Cricket Canada is proud to announce the following squads for the Intercontinental Cup and ODI matches against Afghanistan.
Jimmy Hansra will captain both squads as Canada look to get off to winning starts in both the Intercontinental Cup and ODI Leagues. Zeeshan Siddiqui and Tyson Gordon are both in line to make first class debuts for Canada, however Siddiqui has played first class cricket previously in his native Pakistan.
Intercontinental Cup August 2 – 5, 2011 Maple Leaf Cricket Club
Jimmy Hansra (British Columbia) – Captain
Harvir Baidwan (Ontario), Khurram Chohan (Alberta), Parth Desai (Ontario), Tyson Gordon (Alberta), Ruvindu Gunasekera (Ontario) , Zahid Hussain (Ontario), Usman Limbada (Ontario)
Henry Osinde (Ontario), Hiral Patel (Ontario), Junaid Siddiqui (Ontario), Zeeshan Siddiqui (Manitoba), Zubin Surkari (Ontario), Hamza Tariq (Alberta)
One Day Internationals August 7, 2011 (Maple Leaf Cricket Club), August 9th 2011 (Toronto Cricket Skating and Curliing Club)
Jimmy Hansra (British Columbia) – Captain
Harvir Baidwan (Ontario), Rustam Bhatti (Ontario) Rizwan Cheema (Ontario), Khurram Chohan (Alberta), Parth Desai (Ontario), Tyson Gordon (Alberta), Ruvindu Gunasekera (Ontario) , Usman Limbada (Ontario)Henry Osinde (Ontario), Hiral Patel (Ontario), Junaid Siddiqui (Ontario), Zubin Surkari (Ontario), Hamza Tariq (Alberta)
Rizwan Cheema in for Siddiqui and Rustam Bhatti in for Zahid Hussain are the only changes between the two squads.