Peter Della Penna reviews the Asssociates year for Cricinfo
“Canada and Kenya have been Associate torchbearers for more than a decade, but their flames were dimmed to a flicker in 2013 as the ambitions of other countries started burning brighter. Canada has appeared in the last three World Cups, but hopes of a fourth consecutive trip are in jeopardy after they finished dead last in the World Cricket League Championship. Despite the return of Ashish Bagai ahead of the World Twenty20 Qualifier (though he retired later in the year), a first-day loss to USA was a stomach punch they couldn’t recover from and they fell short of the knockout stage. Upon the team’s return home, Gus Logie was KO’d as coach and replaced on an interim basis by Andy Pick. Canada finished in second place at the 2009 World Cup Qualifier in South Africa, but they’ll need many prayers answered for that to happen again in 2014.”
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