Young cricketers head to ICC Global Cricket Academy

TORONTO, Canada – Kishaan Anandjit, the nephew of Guyanese umpire Davteerth Anandjit, was among a group of 15 young cricketers who flew out from here on Tuesday for a week-long training camp, set to be held in Dubai, compliments of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Global Cricket Academy. The camp, to be conducted by former Pakistan opening batsman Mudassar Nazar, will also comprise three matches at the Dubai Oval.

The aspiring cricketers and officials, under the aegis of the Ontario Cricket Association (OCA), were given a rousing send-off at a press briefing, held at Alam Law Office, Dixie Road, Mississauga with first vice-president Melvin John heaping praises on all those responsible for making the tour a reality.

According to John, who was flanked by several of his executives including Guyanese Bisham Singh (second vice-president) and Vish Jadunauth (treasurer/junior coordinator) as well as members of his advisory board, the cricketers were an elite bunch who are sure to benefit from the training camp.

Questions were again raised over the ongoing strained relationship between the OCA and the governing body of cricket in the country, Canada Cricket, with John pointing out that several attempts were made to mend their differences but to no avail.

He, however, disclosed that the OCA is ready and willing to talk with Cricket Canada with a view of bringing an amicable end to the ongoing saga. This view was also shared by Past President Mike Kendall.

Jadunauth, who will serve as Team, Skill and Development Manager urged the youngsters to endeavour to maintain discipline as this was the hallmark of any sport while Singh, Tour Director and Operations Manager was also full of praise for the efforts of the OCA and the sponsors.

The unique and first-ever training camp of this nature was offered through the OCA to cricketers under the age of 25 who are the best prospects to represent Canada in the near future.
The camp will focus mainly on improving batting and bowling skills, fielding, and physical fitness which will include bio-mechanics, mental preparedness, technical analysis and strategy.

Apart from Anandjit, the other players are Milind Patel, Deep Panchal, Hard Trivedi, Kush Razdan, Sahil Razdan, Krishen Samuel, Prassana Paul, Amreek Singh, Rahul Rohra, Shiva Sharma, Sunny Mangart, Abdullah Khalid, Hrishi Modi and Zain Mahmood. The other officials are Taquir Uddin and Nadeem Kokhar.

Meanwhile, the OCA also took the opportunity to announce the appointment of Priti Lamba as its women’s coordinator.

Among the major sponsors were Alam Law Office, Centennial College Alumni Association, Khalid Usman, Hilrich Sports, St Andrews Insurance, Green Bird Electric, The Scarborough Hospital and Pan Express Travels Limited.

The ICC Global Cricket Academy (ICC GCA), based at Dubai Sports City, was officially launched in April, 2010 with the world-class, state-of-the-art facilities being put on show for the first time in the Dubai sunshine.

(Submitted by Mike Kendall, May 9th 2015)

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