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Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:15 pm

The WI team will have a high performance camp. The Canadians can’t just show up and compete!

History, a lack of new funding and a pandemic says this is exactly what Cricket Canada is planning.

Hey, Cricket Canada. Twice in two weeks the cricketing world finally noticed our national teams. On both occasions it is because we are a laughing stock. First the women's Divya Saxena running interference so she wasn't dismissed, then the men prematurely celebrating in giving up the tying runs. Get...

Canada continues to find ways to lose. As I said, they will benefit from these types of close matches (and yes losses). However, they must play top tier Associates more often so they learn how to win/develop confidence. Cricket Canada's responsibility is finding a way to make these matches (T20 and ...

USA pinning Canada's batting down. 100/2 after 15 overs. Canada end on 142/5. They kept their wickets well. We'll see whether they can restrict the USA will timely wickets. Scores level! 142s up Darn, forgot about the super over! Canada needs many more of these tough matches to be ready for future i...

It is good that players in our national pool are playing in the "off-season" and that guys like Kumar and Dutta are trying to make a living from cricket.

Canadian-raised cricketer, Matthew Nandu in the West Indies U19 pool. https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2021/10/22/the-story-of-windies-u-19-cricketer-matthew-nandu/ (Also profiled in Wickets Oct 2021 edition) Hopefully, he can make a go of it in the WI professional ranks but does not succeed too m...

1st match Canada 190/5 : Bahamas 68 (15.2ov) 2nd match Canada 234/3 : Belize 89/6 Hiral Patel was not listed in the team originally posted by Cricket Canada but has apparently played the first two. The lopsided matches mean many players won't bat and others get into bad habits facing such weak oppos...

... and no Nikhil Dutta.

I would think they declined to play this tournament to pursue professional interests in the States but that is just speculation. It is strange there was no explanation of Kumar's absence in the Cricket Canada squad announcement.

Canada's schedule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_ICC_ ... r#Fixtures

Nov 7: vs Bahamas
Nov 8: vs Belize
Nov 10: vs USA
Nov 11: vs Bermuda
Nov 13: vs Argentina
Nov 14: vs Panama

For some reason, Cayman Islands is no longer mentioned. Covid issues?

https://cricketcanada.org/news-single?nid=183 Squad: Navneet Dhaliwal (Captain) Dilon Heyliger Jatinderpal Matharu Shreyas Movva Salman Nazar Rayyankhan Pathan Cecil Pervez Sana-Ur-Rehman Junaid Siddiqui Kaleem Ravinderpal Singh Hamza Tariq Harsh Thaker Saad Zafar Aaditya Varadharajan Opponents: Arg...