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by JSMunn
Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:30 am
Forum: Cricket in Canada- general
Topic: Global T20 Canada
Replies: 123
Views: 165041

Re: Global T20 Canada

Even though I had some involvement in the planning of this, on a personal note I find it hard to get excited about the games. Part of this is that I don't particularly like T20 cricket anyway, but the other aspect is that it is hard to feel any connection with the manufactured teams on display. I re...
by JSMunn
Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:19 am
Forum: Cricket in Canada- general
Topic: Global T20 Canada
Replies: 123
Views: 165041

Re: Global T20 Canada

Does anyone have advice on getting there from downtown Toronto? I really want to go but can't find any information on transport anywhere. I've been tweeting and emailing Cricket Canada but they're ignoring me. It's baffling to me that they're promoting this tournament but also ignoring people who e...
by JSMunn
Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:51 am
Forum: Cricket in Canada- general
Topic: Global T20 Canada
Replies: 123
Views: 165041

Re: Global T20 Canada

Tickets now on sale via the web site- $30 for single game, which seems reasonable.
https://tickets.gt20.ca/
by JSMunn
Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:24 am
Forum: Cricket in Canada- general
Topic: Global T20 Canada
Replies: 123
Views: 165041

Re: Global T20 Canada

I don't think there's any expectation of making money in the first season, and I'd be surprised if any lucrative TV deal appeared- the challenge will be getting the event shown on TV at all- the South African franchise based T20 plans were derailed by the lack of a TV deal. The idea here, I think, i...
by JSMunn
Wed May 02, 2018 1:55 pm
Forum: Cricket in Canada- general
Topic: Cricket Canada AGM
Replies: 31
Views: 79292

Re: Cricket Canada AGM

I am indeed not running again. There are a number of reasons, but the main one is that I'm involved in many areas as a volunteer, and there are only so many hours in the day; hence something had to go. From a personal viewpoint I looked at where I can make most impact, and the type of work that give...
by JSMunn
Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:56 pm
Forum: Cricket in Canada- general
Topic: Canada Domestic Season
Replies: 5
Views: 11417

Re: Canada Domestic Season

The ICC Americas qualifier is the tournament in August listed on the Cricket Canada site- USA/Belize/ Panama /Canada – California. Top 2 advance to ICC Americas finals the next year I think.
by JSMunn
Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:41 am
Forum: Clubs seeking players
Topic: Newfoundland cricket
Replies: 0
Views: 56510

Newfoundland cricket

Anyone living in the greater St. John's area who is interested in playing cricket, contact cricketnewfoundland@gmail.com. We have an active summer league with a good pitch and ground, plus indoor tapeball cricket over the winter.
by JSMunn
Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:12 am
Forum: Cricket in Canada- general
Topic: Welcome
Replies: 2
Views: 8433

Welcome

After some years of frequent visits from spammers the old forum software has finally ceased to work, and the software has not been updated in years. Unfortunately the archive of old posts is now gone. We now using well supported form software and we hope this will allow new and interesting discussio...