Cricket Canada finally released the squad that we understand is already in Trinidad preparing to compete in the CWI 50-over tournament.
Update: We have learned that Davy Jacobs will captain the team rather than Nitish Kumar. No explanation has been provided by Cricket Canada. While there’s no question that the very experienced Jacobs is well qualified for the post, Nitish Kumar has been a successful captain of the team, leading Canada to promotion to Division 2 of the ICC World Cricket League, and only missing out on qualification for the global World Cup qualifier by the narrowest of margins.
Update 2: The latest listing of the Canada squad for the Super50 now shows Davy Jacobs as captain and also includes Bhavindu Adhihetty and Ruvindu Gunasekera.
The team is:-
David Jacobs
Nitish Kumar
Cecil Pervez
Dilon Heyliger
Navneet Dhaliwal
Nikhil Dutta
Harsh Thaker
Salman Nazar
Srimantha Wijeyeratne
Varun Sehdev
Rodrigo Thomas
Romesh Don
Sukhdeep Brar
Ravinderpal Singh had to withdraw for personal reasons and a replacement will be named shortly.
The team is a mix of experienced internationals and relatively new names. Davy Jacobs (101 List A matches and 14 first-class hundreds in South Africa) will bring significant experience to the team now he is qualified to play for Canada. Canada’s first match is on Wednesday.