2010-09-06
Canada vs. Ireland
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After a long rain delay Canada has taken the field for 35 over contest against Ireland.
The day has been a great exhibition of cricket so far with a Cricket Canada KIDS exhibition in the morning where players from both sides signed autographs and mingled with players from local cricket academies
Canada :
Rizwan Cheema, H Patel, A Bagai*, R Gunasekera, ZE Surkari, WD Balaji Rao, Khurram Chohan, PA Desai, HS Baidwan, AS Hansra, H Osinde
Ireland :
AR White, KJ O'Brien, JF Mooney, AD Poynter, DT Johnston*, A van der Merwe, RD McCann?, GH Dockrell, NG Jones
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2010-09-04
Ireland defeat Canada - 6 wicket win for the visitors
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Ireland have defeated Canada by 6 wickets on the final day of the intercontinental cup match at Toronto Cricket Club.
Despite Canada's heroic recoveries on day 2 and 3, the Irish were able to withstand Canada's push and some interference from mother nature to win the match in the final session of the day.
Canada takes on Ireland on holiday Monday (September 6th) at Toronto Cricket Club at 10am in the first of two One Day Internationals.
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2010-09-03
Cricket Canada Summer Festival
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Cricket Canada has partnered with the West Indies Cricket Board and Cricket Bermuda to bring the Cricket Canada Summer Festival to Mississauga, Ontario this month.
The Festival runs from Wednesday September 8, 2010 to Friday September 17, 2010 at Malton Cricket Club. Canada, West Indies High Performance Centre Squad, and Bermuda will clash in T20 and 50 over cricket action.
These will be Canada's last home matches of the season prior to participating in the 2011 Cricket World Cup in South Asia in February 2011.
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2010-09-02
Canada vs Ireland - Day 3
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Its was a case of SURVIVOR - Toronto this morning as Canada resumed on 190-8 with a slim lead of 49 runs as they hoped to pull the rabbit out of the hat against the Irish.
Bagai (76*) and Chohan (33*) fought through the session adding 81 runs and pushing Canada's lead to 130. Canada resumed after lunch at 271-8 led by Bagai (90) and Chohan (59) pulled Canada to 316-10.
In reply Ireland are 124-4 with White (21) and Mooney (2*) at the crease at the close of play. Ireland need 52 runs with 6 wickets in hand to win this game outright.
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2010-09-01
Canada vs. Ireland - Day 2
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Canadian pride was on the line this morning and the team responded in spades through two sessions today. Henry Osinde started the fight back picking up his 3rd, 4th and 5th wickets of the day as Ireland only added 71 runs for the loss of 5 wickets (Johnston retired hurt did not return).
Canada's batsmen then continued to carry the fight to the Irish adding 89-1 as Nitish Kumar (20) and Ruvindu Gunasekara (31*) gave Canada a solid platform to build from. Zubin Surkari followed with a gallant 72 for Canada and the the Irish lead was finally overtaken.
From there it was all downhill for Canada from 151-3 they collapsed to 190-8 at the end of the day essentially negating the advantage from earlier.
Ashish Bagai (31*) and Khurram Chohan (0*) will resume in the morning as Canada looks to save the game.
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2010-08-31
Charton Hobbs Joins as Festival Sponsor
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The Charton Hobbs Group has joined as a sponsor for the Cricket Canada Festival that commences next week at Malton Cricket Club.
Charton Hobbs represents several premium liquor brands in Canada such as Cutty Sark and Veuve Clicquot.
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2010-08-31
Canada vs Ireland - Day 1 Ireland Claim First Innings Points
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Canada looked to end a dissapointing Intercontinental Cup campaign when they took on Ireland Tuesday at the Toronto Cricket Club.
Canada has one draw in the ICUP so far this season and have suffered losses to Scotland, Kenya, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe XI.
Ireland were looking to play their way into the final after a somewhat sluggish start, they need to win out both games remaining to have a chance to make it in.
Canada won the toss and elected to bat first and immediately fell into trouble losing both opening batsmen. As has become the pattern in 4 Day cricket, the loss of early wickets was stayed briefly by a fruitful partnership, this time between Zubin Surkari and Ashish Bagai. Both players looked to have little trouble with the Irish bowling before losing their way.
A Trent Johnston triple strike pegged back Canada after an agressive start as Ireland bowled in the right areas and took control of the match. At lunch Canada were 95-7 and finished at 120 all out.
Ireland had no trouble overhauling Canada's score and coasted to 190-4 off 51 overs at the end of Day 1.
Canada XI :
N. Kumar (1), R. Gunasekera (1), Z. Surkari (28), A Bagai* (24), S Dhaniram (17), R Cheema (0,0-5), H Tariq+ (25*), A Dean (4, 2-42), U Bhatti (0,0-54), K Chohan (10, 1-40), H Osinde (4, 1-41) .
Ireland XI :
P Stirling (45), R McCann (4), A Botha(39), K O'Brien (1-15,57), A White (30*), J Mooney, T Johnston (5-23), A van der Merwe (1-20), A Eastwood (3-30), G Dockrell, (0-7, 1*) P Eaglestone (0-22).
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2010-08-30
Nova Scotia Wins Maritime T20
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Four teams (New Brunswick, PEI, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova
Scotia) played a total of six games over two days in Fredericton.
The tournament started with home team (Cricket New Brunswick) playing against
Newfoundland. Newfoundland scored 61 runs in 16.5 overs. CNB scored the
runs in 9 overs winning the game by 8 wickets.
Next visitors PEI played against Nova Scotia with Nova Scotia winning the
game by 7 wickets. The last game on Saturday was played between Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick. Hard hitting batsman Amit Joshi scored 80 quick
runs which allowed Nova Scotia reach a total of 186 in 20 overs.
New Brunswick began the chase well with Rich Woollin (28) but lost their way
against tight bowling from Nova Scotia. In the end New Brunswick scored
119 in their allotted 20 overs losing the game by 67 runs.
Sunday morning saw a delayed start due to wet ground conditions. PEI
played Newfoundland scoring 92 in 13 overs. Rakesh Negi from Newfoundland
took a hat-trick dismissing 3 PEI batsmen in consecutive deliveries.
Newfoundland lost the game by 40 runs.
The last two games were PEI vs New Brunswick and Nova Scotia vs
Newfoundland. New Brunswick won the game by 7 wickets chasing a score of
91 while Nova Scotia defeated Newfoundland by 9 wickets chasing a score of
38.
With three wins from three games NSCA were crowned champions. Hari from
Nova Scotia received the Player of the tournament award, while Amit Joshi
(NS) and Rohan Bhandekar (NB) received the best batsman and best bowler
awards respectively.
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2010-08-26
Cricket Canada Summer Festival
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Cricket Canada, the West Indies Cricket Board and Cricket Bermuda are pleased to announce today the confirmation of the Cricket Canada Summer Festival.
The matches are to take place Sept 8 - 17 at Malton Cricket Club and will include Canada, West Indies HPC team, and Bermuda.
More details to follow
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2010-08-22
Clarke Road vs. Quebec
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One of Trinidad's top Cricket Clubs, Clarke Road, began their tour of Canada with a stop in Montreal over the weekend.
A festive atmosphere, and a good crowd, despite inclement weather greeted the visitors as they were treated to some fabulous Quebec hospitality enroute to winning both T20 matches. The 50 over match scheduled for Sunday was washed out.
Brief Scores :
1st Match T20: QCF Batted first and scored 107 for 5 wkts.
Deepak Pabla 14 Suresh Ramkissoon 20 Jason Goolab 40 n.o. and D. Baptiste 15 n.o.
Mahabir A 14/2
Clark United batting: 108 for 3 wkts
Maraj T 23 Moonesar M 19 Silouch S 2/ n.o and. Bennett 25 n.o
Krunal Patel 22/2
2nd T20 match:
Qcf Trinidad combined: 89 all out
Jason Goolab 31
Butler D 24/3, Moonesar M 15/2 and Goolgar S 17/3
Clark United: 96 for 1 wkts
Moonesar 35*
Maraj M 40
Silouch S 21*
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2010-08-21
THE MAPLE LEAF AGAINST THE SHAMROCK IN CRICKET'S TRANSATLANTIC SHOWDOWN
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Canada's national cricketers will take on Ireland in a series of international matches taking place at the Toronto Cricket Club this week.
Two One-Day Internationals (ODIs) will be contested over the weekend of September 6-7, following the 4-day Intercontinental Cup match, which runs from August 31-September 3.
The duel between the countries, who have enjoyed a healthy rivalry over the years as two of the top teams from the sport's second tier of competition, will be the last time they meet before heading to the 2011 World Cup in India next February.
Canada, ranked 14th in the world, four places behind Ireland, will be boosted by the presence of its all-time leading run scorer and most capped player, Ashish Bagai, and the return of top-order batsman Zubin Surkari who has recovered from a hamstring injury.
Bagai, who over the last twelve months has averaged a highly impressive 52 runs per innings despite a long-standing knee injury, was recently recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with a nomination for Associate Countries World Player of the Year.
By contrast, Ireland announced on Saturday that they will be traveling without several key players, including all-rounder Alex Cusack and wicketkeeper Niall O'Brian.
The biggest blow for the Irish comes from the absence of arguably their top batsman and most threatening strike bowler, William Porterfield and Boyd Rankin respectively. Both have been retained by their English county championship sides, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. Gary Wilson, who plays for English county side Surrey, will also miss the Intercontinental Cup match, but has been released for the ODI matches. Trent Johnston will captain the side.
The Canada-Ireland series sees the return of international cricket to the picturesque Toronto Cricket Club, located close to the Avenue Rd and Wilson Blvd intersection, for the first time in over a year. Entry to the matches is free, and supporters of both sides will be welcome.
TEAMS
CANADA
One Day Internationals (Sept. 6-7, 2010), Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club:
Ashish Bagai (Capt.); Rizwan Cheema (VC); Harvir Baidwan; Umar Bhatti; Hemanarine Chattergoon; Khurram Chohan; Parth Desai; Ruvindu Gunasekera; Jimmy Hansra; Nitish Kumar; Hiral Patel; Balaji Rao; Zubin Surkari; Hamza Tariq
Intercontinental Cup (Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2010), Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club:
Ashish Bagai (Capt.); Rizwan Cheema (VC); Umar Bhatti; Hemnarine Chattergoon; Khurram Chohan; Abzal Dean; Parth Desai; Ruvindu Gunasekara; Jimmy Hansra; Nitish Kumar; Henry Osinde; Hiral Patel; Zubin Surkari; Hamza Tariq
IRELAND
Trent Johnston (Capt.); Andre Botha; George Dockrell; Phil Eaglestone; Allan Eastwood; Nigel Jones; Rory McCann; John Mooney; Kevin O'Brian; Andrew Poynter; Paul Stirling; Albert van der Merwe; Andrew White; Gary Wilson (ODI only)
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2010-08-20
World Cup Warm-Up Schedule Announced
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Canada has drawn Bangladesh and England for warm up matches ahead of the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Canada will take on Bangladesh on February 12th in a Day-Night Clash at Chittagong, and February 16th against England at Dhaka.
Consistent with ICC policy, these matches will not hold ODI status.
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2010-08-19
Canada vs Ireland
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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following team for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup and ODI matches with Ireland to be held at the Toronto Cricket Club.
One Day Internationals (September 6,7, 2010)
Ashish Bagai - Captain
Rizwan Cheema - Vice Captain
Harvir Baidwan
Umar Bhatti
Hemanarine Chattergoon
Khurram Chohan
Parth Desai
Ruvindu Gunasekera
Jimmy Hansra
Nitish Kumar
Hiral Patel
Balaji Rao
Zubin Surkari
Hamza Tariq
Intercontinental Cup (August 31 - September 3, 2010)
Ashish Bagai - Captain
Rizwan Cheema - Vice Captain
Umar Bhatti
Hemnarine Chattergoon
Khurram Chohan
Abzal Dean
Parth Desai
Ruvindu Gunasekara
Jimmy Hansra
Nitish Kumar
Henry Osinde
Hiral Patel
Zubin Surkari
Hamza Tariq
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2010-08-19
2011 WCUP PREVIEW - UB Excited by Challenge
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Canada star Umar Bhatti has revealed that he can't wait to experience the excitement of playing in an ICC Cricket World Cup in South East Asia.
Bhatti's side will begin its campaign in Hambantota six months today, on 20 February 2011, against hosts Sri Lanka and the 26-year-old is looking forward to the challenge.
"It is a big honour to play against a team like Sri Lanka, which is clearly one of the best teams in the world, in the opening game," he said.
"We are all really excited and hopefully there will be a big crowd there supporting both the sides. A World Cup in South Asia is huge.
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2010-08-18
Bagai Nominated for Top Award
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Canada's captain, Ashish Bagai has been nominated for the ICC Affiliate/Associate Player of the year award.
Despite being hobbled by a knee injury for much of the year, Bagai has been stellar for Canada in T20 and ODI cricket scoring a healthy 576 runs in 13 innings at a healthy 52.36, which is well above his career averages.
Also nominated in the category are Richie Berrington, Muddassar Bukhari, Tom Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Trent Johnston, Kevin O'Brien, Mohammad Shahzad, Samiullah Shenwari and Paul Stirling
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2010-08-12
Cricketers Care - Pakistan
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During the past weeks severe weather in Pakistan has caused flooding of a magnitude not seen in several decades.
The flooding has displaced over 14 million people and the potential for this disaster to escalate is serious.
Several aid agencies in Canada are collecting donations to support relief efforts in Pakistan. Cricket Canada encourage for those who can, to please do what they can to support these initiatives.
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2010-08-11
Queens University Cricket
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Queens University Cricket has been granted official team status at Queen's University. One of Canada's most prestigious educational institutions, Queen's joins rival university McGill who recently were granted official team status by the Montreal school.
University Cricket has been on the rise in Canada in the past year and Cricket Canada has been proud to foster and support this growth. 2010 started off very well when York University won the American College Cricket Championship held in March in Florida.
This October, Cricket Canada and the Quebec Cricket Federation are proud to partner with the schools to help renew one of Canada's oldest sporting rivalries as McGill University will host Queen's University in Montreal, starting a new era in the rivalry between these two schools.
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2010-08-07
Fun in the Sun Day
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Cricket Nova Scotia had a Fun in the Sun day Thursday as part of the Cricket Canada KIDS program. Colchester county played host to the event which featured several children and school administrators from the area.
The children were given instruction in batting and bowling before playing a few games to practice their skills.
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2010-08-06
Cricket Comes To McGill University
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McGill University has granted official status to its Cricket Team this week making the University one of a handful of Canadian Universities to have an official cricket team.
Cricket Canada is proud to support University Cricket across Canada and is actively pursuing options with the school teams to help raise the profile of the games.
Earlier this year, York University in Toronto participated in the American College Cricket Championship for the first time and won the event in fine style to claim their position as North America's top University Team.
The Quebec Cricket Federation has been working diligently with area universities to help promote the game and this is the start of what is expected to be a new age in Canadian cricket.
Next up for McGill will be a match with players from rival Concordia University next weekend in Montreal.
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2010-08-04
Zimababwe Roll to Easy Win
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Zimbabwe has soundly beaten Canada by an innings and 73 runs in their Intercontinental Cup clash at Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City.
Resuming on 49/3 after Zimbabwe ammassed 351 built on Craig Ervine's 177 runs, Canada struggled again to build batting partnerships losing wickets routinely and soon crumbled to from 74-3 to 74-7 effectively ending any chance to save the match. Hamza Tariq (39) made a valliant attempt to make the Zimbabwean's bat again refusing to go down fighting but was last man out.
Umar Bhatti (6-98) was Canada's top bowler in this match withi his outstading performance in a losing cause for the Canadians. Canada now have 3 weeks off to rest and recover after a busy period of cricket finally comes to an end. Ireland will visit on August 31st at the Toronto Cricket Club as Canada plays their last match of the 2009-2010 Intercontinental Cup.
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2010-08-03
Canada vs. Zimbabwe XI Day 2
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Canada struggled to post a competitive total in the first day of the Intercontinental Cup match against Zimbabwe XI on Monday.
Losing the toss and being sent in, Canada got off to a rollicking start with Hiral Patel (32) leading the way but from there it was all down hill as the batsmen could not get any starts going.
Rizwan Cheema (39*) struck some hefty blows but the skipper had nobody to stay with him and Canada were all out for 129.
In reply, Canada came out firing with some vicious bowling from both openers who accounted for all 3 wickets thus far. Umar Bhatti bowled tidyily (2 wickets) while Henry Osinde took the attack to the Zimababweans and was rewarded when keeper Hamza Tariq snared an impossible catch (see the video on the Cricket Canada facebook fansite).
Zimbabwe resume on day 2 at 88-3.
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2010-08-02
ICC Intercontinental Canada vs. Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe XI visits Maple Leaf Cricket Club starting Monday to take on Canada in Canada's penultimate match in the 2009-2010 Intercontinental Cup.
Canada have only 9 points from their 5 matches and are well behind table leaders Scotland but have shown encouraging performances this year. Matches against Scotland and Afghanistan came down to the wire with Canada losing narrowly while the Netherlands with the help of some weather withstood Canada's final push to draw the match.
Zimbabwe travel to Canada with the same squad that defeated Netherlands handily last week. For Canada, Ashish Bagai remains out while he rehabilitates his knees but is slated to be back into the side in time for Ireland's visit in September. Zubin Surkari is nursing an injury while Geoff Barnett are Jimmy Hansra are unavailable due to work commitments.
Canada :
Rizwan Cheema - Captain
Umar Bhatti
Trevin Bastiampillai
Hemnarine Chattergoon
Abzal Deane
Parth Desai
Calvert Hooper
Sandeep Jyoti
Nitish Kumar
Usman Limbada
Henry Osinde
Hiral Patel
Kevin Sandher
Hamza Tariq
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2010-08-01
Baidwan Held Out of ICUP
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Canada pace-man Harvir Baidwan has been held out of this weeks Intercontinental Cup Match against Zimbabwe at Maple Leaf Cricket Club.
"We had a minor incident crop up on our last tour and will be putting the player (Harvir) through the disciplinary process...in light of this we felt it best to hold him out of the upcoming match" said high performance manager Ravin Moorthy.
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2010-07-29
City of Mississagua Helps Make Tournament a Success
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The City of Mississagua has come to the table to work wtih Cricket Canada in making the national championships a roaring success.
"The City of Mississagua has been instrumental in helping us get the grounds ready for this tournament and has provided unprecedented civic support to provide our athletes good facilities to play on" said president Ranjit Saini.
Saini continued saying that "...we are grateful to the parks staff and the city for ensuring the grass is cut to acceptable cricket standards every morning..."
Malton Cricket Club has witnessed a rebirth in the past 2 years hosting several high profile events and will host the Cricket Canada All Star Match on Saturday.
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2010-07-28
Canada vs. Leeward Islands
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Canada last match at the Caribbean T20 tournament in the West Indies today against the Leeward Islands has been washed out.
CBC Sports, Cricket Canada and the West Indies Cricket Board have parternered to bring this tournament live to fans across the country
Match Status - Match Abandoned
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2010-07-27
Surkari Out With Leg Injury
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Batsmen Zubin Surkari has been ruled out of the remainder of the Caribbean T20 tournament as well as the ICUP match against Zimbabwe with a leg injury. Surkari is expected to be out 10-14 days.
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2010-07-27
British Motoring Festival - Windsor, NS
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The Nova Scotia Cricket Association was invited to stage a match at the inaugural British Motoring Festival in Windsor, Nova Scotia, on Saturday the 24th August. Halifax Cricket League teams, Halifax Red and Halifax Gold, answered the call and travelled to Windsor to play their scheduled Twenty20 League match on the beautiful grounds of the KIng's-Edgehill School.
Some big hitting was on show, in addition to a plethora of fine vintage motor vehicles, much to the delight of the crowd visiting the festival on what was a wonderful summer's day in the Maritimes. Halifax Gold came away with a comfortable 77-run victory having posted 197 all out (19.5 overs) and then dismissing Halifax Red for 120 (15.5 overs).
The event was a great success and enjoyed by all players and NSCA officials who attended, with much thanks to the dedicated organizing committee of the British Motoring Festival.
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2010-07-24
Canada vs. Jamaica
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Canada has suffered another 9 wicket defeat, this time at the hands of Jamaica in the Carribean T20 tournament in Barbados.
Losing the toss and batting first, Canada struggled to reach 101 runs and were unable to hold back Xavier Marshall and the rest of the Jamaicans as they cruised to a 9 wicket victory. Tyson Gordon (26) top scored for Canada while Trevin Bastiamillai picked up the sole wicket.
Like Thursday, Canadians flocked to CBCSports.ca to watch the Canadian team in action and many were seeing the game and the team for the first time. "Go Canada Go" was a common post on the CBC site as well as on Twitter as Canadians were thrilled to be able to see their team live.
Canada's final match of the tournament will be on Wednesday.
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2010-07-22
CBC and WICB go to bat for Cricket Canada
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) will
bring Canadian cricket to a national audience after partnering with
Cricket Canada and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the current
Caribbean T20 tournament.
CBC will live stream Canada?s three games against Trinidad & Tobago,
Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, plus the tournament?s semi-finals and
final. The series will be broadcast on CBCSPORTS.CA from July 22?31.
The decision from the Canadian national broadcaster is an indication that
major players may be looking to capitalize on the growing domestic
audience for a sport that, despite being second only to soccer in terms of
worldwide popularity, has until now remained largely in the shadows of
Canadian mainstream media.
Terry Ludwick, Director of Sports Programming at CBC, comments: ?We?ve
been interested for some time in testing the appetite of Canadians for
cricket programming, and this looks like a great opportunity.
?By making this tournament available online and giving exposure to the
national team, we?re hoping the Canadian public show us they want more.?
Cricket Canada President Ranjit Saini who was instrumental in bringing the
various parties together, and spoke positively about the development.
?We certainly see this as a turning point for Canadian cricket and hope it
represents the start of a new era, where cricket gets the exposure and
recognition it deserves in this country.?
Saini also recognized the role of the WICB in making the deal happen. ?We
have the WICB to thank, as without their generosity first in welcoming us
into their national event, and then in working to secure the broadcast
rights, this simply could not have happened.?
Canada?s first game begins at 3.40pm on Thursday July 22
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2010-07-22
Canada vs. T&T
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Trindad cruised to a 9 wicket win in the opening match of the Caribbean T20 tournament in Barbados against Canada.
Losing the toss and being set in, Canada started off slow as they got accustomed to the new conditions. The entrance of Geoff Barnett got the innings going and in his typical agressive manor Barnett took the attack to the Trinidad batmen before falling for a well struck 37 from 33 balls including 2 well hit sixes. Rizwan Cheema entered the fray long enough to pelt the biggest 6 of the innings before falling to Dwayne Bravo's sharp fielding. On a day when the ball followed him everywhere, Bravo set a Caribbean T20 record with 4 catches removing Patel, Barnett, Cheema and Gordon.
Late cameos from Zubin Surkari (26) who hit some glorious shots off Bravo and Umar Bhatti (17) brought Canada to a fighting 110-8 off 20 overs.
The match was broadcast live in Canada on CBCSports.ca
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2010-07-21
Venues Confirmed for Home Series
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Ireland, the winners of the recent World Cricket League Division 1, Associate Cricket's most prestigious trophy will visit Canada for an Intercontinental Cup and ODI series in September.
Cricket Canada and Cricket Ireland confirmed the dates this morning as well as the venue for the matches. Cricket Canada will return to the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club after long absence.
Speaking on the ground arrangements Cricket Canada president Ranjit Saini was happy to see both Canada's top facilities get matches this summer.
"We are pleased to have concluded productive negotiations with both MLCC (Zimbabwe) and the TCSCC (Ireland). As an organization it is important to invest in both of our ODI facilities and we are happy that both facilities put forward good proposals for us to work with. "
Canada vs. Zimbabwe
Intercontinenal Cup Match August 2 - 5 : Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City Ontario
Canada vs. Ireland
Intercontinental Cup Match :Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, Toronto, Ontario
ODI Series Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, Toronto, Ontario
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2010-07-20
National Tournament Schedule Announced
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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2010 National Tournament. The event which runs from July 26th to July 30th in Mississaugua Ontario will be the first 50 over National Tournament in 5 years. 2005 Champions BC will be joined by Alberta, Ontario, Prairies and Eastern Canada at the event which culminates with an All Star Match at Malton Cricket Club on July 31st.
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2010-07-18
Osinde to Replace Chohan
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Canadian fast bowler Khurram Chohan has been held out of the Carribbean T20 tournament due to an injury sustain at the WCL tournament in the Netherlands. Henry Osinde has replaced Chohan in the squad that leaves for Barbados on Tuesday.
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2010-07-17
Canada vs. USA T20
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Canada has won the first T20 against the United States easily chasing down the target of 133-8. Mikaela Turik scored 45* carrying the bat for Canada to chase down the target .
Canada batted first in the second T20 and scored 143-5 with the USA still to bat.
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2010-07-14
Canada vs. USA
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Canada's women's team will have to wait until 2014 to get their next chance to play in the women's world cup. Canada dropped their second straight match to the USA losing the women's America's world cup qualifier.
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2010-07-13
Womens - Canada vs. USA
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If Canada is going to qualify for the 2013 Women's World Cup, they will have to come from behind against the USA.
In the first game of the series the USA rolled to a convincing 112 run victory. Batting first the USA put up an impressive 225-6 from 50 overs. The USA batting was led by Durga Das (53) and Indomatie Goordial-John (83) whose partnership of 92 set the platform for the imposing total. The rest of the USA bastmen were unable to really mount any real answer to the Canadian bowling attack but were helped out by 35 Canadian extras and some intelligent batting around Goordial-John.
In reply, Canada was shellshocked by Shondelled Ward (5-20) who knocked out the top 4 batsmen for 12 runs essentially blunting the chase of any Canadian counter attack. Mikaela Turik (40) batted beautifully for Canada but was run-out while in good touch.
The two teams clash again tomorrow, a match which Canada must win to keep its world cup dream alive.
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2010-07-13
Canada Team for Carribbean T20
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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following squad for next weeks Carribbean T20 in Barbados and Trinidad
Rizwan Cheema - Captain
Harvir Baidwan
Trevin Bastiampillai
Geoff Barnett
Umar Bhatti
Hemnarine Chattergoon
Khurram Chohan
Parth Desai
Tyson Gordon
Calvert Hooper
Usman Limbada
Hiral Patel
Zubin Sukari
Hamza Tariq
Ashish Bagai (knee) is out of this tour. He stays in Toronto to have some more work done on his knee.
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2010-07-13
Gunasekera continues fine form
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Canada's Ruvindu Gunasekera continues his good run of form in the Sri Lanka domestic u23 tournament has he struck yet another half century for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club.
Scoring 29 in the first innings Gunasekera turned it up in the second innings scoring a patient 63 runs.
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2010-07-12
Bagai named in Team of the Tournament
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Canada's captain Ashish Bagai has been named in the team of the tournament for the recently completed World Cricket League Division 1.
Bagai was in great touch during the tournament scoring 284 runs in 6 innings.
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2010-07-11
ICC America's Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
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A place in the next ICC Women's World Cup qualification tournament is up for grabs as Canada and the United States lock horns in a 3 match series at Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario.
The tournament will also serve as a backdrop for a fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Breast Cancer Network, both of whom will be receiving signed jerseys from the Canadian team to support fundraising auctions later this year. ICC America's has also provided pink shirts for all the players and a donation to the CBCF to support this cause.
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2010-07-10
WCL Div 1 5th Place - Canada vs. Kenya
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For the second consecutive day Canada has ground out a tough win against a spirited Kenyan side at WCL Division 1. A tough pitch to bat on threw the advantage to Canada's bowlers led by Rizwan Cheema (3-36) which restricted Kenya to 190.
Canada's batsmen struggled to make ground losing wickets at regular intervals before Ashish Bagai (39) and Zubin Surkari (49) made a stand to set up the victory. At the end Canada got home with 4 balls to spare as Jimmy Hansra (1-23 and 13*) and Umar Bhatti (2-48 and 8*) saw the team home.
A tough tournament comes to and end with two important ODI victories against a team on the Reliance ODI Table salvages some pride and injects some confidence into the Canadian team. The pitches made batting difficult for all the teams and those who showed the ability to graft for their runs ultimately prospered.
The Irish were full value for their billing as the top associated, wining with several players away on assignment for most of the tournament. Scotland finished in second as their rebuilt towards 2013 continues. The Afghans continued their strong play nosing out the Dutch for 3rd.
WCL Division 1 Final Standings
1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. Afghanistan
4. The Netherlands
5. Canada
6. Kenya
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2010-07-09
Canada vs. Kenya
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Canada and Kenya clashed in a battle of winless teams today at WCL Division 1. The dead rubber (both teams had already been relegated to the 5th vs. 6th place match on Saturday) still had a lot at stake for both teams starving for ODI victories this year.
Ashish Bagai won the toss and elected to field, a decision that paid off for captain as the bowlers backed him up with a glittering performance. Harvir Baidwan who has been in fine form picked up 3 wickets (bringing his total to 6 in the past 3 games) to lead the Canadian attack. Rizwan Cheema (2-28), Parth Desai (2-33) and Hiral Patel (1-33) joined in on the wicket taking to restrict Kenya to 153.
Canada started well before Hiral Patel (18) lost his way which followed with 3 wickets falling in quick succession to leave Canada at 71-4. As he has consistently the skipper guided his team home under difficult conditions. Bagai (61*) continued his fine run of form (392 at an average of 65.33 in his last 8 international matches) and played an evenly paced innings to seal the victory. Bagai was joined at the other end by Zubin Surkari (21*) who played the supporting role to give Canada a much needed victory.
Canada and Kenya clash again on Saturday in the battle for 5th place.
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2010-07-09
Deutrom Expresses Concern About ICC Proposal
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Cricket Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom has outlined his concern at the prospect of the World Cup shrinking again after 2011, after the bleak picture that was painted last week by ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat.
The World Cup was reduced from 16 teams in 2007 to 14 next year and Lorgat emerged from the Chief Executives Committee meeting to state that the enlargement of the World Twenty20 and compression of the World Cup is a popular idea among the full members.
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2010-07-07
Canada vs. Ireland
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Canada turned in perhaps their best bowling and fielding performance of the week today but it was in vain and Canada dropped a 5 wicket contest to the Irish in the Netherlands today. Parth Desai (3-35) was the pick of Canada's bowlers who inspired a mini Irish collapse from 50-0 to 92-5 but Canada were unable to move things along any further as Ireland got home with 11 overs to spare.
Earlier in the day, Canada laboured to a score of 154-9 from 50 overs. Winning the toss and batting first, Canada immediately lost the openers and were in a hole at 6-2. Nitish Kumar (38) and Geoff Barnett (26) did rebuild the innings slightly but the Irish spinners strangled the life out of the middle order and restricted Canada to a meagre total.
Canada are now resigned to the 5-6th place match where they look to be playing Kenya who have also stuggled to make a mark in this tournament. Canada and Kenya will play on Friday to close out the round robin.
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2010-07-06
Gunasekera shines in Sri Lanka
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Canadian batsmen Ruvindu Gunasekera has made steady progress during his training stint in Sri Lanka. Having landed a position in the Sri Lanka u23 tournament, Gunasekera scored a half century for Chilaw Marians club in their win over BRC.
Gunasekera has also struck a half century in a provincial match and looks in fine form heading into the summer.
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2010-07-05
John Ross Robertson
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Richmond Cricket Club from British Columbia are Canada's club champions for 2010. The 2009 BCMCL Champions defeated fellow BC club Abbotsford CC in the finals of the John Ross Robertson Championship held in Vancouver over the weekend.
Brief Scores :
Richmond CC 260 all out
H. Dhillon 74, H. Fernandes 52, S. Sadana 32
G. Dhillon 3-50, V. Grewal 3-42 (49.1 overs)
Abotsford CC 162 all out
S. Gainder 80, V. Grewal 25
T. Kurooparan 3-40, T. Dayal 2-25
Final Standings :
1. Richmond (BC)
2. Abbotsford (BC)
3. St. John's (AB)
4. Elites (AB)
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2010-07-05
Canada vs. Netherlands - Bagai plays lone hand in loss
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Canada has dropped its third straight game at the WCL Division 1 tournament. For the second match in a row, Canada's batsmen were taken out of the game early and unable to overcome the opposition bowling.
Defending a meagre total, Canada's bowlers did yeoman's work today with Harvir Baidwan picking up 2-28 but the total of 168 was simply not enough to defend.
EArlier in the day, a stunning batting collapse left Canada with lots of work to do in order to salvage today's game against the Netherlands.
Winning the toss and batting first, Bagai stroked yet another half century (his 3rd on this tour) but could find little in the way of support from his teammates as Canada slumped to 168. Only Geoff Barnett (34) and Calvert Hooper (27) offered any sort of resistance as Canada's batting folded.
Canada has struggled to get any momentum going on tour and while the introduction of fast bowling coach Courtney Walsh, the legendary fast bowler, offered the bowlers a shot in the arm for today's clash, it was simply not enough on the day.
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2010-07-04
National Round Up
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A busy weekend comes to an end today with cricket happening right across the country.
In Montreal, Nova Scotia and Quebec wrap up their weekend series with Nova Scotia. On Saturday, Quebec picked up victories in both T20 matches. In the first match, Quebec's bowlers did the damage knocking back Nova Scotia for 59 runs allowing the batsmen to chase it down in 9 overs.
In the second match, Nova Scotia fought back and were in control for parts of the match knocking out the Quebec top order and keeping themselves in the match chasing 154 to win. A good start ramped up the pressure on Quebec before their bowlers got on top finally dismissing Nova Scotia for 93. A 50 over match takes place today at Raymond Park in LaSalle
In Vancouver, it will be an all BC final in the John Ross Robertson Competition as both Richmond and Abbotsford scored wins over their Alberta Rivals.
Brief Scores from day 1 :
St.Johns CC Calgary 135 all out :P.Patel 38 S.Thapliyal 33 T.Kurooparan 4 - 36 P.Gillar 3 - 16 ( 45.4 overs )
Richmond CC. 136 for 4 K.Khanna 63 H.Dhillon 26 ( 37.5 overs )
Abbotsford C.C. 151 all out D.Dhillon 27 G.Grewal 24 ( 42.4 overs )
Elites CC Edmonton 122 all out A.Anand 36 D.Dhillon 4 - 25 ( 40.3 overs )
On Friday, Manitoba had wrapped up the Western Canadian U19 Title with a convincing win over Edmonton. This followed up on a win against Calgary to go undefeated in the tournament.
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2010-07-03
Western Canadian u19 Tournament
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Manitoba has won the Western Canadian u19 Championships with a convincing win over Edmonton. Following up a huge win over Calgary on the first day of the tournament, Manitoba beat Edmonton convincingly to take home the title. Calgary and Edmonton will play for second place on Saturday.
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2010-07-03
Canada vs. Scotland
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Canada has crumbled to a 70 run defeat at the hands of Scotland at WCL Division 1 the Netherlands. Chasing 237, Canada was unable to gather any momentum after their innings was stalled at 42-2 in the first rain delay. From there Canada lost wickets including the in touch Hiral Patel (37) who topscored for Canada. A late flourish from Umar Bhatti (26) made teh score look closer than it ultimately was, as Scotland moved to the top of the table.
Earlier, Scotland had set Canada 237 to win.Canada set off well wtih the bowlers restricting Scotland to 100 runs from the first 30 overs however a strong flourish from the Scottish batsmen Richie Berrington (67) and Neil McCullum (89) pushed Scotland through in the last 20 overs.
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2010-07-03
Nova Scotia vs. Quebec - T20
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Quebec has beaten Nova Scotia in the first match of the T20 series in Quebec today. Batting first, the visitors put up 59-9 from 20 overs.
In reply, Quebec knocked off the target in 9 overs with Kamal Singh (28) doing most of the honours for the hosts.
The second match will start shortly.
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2010-07-02
Western Canadian u19 Tournament
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Manitoba defeated Calgary by 5 runs
Manitoba 166 for 9 wickets in 50 overs
Jatinder Matharu 42, Waleed Ahmed 35, Akhlas Ahmed 26 not out, Vasu Shah 16
Sudeepta Aurka 3 for 26, Farook Qureshi 2 for 21, Ans Kafait 2 for 30
Calgary 161 all out in 45.3overs
Farook Qureshi 42, Inderpal Sidhu 30, Vennu Goswami 30
Waleed Ahmed 2 for 26, Jatinder Matharu 2 for 10, Trevor Manoosingh 2 for 28, Akhlas Umar 2 for 24
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2010-07-02
Jyoti Out of WCL Div 1
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Sandeep Jyoti has been ruled out of the remainder of the WCL division 1 tournament with a back injury. Trevin Bastiampillai will replace him in the squad. Jyoti joins Ian Billcliff (personal) as players that were replaced on the squad.
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2010-07-01
Happy Canada Day! - Canada vs. Afghanistan
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Skipper Ashish Bagai won the toss and backed his batsmen to do the job. Afghanistan struck early to remove the danger man Rizwan Cheema and then Zubin Surkari leaving Canada at 28-2 but the skipper and young Hiral Patel (43) rebuilt Canada's innings with a 78 run stand.
After Patel's departure Bagai (82) continued before falling to a ball that kept low after another stellar innings. From there it was up to Jimmy Hansra (30) on ODI debut and the veteran Umar Bhatti (32) to carry Canada forward. Bhatti was extremely harsh on the Afghan bowlers hammering 4 4s and 1 6s at a S/R of 152. The two put on a 50 run 6th wicket partnership before Bhatti fell. Hansra continued unbeaten oni debut to the end carrying Canada to 257. The last 5 overs yielded 49 runs as Canada took good advantage of the powerplay.
In reply the Afghans came out fighting hard and Canada's customary early breakthrough was missing. The Canadians will rue the fact that they didnt put up another 15-20 runs as once again the two teams played a classic encounter. Of the 4 games played all time, 3 have come down to the wire.
Thanks to everyone who is following on Twitter for Canadian insight from the ground and the lockeroom.
143 years ago today, Canada became a country. Our first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald declared Cricket this fledgling new nation's national sport and the country and the sport have been forever linked. As with every year the Canada Day long weekend bring friends and families together but also marks an important weekend for cricket across the country.
This weekend the John Ross Robertson Tournament will take place in Vancouver, the national championships regional between Quebec and Nova Scotia takes place in Montreal, and the Western Canadian U19 Tournament will take place in Calgary. Additionally several other important league and festival matches will take place right across the country. To kick of the weekend Canada will take on Afghanistan in the first match of the ICC WCL Division 1 tournament
Happy Canada Day to everyone!
Today marks the fourth ever meeting (and 3rd ODI) between Canada and Afghanistan. Canada holds a slim 2-1 margin including a 1-1 split in the ODIs.
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2010-06-30
Bagai Confident Ahead of WCL Div 1
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The captains of Ireland, Canada and Netherlands admitted there is plenty at stake for their sides as the ICC World Cricket League gets underway in Netherlands on July 1. Ireland launch their title defence on the opening day against former champions Kenya, while last year's runners-up Canada face Afghanistan; the hosts clash with Scotland.
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2010-06-29
Canada vs. Ireland (Warm Up Game)
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Ireland has beaten Canada by 6 wickets in the only warm up game for the WCL Division 1 tournament in the Netherlands.
Canada had scored 259-6 in the first warm up game against Ireland in The Netherlands.
In form Ashish Bagai top scored with 84 followed by Zubin Surkari with 62, Hiral Patel (42) and Sunil Dhaniram (40) chipped in with good scores for Canada.
In reply the Irish raced out to a great start. Led by Paul Stirling's century (114) Ireland coasted home with 4 overs to spare.
Brief Scores :
H Patel c van der Merwe b Jones 42
R Cheema c McCann b Johnston 0
Z Surkari c McCann b Eaglestone 62
A Bagai c Mooney b Eaglestone 84
S Jyoti b van der Merwe 13
S Dhaniram not out 40
U Bhatti c McCann b O?Brien 2
C Hooper not out 2
Extras (4b 1lb 9w) 14
Total (six wickets, 50 overs) 259
Fall: 1-12 2-60 3-159 4-186 5-222 6-250
Bowling: P Eaglestone 7-0-46-2, T Johnston 9-2-27-1, K O?Brien 9-0-63-1, N Jones 4-2-15-0, J Mooney 3-0-16-0, G Dockrell 3-0-21-0, P Stirling 6-0-34-0, A van der Merwe 9-0-32-1
Ireland
N Jones c Cheema b Hooper 7
J Hall b Patel 34
P Stirling c Surkari b Hooper 114
K O?Brien b Hooper 43
A Poynter not out 25
J Mooney not out 23
Extras (2b 3lb 9w) 14
Total (46 overs, four wkts) 260
Fall: 1-21 2-90 3-197 4-208
Did not bat: A Balbirnie, R McCann, T Johnston, A van der Merwe, G Dockrell
Bowling: C Hooper 10-1-44-3, K Chohan 8-0-58-0, U Bhatti 6-0-27-0, H Baidwan 4-0-24-0, P Desai 7-0-32-0, H Patel 9-1-58-1, S Jyoti 2-0-12-0.
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2010-06-28
National Round - Up
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The John Ross Robertson West Tournament Draw has been finalized for this year.
Richmond (BC) and Elites (AB) will be joined by Abbotsford (BC) and St. John's (AB) at the tournament in Vancouver.
One of the world's most picturesque grounds, Stanley Park will host matches on Saturday July 3rd and Sunday July 4th.
Match Schedule :
Saturday July 3, 2010
S/F 1 : Richmond vs. St. John's
S/F 2 : Elites vs. Abbotsford
Sunday July 4, 2010
Winner S/F 1 vs. Winner S/F 2
Loser S/F 1 vs. Loser S/F 2
Calgary and Edmonton completed the second leg of the Cricket Alberta Intercity Series this past weekend. For the first time in over a decade, Edmonton won the Bob Bowden trophy 2-0
Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will contest a Prairies invitational u19 tournament . These matches will be played July 2-4th at Riley Park in Calgary.
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2010-06-27
Quebec vs. Nova Scotia
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Quebec and Nova Scotia are set to lock horns over the long weekend with an eye on the National Championships. The two sides will play two matches on Satuday July 3 and Sunday July 4th in Montreal.
The selectors will pick an Eastern Canada XI to represent the region in the upcoming Cricket Canada national championships.
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2010-06-24
Bagai Featured on ICC Cricket World
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Canada's skipper Ashish Bagai is featured in the latest edition of ICC Cricket World, the ICC's weekly radio show.
Bagai discusses Canada' upcoming participation at the 2010 ICC WCL Division 1 and the lead up to the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
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2010-06-22
ICC to Stream WCL Div 1 Matches
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The International Cricket Council has annouced that selected matches from WCL Division 1 in The Netherlands will be streamed live on the ICC Website.
The matches from the VRA ground will be available on www.icc-cricket.com. As a result of this Canada's ODI vs. Scotland on July 3rd and Canada's ODI vs. Ireland on July 7th will be available for fans across the country to follow.
Webstreaming has become a viable way to show associate cricket to the scores of fans around the world. In January 2010, Canada was the first nation to broadcast associate cricket online when Cricket Canada broadcast the associates four nations T20 series from Sri Lanka. Bermuda followed suit last month when the second ever webcast of associate and affiliate cricket was done from the ICC America's Division 1 T20 Championship. This event also featured Canada's team.
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2010-06-20
Canadian Development Events Get Underway
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A series of national development events that expect to set the stage for the next status of Canadian cricketers got underway this past weekend with Calgary and Edmonton locking horns in a two match u15 intercity series.
The series was drawn withe each team taking one win apiece.
Brief Scores :
Saturday June 19th, 2010
Calgary 81-10 in 22 overs
Basim Khan 33
Adnan Pervez 2-16
Edmonton 78-10 in 26 overs
Parin Modi 20
Farahan Malik 3-14
Sunday June 20th, 2010
Calgary 106-10 in 26 overs
Farhan Malik 15
Adnan Pervez 4-12
Edmonton 107-6 in 27 overs
Adnan Pervez 4-12
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2010-06-19
National Championships- Prairies Regional
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The first match of the Prairie regionals in Cricket Canada's national championship was abandoned on Saturday owing to a wet outfield. Better weather was on the cards for Sunday and Saskatchewan and Manitoba played a 45 over match
Brief Scores :
Manitoba - 256/5
Zeeshan Siddiqui - 64
Suresh Jayaramam - 51*
Kashif Hayat - 44
Prakhar Srivastava 3-55 from 9 overs
Sask - 83 All Out 30 Overs
Simranjeet Dosajit - 15
Abdul Memnon - 13*
Jagit Gurm - 3-6 from 5 overs
Nameem Umer - 3-8 from 4 overs
Inderjit Sodha - 3-9 from 3 Overs
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2010-06-18
Canada Announces Women's Team for America's Qualifier
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Cricket Canada is proud to announce the squad for the ICC America's Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
The series will be held July 12-17th at Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario.
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2010-06-17
Cricket Canada National Championships
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For the first time since 2005 Cricket Canada will host a 50 over national championships. The 5 team tournament to be held July 26-30 in Toronto will see teams from British Columbia, Alberta, Prairies, Ontario, and Eastern Canada compete for the Ed Bracht trophy.
Regional playdowns for the Prairies team will get underway this weekend and Saskatchewan travels to Winnipeg to take on Manitoba in a two game series. The July long weekend will see Nova Scotia visit Quebec in the Easter Canada regional.
Cricket Canada president Ranjit Saini feels that a national tournament is critical for the success of the organization.
"As an organization it is our duty to deliver a viable national championships for our players and supporters. It has been 5 long years since we all got together in Vancouver for a 50 over competition and we will be looking for the same high quality tournament that we had then."
Like 2005, the tournament will serve as a precursor to the 2011 Cricket World Cup and give the players in Canada a chance to showcase their talents ahead of a world cup selection. While much of the senior team will be engaged in the Caribbean at the Caribbean T20 tournament, Saini sees this as a time for new talent to shine.
"Obviously the Caribbean tournament was an opportunity we could not pass up so this will allow new players to step up and take on the challenge of becoming national players. The High Performance group is also working on some opportunities for a Canada A side so there is much to play for. For our friends in the muslim community, the holy month of Ramadan begins in August and we wanted to finish the tournament before that time to ensure that all players had an opportunity to participate in the tournament."
This will be the 21st occasion that Canada's provinces have competed for national supremecy in Cricket. Ontario has won the most tournaments (12), followed by BC (4), Quebec (3), Alberta (2). The innagural event in 1947 was shared between Ontario and Quebec.
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2010-06-17
ESPN to Broadcast Caribbean T20
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ESPN and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have reached an agreement for the broadcast of the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament, July 22 to 31, 2010. The tournament, which will form part of the annual WICB calendar, will have the first phase played in Barbados (July 22 to 25) with the second phase in Trinidad (July 28 to 31).
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2010-06-17
Canada draws Ireland in warm up match
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Canada has drawn rivals Ireland in the first warm up match for World Cricket League Division 1. The match will be played on Tuesday June 29th at Kampong cricket ground in Utrecht.
Canada and Ireland are the top two seeds in the WCL tournament based on their 1-2 finish in the 2009 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
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2010-06-13
Canada names team for WCL Division 1
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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following squad for the ICC World Cricket League Division 1 Tournament in the Netherlands :
Ashish Bagai - Captain
Rizwan Cheema - Vice Captain
Geoff Barnett
Harvir Baidwan
Umar Bhatti
Ian Bilcliff
Khurram Chohan
Parth Desai
Sunil Dhaniram
Jimmy Hansra
Calvert Hooper
Sandeep Jyoti
Nitish Kumar
Hiral Patel
Zubin Surkari
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2010-06-12
Canada to participate in Caribbean T20
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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce that the Senior Men's team will participate in the Caribbean T20 tournament to be held July 22nd to July 31st in Barbados and Trinidad. The 8 team event will be held in both countries with the West Indies regional teams Barbados, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands.
Cricket Canada Chief Executive Officer Chandra Gocool was happy with the tour as an opportunity to get more higher level cricket for the senior men's team. "...heading to a world cup, we want to get as much good cricket for our team as possible. This is a great opportunity for our players...we are thankful to our president Mr. Saini for all his hard work with the WICB to help develop this and other initiatives. We are also thankful to Dr. Hunte (President, WICB) , Mr. Hilaire (CEO, WICB) , and Mr. Howard (COO, WICB) for their ongoing support of Canadian Cricket..."
In a letter to the WICB President Ranjit Saini accepted Canada's invitation to the tournament with excitement and humility "...Cricket Canada is honoured to have been invited to join and participate in this tournament. We are pleased to have an opportunity to re-join and become part of the family where we naturally belong due to our historic ties. Cricket Canada will participate in this event as one of your own."
Ravin Moorthy, Cricket Canada's First Vice President, was excited for Cricket Canada supporters saying "...fans across Canada are anxiously anticipating this event and hundreds are expected to flock to the Caribbean to watch in action... Twenty20 Cricket has taken the world by storm and Canada playing with some of the best including last years champions from Trinidad and Tobago. The world's biggest T20 stars including Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard will taking the field against Rizwan Cheema and the rest of the Canadian stars...This is a great moment for Canadian cricket and something we should all embrace"
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2010-06-12
WCL 1 - Canada heads to The Netherlands
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Ashish Bagai will return to the helm of the national cricket team as Canada will look to continue their winning ways at the World Cricket League Division 1 Tournament in the Netherlands.
Camp opens in Toronto on June 21st before the team heads to the The Netherlands for the first match against the Netherlands.
Canada is seeded 2nd in the tournament heading in based on teams' outstanding performance at the 2009 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009
(1-Ireland, 2-Canada, 3-Netherlands, 4-Kenya, 5-Afghanistan, 6-Scotland.)
Tournament schedule
Thursday 1 July - Canada v Afghanistan (Rotterdam)
Saturday 3 July - Canada v Scotland (Amstelveen)
Monday 5 July - Netherlands v Canada (Rotteredam)
Wednesday 7 July - Ireland v Canada (Amstelveen)
Friday 9 July - Canada v Kenya (Voorburg)
Saturday 10 July - Final, third-fourth position play-off, fifth-sixth position play-off
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2010-06-09
Request for Public Input
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Cricket Canada (CC) has resolved to develop a Strategic Plan in order to provide a road map to the future development of cricket across Canada. CC has engaged Howard Petrook of Target Sports Marketing International (TSMI) to coordinate and complete this task. The process will receive input, participation and cooperation from :
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
CC Staff; CEO, Coach and Development Officer
Captains of the teams
Players Representative
Members of Provincial Cricket Association Boards
General cricket public through the CC website
Input will also be sought from the ICC and other cricket countries which have developed similar plans
The process will be as follows;
The Current State of cricket in Canada will be defined by the participants.
The Desired State of Cricket in Canada will be defined by the participants.
An Action Plan designed to achieve the "Desired State" will be developed. This plan will define; timelines for achieving goals, responsibilities for achieving these goals and the action required in order to achieve these goals.
The review and process will take place under the following headings;
1.Governance/Constitution.
2.Policies/Procedures/Guidelines and Rules.( Includes Selection Policies and procedures)
3.Administration and Control. Financial Planning, Admin and Control.
4.Professional Operations, Management and Systems.
5.Government Relations and cooperation. All levels of Government.
6.ICC relations and communication.
7.Player Development and Coaching. (Men's, Women's and Juniors).
8.Staff and Coaching development.
9.Financial Development and Funding.
10.Cricket Operations. Senior Team. Junior Teams. Women's team. High Performance Program, Coaching. Standards. Fitness, Contracts, Technical Analysis, Team Motivation/building, Team Management, Trials, National Competitions, Selection Process, Preparation for ICC CWC 2012, Qualification for future ICC events.
11.Umpiring.
12.Scoring.
13.Infrastructure requirements across the country.
14.Marketing and Brand development.
15.Generation of Sponsorship.
16.Communications, internal and external.
The general public are invited to make written submissions under the 16 heading above on the "Desired State" of Cricket in Canada. This "Desired State" is to be achieved within the next two to five years. These submissions may be under all of the 16 topics or under as many as the submitter wishes. All submissions are to be submitted to Howard Petrook at cricketcanadastrategicplan@gmail.com by no later than the 30th June 2010. All submissions must clearly identify the name, address and contact phone number and email info of the person making the submission. No pseudonyms, false email addresses, anonymous submissions will be considered or included in the process.
The entire process will result in a draft Strategic Plan to be completed by the end of August 2010. This draft will be submitted to the CC Board for approval and adoption in its final state.
We encourage you to make a submission and assist in the growth and development of the sport we all love. We look forward to hearing from you.
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2010-06-08
WICKET Flies high in New Brunswick
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June 5th 2010 saw the kick off of the 'Have-a-Go@Cricket" program for kids (5-11) in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The summer program will run from June - August with 2 hour sessions on Saturday mornings. There has been a strong interest in the program with 65 kids on the enrollment list and more on the waiting list.
The programme aims to cover basic drills in batting, bowling, fielding, catching and throwing with a focus on fun games at the end of each session. Cricket New Brunswick hope that this program makes Cricket accessible to students regardless of social class, gender or ethnic background and help us introduce Cricket to a wider audience.
Cricket Alberta will kick off another major KIDS event this week in Calgary.
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2010-06-07
ICC Americas Division 1 T20 Final
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USA has won the ICC Americas Division 1 T20 tournament. Bowling first, the USA restricted Canada to a meagre 100 runs from 19.2 overs with a controlled and disciplined bowling and fielding display. In reply USA chased down the target in the 18th over.
Canada finish the tournament winning 8 of 9 matches and bringing home the Americas Championship. Canada heads to te Netherlands next for the ICC WCL Division 1 in July
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2010-06-06
Canada defeat Cayman Islands
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Canada has defeated Cayman islands by 5 wickets to win the semi finals in the ICC America's t20 Tournament at St. Davids.
AFter losing Trevin Bastiampillai early Canada coasted home on the back of a solid partnership from Dhaniram and Jyoti to win with 5 overs to spare.
Cayman Islands had set Canada 154 to win in the T20 semi final at St. Davids this morning. The innings was two different stories as Canada dominated the first 10 overs on the strength of Khurram Chohan's five wicket haul. (5-4). From there it was all Cayman as Shaheed Moh (62*) and Conroy Wright (43*) put on 112 for the 7th wicket in 13 overs. The Cayman batsmen were well helped by sloppy and poor Canadian fielding including putting down of 3 simple catches.
Cricket Canada is covering the game live on twitter.
Brief Scores :
Sealy : Ct. Patel b. Chohan 00
Roach : Ct. Bhatti b. Chohan 01
Willis : B. Chohan 16
Bovell ct. Jyoti b. Chohan 00
Basil : lbw Chohan 18
DeAlwis : Ct. hoooper b. Bhatti 00
Moh Not Out 62
Wright Not out 43
Chohan - 5-2-4-5
Hooper : 1-0-17-0
Bhatti : 4-2-33-1
Patel : 4-1-9-0
Dhaniram : 4-0-35-0
Cheema 3-0-49-0
Some highlights from yesterday's game against the United States are available on Cricket Canada's facebook fansite.
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2010-06-05
Canada eases past USA
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Just days after a comprehensive series win in the ICC America's Division 1 championship in Bermuda, Canada were back at it in the T20 portion of the tournament. Canada's first match was against the United States of America. Winning the toss Rizwan Cheema put the USA in and backed his bowlers to do their job. The paceman did the job yet again pegging the USA back with the spinners cleaning up the tail restricting the USA to 125. Calvert Hooper led the way for the Canadians with 3 wickets.
In reply Canada were off to a slower start as both Cheema and Bastiampillai lost early wickets but Zubin Surkari (42*) played a steady hand both with Hiral Patel (40) and then Sunil Dhaniram (26) to see Canada home.
The match was covered live on Twitter.
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2010-06-05
Canada crush Argentina
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In the second match of the day Canada took on Argentina. Canada loss their first toss of the event and bowled first to the Argentinian team. Khurram Chohan took his turn starring with the ball taking 3 wickets to reduce Argentina to 65 runs..
In reply, Canada rolled to victory losing only Rizwan Cheema (25).Jimmy Hansra steered Canada home for the loss of one wicket.
Canada plays on Sunday in the first semi final against Cayman Island
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2010-06-03
Canada wins ICC America's Division 1
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Canada has wont the ICC Americas Division 1 tournament in Bermuda defeating hosts Bermuda in the finals by 4 wickets.
Despite a half century from Chris Foggo (53) and some good contributions from David Hemp (48) and Irving Romaine (32), Bermuda were pegged back to 181 with a great effort by the Canadian bowlers let by Umar Bhatti (4-48)
In reply Canada lost their skipper Rizwan Cheema (8) early but the rest of the batting, untested so far in the tournament, stepped up and took Canada to victory in 42 overs. Trevin Bastiampillai (66) who struggled early on in the tournament top scored for Canada and shared a critical stand with Zubin Surkari (35) to set up the win. Despite a late scare, Sunil Dhaniram's (31) calming veteran presence saw Canada home with time to spare.
Cricket Canada's president Ranjit Saini was glad to see the America's trophy come back to Canada..."We are delighted with the performace of our team and support staff. In the Americas, we must continue to lead the way for all the countries and the comprehensive victory in Bermuda has cemented us as the number 1 team in the region. We have a long way to establish ourselves as a premiere cricket nation but the process of putting strong foundation has begun. I want to thank the entire Cricket Canada family for contributing and supporting this effort..."
Canada rolled through the tournament with relative ease, not facing a concrete challenge until the final against Bermuda.
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2010-06-01
Canada bulldoze Bahamas
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Canada strolled to a 10 wicket win over Bahamas at the ICC Americas Division 1 tournament in Bermuda
After winning the toss and electing to bat, the Bahamas were quickly supressed as the Canadian bowlers continued their confident form taking wickets at regular intervals and restricting the opposition to 98 in 36.5 overs.
Canada's reply was overwhelming as Rizwan Cheema struck massive blows to all parts of the ground and chased the paltry total in only 8.5 overs. Cheema finished with an unbeaten 85 in 42 balls and claimed obvious man of match honors.
Canada now enter the final rest day enjoying top honours after the Bermudan loss to the Americans.
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2010-05-31
Canada cruise past Argentina
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Canada cruised to a perfect 3-0 at the ICC America's Division 1 tournament in Bermuda today with a 6 wicket victory over Argentina. Winning the toss and electing to bowl, Canada struck early again as the Argentine top order slumped to 35-4 after Calvert Hooper (2-22) and Khurram Chohan (3-32) again did the damage for Canada. Hiral Patel (2-32) and Sunil Dhaniram (1-29) both picked up wickets as the Argentina tail wagged adding 65 runs in the last 10 overs.
Canada started off defiant in response as Rizwan Cheema blasted the Argentina bowlers to all parts of the ground before edging a Gary Savage delivery to slips for 35. Closely followed by the untimely dismissals of Trevin Bastiampillai (4) and Hiral Patel (2), Canada was precariously placed at 45-3.
Zubin Surkari (52) and Sandeep Jyoti (50*) took centre stage. The two built a 91 run partnership in 12 overs to take Canada to victory. Jyoti put an exclamation mark on the victory hitting a towering 6 to finish the match.
Surkari picked up Man of the Match honours for his efforts
Canada now takes on the Bahamas tomorrow before completing the 50 over portion of the tournament in what is likely to be an unofficial final vs Bermuda on Thursday.
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2010-05-30
ICC Seeks Development Compliance Manager
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The International Cricket Council is the global governing body for the sport. Within the organisation the Development department?s role is to promote cricket throughout its 94 Associate and Affiliate member countries. The ICC membership base has more than doubled in the past decade and this has corresponded with a very significant growth in a wide range of programs and activities.
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2010-05-29
Cheema Century leads Canada to victory
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The worlds longest running international sporting rivalry renewed itself today in Bermuda as Canada took on the United States at the ICC America's Division 1 Tournament.
Canada won the toss and elected to bowl first. After a blistering new ball start from Calvert Hooper (3-41) and Khurram Chohan (1-37) which reduced USA to 65-5 the USA recovered slightly through the middle order to post a competitive 189 all out.
Rizwan Cheema and Trevin Bastiampillai started positively with Canada reaching 82-0 in 18 overs. Bastiampillai's exit for 27 runs did not slow Canada as Hiral Patel (36*) and Cheema continued to accumulate runs before stepping finally on the accelerator to take Canada past the target
Cheema (114*) put on a batting clinic starting fast and racing through the initial overs before accumulating through the middle. He put an exclamation mark capping the game with 2 6s and taking Canada over the target.
Canada moves to the top of the table with 2 wins from 2 matches.
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2010-05-28
Canada vs. Cayman Islands
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Canada rolled to a convincing victory over the Cayman Islands in the opening match of the ICC America's Division 1 Championship in Bermuda.
Winning the toss and electing to bowl, Canada struck early with an opening salvo from Khurram Chohan (3-18) that left Cayman Islands in tatters. Cayman stuggled to reach 132-9 from 41 overs.
I reply Rizwan Cheema took the intiative early on reaching his half century and pushing Canada to the reply in 20 overs.
Canada will take on USA tomorrow in Bermuda.
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2010-05-20
Passing of C.D. Yeomans
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Cricket Canada is saddened today to announce the passing of lifetime member Cyril Denis Yeomans.
Born in Valparaiso, Chile on September 26, 1917 and educated in Chile and England. Served in the British Army 1939-1946, was wounded twice. Admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in 1947. Came to Canada in 1951. Honorary Life Member of the Canadian Cricket Association and Honorary Vice President of the British Columbia Cricket Association. Honorary Director of the Canadian Rose Society, Life Member of the Vancouver Rose Society of which he was a Past President. Awarded the Silver Honor Medal of the American Rose Society. Predeceased by Joan, his beloved wife of 46 years
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2010-05-18
Cricket Canada Seeks Strategic Partners for Commercial Cricket Events
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Cricket Canada is currently exploring various commercial models that will enable the organisation to host cricket-based events on a year-round basis. In this capacity, Cricket Canada is now actively seeking Expressions of Interest from companies, organisations or parties looking to capitalize on the opportunities that exist within Cricket Canada?s various markets and audiences.
At the present time, Cricket Canada and its partners have opened communication channels with other Full and Associate Members of the ICC, and other prominent cricket clubs from Full Member nations. Our partners Sports International Marketing (SIM) and Krimson Media Pvt Ltd have been engaged in these activities on our behalf, and Cricket Canada is pro-actively assisting the process.
The opportunity and appetite for quality cricket events held in Canada has been well recognized by the ICC, our business partners, and Cricket Canada itself. It is our intent to create an events and fixture program that involves Full Member countries and leading Associate Member teams based upon availability in an increasingly busy international playing and touring schedule.
In creating cricket events that are uniquely Canadian, Cricket Canada will harness the support, passion and interest of Canada?s diverse communities and local sponsors. While Cricket Canada continues to secure international fixtures with Full and Associate Members, it will direct much of its energy towards creating financially viable, marketable, quality events that can be held on an annual basis.
Cricket Canada is also exploring live broadcast opportunities for cricket games in Canada with major TV networks. Cricket Canada is currently in discussion with one major broadcast network for a 2010 event.
Cricket Canada is inviting potential strategic partners and other parties with access to capital, expertise and other relevant resources to respond with a Letter of Interest (LOI) expressly for the hosting of such events in Canada, the development of event venues and a commercial league.
Canada currently has more than 500 domestic cricket clubs, over 20,000 league players, and a population of 13 million people originating from major cricket-playing countries. India is currently the number one source country of immigration in Canada.
Please write in full confidence to:
Project Manager (Commercial Events)
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Email:cricketcanada.commercial@gmail.com
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2010-05-17
Patel to Replace Kumar
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Canadian batsmen Nitish Kumar has opted out of the ICC America's Division 1 Championship next week in Bermuda due to personal comitments. Kumar will be replaced by hardhitting allrounder Hiral Patel.
Canada's first match is against the Cayman Islands on May 28th.
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2010-05-16
T20 Cricket World Cup
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If there was any ever doubt about the excitment generated by T20 cricket in Canada, those doubts were put to rest over the last 3 weeks of excitement in the Carribean. Despite Canada not partaking in the third T20 Cricket World Cup, thousands of Canadians were glued to their televsions and several more made the trip down to the West Indies to take in the excitement. The tournament had several exciting moments including Australia's last over heroics against Pakistan that vaulted the Aussies into contention for their first ever T20 title.
When the dust settled it was England who captured their first ever ICC title in 35 years of trying defeating Australia by 7 wickets to seal the title. T20 Cricket continues to grown in popularity and the excitement and entertainment value rivals that of any sport on the North American scene.
With the apetite's sufficiently whetted, cricketers take to the field all over the country and the season are now underway in every major Canadian league.
Canada will return to T20 Cricket in the ICC America's T20 competition next month in Bermuda.
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2010-05-14
C. Roy Taylor
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Cricket Canada is saddened today to announce the passing of C. Roy Taylor. Roy served cricket in Canada well as a player and adminstrator in both Quebec and Ontario. He served as the provincial director for Quebec as well as the manager for the Senior Men's team to the 1986 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in England. He also served as Executive Director of the Ontario Cricket Association before moving on to a job with the sports and recreation ministry as a consultant.
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2010-05-12
Cricket Canada Umpiring Exams (Toronto)
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Cricket Canada will be having umpiring exams at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at Police Station, 31 Division 40 Norfinch Dr., Toronto, ON, M3N 1X1
Requirements: Register by e-mail or telephone (see below) before the date above stating the Level that you wish to sit.
Pay fee (exact change, please) on the date:
Provisional Certificate (Level 1) $10
Intermediate Certificate (Level 2) $12
Qualified Umpire (Level 3) $12
Candidates for the Intermediate and Qualified umpire certificates must bring their own calculators for Last Hour calculations and also D/L sheets and resource tables
No candidate can have taken a Cricket Canada umpiring examination earlier in this calendar year.
Scope of exams:
Provisional examination (Level 1). Candidates are expected to demonstrate a reasonably good knowledge of the MCC Laws and the basic ICC Standard Playing Conditions for limited overs matches. Candidates are advised to study, ?Tom Smith?s New Cricket Umpiring and Scoring,? ISBN 0-297-84724-4 and the ICC rules (available on the internet.) The one hour examination has multiple choice questions and questions requiring a short answer. This qualification is valid for five cricket seasons.
Intermediate Certificate (Level 2).
Candidates are expected to demonstrate a very good knowledge of the MCC Laws (Part A) and the ICC Standard Playing Conditions for limited overs matches including the Duckworth/Lewis method (Part B). It is difficult to pass Level 2 without studying "Tom Smith" and the ICC rules. Candidates are expected to pass both Part A and Part B. The examination lasts for two-and-a-half hours.
Qualified Umpire (Level 3).
Candidates are expected to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of the MCC Laws (Part A) and the ICC Standard Playing Conditions for limited overs matches including the Duckworth/Lewis method (Part B).The examination lasts for three hours and some answers to the questions require detailed explanations. Candidates are expected to pass both Part A and Part B. Cricket Canada Qualified Umpires are capable of standing in any cricket match.
Kantilal Patel
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2010-05-08
Bagai To Rehab Knee
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Canada's skipper Ashish Bagai, who has been heroically been playing on his injured knee will spend the next few weeks rehabilitating his injury ahead with an eye on returning to action in World Cricket League Division 1 in the Netherlands.
The 28 year old Bagai, has been Canada's leading batsmen this year and is the team leader in ODI appearances and runs.
Cricket Canada's High Performance Manager Ravin Moorthy was positive about Bagai's speedy return to action
"...Ashish has been playing through with an injured knee and unfortunately it has not improved much in the last 3 months. He is now getting treated and going through a intensive rehabilitation program with the medical staff. The Doctors including the medical team at SPC have recommended a scope surgery and/or a Botox injection to help along with the rehab process. It is beneficial for both Ashish and the team that he gets his knee right before playing again. The team doctors are woking extremely hard with him to get it right. We hope to have him back soon..."
Rizwan Cheema will lead the team in Bagai's absence for the ICC America's Division 1 Championship in Bermuda.
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2010-05-07
Team for ICC America's Division One Championship
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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following squad for the upcoming ICC America's Division One Championship in Bermuda May 28th to June 6th, 2010:
Rizwan Cheema - Captain
Khurram Chohan - Vice Captain
Harvir Baidwan
Trevin Bastiampillai
Umar Bhatti
Rustam Bhatti
Parth Desai
Sunil Dhaniram
Jimmy Hansra
Calvert Hooper
Sandeep Jyoti
Nitish Kumar
Usman Limbada
Zubin Surkari
National team head coach Pubudu Dassanayake was pleased with the squad and will be looking for the team to return the America?s championship trophy to Canada stating "...we have just come out of a tough tour of the West Indies and are looking to build up into the WCL Division 1 and continue on into the World Cup. Our expectation for this team is high and we are looking to reassert ourselves in the region..."
Dassanayake will hand the team over to former Canadian captain and current Cricket Operations Officer Ingleton Liburd for this tour. Dassanayake will be participating in the upcoming Cricket Australia Conference June 1-3 in Australia. This annual conference involves the majority of Australia's full-time state and national coaching, sports science and sports medicine staff.
Second Vice President Vimal Hardat backed Liburd to do well with the team, ""...Ingleton Liburd is one of our all time great players and we feel very comfortable handing over the reigns to him for this tour...the expectation will be high but we are confident he can deliver..."
There are a few changes in the team itself, most notably is the absence of Ashish Bagai. Bagai is rehabilitating his injured knee ahead of what is to be a grueling push to the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Bagai's absence puts Vice-captain Rizwan Cheema in charge of the team. Cheema deputized earlier this year for Bagai during the tour of Sri Lanka. "...with Ashish unavailable for this tour we are looking to (Rizwan) Cheema and Chohan to lead this team to a good performance...we have confidence in our young players to perform in this competition but are looking to see some good contributions from the senior players as well..." said Chris James, chairman of senior selectors, upon release of the squad.
Training camp has started in Toronto and the team will leave on May 27th for Bermuda.
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2010-04-30
Ranjit Saini Statement on 2012 u19 CWC
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Over the past several days statements have been made by third parties commenting on Cricket Canada?s decision with respect to the 2012 u19 Cricket World Cup. Unfortunately, some of these statements are incorrect and on behalf of the organization I wish to correct these statements.
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2010-04-28
Zimbabwe Confirms Tour Dates
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Cricket Canada and Zimbabwe Cricket Union have confirm the tour dates for Zimbabwe XI to visit Canada this summer. The matches will take place August 2nd to the 8th, 2010 starting with the Intercontinental Cup fixture from August 2nd to 5th and 2 50 over matches on August 7th and 8th.
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2010-04-27
Busy Months for KIDS program
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March and April were extremely busy months for the Cricket Canada KIDS program. Hundreds more school children across Canada were introduced to cricket. In Quebec, seminars have been carried out for coaches representing 46 schools in the Montreal area. This achievement marks a milestone for both the Quebec Cricket Federation and Cricket Canada in efforts to grow grassroots cricket in Quebec.
Charles Pais, president of the Quebec Cricket Federation has been excited about the progress ??we are extremely pleased in Quebec to be making inroads into the local schools program, this is a great tribute to the hard work of all the volunteers involved as well as support from Cricket Canada??
"Elsewhere across the country, New Brunswick Cricket has announced a
partnership with Partners of Youth community outreach program to introduce
cricket to school aged children that may not be able to join organized
groups or have varied risk factors in their lives.". Later this month a second session will be conducted with teachers in the area. After a overwhelming response from the initial session, several more sessions are scheduled throughout the year.
Aditya Aggrawal of New Brunswick Cricket commented on the importance of building a strong grassroots structure in the region ??the demand for cricket is on the rise in Canada and New Brunswick is no different?we are really happy with the way the program has taken off in the province??
The successes in both provinces built upon a busy February where several schools in the Durham regional school board became part of the Cricket Canada KIDS family.
Wicket will also be busy in action next month in Alberta where 30 new schools will join the KIDS program at sessions in May.
The Cricket Canada schools program is part of the KIDS initiative to introduce the game at a grassroots level through schools and communities across the country.
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2010-04-27
Khemraj Retires
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President of New Brunswick Cricket Richie Khemraj has retired his position of president of the New Brunswick Cricket Association as well as provincial delegate to Cricket Canada. Mr. Khemraj has been a fixture in the local cricket scene as well as Cricket Canada for over 30 years. In a statement from Cricket Canada General Secretary Calvin Clarke, Mr. Khemraj was thanked for his service. Clarke noted Khemraj was "?an administrator of exceptional quality and stature, one that is not easy to replace?"
Cricket Canada wishes Mr. Khemraj all the best in his future endevours.
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2010-04-26
Cricket Canada Annual Report
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A copy of the Cricket Canada annual report is now available for download on the Cricket Canada website. The report covers the year that was from April 2009 to April 2010. Hardcopies are available from the Cricket Canada webstore.
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2010-04-16
Canada declines u19CWC for 2012
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Cricket Canada has regrettably informed the ICC, world cricket's governing body, of its decision to decline the opportunity to host the ICC 2012 U-19 World Cup.
Despite considerable efforts from the organization, which included presentations to all levels of the Canadian Government as well as corporate and private investors, Cricket Canada has been unable to secure the financial support necessary to complete infrastructural upgrades, as outlined in a report from the Dubai-based International Cricket Council.
Ranjit Saini, newly elected President of the organization, expressed great disappointment at an opportunity lost.
For Canada to be given the opportunity to host the Under-19 Cricket World Cup is a statement from the world community that North America, is the next big thing for one of the world's biggest sports.
To have lost that opportunity because we are unable to secure enough interest from any source is an enormous blow to the sport and a great shame for the many talented young players in Canada. We have thousands of kids in development programs who would dream of playing for their country at home in a truly global tournament.
The ICC report, delivered in September 2009, outlined improvements needed to host an international sporting event.
Contrary to recent speculation, Canada's existing turf pitches could have been returned to playing standard within the ICC schedule, but it was the cost of the additional infrastructure required for the event that proved beyond the organisation's reach in the absence of external financial support.
Unfortunately, we just had too much to do in too little time, says Saini. From the time I became Interim President in 2009, Cricket Canada has been focused on doing everything we could to make this event happen, including setting up a committee that included professionals with the experience to ensure success. We have passion, commitment and talent in Canada, the only thing missing was investment.
Considering the future of cricket in Canada, Saini is more optimistic: We have a huge talent base in Canada, and India's IPL has shown that cricket is exciting, fast-paced and will attract TV audiences. I am certain cricket is coming to Canada in a big way.
Cricket Canada has requested the ICC award the U-19 CWC 2014 to Canada thereby allowing the CC sufficient time to secure the required funding.
In his reply to Cricket Canada Lorgat praised the organization stating "We are grateful to Cricket Canada for making what we recognise will have been a very difficult decision but their realistic and responsible approach allows ICC the time to find a suitable alternative venue,"
The ICC meets this weekend in Dubai.
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2010-04-13
Canada vs. West Indies
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Canada took on West Indies in the final tour match of the visit to Jamaica.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. Andre Fletcher (48) and Shiv Chanderpaul (101) built a steady opening partnership of 88 before Fletcher fell to Parth Desai (1-60) who took a wicket with his first ball in ODI cricket. Canada was unable to capitalize on the breakthrough as Chanderpaul was joined Darren Bravo (74) to carry the score past 200. Some late hitting by Ramnaresh Sarwan (47*) saw West Indies past the 300 mark and left Canada with much to do to stay in the match.
Canada was unable to mount any resistance as again the bats failed to produce any tangible contributions. A late rally from Umar Bhatti carried Canada to some respectability but the gulf between the two countries was widely apparent on this day.
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2010-04-11
Bats Ring Hollow on Carribean Adventure
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Canada's bastmen continue to find Jamaica an inhospitable place to play as for the second straight match, runs were hard to come by.
Fielding first, Jamaica set a fair total of 175 with youngster Parth Desai continuing to flourish as the find of this tour. Desai who bowled economically in Canada's first two games of the tour picked up his first international wickets at the senior level finishing with a career best 3-21.
In reply Canada again lost early wickets as Bastiampillai fell without troubling the scorers. He was soon followed by Patel and then Cheema (24) who's quick fire knock gave Canada some early hope. The hardwork was again left to the skipper who once again shined scoring his second half century of the tour. Bagai's 51* was supported by Usman Limbada (19) but could not find any help elsewhere as the batting crumbled for 112-8 in 20 overs.
Canada has one last chance at a win on this tour but it will not be easy, they move to storied Sabina Park where they take on West Indies on Tuesday.
Cricket Canada was again pleased to provide updates for today's match on Twitter.
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2010-04-10
Caribbean Carnival in Full Swing
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The Jamaica Cricket Festival kicked into high gear as all four teams were in action from Trewlany Stadium. In the first match of the day, Ireland beat Jamaica while Canada fell to the West Indies XI in T20 action.
Cricket Canada covered the game live on Twitter.
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2010-04-08
Canada vs. Jamaica
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Canada has lost to Jamaica by 4 wickets in a low scoring tight match at Kaiser Bauxite ground in Jamaica.
Batting first, Canada reached 148 as Ashish Bagai (53) struck a half century for Canada. Only Usman Limbada (24) and Sunil Dhaniram (15) joined Bagai in double figures.
Canada's bowlers kept the match very tight and used the pitch to their advantage. Brenton Parchement (71*) did the damage for Jamaica but not before Canada's pacemen made the hosts struggle.
Henry Osinde (3-59), Khurram Chohan (1-13), Hairvir Baidwan (1-24) and Rizwan Cheema (1-26) picked up the Canadian wickets.
Canada takes on West Indies XI at Trewlany on Saturday afternoon.
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2010-04-07
Walsh Joins Canada's Coaching Ranks
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One of the all time greatest fast bowlers Courtney Walsh has been retained by Cricket Canada for the team's tour of Jamaica.
Walsh, who took an impressive 519 wickets in his test career for West Indies has been brought in for the tour to do some work with Canada's fast bowlers ahead of a busy summer and in the lead up to the Cricket World Cup
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2010-04-07
Nova Scotia Pre Season Underway
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This Saturday officially marks the beginning of the 2010 spring pre-season. The Nova Scotia Cricket Association is conducting indoor net sessions to allow all players the chance to get in some practice with bat, ball and full equipment in the lead up to the start of the summer outdoor season which begins at the end of May on the Halifax Commons.
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2010-04-04
Captain's Log - Interview with Ashish Bagai
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CANADA CAPTAIN ASHISH BAGAI'S PRE-SEASON INTERVIEW
As the national squad prepares for the West Indies tour, Canadian captain Ashish Bagai reflects on the team's recent trip to Dubai, the highs and lows, star players of the future, and the teams recipe for success ahead of the 2011 World Cup. ON DRIVE sat down with Canada's skipper in the innagural edition of Captain's Log.
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2010-03-31
Canada Prepares for Island Experience
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Next week Canada will leave for a short tour of Jamaica that will include a ODI against the West Indies. Canada has not played the West Indies since 2008 in a tournament where Rizwan Cheema stole the show striking half centuries in both matches. Also on this tour, Canada will take on West Indies XI and Jamaica in T20 matches and Jamaica in 50 over matches.
The core of the team, remains in tact and is mainly comprised of players that took part in the January -February tour of Sri Lanka and UAE but the selectors have opted to include young left arm spinner Parth Desai and batsmen Zubin Surkari. Desai showed good promise in the recently concluded U-19 World Cup held in New Zealand. Desai's potential inclusion in the playing XI , will be along other youth players recently injected into the team, like Hiral Patel, Nitish Kumar, and Usman Limbada who have already made solid contributions to the senior side and bring youthful exuberance and much needed speed in the field.
Jawad Dawood and Trevin Bastiampillai were two of the bright spots with the bat on the previous tour and they will be expected to build of that this time around. Captain Ashish Bagai was happy to have the team together and looking to bring the new players into the team..."we've seen what they can do and now its up to us to pull together as a group and give all the players the opportunity and support to succeed..."
Zubin Surkari who has been once again called up after an 8 month absence, will join the team to try and stabilize the batting and help with a solid effort in the field. Bagai was happy to have Surkari back in the squad "...he's been in and out and we're looking for him to really solidify his place with some good performances...he's immensely talented and we know what he can do..." Bagai for his part will be looking to continue his rich vein of form. Canada's most capped player has averaged over 50 in limited overs cricket since rejoiing the team full time and will again be counted on to produce with the bat and the gloves.
Coach Pubudu Dassanayake was upbeat about the team's chances on the upcoming tour..."we are going through solid preparation both physically and mentally, and we will have the help of a few specialists in the coming days and in Jamaica...we will be prepared. We are going through an intense pre trip camp in Toronto with the entire team in place...it has been a long time since we have had the entire group together for a prolonged training period..."
The team leaves on April 6th for Montego Bay.
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2010-03-28
Canada Tour to Jamaica
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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following squad for the upcoming tour of Jamaica. The tour starts on April 8th, 2010 with a match against Jamaica and concludes on the 13th with a ODI against the West Indies.
Parth Desai makes his first entry into a Canadian senior squad, with Zubin Surkari also drawing in. Henry Osinde after serving out his suspension due to disciplinary reasons rejoins the squad.
Ashish Bagai - Captain
Rizwan Cheema - Vice Captain
Harvir Baidwan
Trevin Bastiampillai
Umar Bhatti
Khurram Chohan
Jawad Dawood
Parth Desai
Sunil Dhaniram
Nitish Kumar
Usman Limbada
Henry Osinde
Hiral Patel
Zubin Surkari
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2010-03-27
Cricket Canada KIDS visits Durham School Board
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Cricket Canada's KIDS program continues to grow throughout the country as more and more schools join the program.
61 teachers representing 41 Durham District schools attended the Teaching Cricket - Professional Development Session on February 12th.
DDSB teachers Nauman Vania and Don Laita, along with Cricket Canada's Senior Coordinator Philip Navaratne led the sessions, held in Ajax and Oshawa. The workshop was structured to help teachers implement cricket into their Physical Education or Extra-curricular programs. Teachers learned the basic skills for playing cricket - bowling, batting, fielding and running between the wickets, as well as fun activities to build on these skills.
Both outdoor and indoor variations of the game were discussed. Teachers who attended received a Cricket Canada hat and a set of equipment for their school
KIDS has made inroads into Quebec where 20 schools participated last week in a coaching programs. Alberta and New Brunswick have also added schools in recent weeks.
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2010-03-26
Message From President Ranjit Saini
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In the past several days allegations have been leveled against me regarding my involvement with Maple Leaf Cricket Club. While I refute these allegations and intend to fight them to the fullest extent, the focus of the entire organisation remains the moving forward of Cricket Canada. The organization continues to strive for excellence both on and off the field and we look forward to a successful 2010 and beyond.
Ranjit Saini - President
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2010-03-26
Norman Jackson Funeral
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Funeral arrangements for long time cricket volunteer Norman Jackson have been made. On behalf of his family, please note the following :
Viewing on Tuesday March 30th, 2010 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm & 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at:
Turner & Porter Funeral Home
1981 Dundas Street West (Erin Mills & Dundas)
Mississauga, Ontario
Funeral services on Wednesday March 31st, 2010 at 11:00 am at:
Mississauga Seventh Day Adventist Church
2250 Credit Valley Road (Credit Valley Rd. & Erin Mills)
Mississauga, Ontario
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2010-03-25
Frederick Heather
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Frederick Heather (1890-1976) dedicated his life to the game of cricket. He competed as a player winning Toronto Championships in 1922 and 1927. Heather also played for J. R. Robertson trophy for the Canadian Championship in 1928. While he was a great competitor, he is best remembered for his 38 years as an umpire.
Heather umpired in over 1000 consecutive appointments without missing a match, including the 1932 Australian Good Will Tour and the 1951 matches between the M.C.C. and Canada. He was also instrumental as an administrator and helped start the Toronto Junior Cricket League.
In recognition of his lifetime contributions, Heather is being awarded the Jack Kyle Award from Cricket Canada, the Syl Apps Special Achievement Award from the Ontario Sport Awards and will be inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame (in Hartford) as the first recipient of the Golden Age Award for pioneers of cricket.
Heather is also up for nomination in the Builder Category for the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Despite cricket?s long history in Canada, Heather would become the first cricketer to be recognized by the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Cricket fans are encouraged to support Frederick Heather?s nomination.
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2010-03-24
On Drive | Episode 2 : Cricket Canada AGM
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On Drive chats with Cricket Canada AGM delegates Cliff Cox (3rd VP), Amit Joshi (Nova Scotia), Garvin Budhoo (Manitoba), Zubin Surkari (Players Representative), Ingleton Liburd (Cricket Operations Officer), and Ranjit Saini (President) about the weekend?s events from Calgary.
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2010-03-23
Norman Jackson
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Long time cricket volunteer Mr. Norman Jackson lost his battle to cancer and has passed away.
Norman was a board member with TDCA and MLCC as well as a past board member of OCA.
Recently in his position as the President of Malton Cricket & Sports Club, he revived the turf pitches at his club and helped Cricket Canada in the hosting of the ICC u19 CWCQ.
Norman will be missed and his contribution to cricket not forgotten.
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2010-03-22
York University wins American College Championships
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York University (Toronto) swept through the final day just as they had in group play throughout the tournament, dominating the competition to finish as undefeated tournament champions, beating University of South Florida in the first semifinal of the day before crushing York College (NY) in the final to become the winner of the 2010 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship. YU left-handed opener Jai Patel was named the finals MVP after a superb day, beginning with 53 against USF before scoring 48 against York College.
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2010-03-21
Saini Elected President
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Ranjit Saini has been elected president of Cricket Canada. In today's election held at the Annual General Meeting. Other executives elected at the meeting are Vimal Hardat (Second Vice President) and Calvin Clarke who was re-elected secretary. Ravin Moorthy was elected First Vice President to fill the seat vacated by Saini.
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2010-03-20
AGM Underway
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After a successful SAGM where there directors tackled items such as the constitution and the selection criteria, the AGM got underway in full swing this morning at the Acclaim Hotel and Calgary.
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2010-03-19
SAGM Underway
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The Special Annual General Meeting of Cricket Canada is now underway with the directors reviewing and approving changes to the the constitution.
The meeting is now underway at the Acclaim Hotel in Calgary, Alberta.
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2010-03-16
On Drive | Episode 1: National Team Chat
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Cricket Canada is pleased to launch the ON DRIVE podcast. As an introductory element of CC Radio, ON DRIVE will provide a behind the scenes look at Cricket Canada events, programs, and national teams.
Episode 1: The ICC HP Batting & Bowling Camp, the upcoming tour to Jamaica, and the launch of CC's new poster campaign.
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2010-03-15
ICC Seeks Development Events Manager
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The International Cricket Council is the global governing body for the sport. The ICC Development Department's role is to promote cricket throughout its 94 Associate and Affiliate Member countries. We are currently looking for a Development Events Manager who will be primarily responsible for leading, overseeing and implementing the dynamic and rapidly expanding events structure/content of the Pepsi ICC Development Programme. This position will be based at our headquarters in Dubai.
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2010-03-03
Annual General Meeting
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The Annual General Meeting of Cricket Canada (AGM) will be held on March 20th and 21st, 2010 at the Acclaim Hotel in Calgary, Alberta.
Prior to the AGM on March 19th, 2010, a special annual general meeting (SAGM) will be convened to deal with the revised constitution and the selection policy.
Cricket Alberta has kindly offered to host these two events and Cricket Canada is appreciative of their cooperation and support.
Other key agenda items for discussion and approval the AGM is the sponsorship strategy, the Under 19 Cricket World Cup hosting and the development of a quadrennial strategic plan.
The cricket community is encouraged to provide their best ideas and advice through their respective provincial directors on the revised constitution, selection policy, sponsorship strategy and strategic planning. Draft versions of these documents will be sent to each provincial director.
The complete agenda for the SAGM/AGM will be posted on our website in the coming days.
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2010-02-24
Tendulkar strikes ODI double hundred
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It took nearly 40 years of waiting and it was well worth it. Sachin Tendulkar chose arguably the best bowling attack doing the rounds, to eclipse the record for the highest score ever, before bringing up the first ever double-hundred in ODI history.
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2010-02-23
Afghanistan push to victory
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There is no challenge too daunting for Afghanistan at the moment. Riding the momentum that led their charge to qualification for the World Twenty20, Mohammmad Shahzad's unbeaten 215 helped them pull off a sensational chase of 494 to beat Canada by six wickets in the Intercontinental Cup at Sharjah.
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2010-02-22
Canada takes first innings points
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Canada closed out the Afghan first innings just after lunch then quickly put on 191 runs to set Afghanistan 494 to win with 96 overs or more to play. Trevin Bastiampillai continued his rich vein of form with a quick 78 at the top order to lead the Canadians
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2010-02-21
Canada Holds Edge Heading into Day 3
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Canada holds the edge after two days in the intercontinental cup match against Afghanistan. Early in the day Sunil Dhaniram cruised to his century picking up the pace before a record breaking partnership between Khurram Chohan and Hiral Patel pushed Canada to 566.
After the break Afghanistan started well but have lost 3 wickets and are 110-3 still 257 runs away from the follow on target. Umar Bhatti, Rizwan Cheema and Ramesh David have each taken one wicket for Canada.
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2010-02-20
Honours to Canada on First Day
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A 155 run third wicket stand between Nitish Kumar and Ashish Bagai set Canada up for a good total at the end of the first day in the Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.
Batting first, the Canadians got good starts from Sandeep Jyoti (32) and Trevin Bastiampillai (55) before Bagai (93) and Kumar (74) wrestled away the game from the Afghanistan team. Ramesh David (27) and Sunil Dhaniram added some late runs before Afghanistan took two late wickets to close the day.
Canada will look to add to the total in the morning as Dhaniram is unbeaten on 38.
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2010-02-20
Call for Tenders - Abbotsford Recreation Ground
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Cricket Canada in association with Cricket British Columbia is issuing a call for tender for the installation of turf wicket facilities at the Abbotsford Recreation Ground (ARG) in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
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2010-02-20
Dhaniram Century Pushes Canada Forward
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Any hopes of Afghanistan picking up Canada's final wickets in the first session on Sunday were quickly dashed as Sunil Dhaniram cruised to a century and added more before finally falling for 130.
Canada have reached 566-10 with Khurram Chohan (24*) and Hiral Patel (34) adding 71 runs for the 9th wicket.
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2010-02-19
Canada bat First in ICUP Clash
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Canada has won the toss and elected to bat in their Intercontinental Cup Clash against Afghanistan at Sharjah.
Canada enjoyed a healthy opening stand from Sandeep Jyoti (32) and Trevin Bastiampillai (55) to build a score of 135-2 from 40 overs.
The match marks the 19th time Sunil Dhaniram will play in an Intercontinental Cup Fixture, which ties him for 1st all time with Ireland's Andre Botha.
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2010-02-18
Bagai and Chohan Inspire as Dawood Blasts Canada Home
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The 200th ODI at Sharjah Cricket Association stadium was a special day for cricket worldwide and on Thursday Canada put on a show to ensure the day will not soon be forgotten. The game, a day-night match scheduled as a celebration of this historic venue came on the heels of a thriller played on Tuesday between the two sides that Afghanistan won by 1 run.
Khurram Chohan (4-38) led the pace bowling attack and they accounted for 9 of 10 Afghan wickets (Bhatti 2, Cheema 2, Baidwan 1) and showing the form that had carried Canada in 2009. Reducing the mighty Afghans to 38-5, they eventually tidied them up for 177.
Canada stumbled out of the gate losing Cheema (8) and Bastiampillai (18) but a 83 run stand between Jyoti (38) and Bagai (52) who continued his great run of form carried Canada close to the target.
Afghanistan however fought back and Canada lost 4 wickets for 27 runs putting the match in some doubt before Jawad Dawood (26*), batting in his first ODI wrestled away the match from Afghanistan blasting 2 quick sixes in the first over he faced before settling down and with Usman Limbada (14*) steering Canada home.
The match saw Nitish Kumar make his ODI debut for Canada, making him the youngest ever Canadian and second youngest player of all time to play in an ODI. Kumar bested the Candian record that was previously held by Ruvindu Gunasekara who deputed at 18 against Bermuda in 2008.
The two sides clash again on Saturday in a four day match.
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2010-02-16
Afghans sneak by in Thriller
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Afghanistan continued their winning ways on Tuesday squeezing by Canada in a hard fought contest in the 199th ODI at Sharjah Cricket Association.
Batting first, Afghanistan sped out on the strength of a 205 run second wicket stand from Noor Ali (114) and Mohammed Shazhad (118) but some tidy bowling from Khurram Chohan (4-28) never let them get away as the innings closed on 289/6.
In reply, Canada's opening pair of Trevin Bastiampillai (33) and Rizwan Cheema (61) provided fireworks early on but quick dismissals left Ashish Bagai (91) and Sunil Dhaniram (56) to consolidate through the middle overs.
Bagai attempted to make a chase of it but eventually fell 2 runs short in the final over as the innings closed on 288-8 from 50 overs.
The two sides lock horns again on Thursday.
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2010-02-15
Canada vs. Afghanistan
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Newly minted T20 Associate champions Afghanistan will take on Canada in 2 ODI's on February 16h and 18th at the Sharjah Cricket Association stadium.
Between 1984 and 2003 the venue hosted 198 One Day Internationals and this week Canada will play the 199 and 200th ODI's at this storied ground.
To commemorate this event the UAE Cricket board has scheduled ceremonies at the 200th match and the start time has been moved to accommodate an afternoon start with the game being played under lights.
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2010-02-14
Cricket Canada Update
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Last Thursday our senior men's team lost to UAE to conclude the recent T20 Cricket World Cup qualification tournament without a win. Though we were not alone in not moving on in the tournament, Cricket Canada takes this failure to move on very seriously.
2009 was a banner year for Cricket Canada, there were many firsts and after a few sub-par years, performances had turned around with the men's team while success continued in all our other programs. This included a return to the 50 over world cups for the men and the u19 team.
Obviously we felt that this would continue into 2010 with both our senior men's team's and u19 teams engaged in high profile tournaments.
Like our fans and supporters both the adminstration and players expected more out of the first two months of the year and are deeply frustrated at the results. We are in a transition phase as we try to refresh our team with future stars while at the same time retain our commitment to putting a winning product on the field. This is not an easy task and we are paying the price for decades of stagnation in development programs in this country.
With this in mind, we are instituting a full review of all of our cricket programs. The review will commence later this month and will be spearheaded by person's independant of Cricket Canada. We have asked that all of our personnel cooperate with us during this time and are confident we will emerge stronger and better prepared for the challenges that await us.
We thank you for your continued support
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2010-02-14
York University to Participate in American College Championship
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Canada's York University will join in to the American College Cricket Championship to be held in March in Florida. York will be the first Canadian team to participate in the event and will hopefully pave the way for more Canadian participation in this event.
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2010-02-12
2010 Winter Olympics
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On Friday, the eyes of the world will again be on Canada as our country hosts the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. The start of this events marks the latest in the history of major sporting events, including cricket, that have been hosted by our country.
Cricket Canada wishes the best for all of Canada's athlete's and the organizers of the games for a very successful games. Athletes are a source of great pride for the nation and we know ours will do us all very proud.
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2010-02-11
Canada vs. UAE
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UAE continued their great run of form with a convincing win over Canada in Abu Dhabi this morning. Batting first UAE put up a score of 142 with Canada managing 100 in reply
UAE (3-0) are prepped for the second round and will go through with either the Netherlands who beat Kenya later in the day.
Canada completed the tournament a dissapointing 0-3 and failed to qualify for their third successive world cup. Joining Canada are the Scottish who also failed to impress at (0-3) and the Kenyan's (1-2).
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2010-02-10
All Round Kenya Dash Canada's Hopes
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Canada's bid to make it to three world cups on the trot came to a crashing end on Wednesday with a comprehensive defeat by Kenya.
Canada had set Kenya 139 to win in the 6th match of group B play. Losing the toss and being put in, Rizwan Cheema set the pace with a blistering 32 from 22 balls. Geoff Barnett (30) and Ashish Bagai (36) kept the scoreboard ticking through the middle overs but Canada were unable to produce a late flourish losing 4 wickets in the final 8 balls.
In reply Kenya shot out of the gates with Alex Obanda and Steve Tikolo getting the best of the Canadian bowlers. Obanda lost his wicket eventually after hitting 79 from 48 balls but Tikolo took his side over the target comforably finishing not on out on 50 from 36 balls.
The loss combined with UAE's defeat of the Netherlands means that Canada will not go through to the super 4 round of this tournament and will miss the 2010 T20 World Cup. Canada had previously qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the recently completed 2010 u19 Cricket World Cup through the ICC qualification processes.
Canada will finish the tournament against UAE tomorrow before preparing for the ODI and ICUP matches later this month against Afghanistan.
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2010-02-09
Canada vs. The Netherlands
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Canada and Netherlands fought a close battle in the opener of the T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers on Tuesday with Netherlands getting by the Canadians in the final over.
Canada had won the toss and batted first. An injury to Rizwan Cheema and the early loss of Davison held got the Canadian's off to a slow start but middle order contributions from Barnett (37) and Bilcliff (36) rebuilt the Canadian innings. Cheema did not return to bat after being struck in the face.
Canada posted a total of 142 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
In reply the Netherlands started quickly with Alex Kervezee (39) and Eric Szwarczynski (25) putting on 57 in the first 6 overs. Bas Zurident joined Kervezee at the crease and kept going as Holland reached 100 in the 13th over. Ryan ten Doeschate sheppared the Holland innings home falling in the 19th over but leaft little for Zuiderent to do to finish the match.
Canada now have no room for error with matches against Kenya (0-1) and UAE (1-0) still to come. The winner of tomorrow's UAE vs. Netherlands match will go through to the super four stages while the loser of Canada vs. Kenya will be eliminated from the tournament.
In Group 'A' play today, the United States staged a massive upset of Scotland while Afghanistan defeated Ireland. In the other Group 'B' match, UAE defeated Kenya earlier in the day.
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2010-02-09
No Margn for Error - Canada vs. Kenya
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Cliche and hyperbole are often overused in sports but this time there is no room for error as old rivals Kenya and Canada square off in the 6th Match of group B competition on Wednesday. Canada.
Canada after losing Rizwan Cheema to injury in the first over fought back well and were well poised half way through their innings against the Netherlands but let the advantage slip away and lost the match with 5 balls to spare.
Kenya were equally dissapointed to lose their opener in shocking fashion to hosts UAE and will be looking to bounce back against Canada.
The winner of this match will have a chance to win their final group match and move on to the second round while the loser of this match will have to wait for the next qualification cycle to make an appearance at the 20-20 Cricket World Cup
Canada Projected XI:
A Bagai, HS Baidwan, GEF Barnett, U Bhatti, IS Billcliff, JM Davison, S Dhaniram, U Limbada, Khurram Chohan, H Patel, Rizwan Cheema,
Kenya Squad :
JK Kamande, S Obado, A Obanda, CO Obuya, DO Obuya, N Odhiambo, NO Odhiambo, LN Onyango, E Otieno, MA Ouma, RR Patel, AO Suji, SO Tikolo, HA Varaiya
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2010-02-08
All to play for as T20 Qualifiers get underway
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Canada will be one of eight teams looking to secure a berth in the 2010 T20 Cricket World Cup when the tournament gets underway Tuesday in Dubai.
After a mixed bag of results in the tournament lead up in Sri Lanka, Canada will be bolstered by the arrival of John Davison, Geoff Barnett and Ian Bilcliff into the fold. As well, Hiral Patel and Usman Limbaba have joined the team, forming a formidable unit.
Abdool Samad (shoulder) and Henry Osinde (disciplinary) have returned to Canada and will not participate in the tournament. Hiral Patel and Manny Aulakh will replace Samad and Osinde respectively in the tournament. Arsalan Qadir has also travelled out to Dubai to fill in in case of injury
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2010-02-03
Canada vs. Afghanistan
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Canada takes on Afghanistan in the final match of the Four Nations T20 Tournament in Sri Lanka. Canada won the toss and elected to bat put up a score of 140-6 in 20 overs. Ashish Bagai top-scored with 53 runs at a strike rate of 126.
In reply Afghanistan were on the ropes with 20 runs to get from the final 2 overs however a late flourish by Mohammed Nabi took them close and Afghanistan was able to scamper home with a ball to spare.
Canada now moves on to Dubai for the 2010 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Qualification Tournament.
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2010-02-02
Canada vs. Ireland
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A record setting innings for Canada set Ireland 177 to win in the 3rd match of the T20 4 Nations Tournament in Sri Lanka. Canada set the target on the strength of 88* from Hiral Patel, 42 from skipper Ashish Bagai and 34 from Rizwan Cheema. Cheema and Patel raced to a first wicket partnership of 68 before Cheema`s departure. Patel and Bagai then added 101 for the second wicket setting up the big total.
Patel`s innings was the highest ever for a Canadian in T20i cricket and the team total was Canada`s highest ever in a T20i match.
Ireland in reply also set a record for highest T20 total but it was a bit short as Umar Bhatti struck late to snuff out any hopes of an Irish victory.
Canada take on Afghanistan tonight live on Cricket Canada TV Pay Per View.
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2010-02-01
Historic Day for Cricket Canada
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A historic day for Cricket Canada and associate cricket as the first ever internet broadcast of internet cricket was completed yesterday. A professional quality production carried the action live without interuption from Colombo around the world for fans to take in the action
On the field Canada struggled against a vastly superior Sri Lankan side. Scoring on 93-6 from 20 overs, the targe was easily overhauled by the Sri Lankan team.
Canada's next game will be Tuesday against Ireland.
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2010-01-30
Associates Need Bigger Matches - Cricinfo
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As an associate nation gaining credibility on the world stage is always challenging. A challenge that has become tougher to handle as less and less matches are avialable with the full members sides.
As the full members race to pack their schedules with matches against each other, the associates are left with what remains, which is often very little. Last year only 2 ODI's were played between full members and associates (with the exception of Kenya's series with Zimbabwe) and the pattern looks to be continuing into 2010. Cricinfo spoke with interim president Ranjit Saini about the plight of associate cricket.
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2010-01-27
Canada defeat PNG for 11th place
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Canada took revenge against a Papa New Guinea squad that upset them at the global u19 qualification tournament in Toronto last September today in New Zealand.
This was Canada's last match in an historic u19 Cricket World Cup campaign that saw them upset full member Zimbabwe in the tournament opener and finish a best ever 11th place in the history of the tournament. Canada finished the tournament with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses with 2 matches abandoned due to bad weather.
Canada now have a short 2 years to get ready for the 2012 u19 Cricket World Cup slated for Toronto in summer 2012. The qualification cycle is expected to get underway next year.
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2010-01-25
Bats Come Alive against SL 'A'
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Canada's batsmen put in a solid performance against Sri Lanka 'A' but it was not enough as Sri Lanka 'A' took the two match series against Canada 2-0 with a solid effort on Monday. Sri Lanka 'A' batted first and fended off 3 wicket hauls from Khurram Chohan (3-57) and Umar Bhatti (3-22) to post a score of 290. The score was amassed mainly on steady knocks from Tharanga Parnavita (77) and Farveez Mahroof (67*) as well as a late flourish from the tail.
Canada started its reply positively in its reply with Bastiampillai (14) and Cheema (29) picking 50 runs in the first 5 overs but they could not keep the momentum going. A brilliant partnership from Ashish Bagai (75) and Umar Bhatti (51) who shared 126 runs for the 7th wicket brought Canada close but eventually the Canucks ran out of time closing the innings 45 runs short.
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2010-01-24
Busy Day for Canada at U19 CWC and in Sri Lanka
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Both Canada's u19 and Men's teams are engaged in big matches today as the month of January draws to a close. Canada's u19 team has reached the plate semi-final of the ICC u19 Cricket World Cup and will take on Ireland. The Irish won the last meeting between the two in September at Malton Cricket Club
The senior men's team will look to draw even with Sri Lanka 'A' as they take on Sri Lanka 'A' in a second 50 over match today in Colombo.
Check back later in the day for updates, twitter and more information from these games
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2010-01-23
Canada vs. Sri Lanka 'A'
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Canada dropped their first match of the Sri Lanka Tour dropping a contest to Sri Lanka 'A' on Saturday. Canada were unbeaten in two T20 matches but faced a stiff test against the Sri Lankan 'A' side. Canada won the toss and batted first putting up 179 runs, a total that was overhauled by the Sri Lankan side in just 35 overs.
The Sri Lankan 'A' side included former and current Sri Lanka internationals Farvez Mahroof, Isuru Udana, Chamara Kapugedara and Ajantha Mendis
Umar Bhatti (34), Trevin Bastiampillai (33) and Khurram Chohan (28*) top scored for Canada.
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2010-01-22
Canada vs. United States
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Canada and the United States locked horns albeit briefly in quarterfinal number #2 of the plate championship at the u19 ICC Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. After a rain delay the United States won the toss and elected to bat. The match lasted only 3 overs before being abandoned with the USA 13-0 in 3 overs.
With the result Canada move through to the plate semi-final for the first time in its history.
[Match Report]
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2010-01-20
Modi Taps Canada for IPL Experience
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Cricket supporters in Canada will soon get a chance to see the IPL up close and personal. Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman has announced his intentions to look closely at Canada, the US and SE Asia as places to take the IPL on tour.
Speaking on Monday in Mumbai, Modhi stated "...Of course, there's a lot of planning that needs to go into it as infrastructure needs to be in place to provide a true IPL experience. Canada already has good infrastructure and we will try and combine the two,US and Canada, and see if we can bring the IPL carnival experience as we did in South Africa to all the cricket fans there..."
In Toronto, Cricket Canada interim president Ranjit Saini echoed similar sentiments acknowledging that "...Canada has the facilities and the know-how to pull off such events and a passionate and sizeable fanbase that will draw huge crowds to watch the games.
[Full Story Economic Times of India]
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2010-01-19
Canada vs. Wayamba
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Canada took on Wayamba today from P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. Wayamba is a first class side representing the northwestern province of Sri Lanka in the Inter-Provincial tournament and were champions in the 2008-2009 T20 tournament earning them a place in the Champions League T20.
The squad includes Sri Lanka internationals Jeehan Mubarak and Jeevanthan Kulatunga among others.
Wayamba batted first under ideal conditions and could not get much momentum as they were pegged back by the Osinde, Chohan, Bhatti and Baidwan leaving them 45-5 after 8 overs. A late recovery was fended off by some tight fielding and a Dhaniram 3 wicket spell leaving Wayamba 91 all out from 15.4 overs.
Canada got off to a positive start and kept the momentum going crusing to 94-5 in 17.1 overs. Shaheed Keshvani (27* from 25 balls) and Saad Bin Zafar (17* off 18 balls) brought the match home with a solid contribution from Sandeep Jyoti (19)
Skipper Ashish Bagai was rested during the game with Abdool Samad deputizing behind the stumps. Rizwan Cheema picked up his first victory as captain of Canada in the match.
[Follow the game live on Twitter]
[Wayamba Wiki]
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2010-01-19
Canada to take on USA
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Over 14,000 km from where they last clashed Canada and the United States of America will do battle in Napier on Saturday. Both countries are in the plate compeition of the 2010 u19 Cricket World Cup and the winner of the match will move onto the plate semi-finals.
Canada has had an up and down tournament so far winning its first ever match at the u19 Cricket World Cup defeating full member Zimbabwe before dropping matches to New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
USA has also had a mixed bag of results dropping all 3 games but showing fight in all of them before finishing last in their group.
Canada won the last two encounters, both at Maple Leaf Cricket Club in Canada at the September qualification tournament and the 2009 ICC America's Championships.
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2010-01-19
Passing of Lynette Edwards
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It is with much regret we communicate to you the death of Mrs. Lynnette G. Edwards, mother of Dr. Geoff Edwards former President of Cricket Canada and Director of the Ontario Cricket Association.
We at Cricket Canada mourn with Dr. Edwards and his family through these difficult times. Mrs. Edwards was laid to rest this past week in St Vincent.
Cricket Canada and the entire cricket community express heartfelt condolences to Dr. Edwards and his family.
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2010-01-18
Statement on Riyazkhan Pathan
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With reference to the ICC media release dated 17/01/2010 on the above subject matter, Cricket Canada (CC) wishes to make the following clarification :
Following the u19 Cricket World Cup qualifier in 2009, CC carried out screening tests and remedial action on Mr. Pathan. Since that time he had bowled in both pre tournament series in the West Indies and New Zealand as well as the warm-up matches at the ICC u19 WC 2010 without any adverse reports.
CC appreciates the concern shown by ICC in this matter and will abide by the conditions laid out for remediation of this situation as per ICC rules and regulations.
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2010-01-18
Cheema Misses Out on IPL Berth
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Cricket fans across the world were dissapointed to learn that one of biggest power hitters in the world Rizwan Cheema was not one of 13 players drafted into an IPL squad for the upcoming edition of the IPL.
Cricket Canada president Ranjit Saini issued the following statement from Toronto following the results of the latest IPL Player Auction
"We were of course dissapointed to learn Rizwan was not picked up by one of the franchises but it has made us more determined to try harder to get him and other Canadian players into the next edition of the tournament...Rizwan will be helped by another year of good performances and hopefully a standout performance in the 2010 T20 Cricket World Cup, should we qualify, which will be the difference for next year...It is difficult for Associate cricketers to get recognition on the world stage but Rizwan and Ryan (ten Doeschate for the Netherlands) getting this far bodes well for the future..."
Rizwan and the rest of the Canadian team are back on the field on Wednesday when they take on Wayamba Cricket Club in Sri Lanka.
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2010-01-18
Devon Elementary Hosts CC KIDS
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On Monday about 40 students and teachers were introduced to Cricket at Devon Elementary School in Fredericton. Through the half day session both the students and teachers from grades 3 and 4 were introduced to the game in a fun and exciting manner that included a series of drills and games.
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2010-01-17
u19 CWC - Canada vs. Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka have beaten Canada by 134 runs in Canada's final match of the group stage. Sri Lanka set Canada 277 to win from 50 overs. Hiral Patel was the pick of Canada's bowlers taking 3-43 from 10 overs. Patel followed up with a fighting half century to keep Canada in the match however he eventually fell in the 40th over sealing the match for Sri Lanka.
Canada
Ruvindu Gunasekera, Hiral Patel, Rustam Bhatti (C)(W), Usman Limbada, Nitish Kumar, Darius D'Souza, Asif Manjra, Arsalan Qadir, Parth Desai, Zain Mahmood, Manny Aulakh.
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2010-01-16
Canada Defeat BRC in T20 Warm Up
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In the first warm up match of the Sri Lanka tour, Canada's Senior Mens team defeated Bergher Recreation CC by 17 runs at BRC's home ground in Colombo. Captain Ashish Bagai top scored with an impressive not out 60 from 45 balls that included seven 4's and supported by a 3rd wicket 58 run partnership with Trevin Bastiampillia who scored 44 off 32 balls.
The Canadian bowling was led down the stretch by Khurram Chohan 2-23 and Harvir Baidwan 3-19 who closed the door on BRC and secured the Canadian win.
Coach Pubudu Dassanayke was happy with the performance and stated "This was an excellent first outing for our boys and allowed us to shake off the winter rust. We were able to try out a few new combinations and our seamers executed well down the stretch."
Canada returns to training next week in preparation for the T20 Quad vs Ireland, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka A later this month and before moving on to Dubai for the World T20 Qualifiers in February.
Canada 161 for 5 in 20 overs.
BRC 144 for 9 in 20 overs.
Scorecard to follow.
[Read Colin's Latest Blog from Sri Lanka]
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2010-01-16
Cricketers Care
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On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by several powerful aftershocks, struck off the western coast of Haiti, causing buildings to collapse in Port au Prince and chaos as people fled the damage. It is estimated that 3 million people have been affected and 200,000 left homeless.It is estimated that 1400 Canadian's are missing in Haiti
Several Canadian organizations are collecting donations from Canadians to support the relief efforts in Hati
[Canadian Red Cross]
[Unicef]
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2010-01-15
u19 Cricket World Cup - Canada vs. New Zealand
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Just hours after a historic victory against Zimbabwe, Canada's u19 team took the field against hosts New Zealand at Lincoln Park in New Zealand.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first restricting Canada to 128. In reply, New Zealand reached the target without trouble, scoring 130 for 1 in 19.1 overs
Hardik Kotak draws in for Riyazkhan Pathan as the only change from yesterday's side.
[Cricket Canada on Twitter]
[Scorecard]
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2010-01-14
U19 Cricket World Cup Canada def Zimbabwe
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Canada have gotten their u19 Cricket World Cup campaign underway with a victory against Zimbabwe at Village Green in Christchurch.
Canada negotiated the first powerplay in style picking 50 runs from the first 10 overs led by openers Ruvindu Gunasekara(20) and Hiral Patel (29). 3 quick wickets through the next 10 overs halted their progress but a fighting half century from Usman Limbada (90) in which he shared key parterships with Darius D'Souza (20) and Hamza Tariq (11) helped set the stage for a competitive total. Arsalan Qadir (8*) and Riyazkhan Pathan (7*) took Canada over the 200 mark and a fighting score.
In reply Zimbabwe struggled against the opening pace attack of Arsalan Qadir and Zain Mahmood slumping to 23-3 before a middle innings recovery from Mashawidza (75) and Lindsay (45) took them back on course. A breakthrough from Parth Desai cracked open the door for Canada and Mahmood broke it down picking up 2 more wickets as the tail wagged but not enough to carry Zimbabwe to victory
Canada go atop of Group C with their first ever win at the u19 Cricket World Cup
President Ranjit Saini was pleased with the result, calling it a "...historic day for Cricket Canada and all our supporters across the country and around the world..."
Send your message of congratulations to the team
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2010-01-13
All to Play for as u19 Cricket World Cup Gets Underway
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After a six year absence Canada will return to the ICC u19 World Cup on Friday with a match against Zimbabwe.
Canada qualified through two stages of qualifiying held last year in Canada and has looked toward this moment for months. After locking up a berth in the New Zealand event Canada headed to St. Kitts where they took on both the U19 West Indies team as well as the St. Kitts u23 team as part of a 10 day preparation camp. Canada then took part in a 5 day camp in Auckland where they split two matches with an Auckalnd XI before heading to Christchurch where they took on South Africa u19 and Hong Kong u19 in warmup matches.
Arsalan Qadir, after going through a disciplinary process has flown out to join the team in Christchurch.
The team is well prepared and eagerly awaiting the challenge. The rest of Canada now eagerly awaits Friday's clash.
[Latest Images from New Zealand]
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2010-01-12
Island Slang - Colin Berenhaut Blogs from Sri Lanka
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Colin Berenhaut, Director of Sports Science for Cricket Canada and the senior team's strength and conditioning coach, blogs from the T20 Qualifier prep camp as Island Slang returns to the tropical island of Sri Lanka.
Colin is responsible for the implementation of physical preparation procedures and providing Sport Science support to Canada's cricket athletes and coaching staff.
Colin is a former Canadian National Soccer Team member and Partner/Director of Strength and Conditioning at SPC Sports Performance Centres Ltd.
[Island Slang]
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2010-01-11
Canada lose to Hong Kong in final warm up match
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Canada lost to Hong Kong today in the second and final warmup match prior to the 2010 u19 Cricket World Cup. Canada will be looking to build on a good bowling performance and a late rally against South Africa on Monday.
After winning the toss and electing to bat Canada on the strength of a 100 run partnership from Rustam Bhatti (64) and Nitish Kumar (52) amassed a total of 189-8 in 41 overs.
Hong Kong started positively in reply before falling prey to Canada's spinners and the match was evenly placed with Hong Kong on 98-5 however an 86 run 6th wicket partnership carried Hong Kong to victory.
[Live Twitter from the ground]
[Live Scorecard]
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2010-01-10
Lessons Learned for Canada in First Warm-Up Match
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Canada fell by 93 runs to South Africa in the first warmup match of the 2010 u19 Cricket World Cup. Batting first, South Africa were held to 246 runs from 50 overs with Parth Desai and Darius D'Souza picking up 2 wickets each. In reply Canada struggled off the mark before being steadied by a 73 run partnership from Hamza Tariq (55*) and Asif Manjra (36). Canada finished on 154/9 from 50 overs.
Canada takes on Hong Kong in the final warmup match on Tuesday
[Cricket Canada on Twitter with updates from the ground]
[Full Scorecard]
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2010-01-08
Cricket Canada T20 World Cup Qualifier Team Announced
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Cricket Canada is proud to announce the team for the 2010 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifier to be held February 9-13 in United Arab Emirates.
Ashish Bagai has been tapped again to lead the side after an impressive 2009 which saw Canada finish tied for its best ever finish at a world cup qualifier and earn an invitation to the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Asia.
Speaking from the team's training base in Colombo Bagai looked forward to the challenge ahead
"...It's great to have a full strength squad on board once again . The squad seems to be extremely well balanced and I'm looking forward to leading this unit onto the field in Dubai. The 20 over game is a format that this unit is well suited for and our preparations in Sri Lanka will give us the ideal opportunity to fine tune the skills we need to qualify for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies. I am very much looking forward to it..."
The tournament will see the return of arguably Canada's all time greatest player John Davison.
Davison, who is currently on assignment in Brisbane at the Australian Centre of Excellence again was estatic to again wear the maple leaf, "I am looking forward to playing a part in what I consider to be one of the strongest outfits that Canada has ever put on the field. The team is well prepared and I am expecting big things from this side in this format of the game..."
Coach Pubudu Dassanayake spoke in Toronto this morning before leaving for Colombo to oversee the team's training for the next few months. Dassanayake looked forward to the challenge ahead, "Our challenge is to make it the T/20world cup in WI. This team is well suited for this format of the game. SL preparation will help us to bring everyone at their best and to achieve our goals in Dubai."
The full team list is available on Cricket Canada TV which can be accessed by the link below
[Squad Released on CCTV]
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2010-01-07
u19's Off to Winning Start
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Canada's trip to the u19 Cricket World Cup got off to a great start with a convincing 78 run victory over an Auckland u19 XI side.
Canada won the toss and batted first amassing an impressive 255-6 led by Ruvindu Gunasekara's opening knock of 89. The rest of the top order managed to get starts anad add onto the total including an impressive 44 from Nitish Kumar which was built during the batting powerplay taken in the final overs.
In reply Auckland was unable to muster much of a reply with both Hardik Kotak and Manny Aulakh picking up early wickets.
Brief Scores
Canada u19 XI (255-6) def Auckland u19 XI (177-7) by 78 runs
Ruvindu Gunasekara b 89
Hiral Patel b 26
Rustam Bhatti c 21
Usman Limbada c 33
Nitish Kumar lbw 44
Asif Manjara 12*
Hardik Kotak 5-25-1
Maninder Aulakh 6-20-1
Zain Mahmood 6-13-1
Hiral Patel 7-25-0
Nitish Kumar 8-31-1
Riyazkhan Pathan 10-15-1
Ruvindu Gunasekara 2-9-0
[First Images from our boys in NZ]
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2010-01-06
Cheema Through To Auction Stage of IPL
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Canada's swashbuckling allrounder Rizwan Cheema is one of 51 players through to the final phase of the Indian Premier League auction. The auction is to be held on January 19, 2010.
Commenting on his official twitter page this morning, IPL Chairman Lalit Modi was hopeful stating "...I hope they (Cheema) do it will motivate others and will be good for canadian cricket"
Speaking from Toronto this morning, Cricket Canada president Ranjit Saini was pleased with the development and offered the following statement :
This is a proud moment for Cricket Canada and its members, the Toronto and District Cricket Association (TDCA), and Popeyes Cricket Club. This level of endorsement can only be achieved through an athletes hard work over years and complete dedication to achieve excellence in the game.
The building of thus level of athlete requires support from several people, our national coach Pubudu and his team, other members of our national squad and high performance initiatives of ICC have all contributed towards this achievement.
We want to acknowledge the most critical contribution of Mr. Faisal Malik, the volunteer owner of Popeyes Cricket Club and the TDCA board for making tremendous efforts towards building of athletes of this level. The personal contributions of Mr. Faisal Malik that include tens of thousands of dollars of personal money and countless hours towards his club have been key. On behalf of Cricket Canada I thank him for his erfrorts and personal sacrifices.
Selection in the IPL auction won't be automatic as there are only 17 or less openings available and more than 50 cricketers nominated. From our perspective our candidate is as good as or better than many others.
Due to lack of the exposure and limited international matches, the athletes from associate countries face an uphill task to achieve international recognition. Should Rizwan get selected and becomes part of IPL, the boost in Cricket Canada brand name will be phenomenal and the public awareness about Cricket in North America and particularly Canada will grow significantly.
I also wish to acknowledge the support from our friends in IPL and BCCI. I am particularly thankful to Mr. Lalit Modi for creating a wonderful event and helping our athletes to present their skills to IPL franchises.
This is the beginning of a banner year for Cricket Canada
Go Cricket! Go Canada!
Ranjit Saini
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2010-01-05
Dubai World T20 Qualifier Tour Packages
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Canadian Cricket supporters can now wear the "Red and Gold" on the road and be a part of Canada's push toward the ICC World T20 in the West Indies later this year.
Watch all the exciting T20 action from world class cricket venues at Dubai Sports City and in Abu Dhabi, as Canada battles it out in Group B vs Netherlands, Kenya, and the UAE.
The tournament runs from February 9th - 13th, 2010.
In conjunction with Marville Travel, Cricket Canada is pleased to offer exclusive Canadian travel supporter packages starting from as low as $1,500CDN. Packages include airfare from Toronto and hotel in Dubai situated near the main tournament venues.
Please contact Leun Harris at Marville Travel via email or at 1-800-461-0473 to sign up.
[Tournament Schedule]
[Dubai Sports City]
[Dubai on Flickr]
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2010-01-04
Paving the Way for the Next Generation
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The bulk of Canada's u19 team has embarked on the journey of a lifetime. For some players this will be the culmination of a cricket career forged on playing fields all across the country. For others this will be the stepping stone into the world of professional cricket.
The ICC looks at the impact this tournament has on the future of cricket...
While players at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup (U19 CWC) will be focused on battling for the world title, they will also be learning about the responsibilities and pressures of playing the game at international level.
[More]
[Canada u19 Home Page]
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2010-01-04
Chohan and Cheema in the hunt for IPL Spots - The Nation
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Bipin Dani, a reporter for Pakistan's leading English language newspaper The Nation, spoke to Cricket Canada Interim president Ranjit Saini about the chances for the two players. Excerpts from the article appear below :
Mumbai - Canada's two promising players-Rizwan Cheema and Khuram Chauhan- have got into the forthcoming IPL list of players for possible auction. This was revealed by Ranjit Saini, the Cricket Canada president.
Speaking to this scribe over telephone from Canada, he said, "this is a sign of the beginning of a good 2010 for Cricket Canada".
The 31-year-old Cheema was born and brought up in Pakistan, subsequently moving to Canada in 2002. His big hitting and useful medium pace bowling in the Toronto and District Cricket Association league brought him to the attention of the national selectors. He plays for Popeyes Cricket Club in Toronto, which is one of the best clubs in Toronto.
"We are delighted at this opportunity to remove the traditional barriers for associate cricketers and are thankful to the BCCI and IPL for facilitiing this process. This is something that we have worked on during the last few months and were determined to solidify this opportunity for our players." Sani continued, "We are optimistic that both Rizwan and Khurram will be selected in the auction and further push Canadian Cricket onto the world stage."
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2010-01-02
Cheema and Chohan in IPL Player Auction
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Canada's Rizwan Cheema and Khurram Chohan have been registered for the third IPL auction to be held on January 19th. The Canadian pair are joined by fellow HPP cricketers Ryan ten Doeschate, Netherlands, and Niall O'Brien, Ireland, as associate representatives in the player auction.
Cricket Canada's Interim President Ranjit Sani was overjoyed when contacted for comment, "We are delighted at this opportunity to remove the traditional barriers for associate cricketers and are thankful to the BCCI and IPL for facilitiing this process. This is something that we have worked on during the last few months and were determined to solidify this opportunity for our players." Sani continued, "We are optimistic that both Rizwan and Khurram will be selected in the auction and further push Canadian Cricket onto the world stage."
The registration list consists of ninety-seven players, including 26 from Pakistan and several latterly with the ICL.
[Cricinfo Article]
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