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Not really a big game against USA. Beat CI and Bermuda twice and they're through. Of course, weather can upset those plans. Surely, they should make up abandoned games on days off! With two teams qualifying should be a walkover for ICC International XI...Oops! I mean "Team USA" ;) ;) ...and Canada....

The host country team AUTOMATICALLY gets in. Before anything, gotta persuade organizers to even let cricket
into their games (host organizers have a lot of discretion here). If they don't want it, NO cricket for anyone!

Who cares about the yanks..let them play baseball.. Boston vs New York 'World Championship game'
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No Yanks on board, no cricket in LA Olympics..PERIOD!

We'll see. Rugby just finished its first Olympic games and I don't think it got much of a bounce, at least not here in the states. Long, challenging, road to get a game into the Olympics. Above all, ICC going to have to sell it to the LA organizers and they've shown no ability whatsoever to sell the...

Melville's been an American involved with cricket on many levels; as a promoter, historian (hes the author of the book The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America) .The articles he periodically contribute to Dreamcricket express some of the more insiteful comments on the game in North America....

Just bring two mainstream (non cricket) Canadians with you to the next match, mautan...if you have
two mainstream Canadian friends.

Peter Della Penna Cricinfo article exposing the "league's" dirty little secrets. Not only players this year
unpaid but those from last year. Rogers Centre deja vu?????

"50 mainstream Canucks in 50 years"? Maybe with Saini and his gang.
Timmyj wouldn't allow any ex-pat to attend any match unless they
bring two mainstream Canucks with them...you DO have two
mainstream Canuck friends, don't you, mautan.

That's the spirit! Maybe CC should adopt as its motto one of these:

Talk tall; think small.
Think small! Let me show you how!
Don't blame me! I only think small!

By all means "enjoy" your time at Brampton...with the other 2000. Keep
thinking small...just what the game needs.