According to the British Columbia Mainland Cricket League website, there are four participating teams in this week’s 2012 Canada Cup Under-18 Cricket Championship: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Combined Provinces. The Combined Provinces squad is due to include players from Manitoba. Quebec and Saskatchewan.
Matches are scheduled for 50 overs per side with a start time of 11am local time in Vancouver, and are being played on two cricket fields at Hugo Ray Park, West Vancouver.
The playing schedule, as per the BCMCL website, is:
August 27th Ontario v Combined Provinces (Hugo Ray #1)
British Columbia v Alberta (Hugo Ray #2)
August 28th Ontario v Alberta (Hugo Ray #1)
British Columbia v Combined Provinces (Hugo Ray #2)
August 29th British Columbia v Ontario (Hugo Ray #1)
Alberta v Combined Provinces (Hugo Ray #2)
August 30th First placed team from round-robin v Second placed team from round-robin
Third placed team from round-robin v Fourth placed team from round-robin.
2012 Canada Cup Under-18 – Squad information
The following is provided as a partial guide to players involved in the 2012 Canada Cup Under-18 tournament that began on Monday (August 2th) in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A listing of the Combined Provinces squad, which was due to include players from Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan was not readily available at this time.
Alberta
Playing squad: Sudeepta Aurka (captain), Wardan-ul-Haq, Ankit Karwal, Parin Modi, Adil Mehmood, Arjun Karwal, Kapil Kirkire, Miraj Patel, Firhan Malik, Ishant Sharma, Azar Khan, Syed Hassan, Furqan Kureshi, Kanwar Mann.
Support: Manager – Christie Marthingam (Program Director – Alberta Schools CA); Coach: Hamza Tariq.
Reserve players: Kamal Uddin, Naqi Abid, Parth Shah, Jay Aghara.
*** Alberta squad information thanks to the Edmonton & District Cricket League website.
British Columbia
Playing squad: Gurkaran Dhillon (West Vanvouver, captain), Amanpal Gillar (Richmond), Avneet Virdi (Master Blaster), Lovejeet Brar (Master Blaster), Bakshpreet Singh Gill (Master Blaster), Jogpal Diligir (Master Blaster, wicketkeeper), Soubhan Choudhry (ACC), Raghubeer Sidhu (Abbotsford), Herman Sidhu (Surrey United), Rohan Devraj (Meralomas), Ummar Chaudhry (Master Blaster), Suliman Khan (West Vancouver), Jayan Dissanayake (Lanka Kings CC), Jitesh Kumar (Surrey United), Vatsal Shah (Victoria & District Cricket Association), Trenton Schulz (Victoria & District Cricket Association).
Support: Navdeep Manju and Nigel James (coaches)
Reserve players: Damian Herft (Richmond), Ibrahim Hashmi (Salim Akbar), Hemant Manju (Master Blaster), Usmaan Choudhry (Master Blaster).
*** British Columbia squad information thanks to the British Columbia Mainland Cricket League website.
Ontario
Playing squad: Armaan Kapoor; Nikhil Dutta; Aniket Joshi; Talha Shaikh; Kamar Sing-Debidayal; Thurshan Anatharajah; Stephan Joseph; Arjun Parik; Yug Rao; Stephan Rajasingham; Dhanya Dave; Kunal Bhatt; Dhruv Patel; Pushkar Bettadour; Manula Adithetty.
Support: Farouk Kirmani (coach); Philip Navaratne and Muhamad Haroon.
*** Ontario squad information thanks to the Etobicoke-Brampton and District Cricket League website.
Best wishes to all those playing, officiating, managing/coaching, volunteers and families and friends involved in this tournament.