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After a 5 year absence Canada's u19 team will return to the u19 World Cup. The 2010 u19 Cricket World Cup will take place in New Zealand in January 2010. Canada will also host the 2012 u19 Cricket World Cup putting Cricket Canada at the forefront of world junior cricket. Follow all the exciting news about the Canada u19 team here.

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Cricket Canada Announces U19 CWC Squad

December 24th, 2009

Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following squad for the U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.

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

Full Squad:
Rustam Bhatti (captain), Manny Aulakh, Parth Desai, Darius D'Souza, Ruvindu Gunasekara, Hardik Kotak, Nitish Kumar, Usman Limbada, Zain Mahmood, Asif Manjra, Hiral Patel, Riyazkhan Pathan, Arsalan Qadir, Harpreet Singh, Hamza Tariq.

Around the Wicket - Maninder Aulakh

Much of Canada's success at the upcoming u19 Cricket World Cup will depend on the ability for the pace attack to get early breakthroughs. BC paceman Maninder Aulakh will be counted on to create many of these breakthroughs. With this in mind Cricket Canada sent Manny to Sri Lanka to train under Chaminda Vaas' watchful eye this winter.

Murtaza Malik goes "Around the Wicket" with Manny this week and ahead of the team's departure to the Windes.

Read the full interview here

Canada U19 and West Indies Set to Clash in Pre-Christmas Battle

Canada's u19 squad will travel to St. Kitts this month to take on West Indies and St. Kitts in warm up matches and a pre tournament training camp prior to participating in the u19 Cricket World Cup in January in New Zealand.

Canada's full squad will travel to St. Kitts for some training sessions before taking on both the St. Kitts u23 and West Indies U19 team in preparation for the New Zealand team. Cricket Operation Officer Ingleton Liburd, was thrilled with the prospects of taking on the West Indies team saying "...we have a very close relationship with the West Indies Cricket Board and are very happy that we were able to organize these matches...this full member opposition will be great practice for our boys ahead of the tournament..."

Following the St. Kitts camp, Canada will return home for the holidays before leaving for New Zealand. Canada's training base in New Zealand has been confirmed in Auckland as the Canadian team will hold a 5 day camp including 2 practices matches against local sides before moving to Christchurch to start the tournament.

Cricket Canada announces u19 CWC Shortlist

Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following 20 player squad for the 2010 U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Canada will face hosts New Zealand as well as Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in the opening round of the tournament.

The Canadian team will depart for a training camp in Auckland on January 2nd before heading to Christchurch for the warm-up matches and the start of the tournament.

The selectors have rewarded Rustum Bhatti for leading Canada back to the U19 CWC by naming him captain for the squad. Wilbert Plummer (coach) and Wijay Senithirajah (manager) have been confirmed to lead the delegation in New Zealand.

Canada U19 - 20 Player Squad

Rustam Bhatti (C), Manny Aulakh, Sudeepta Aurka, Parth Desai, Darius D'Souza, Kyle Edgehill, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Hardik Kotak, Nitesh Kumar, Usman Limbada, Zain Mahmood, Asif Manjra, Salman Nazar, Axay Patell, Riyazkhan Pathan, Hiral Patel, Arsalan Qadir, Jobanjot Sidhu, Harpreet Singh, Hamza Tariq

Canada's final 15 will be announced December 21.

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2010-01-24 Canada to play for 11th place [+] [-]

Ireland have progressed to the plate round finals after the match against Canada was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Canada will play for 11th place on Wednesday. [Report from ICC Website]

2010-01-21 Patel and fellow-travelers boost cricket in Canada [+] [-]

Upsetting full member Zimbabwe has created quite a buzz for Canada at the u19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand

Canada's batting all-rounder Hiral Patel is one of a growing number of South Asian-born players who are helping to propel the rapid growth of cricket in Canada. [Full Article on ICC Website]