The Nova Scotia Cricket Association recently named the provincial squad for the 2013 Atlantic T20 tournament, scheduled in Montreal, Quebec, on the weekend of June 15 and 16. The squad to defend the Championship won by Nova Scotia on Prince Edward Island in 2012 is:
Hari Raghuraman (capt), Matt Webb (v-capt), Amit Joshi, Shreyas Dhond, Matt Lee (wk), Shiv Sadhu, David Campbell, Anuraj Gupta, Daksh Talwar, Tushar Sehgal, Vivek Reddy, Anmol Zakhmi, Yash Gugle.

The Nova Scotia CA has made a commitment to provide news updates from the Atlantic T20 tournament during the weekend in Montreal.

The pre-season Deonarine league cup was washed out in Halifax last weekend. Halifax Common is assigned for other activities this coming weekend, the regular league season is due to open on the weekend of June 8 and 9. More information about the cricket scene in Nova Scotia can be found on the Nova Scotia Cricket Association website (http://www.novascotiacricket.com)./

2013 Snow Cricket Festival in New Brunswick

Mention of adverse weather in eastern Canada provides an opportunity to draw attention to the coverage of Cricket New Brunswick’s 2013 Snow Cricket Festival on the Cricket NB website (http://www.cricketnb.org/). It was the second annual Snow Cricket Festival and was deemed a “massive success”. Thanks to efforts from CricketNB sponsors Picaroons, and other donations for a silent auction, the event raised $1,200 beyond the playing action. The money raised will assist the CricketNB development programs, and a portion was assigned to the Fredericton Regional Resource Network (FRRN), a partnership of some thirty-nine local agencies.

Ten teams took part in this March 2013 Snow Cricket Festival, including one women’s team and three teams from the Loyalist Rugby Club. Some of the smiling faces of participants in the event can be seen on the Cricket New Brunswick website.