yet to rediscover his accuracy, and it was Jayasuriya who won the battle, consequently leading Sri Lanka to a convincing five-wicket win in the final of the T20 Canada at King City.
3rd Place Playoff: Zimbabwe 184 for 5 (Masakadza 79) beat Canada 75 (Samad 25, Utseya 3-26) by 109 runs.
Canada may lack the might and skill of Pakistan and Sri Lanka, but Zimbabwe don't often have the opportunity to rout opposition. That's exactly what they achieved today, however, thrashing Canada by 109 runs and, in doing so, winning the third-place playoff in the T20 Canada. It was an important win for Zimbabwe, not least because their opponents today forced a bowl-out in their last game.
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2008-10-12
Al Barakah T20 Canada 2008 - Day 3
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Sri Lanka 153 for 7 (M. Jayawardene 35, B. Rao 3-21) defeat Canada 138 (R. Cheema 68, A Mendis 4-17) by 15 runs
Sri Lanka held their nerve to quell the plucky resistance of Canada, whose opener, Rizwan Cheema, struck an entertaining 43-ball 68 which so nearly caused an unlikely upset. Sri Lanka now face Pakistan, who earlier eased past Zimbabwe, in tomorrow's final.
Pakistan 110 for 3 (S. Khan 50, C. Mpofu 3-16) defeat Zimbabwe 107 for 8 (H. Masakadza 53, F. Alam 3-7) by 7 wickets and 6 balls remaining.
A mismatch on paper, a mismatch on the pitch. Pakistan romped to an easy seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe, knocking off the required 108 runs with Shoaib Khan Jr. stroking an even 50.
Zimbabwe briefly threatened to make it a contest thanks to an aggressive and uncomplicated 53 from Hamilton Masakadza, but none of his team-mates could match his ability in shot-selection. The next highest score was extras with 18, and against a batting side of the depth and natural strokeplay of Pakistan, their bowlers were equally unable to defend such a low total.
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2008-10-11
Al Barakah T20 Canada 2008 - Day 2
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Match 3: Canada vs. Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field first.
Zimbabwe 135 for 9 (Taibu 37, Baidwan 3-27) tied with Canada 135 for 7 (20 ov, Cheema 23, Jethi 24) and won bowl-out 3-1
Zimbabwe earned a win they barely deserved, claiming a 3-1 victory in a bowl-out, after scrambling to a tie against Canada as the second day of T20 Canada tournament at King City produced a thrilling game. Zimbabwe, who slumped to 61 for 5 in the 11th over, recovered through a stand of 53 between Tatenda Taibu and Elton Chigumbura, but still needed 10 off the last over. Harvir Baidwan took two wickets in two balls, but Prosper Utseya and Tawanda Mupariwa squeezed nine off the next four balls, with Utseya run out off the final delivery trying to win the match.
Pakistan 141 for 7 (Malik 42*, Weeraratne 4-19) beat Sri Lanka 137 for 9 (Mubarak 39, Gul 4-13) by three wickets
Considering that cricket bats have normally been packed away at this time of year in Toronto, it is hardly surprising that the T20 Canada tournament is proving tough for batsmen, but Shoaib Malik and Fawad Alam combined in thrilling style to steal this match away from Sri Lanka with a ball to spare.
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2008-10-10
Al Barakah T20 Canada 2008 - Day 1
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Sri Lanka 107 for 5 (Dilshan 33, Price 2-9) beat
Zimbabwe 106 for 8 (Taibu 45*, Mendis 3-15) by five wickets
Zimbabwe limped to 106 for 8 in the opening game of the T20 Canada tournament at Kings City after the match was reduced to 17 overs per side by a damp outfield. Sri Lanka chased down the target with 6 wickets and 6 balls remaining.
Pakistan 137 for 7 (Butt 74, Baidwan 3-15, Bhatti 3-23) beat
Canada 102 for 9 (Cheema 35, Shoaib 2-11) by 35 runs
Canada fought hard in the field, but were blown away when they batted as Pakistan cranked themselves into life after a sluggish start. Salman Butt provided more than half Pakistan's moderate total with 74 off 56 balls and for a while Canada presented a challenge in the chase, but in the end they subsided to 102 for 9.
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2008-10-09
Al Barakah T20 Canada 2008
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The Game is On - T20 Canada 2008 - A Cricket Extravaganza to Cherish and Remember. October 10-13 at Maple Leaf Cricket Ground, King City, Ontario. Featuring the full national teams of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Canada. Plenty of Parking, Proper Seating, Food Stalls, Digital Scoreboard and Giant LCD TV Screen.
Schedule:
Friday, October 10
9.30 - Zimbabwe vs. Sri Lanka
1.00 - Pakistan vs. Canada
Saturday, October 11
9.30 - Zimbabwe vs. Canada
1.00 - Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka
Sunday, October 12
9.30 - Zimbabwe vs. Pakistan
1.00 - Canada vs. Sri Lanka
Monday, October 13
9.30 - 3rd vs. 4th
1.00 - Final: 1st vs. 2nd
Tickets for General Stand:
Friday, Oct. 10 - $35
Saturday, Oct. 11 - $40
Sunday, Oct. 12 - $40
Monday, Oct. 13 - $50
Four Day Pass: $140
Silver Stand: $100 per day
For Tickets and Information:416.502.CUP1 (2871)
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2008-10-08
Cricket fever grips Canada for T20 Cup
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Times of India - After all the visa hassles for foreign players, Toronto is all excited about staging its biggest-ever cricketing show Friday when Pakis
tan and Sri Lanka join Zimbabwe and hosts Canada to fight it out for the first Al-Barakah T20 Canada Cup.
Cricket fever has gripped sport lovers as they get ready to watch top guns like Shoaib Akhtar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi in action for the first time on their soil.
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2008-10-04
Cricket Canada Name T20 Squad
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The following is the squad selected for the Al Barakah T20 Canada 2008:
Sunil Dhaniram (Captain),
Umar Bhatti (Vice Captain),
Harvir Bhadwan,
Rizwan Cheema,
Manoj David,
Abzal Dean,
Mohammed Iqbal,
Karun Jethi,
Sandeep Jyoti,
Eion Katchay,
Ashif Mulla,
Henry Osinde,
Balaji Rao,
Abdool Samad
2008-10-04 Zubin Surkari Suspended
Further to a decision of the Cricket Canada Disciplinary Committee, national team player, Zubin Surkari, has been handed a two-game suspension and fined, for conduct and behaviour-related charges.
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2008-09-25
NCA Senior Camp - September 26-29
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The National Cricket Academy Annual Senior Camp will be held at the Maple Leaf
Cricket Facility at King City, Ontario from September 26 to September 29.
The following list of probables for the National Team from across Canada will
be present.
| Abdool Samad
Ahmad Bakthia
Ajantha Vijayakumar
Albert Samuel Gopee
Anuraj Gupta
Arvind Kandappa
Asif Mulla
Austin Codrington
Balaji Rao
Bilal Qazi
Brent Leezama
Calvert Hooper
Cecil Pervez
Chaudhary Jabbar
Chris Manohar
Eion Katchay
Harjot Sidhu
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Harvir Bhaidwan
Hassan Mir
Heera Patel
Henry Osinde
Inderjit Dhaliwal
Jason Sandher
Jimmy Hansra
Jonathan Snow
Karun Jethi
Khurram Chauhan
Manoj David
Modi Sudhir
Mohammed Iqbal
Mohsin Mulla
Neeraj Bhadwaj
Part Desai
Prathik Patel |
Richie Kapoor
Rizwan Cheema
Rustam Bhatti
Ruvindu Gunasekara
Ryan Lall
Saad Bin Zafar
Sami Faridi
Sandeep Jyoti
Shahid Keshvani
Shahpur Agha
Soham Anjara
Sunil Dhaniram
Tyrone Persaud
Umar Bhatti
Usman Limbada
Wadia Khushroo
Zahid Hussain |
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2008-09-21
Life beyond Davison
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Five years after Canada made their biggest strides in world cricket they've realised it's homegrown players and expertise that will take them to the next level
Farwaz Sarwat - There was a warm glow around Canadian cricket after the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. Expectations had not only been met, but exceeded, with the win against Bangladesh. Sweeter still was the performance of John Davison, whose form with the bat was simply exhilarating. His belligerent 111 against West Indies is now the stuff of legend. If there were such things as cricket posters in Canada, there's no doubt who the poster boy would be. Davison became Canadian cricket.
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2008-08-24
West Indies win Scotiabank Series Cup
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Canada 179 (46.5 ov)
West Indies 181/3 (27.3 ov)
West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 135 balls remaining)
West Indies captain Chris Gayle smashed his sixteenth ODI century and led his side to an easy seven-wicket victory against Canada in the finals of the Scotiabank ODI Series at King City.
Chasing 180 runs for a victory, Gayle scored an unbeaten 110 in 77 balls complete with 14 fours and six sixes. His innings stood out from the rest of his team as the next best score was 29 by keeper Carlton Baugh.
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2008-08-22
Scotiabank Series Match 3: West Indies vs. Canada
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West Indies 303/4 (50 ov)
Canada 254 (47.2 ov)
Result West Indies won by 49 runs
Xavier Marshall hit a record 12 sixes in his maiden one-day international century to pace the West Indies to a 49-run victory over Canada in the Tri-Nation One-Day International series on Friday. Marshall also had 11 boundaries in his unbeaten 157, helping the West Indies to 303 for 4 in its 50 overs. Brendan Nash led the Caribbean islanders' bowling effort, taking 3 for 56 to dismiss the hosts for 254 in 47.2 overs. The 12 sixes, made off 118 balls and in 131 minutes, surpassed the 12-year-old limited overs international record of 11 sixes jointly held by Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya and Pakistani Shahid Afridi.
Rizwan Cheema led Canada's response. The Pakistani-born batsman, who was dropped at 18, 31 and 58, struck an explosive 89 off 69 balls with six sixes and 10 boundaries, gave Canada a slight chance of upsetting the two-time World Cup champions. However, once he was dismissed in the 19th over with the score at 126, the West Indies regained their composure and cruised to their second ODI win in as many matches against Canada.
"That was quite an innings by Rizwan," Canada captain Sunil Dhaniram said. "It gave us a chance. I think that a score of 250, however, would have been in our ball park. A total of 300 was stretching it a bit too far for us."
Medium-pacers Eion Katchay and Cheema were Canada's most economical and productive bowlers, conceding 56 runs in 20 overs for the four wickets that fell. Canada will meet West Indies in the final on Sunday.
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2008-08-21
Ontario are 2008 Scotiabank Shield - National Under-19 Champions
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Please join Cricket Canada in extending a resounding 'Thank You' to John Lovelace and Ron Dipchand for pulling off, what has been reported by the media, our sponsor Scotiabank and all Cricket officials, to be an excellent event.
When: August 18 - 22, 2008
Where: Assiniboine Park Cricket Field
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Group B |
| Ontario: 3-0 |
Alberta: 2-1 |
| British Columbia: 2-1 |
Manitoba: 2-1 |
| Shield XI: 0-3 |
Quebec: 0-3 |
Stage 1 - Group Matches (Talent Evaluation)
Mon, August 18
ON 85-1 def SXI 84
AB 70-4 def QC 70
BC 82-4 def MB 80 |
Tues, August 19
BC 224 def SXI 130
MB 104 def AB 64
ON 234-9 def QC 120 |
Wed, August 20
ON 71-1 def BC 69
MB 167 def QC 157
AB 215 def SXI 88 |
Stage 2 - Knockout Matches (Scotiabank Canada
Shield)
Thursday, August 21
Scotiabank Shield Semi-Final 1:
Ontario 162 def Manitoba 70 (D/L)
Scotiabank Shield Semi-Final 2:
B.C. 74-4 def Alberta 135 (D/L)
Plate Match: Shield XI vs Quebec
Friday, August 22 (Rained Out)
Scotiabank Shield Final: Ontario vs. B.C.
Plate Challenge 1: Manitoba vs. Alberta
Plate Challenge 2: Quebec vs. Scotia Shield XI
Final Standings
Due to heavy rain, the final day of the tournament was washed out. The final standings are as follows: 2008 Scotia Shield Champion - Ontario; 2nd - B.C.; 3rd - Alberta; 4th - Manitoba; 5th - Quebec.
The national selectors and national U-19 coaching team will be on hand for
the event. At the end of the tournament they will announce a short list for
the 2009 U-19 Americas Championship
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2008-08-20
Scotiabank Series Match 2: West Indies vs. Bermuda
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West Indies won the toss and put Bermuda in to bat.
Bermuda 158/9 (50 ov)
West Indies 159/4 (31.5 ov)
West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 109 balls remaining).
This win sets up the first of two matches between Canada and the West Indies on Friday. The second meeting will be for the Scotiabank Series Cup on Sunday.
Bermuda put up a good fight in the second ODI of the Scotiabank Tri-series, but couldn?t contain the West Indian batsmen and fell by six wickets, with 109 balls to spare. There were a few early flurries for Bermuda, but in the end they were no match for the travelling West Indies side.
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2008-08-19
Scotiabank Series Match 1: Canada vs. Bermuda
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Canada 260-7 (50 overs)
Bermuda 235-8 (50 overs)
Result Canada won by 25 runs
ICC - Canada draw first blood in King City - It was an entertaining match at King City that saw Canada pick up a victory in the first match of the Scotiabank ODI Tri-Series. A match that had ebb and flow was everything that one-day cricket has to offer and there is promise for more going forward this week.
Canada got off to an explosive start, led by the powerful batting of Mohammad Iqbal and Rizwan Cheema - both recent additions to the national team. They came out throwing the bat and punished George O'Brien and Stefan Kelly in the early power play overs. The opening partnership made 53 runs in just 5.3 overs before Iqbal nicked a Kelly delivery into wicketkeeper Jekon Edness' gloves.
Dwayne Leverock was his usual stingy self, taking a wicket, bowling 3 maidens and conceding just 20 runs in his 10 over spell-ICC-Getty Images
Cheema fell victim to a bit of a rush of blood. After stroking his third maximum - a towering shot over long on and into the adjacent farmer's field - he played a bit too aggressively across the line of a Kelly yorker and was bowled. Ashish Bagai never got his eye in before edging a Dwayne Leverock ball to the keeper and Canada had suddenly slumped to 72 for 3 from 10.1 overs - a much less dominant position.
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2008-08-16
Canada to host West Indies and Bermuda in the Scotiabank Series for the Scotiabank Series Cup
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Scotiabank is pleased to announce that it is the title sponsor of the One Day International Cricket Tri-Series beginning Monday, August 18th in King City. The tournament, hosted by Cricket Canada and the Canadian National Cricket team, will feature the national cricket teams of the West Indies and Bermuda.
Match Schedule
18 Aug - Canada vs Bermuda
20 Aug - West Indies vs Bermuda
22 Aug - Canada vs West Indies
24 Aug - Final
Note: All matches start at 11:00 a.m. at Maple Leaf Cricket Club
Address: 13811 Dufferin Rd, King City, ON
Tickets: Round-Robin Matches - Canada vs. West Indies - $5 | Final - $10 available at the gate only.
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.
Canada: Sunil Dhaniram (Captain), Abdul Samad (Vice Captain), Ashish Bagai, Harvir Baidwan, Rizwan Cheema, Manoj David, Sami Faridi, Ruvindu Gunasekara, Anuraj Gupta, Mohammed Iqbal, Karun Jeythi, Eion Katchay, Asif Mulla, Henry Osinde.
The Scotiabank Series being held from Aug 18 to Aug 24 will feature a Star-Studded Gala Dinner with the National Teams from West Indies, Bermuda and Canada.
Date: Thursday August 21, 2008
Venue: Bombay Palace ▪ 200 Advance Boulevard ▪ Brampton, ON, L6T 4V4 ▪ (905) 799-9777
Program
6.30 PM to 7.30 PM: Cocktails, Meet and Greet with National Players
7.30 PM to 8.00 PM: Reception Speeches by Team Captains and Officials
8.00 PM to 9.30 PM: Dinner
Tickets: $ 50.00 per head (includes 2 tickets to Final on August 24)
Tickets available at: Qasra Sports ▪ 6680 Finch Ave West, Unit 2 ▪ Toronto (Finch and Hwy 427) ▪ Ph: 416.213.0734
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2008-08-12
Canada vs. Ireland ODI Abandoned due to Rain
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Heavy overnight rain and persistent showers caused the ODI between Canada and Ireland to e abandoned. Canada return home to face Bermuda and the West Indies in a Tri-Series next week starting on August 18 at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.
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2008-08-09
Canada are Americas U15 Champions
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Player of the Tournament: Nitish Kumar (Canada)
Best Batsman: Abhijit Joshi (USA)
Best Bowler: Nitish Kumar (Canada)
Best Fielder: Shea Pitcher (Bermuda)
Best Wicket-keeper: Steven Taylor (USA)
Day 5: Canada 34/1 defeated Cayman Islands 33 by 9 wickets to claim the ICC Americas U15 Champtionship. At Police Field, Canada bowled out the Cayman Islands for 33 runs, as Axay Patel took 6 wickets for 4 runs, and Nitish Kumar took 4 wickets for 8 runs. It only took Canada 2.4 overs to score the required runs, as Kumar scored 11 not out.
In the other matches, At Sea Breeze Oval, the Bermuda Development XI won their second match of the tournament with this 8 wicket win over the Bahamas. Tre Manders was the top bowler for the Development Team taking 3 wickets for 5 runs. In reply the Bermuda Development XI lost 2 wickets on their way to the victory with Lateef Trott the top scorer with 41 not out. At the National Sports Center, Abhijit Joshi scored 68, Stephen Taylor scored 65 and Vikram Taylor scored 51 all for the United States of America as they scored 236/7 in their allotted 40 overs. Tre Govia had bowling figures of 7-1-39-3 for the Bermuda Under 15 National Team. In reply the Bermuda Under 15 National Team were bowled all out for 126. Greg Maybury was the top scorer with 39, while Andrew Ajodhi had bowling figures of 8-0-34-3.
Day 4: At Lord's in St. David's, Canada won the toss and sent Bermuda to bat. Kamua Leverock was the top scorer with 42 while Greg Maybury added 29 as Bermuda were bowled all out for 167. Siddarth Morkegi had bowling figures of 4-0-20-3. Trevor Monoosingh bowled 7-2-21-2. Canada crossed the Bermuda score with 4 balls to spare scoring 168/8 with Bryan Henry the top scorer for Canada with 44 not out, while Tre Govia, Maybury and Deunte Darrell all took two wickets each. In other action, United States of America 54-1 defeated Bermuda Development XI 53 by 9 Wickets.
 Canadian batsman Nikhil Dutta drives through point on his way to 20 as Canada hunt for runs against the USA.
In other matches, At the Southampton Oval, Bahamas won the toss and sent the Bermuda Under 15 National Team to bat and after the 37th over Bermuda Under 15 National Team have reached 282/5. In reply Bahamas were bowled all out for 104,
At the Wellington Oval, the Bermuda Development XI batting first reached 167/9. In reply Cayman Islands were bowled all out for 118.
Day 2 Canada made short work of the Bermuda Development XI at Bailey's Bay with their second 8 wicket win of the event. After electing to field first, Canada's bowling line-up proved too strong for the local side and the Development XI were all out for 82 in 31,4 overs, despite a bright opening stand of 37, spearheaded by Lateef Trott, who made 27 off 28 balls with 6 attractive fours. Three Canadian bowlers stood out, particularly player of the match Jeevanjot Sidhu, who took 3 for 6 in 5 overs, but also captain Nitish Kumar, 3 for 13 in 7,4 overs, and Axay Patel, with 2 for 9 in 6 overs.
Opener Nikhil Dutta led the way to the modest target, top-scoring with an undefeated 34, made off 61 balls including 3 fours, with Kesavan Juvarajan also undefeated on 14.
In other action, United States of America captain Abhijit Joshi scored 70 runs as they were bowled all out for 171. In reply Bahamas scored 129/9 in their allotted 40 overs. At the National Sports Center the Bermuda Under 15 National Team bowled Cayman Islands all out for 80. In reply Joshua Gilbert scored 27 not out as the Bermuda Under 15 National Team scored 81/4.
Day 1: At the Somerset Cricket Club: Canada were bowled all out for 185 against the Bahamas. Tristan Ali was the top scorer with 30, while Nitish Kumar and Kesavan Javera Jan both scored 25. Matthew Jesubaithum had bowling figures of 8-0-52-5 for Bahamas. In reply the Bahamas were bowed all out for 29. Ashmed Allie was the top scorer with 9, while Siddharth Mookerji had bowling figures of 5-3-3-3, and Kumar had figures of 6-2-6-3. In other action, Bermuda 85-2 defeated the Bermuda Development XI 84 all out by 8 wickets. United States 162-2 defeated Cayman Islands 156-9 by 8 wickets.
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2008-08-09
Canada and Ireland draw Intercontinental Cup Match in Ireland
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Ireland 326/6d
Canada 141/5 (53.0 ov)
Result: Match Drawn (3 points each)
 Canada's Geoff Barnett batting against Ireland in the drawn Intercontinental Cup match in Dublin. CricketEurope
Day 2 Review - An unbeaten century from Andrew White put Ireland into a strong position on a sunny day two of its ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada at Malahide on Friday.
With day one entirely washed out, it was important Ireland made the most of the more settled weather when it came. And it certainly made the most of that opportunity. The Irishmen scored 326-6 declared and then proceeded to take three Canadian wickets before the close to put themselves firmly in the box seat.
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2008-08-05
Canada defeat Bermuda for 5th Place
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Bermuda 70 (20.0 overs)
Canada 71-2 (10.3 overs)
ICC - Canada defeated Bermuda by eight wickets in the fifth and sixth-place play-off in the penultimate match of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at Stormont in Belfast, Ireland on Tuesday.
In overcast conditions, Canada put Bermuda into bat and bowled it out for 70 on the final ball of the 20th over. The North American side faced little problem in achieving victory in 10.3 overs. Geoff Barnett scored 31 not out with five fours and Ashish Bagai scored 15 not out after John Davison had hit a rapid 19 off 13 balls with two fours and a six. However, it was Steven Welsh who walked away with the man-of-the-match award after recording figures of 3-0-6-2.
Canada had started impressively in the tournament when it defeated the Netherlands before losing to Kenya. That result put all the three teams in Group B on equal points and Canada was left to play in the fifth and sixth-place play-off after failing to qualify for the semi-final on net run-rate.
Bermuda lost all the three matches in the tournament but its best chance came in the rain-curtailed match was against Ireland when it was left to chase a revised target of 46 in eight overs to earn a place in the last four stage. Bermuda lost the match by four runs on Duckworth-Lewis Method as Ireland qualified for the semi-final where it defeated Kenya to reach the final.
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2008-08-03
Canada falls to Kenya - Eliminated from WT20 Qualifier
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Canada 91 (19.4 overs)
Kenya 92/6 (17.5 overs)
Canada won the toss and elected to bat. Canada had lost 6 wickets by the 10th over, with the score on 54. Skipper Sanjayan Thuraisingam (15 runs) and Karun Jethi (13 runs) tried to build a partnership to rescue the inning, however Canada struggled to 91 all out from 19.4 overs. Kenya proceeded with the run chase and got a valluable contribution from Kennedy Otieno (40 runs). Canada needed to hold off the Kenyans until 18.3 overs, but Kenya won by 4 wickets, with 13 balls to spare, and advance to semi-finals in 2nd place.
The result was a bitter blow to Canada which had defeated the Netherlands by four wickets on Saturday afternoon. The North American side will now play the fifth and sixth-place play-off match against the bottom-placed side from Group A - Bermuda.
Canada did itself no favours by failing to post a decent score after it had elected to bat first. After experienced John Davison fell in the fourth over, the rest of the batsmen fell at regular intervals and only captain Sanjay Thuraisingam (15), Karun Jethi (13) and Geoff Barnett (13) reached double figures.
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2008-08-02
Canada defeats Holland on Day 1 of WT20 Qualifier
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The Netherlands 97 all out (18.4 overs)
Canada 98-6 (19.3 overs)
ICC- Canada defeated the Netherlands by four wickets but failed to stop the Dutch from qualifying for the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier from Group B at Stormont in Belfast, Ireland on Saturday.
Canada achieved the 98-run target in 19.3 overs but it allowed the Netherlands, who defeated Kenya in the tournament opener by 19 runs, to maintain a positive net run-rate which will come into play if Kenya beats Canada on Sunday afternoon.
Kenya needs to beat Canada roughly by 12 runs or with nine balls to spare to secure a place in the last four though the exact calculations will only be made after the first innings of the match which starts at 1300 (local time).
Canada bowled accurately and fielded sharply to bowl the Netherlands out for 97 in 19.3 overs after the European side won the toss and elected to bat first. Fast bowler Harvir Baidwan, later named man of the match, bowled intelligently to grab 4-19 while Henry Osinde took 2-21.
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2008-07-31
Canada wins World Twenty20 Warm-Up
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Canada's preparations for the upcoming World Twenty 20 Qualifier got off to a great start. Canada won a practise game against Air India by 16 runs. Canada won the toss and elected to bat. Canada lost the wickets of John Davison and Karun Jethi early, but Barnett, Surkari, Bagain and Dhaniram took the total to an impressive 168. Canadian Team: Geoff Barnett, John Davison, Karun Jethi, Ashish Bagai, Zubin Surkari, Sunil Dhaniram, Eion Katchay, Sanjay Thuraisingam (captain), Harvir Baidwan, Abdul J. Chaudry, Henry Osinde,
Canada 168 for 4 in 20 overs (Zubin Surkari 62, Ashish Bagai,
45)
Air India 152 for 8 in 20 overs (Sunil Daniram 4-21, John Davison
2-22)
Davison returns to lead Canada's charge
ICC - Canada wicketkeeper-batsman Ashish Bagai says his team will look to all-rounder John Davison to guide it through to next year?s ICC World Twenty20 2009.
"John is rated amongst the best and it is great news that he is back to bolster the side for this important event," said the 26-year-old Bagai ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be staged in Belfast, Ireland from 2 to 5 August.
"All the players are definitely looking to him to guide us through to the next year?s event in England. His return to the side (after a gap of 14 months) gives a totally different look to this talented team," said Bagai.
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2008-07-31
Cricket Canada announces squad for Americas U15 Championship
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Cricket Canada is proud to announce the following squad that will represent Canada in the ICC Americas U15 Championships in Bermuda August 2 - 10, 2008.
Nitish Kumar - Captain
Trevor Manoosingh - Vice Captain
Nikhil Dutta
Kesavan Javerajan
Abhi Vaishnav
Jasjeet Kalsi
Bryan Henry
Michael Walton |
Laraib Khan
Siddharth Mookerji
Jeevanjot Sidhu
Axay Patel
Tristan Ali
Harmandeep Malhi
Coach: Farooq Kirmani
Manager:
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2008-07-30
Proposed T20 Quadrangular Postponed
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The T20 Quadrangular proposed to be held Aug 14 to Aug 17 at King City,
ON has been postponed by the promoter.
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2008-07-24
All six squads confirmed ahead of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland
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ICC - The best cricketers in the six Associate countries are gearing up for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held in Belfast, Ireland from 2 to 5 August. The teams featuring in the tournament are Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland and Kenya and at stake will be three places in the ICC World Twenty20 2009 being staged in England.
Both finalists and winner of the third and fourth place play-off from this event will qualify for the tournament which will take place at Lord?s, The Oval and Trent Bridge next June. The third place in the ICC WT20 2009 is dependent on Zimbabwe Cricket's Board ratifying a decision taken by its officials during ICC Annual Conference week, to step back from the tournament.
Canada:: Sanjay Thuraisingam (captain), Ashish Bagai, Abdool Samad, Abdul Jabbar Chaudrey, Geoffrey Barnett, Henry Osinde, Harvir Baidwan, Eion Katchay, Sunil Dhaniram, John Davison, Muhammad Qazi, Zubin Surkari, Karun Jethi, Steven Welsh; Miokje Henry (manager), Pubudu Dassanayake (coach), Dan Kiesel (physiotherapist)
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2008-07-19
Canada to hold world's first T20 quadrangular series
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Please Note: Series has been postponed until further notice
Cricket Canada today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sports International Marketing of Pakistan, granting the right to host a T20 series, with participation confirmed by Pakistan, Bangladesh, Canada and confirmation pending from the West Indies, from August 14 to August 17 at King City, Ontario (20 minutes north of Toronto).
Eight T20 games are planned from August 14 to August 17, with the final game to be played Sunday, August 17.
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2008-07-18
Canada fall to Scotland in Intercontinental Cup Play
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Scotland 374 (130.5 overs)
Canada 79 (38.2 overs)
Canada 130 (58.3 overs)
Scotland won by an innings and 165 runs
CricketEurope - The third day of this match had an air of inevitability to it, with Canada resuming on 36 for 2, and still requiring 260 further runs to force Scotland to bat again. The only hope for the home side was to build a patient innings and bat out at least all of the day. Those hopes were dashed early, and Scotland earned themselves a day off by wrapping up the victory shortly after lunch.
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2008-07-17
Canada vs. Scotland - Day 2
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Scotland 374 (130.5 overs)
Canada 79 (38.2 overs)
Canada 36-2 (18.0 overs)
CricketEurope - Scotland are well and truly in front of Canada in the Intercontinental Cup match at King City after a day on which 19 wickets fell and the visitors claimed a 295 run first innings lead. Canada staged a little fight back in the morning, but were destroyed in their first innings by poor shot selection and forced to follow on.
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2008-07-16
ICC announces revised schedule for ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
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Includes third and fourth place play-off to cater for possibility of third team going forward to ICC WT20 2009
The ICC today announced the revised schedule for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier (WT20 Qualifier) in Belfast next month. The tournament, involving the six leading Associate teams - Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland - will now take place from 2 to 5 August, with a fourth day included to allow room for a third and fourth place play-off.
That additional fixture has become necessary because a third team will join the two finalists in next year's tournament, providing Zimbabwe Cricket?s board ratifies Zimbabwe's decision, taken during the ICC?s annual conference week, to step down from the ICC World Twenty20 2009*.
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2008-07-16
Canada vs. Scotland - Day 1
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Scotland 286-3 (96.0 overs). Scotland has set itself up well on day one of the ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada at King City, Ontario, reaching stumps at 286-3.
It was not necessarily the most free-scoring of days but a 173-run partnership between Dougie Lockhart and Qasim Sheikh has really put the home side under pressure and the Canada players will know they will have to produce something special to turn it around.
Having dismissed captain and in-form batsman Fraser Watts for just 10, Canada would have felt it had a real chance but Lockhart and Qasim set about making sure that didn?t happen. Qasim eventually fell just eight runs short of would have been his maiden first-class century but Lockhart went on to reach three figures and ended the day unbeaten on 126.
Scotland's preparations for their Intercontinental Cup clash with Canada was thrown into disarray Monday by Hurricane Bertha. The Scots had been due to fly from Bermuda to Toronto in plenty of time for Wednesday's start. But the after-effects of the biggest Caribbean storm of the year left them stranded on the island for more than 24 hours. The hold-up left the Scots with no opportunity to get used to the different conditions in King City, Ontario.
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2008-07-13
Scotiabank Presents Canada and Scotland in Intercontinetal Cup Action July 16-19
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Scotiabank presents Canada vs. Scotland in a 4-Day Intercontinental
Cup Cricket game July 16 to July 19.
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
Qaiser Ali - Captain
Abdool Samad - Vice Captain
Harvir Bhaidwan
Rustum Bhatti
Sunil Dhaniram
Sami Faridi
Chaudrey Jabbar |
Karun Jethi
Sandeep Jyoti
Arvind Kandappa
Eion Katchay
Shakir Mohammed
Mohammed Bilal Qazi
Saad Bin Zafar |
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2008-07-07
Canada Lose by 106 Runs
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Bermuda 237 (Outerbridge 79, Celestine 47, Dhaniram 4-70) and
248 (Romaine 84, Saad Bin Zafar 4-58, Dhaniram 4-36) beat Canada
228 (Billcliff 56, Kandappah 51, Leverock 5-69) and 151 (Katchay
29, Leverock 5-60, Trott 3-28) by 106 runs.
Canada had no answer to Dwayne Leverock's left-arm spin as his match haul of
10 for 129 guided Bermuda to a 106-run win at the Maple Leaf North-East ground.
Leverock almost matched his first-innings effort to finish with 5 for 60 to
hasten Canada's collapse to 151, on what was shaping to be an intriguing final
day. Day 3 was a see-saw day at King City, which saw Bermuda recover from a
deep hole in the morning, Canada fight back in the afternoon, and Bermuda end
up with their nose in front with some superb bowling in the last hour of the
day.
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2008-07-05
Canada in Good Positon, but Lose 1st Innings Points
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CricketEurope - Canada held the overnight advantage, but Bermuda came out flying on day number 2. Excellent bowling and energetic fielding, coupled with a pitch that favoured the bat a little less than it did yesterday, allowed them to bowl Canada out for 228 and claim first innings points, before slumping to 78 for 5 as the Bermuda top-order crumbled in the setting evening sun.
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2008-07-04
Dhaniram gives Canada the advantage on Day 1
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CricketEurope - Canada took the upper hand on the first day of an interesting ICC Intercontinental Cup match at King City. The match was very balanced through the first two sessions, floating back and forth between the two sides, but Canada took control in the after tea session, and will look to carry their momentum forward into the second day tomorrow.
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2008-07-03
Scotiabank Presents Canada and Bermuda in Intercontinetal Cup Action July 4-7
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Scotiabank presents Canada vs. Scotland 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:
| Ian Billcliff (Captain)
Geoff Barnett
Trevin Bastiampillai
Rustam Bhatti
Sunil Dhaniram
Karun Jethi |
Arvind Kandappah
Eion Katchay
Henry Osinde
Abdool Samad
Saad bin Zafar |
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2008-07-02
Toronto Star Editorial - Cricket's Comeback
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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...
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2008-07-01
Canada win 3rd Scotiabank ODI
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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.
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2008-06-30
Scotiabank enables Cricket Canada to establish monthly Player Allowance Policy
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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.
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2008-06-29
Bermuda win 2nd ODI
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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.
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2008-06-28
Bermuda defeats Canada in 1st ODI
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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.
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2008-06-21
Scotiabank Presents Canada and Bermuda in 3 ODIs
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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.
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2008-06-20
Cricket Canada-Federal Government Media Conference
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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.
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2008-06-12
ICC announces schedule for World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast
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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.
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2008-06-07
Baseball To Cricket - Mike Young
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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.
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2008-05-19
Ontario B are National T20 Champions
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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.
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2008-05-18
Semi-Finals Set After Rain Affected Day 2 at Scotiabank Championships
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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.
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2008-05-17
BC and Ontario Top Group Standings at Scotiabank Championships
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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...
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2008-05-16
CBC Coverage of Scotiabank National Championships
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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:
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[Turning cricket on its ear]
[Nigel Reed: Jazzing up the gentlemen's game]
[CEO Atul Ahuja on ICC Cricket]
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2008-05-14
Pakistan likely to play in Canada in August
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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.
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2008-05-13
National Cricket Academy Canada - Ontario Junior Cricket Coaching Program
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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.
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2008-05-02
Twenty20 extravaganza now comes to Toronto, Canada
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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.
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[CBC: Cricket at the speed of light]
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2008-04-16
Tobago fights back after dismissal start
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ICC Americas - The Canadian women's cricket team was beaten Tobago by 3 wickets with just 10 balls to spare on Tuesday. Canada opted to bat first, scoring 167 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 40 overs. Captain Mona Persaud top-scored with the bat, compiling 42 runs not out. The largest contribution to the total came from some wayard Tobago bowling that gave away 81 runs in wides. In contrast to the rain and damp of Sunday's opening tour match, the sun pounded down on the Shaw Park, Scarborough, Tobago. Canada's opening bowlers, Joanna White and Meara Crawford each took 2 early wickets as the hosts tumbled to 20 runs for 4 wickets. Opening bat Erica George pulled things around during a partnership of 143 runs for the fifth Tobago wicket with Waveney Williams, who made 51 runs. Spinner Deshanee Yamathugoda chipped in with 2 wickets as Canada showed fighting spirit. But it was not quite enough and a boundary from George brought her score to 56 runs cemented the win for Tobago. Canada faces the Trinidad and Tobago Under 21 team at the University of the West Indies ground in St Augustine, Trinidad, on Thursday.
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2008-04-10
Scotiabank Becomes Canada's 'All Rounder' in Cricket
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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."
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2008-04-07
International Pace Bowling Coach - May 16 to May 30
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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.
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2008-03-17
Sri Lanka Cricket to 'adopt' Canada
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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.
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2008-02-15
Cummins takes Under-19 coach role
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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.
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2008-02-06
Canadian wins ICC Lifetime Award
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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.
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2008-01-31
Dutch CEO Westermann takes on the big guns
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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!"
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2008-01-28
Move to reduce World Cup cricket teams opposed
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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.
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2008-01-25
Coaching Association of Canada seeks High Performance Coaching Consultant
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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.
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2008-01-22
CCA Launches Project Stingray
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The Canadian Cricket Association (CCA) announced over the weekend, its current singular focus to win the T20 World Cup Qualifier to be held in Ireland from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, 2008. The process of preparing for this has been wrapped into a Project named Stingray. Project Stingray will be led by the National Coach and his team with 2nd Vice President Ravin Moorthy.
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2008-01-20
CCA Seeks Volunteer Operations Manager
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The Canadian Cricket Association seeks to appoint a Volunteer Operations Manager. The primary repsonsibility in this role will include assisting with day-to-day administration and operations functions. Please send application and resume' to the attention of Atul Ahuja, CEO at atul.ahuja@telus.blackberry.net. Deadline: Jan 31, 2008.
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2008-01-08
National Cricket Academy Coach Appointments
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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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2008-01-07
CCA TO CONDUCT TRAINING FACILITATORS CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP SUNDAY JAN 13
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Cricket Canada will be holding a Community Sport Initiation Facilitators Clinic for participants from Ontario and Quebec on Sunday, January 13, 2008 from 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m at Armadale Community Centre Gymnasium, 2401 Denison Street, Markham, Ontario. Phone (905) 474 - 1007. The aim of this clinic is to certify Training Facilitators (Course Conductors) at the Community Sport Initiation Level
(Level 1 Technical) to train coaches in their respective Provinces.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION:
All candidates must be qualified at the NCCP Community Sport Initiation Level or have a Level 1 NCCP Technical Certificate in Cricket.
COURSE FEES:
The course registration fee is $ 40.00 and must be paid to Cricket Canada at the time / day of registration. This course is limited to 12 candidates, so please register early. For registration, please contact RON DIPCHAND at 204.925.5672 or email rondipchand@yahoo.ca
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2008-01-06
NATIONAL CRICKET ACADEMY SEEKS SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST
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The National Cricket Academy seeks applications for the above position. The selected individual will play a pivotal role in the development of the National Team. This is a Volunteer/Part-Time position. Knowledge of International Cricket is an asset. Please send applications to the attention of Atul Ahuja, CEO at atul.ahuja@telus.blackberry.net. Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2008
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2008-01-05
NATIONAL CRICKET ACADEMY ONTARIO U15 OPEN TRIAL JAN 12 at 3 PM
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The National Cricket Academy will host open trials for U15 Ontario players on Saturday Jan 12 from 3 PM to 6 PM, at Qasra Sports, 6680 Finch Avenue West, Etobicoke, ON (416) 213-0734 (close to Hwy 427 and Finch).
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2008-01-05
NATIONAL CRICKET ACADEMY ONTARIO PACE BOWLER OPEN TRIAL JAN 19 at 12 PM
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The National Cricket Academy will host an open Pace Bowler Trial for Ontario players on Saturday Jan 19 from 12 Noon to 3 PM at Qasra Sports, 6680 Finch Avenue West, Etobicoke, ON (416) 213-0734 (close to Hwy 427 and Finch).
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2008-01-04
CCA SEEKS DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL CRICKET ACADEMY
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The Canadian Cricket Association (CCA) seeks applications from individuals with business experience in running successful sport development academies. The position will initially be volunteer/part-time which could transition to a full-time paid position in the future. Please send applications with detailed resume' and references to the attention of Atul Ahuja, CEO at atul.ahuja@telus.blackberry.net. Application deadline: Jan 31, 2008.
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