Canada @ 2019 ICC WCL Division 2

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Victorian
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Re: Canada @ 2019 ICC WCL Division 2

Post by Victorian » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:39 pm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–21 ... nge_League

There are 12 teams that will be in two groups. The winners of the groups will play in a tournament to get into the WC qualifier. Canada will win their group, probably with ease. I think some series will be in Canada. CC really needs to generate some interest in those games. Live streaming, junior players at the games watching, an up to date and functioning website...

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Re: Canada @ 2019 ICC WCL Division 2

Post by timmyj51 » Sat Apr 27, 2019 12:23 pm

Well, as I had predicted, this D2 format ended up rather farcical. The teams that had secured advancement looked
on these final games as "throw aways". Oman didn't even try in their final game effectively dooming the Canucks. Neither did "Team USA" give a hoot about their final match with PNG. So in the end we have the farcical conclusion of the weakest team, PNG, gaining ODI status and the Canucks
down to D3!

ray
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Re: Canada @ 2019 ICC WCL Division 2

Post by ray » Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:18 pm

Game 6 (5th place play-off):
Hong Kong: 113 all out (36.1 ov)
Canada: 114/5 (16.5 ov)

In an apparently meaningless match-up Canada take 5th spot in the final WCL2 tournament. The only consequence might be how (if at all) this affects the filling out of the two Challenge Leagues.

A few thoughts:

Canada were not ready for the start of the tournament, batting failing and bowling not taking wickets.  In hindsight, the USA and Oman played each other and other strong Associates in the months before WCL2 and were the first to secure ODI status.  Canada needed something akin to the Zimbabwe tour (playing Zim ‘A’) they had in 2015 and 2017.

Despite the fight shown in the USA showdown, Canada had a poor tournament by and large.  Weijeyerante had a single decent score, Gunasekera not even that.  Nitish came off in a couple of matches.  Cecil Pervez took not a single wicket in the before the play-off.  This is where the chance at ODI status was lost and not the USA game.

Things can change quickly in Associate cricket.  USA and Oman emerged from WCL3 to claim ODI status ahead of all the other sides ranked ahead of them.  PNG and Hong Kong have fallen from the Associate ODI Championship to WCL2 and now Hong Kong are in the Challenge League with Canada. The situation may quickly improve for Canada, too.

After the bitter disappointments of 2015, 2018 and 2019 editions, Canada will be glad to see the back of the WCL2 and Namibia.

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Re: Canada @ 2019 ICC WCL Division 2

Post by ray » Sat Apr 27, 2019 5:09 pm

Victorian wrote:
Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:39 pm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–21 ... nge_League

There are 12 teams that will be in two groups. The winners of the groups will play in a tournament to get into the WC qualifier. Canada will win their group, probably with ease. I think some series will be in Canada. CC really needs to generate some interest in those games. Live streaming, junior players at the games watching, an up to date and functioning website...
Associate blogger Tim Cutler has this allocation for the Challenge Leagues:
CWCQ Challenge Leagues 2019-21:
A:Singapore | Denmark | Malaysia | Vanuatu | Qatar + ❓
B:Kenya | Uganda | Jersey | Bermuda | Italy + ❓

Following the logic, Canada would go to 'A' and Hong Kong to 'B'. As I'm a little wary of Kenya, I think that would be preferable. However, nothing is official yet.

According to the Wiki article, the two group winners advance to a play-off tournament with the bottom 4 of the CWC League 2. Those play-off matches would be ODIs. So if Canada win their group they will play ODIs again in 2022 :D .

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Re: Canada @ 2019 ICC WCL Division 2

Post by Victorian » Wed May 08, 2019 12:48 am

I've watched some discussions led by Devesh Shankar on FB. Lots of heated opinion about President Saini and people calling Saini out as not telling the truth. Saini's two hours with Salmon Khan were a bit boring. Open discussion is a welcome development. The next thing is not just venting and name calling but actually accomplishing something positive.

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Re: Canada @ 2019 ICC WCL Division 2

Post by ray » Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:31 am

The 10th edition of Wickets is out.
https://issuu.com/caribbeangraphic1/doc ... ssue_final

In it, Canada men's captain Davy Jacob speaks about Canada's failure at WCL2. His overall assessment : Canada's fitness and fielding (especially catching) were lacking.

This is a disappointing and somewhat surprising revelation (one man's opinion but coming from an experienced former professional). Of all the things that should have been within Canada control, fitness and fielding would seem the topmost areas they could work on over the winter. Did the players let themselves down?

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