Thursday action in the CIMA Mayors Schools cricket involves the last two Senior Boys groups playing round-robin at Eglinton Flats, followed by a quarter-final match between the two group winners. Group C involves C.W. Jeffreys, Father Henry Secondary and West Humber, whilst Group D has Emery CI, George Harvey CI and Weston Collegiate.
Continue reading Mayor’s trophy- Thursday update from Eddie Norfolk
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North Albion CI (NACI) won group A of the Boys Senior Schools cricket tournament on Wednesday at Eglinton Flats, then beat Group B winners Kipling CI by 54 runs in a quarter-final playoff. Cricket Canada is greatly disappointed by the events following the May 12th All Star T20 event from the Roger’s Centre with respect to unpaid player salaries and have been working with the promoters to resolve the situation amicably. We fully understand the frustration felt by the players in question and have reached out to the participating agents to provide copies of their clients’ contracts with event promoters Kat Rose Inc, so that we can engage to explore opportunities to assist in the pursuit of unpaid monies to both the participating players and Cricket Canada. The event itself was a positive statement for the potential of cricket in Canada with an estimated 12,000 enthusiastic cricket fans in attendance to witness an exciting contest that featured many of our Canadian cricket stars. We will continue to seek opportunities to host future high profile events and take the necessary steps to ensure that the interests of all stakeholders are met accordingly. MAYFIELD Cricket Club are all set to welcome some of the world’s cricketing stars to Sussex next week. The village side is hosting a touring side of World Cup stars from Canada, together with some England legends and a number of current professionals during a week of cricket to celebrate the launch of their new ground and pavilion. The touring side from Canada are set to play three matches at Mayfield’s cricket ground, with recent World Cup players Zubin Surkari and batting prodigy Nitish Kumar among the stars set to be on show. Former Canada captain and Barbados all-rounder, Joe Harris, is also set to take on the local talent, alongside Shaheed Keshvani and Arsalan Qadir, who both have international experience.  Eddie Norfolk photo Some scores have now been posted on the official website for several of the games played so far this week at Sunnybrook Park in the 2012 CIMA Mayors Schools Cricket tournament. I suspect the person who provided the scoring details was not around for whatever game or games took place at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon. So the tournament leader should check the official website and ensure all the scores, to date, have been submitted and that the group standings and playoff results both (a) exist and (b) are correct. The element of such scores being provided in an accurate, timely and efficient manner has been lost, so far, but things could be salvaged during Wednesday and Thursday’s games. The Barrie Examiner reports:- The four quarter finals in the Peel Region schools indoor cricket Senior Boys championships took place on Monday (May 14th), producing the following results: Join Cricket Canada & World Cricket Weekly in a presentation of “An Evening with Haroon Lorgat” at the Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club. Broadcast veteran Nigel Reed welcomes the outgoing International Cricket Council CEO, South African Haroon Lorgat, for an in depth discussion on his tenure at the helm of cricket’s global governing body. The ICC World T20 Trophy will be on display during the event for photographs. Tuesday morning at Eglinton Flats involved Middle Schools from western parts of Toronto. There was a suprise win, described as “a miracle”, by Kingsway-Lambton over defending champion Smithfield. Kingsway-Lambton scored 78 for four wickets in ten overs, then held Smithfield to 64 for five wickets in ten overs. So a 14 run win was a boost at the start of day for Kingsway-Lambton. The other 9am game at Eglinton Flats saw West Humber 71 for seven wickets (10 ov) beat Dixon Grove 48 for five wickets (10 overs) by 23 runs. CBC is reporting that participants in Saturday’s T20 exhibition are still awaiting payment. ..while the players put on a good game in Toronto, several suggested to CBC News that they would be unlikely to return to Canada any time soon as a result of the non-payment issue. “It is not good for Canada and not good for Canada and cricket,” said Sanath Jayasuriya, a veteran player from Sri Lanka who spoke to CBC News about the situation. Jayasuriya said he was to receive $15,000 to play in Toronto, as well as additional funds to cover his flight from Sri Lanka. Later in the piece Cricket Canada CEO Doug Hannum describes the situation as a “national embarrassment”. Faraz Sarwat provides a crticial view of last Saturday’s match for CricInfo “Match Day and with the news of the Pakistan stars’ absence more widely known, many in the crowd seemed subdued going into the great stadium. Toronto is one of the world’s great cosmopolitan cities and fans showed up wearing jerseys of players from West Indies, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa you name it – even Canada. When Canada’s Rizwan Cheema was told there were a few fans wearing jerseys with his name, he said “there were more than a few – there were like, ten or twelve” prompting Cricket Canada president Ravin Moorthy to kid Cheema about how he knew that.”  The fall of the second wicket as a West Humber CI batter is bowled against Kipling CI in the opening game on the east pitch in Monday's girls cricket at Eglinton Flats. The sun shone brightly over the Eglinton Flats cricket grounds on Monday morning to greet the Girls section of the 2012 CIMA Mayors Schools Cricket Championships. West Humber Collegiate Institute (CI) made 47 for four wickets in ten overs but lost to Kipling CI (48/3 in 9.5 overs) in the opening game on the east pitch. George Harvey tumbled to 22 all out against York Memorial who won by 6 wickets. The Asia/ Canada XI won the skydome 20-20 match in an event that appeared to be modestly attended, but enjoyable. The makeshift artificial wicket was playable, although the bowlers were challenged in their run-ups and the square boundaries were very short. Neil Davidson reported the event for the Canadian Press and highlighted the Canadian contribution “I’m very happy with all the guys from Canada. They did well,” said Cheema, who took two wickets and slammed a pair of sixes. “That’s a really good thing, a good thing for the country. People need to know we are up there — on the world (cricket) stage.” (full story) The game was covered live by Sportsnet, a professional job although with almost no adverts suggesting sales were difficult. Brian Lara, one of the players most used in promotional material did not make an appearance, with Grant Flower filling in for him- no explanation was provided. Aman Dhanoa provided a detailed report for the Digital Journal The organizers may have hoped of a repeat of the 40,000 crowd at the last Skydome game over a decade ago, but even with the no-shows of the most hyped stars it’s clear there is an appetite for high level cricket in Toronto. Perhaps if the organizers have not been hit too hard financially they will learn from their mistakes and we may see a repeat in the future. Faraz Sarwat reports for the Star Meanwhile a media advisory states The Honourable Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport), will attend the match. The game will be carried live on Sportsnet. Monday (May 14) will see the Senior Boys semi-finals in the Peel Region Senior Schools cricket championships. Lincoln Alexander meet Stephen Lewis and Woodlands face Brampton Centennial. In this week’s quarter finals Brampton Centennial (55 runs) beat Port Credit (46 runs) by nine runs; Stephen Lewis (54 for 1 wkt, 5.2 overs) steamed home against Harold |
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