By: Ashley Prest
While cricket has a low profile in Canada, the game is the stuff of dreams for Canada’s under-15 team.
Under captain Prushoth Senathirajah of Toronto, Canada had a shot at winning the International Cricket Association Americas U15 Northern Championship as the three-team event concluded on Friday afternoon at Assiniboine Park, but the hosts fell 174-154 to Bermuda.
The USA won the tournament by run rate, a tie-breaking calculation comprising runs for and against.
“It’s been pretty exciting to be part of this event, the competition is really good here and it’s fun representing your country, you feel honoured that you are picked,” said Guyan Ferdinands, 15, of Scarborough, Ont. who was named Best Bowler for the tournament. The bowler is a key player, as he delivers the ball to the batsman.
“The coaches told me that it’s great that you made it to this level but now you’ve got to perform at this level to get noticed. Every game I’ve been trying to do my best. Aim high. My next goal is to make it to the Under-19 Canada side and then hopefully onto the national senior team. This experience has helped me a lot.”
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Ron Fanfair in Share News reports that Cricket Canada is negotiating with an Australian who has been offered the national coaching job. Ron reports:- By Peter Della Penna in Winnipeg, Manitoba A Mississauga teen is leading the way for Cricket Canada. Abraash Khan was named Man of the Match in Canada’s second game at the International Cricket Council (ICC) U15 America’s North Division 1 tournament, being held this week in Winnipeg. Batting fourth, the 13-year-old all-rounder – the youngest member of the team – smashed a game-high 77 runs off 69 balls as Canada rolled over Bermuda 207-107 on Tuesday. He also contributed with the ball, capturing a key wicket during the visitors’ turn at bat. Come out to the cricket festival next month at Centennial Park. Toronto City Cricket Club expects to host as many as 700 guests and participating players on Saturday, Sept. 10 at noon at the Renforth Drive-Eglinton Avenue West park. The U15 national squad beat Bermuda by 100 runs in the U15 America championship in Winnipeg By: Lindor Reynolds By Peter Della Penna in Winnipeg, Manitoba By: Robby Frankel The Eastern District No-Ballerz women’s cricket team scored their first-ever victory in dramatic fashion Sunday.  Canada with the Auty Cup Canada won the Auty Cup with a 34-run victory against some plucky USA batting in the final session on Tuesday. Openers Alfred and Mohammad put 65 runs on the board in about 7 overs, before Alfred fell to Parth Desai for 38. He was caught playing a lofted defensive shot. Mohammad soon followed, stumped Bhatti off Desai for 33. Nanjee was caught by Bhatti off Hiral Patel for 3 (84 for 3). Tumala played a fine innings. He and George carried the US score to 131 before George holed out for 26 when Hansra brought himself on. He was caught by Patel. Next ball Dodson skied to backward square leg and was caught by Cheema for a duck (131-5). Leg-spinner Siddiqui then trapped Singh lbw (131-6) but in came US skipper Desai who struck some fine shots. There was relief in the Canadian camp when Tumala was bowled by Siddiqui for 63. Tumala and Desai had carried the US tally to 212 for 7. Haidar was then caught by Siddiqui off Hansra (213-8) but Mohammad Ghous produced some defiant shots batting at number 10. Skipper Desai eventually fell to a catch by substitute Baidwan off Siddiqui for 62 (261 for 9) and Ghous fell to a return catch by Parth Desai for 39. USA 270 all out in 39.2 overs. Canadian captain Jimmy Hansra was named Man-of-the-Match. He also took hold of the Autry trophy. Hansra paid thanks to both teams for a good match. He commented on the heavy workload of international matches that the Canadian players have undertaken in the last few weeks. It was, as he said, a hot day to be out in the field on Tuesday. Liam Herringshaw That’s not to say the Cricket Association of Newfoundland & Labrador has no local support, though. Thanks to some hard work, we now have somewhere to play hard-ball cricket: the Feildian Grounds, which, after a hiatus of more than 60 years, have returned to their original use. Just a couple of weeks ago, on a donated plastic wicket laid on top of the main soccer pitch, they hosted the launch of a brand new three-team summer league. The Afghanistan XI beat the USA XI by 48 runs (based on records I saw), at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario in the opening game of the third and final day of the Etihad Summer Cricket Festival 2011. In human terms, it provided a study in the reality of security. There were absolutely no problems at the ground with player and fan behaviour. I do not recall seeing any visiting York Regional Police officer, leaving a few security persons at the ground entrance and in a couple of other spots. A report on this web site stated that Cricket Canada’s President Mr. Ranjit Saini has indicated that this will be his last year in that office. We are informed this is inaccurate, and that Mr Saini has not reached any decision as to whether to run again at the next [...] An exciting day of cricket saw Canada lose to Trinidad and Tobago, and Afghanistan beat the USA. That left three teams with 2 wins, but net run-rate saw Trinidad and Tobago with the championship, and Canada runners up. |
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