The 2015 Under-16 Canada Cup is scheduled to start in Winnipeg, Manitoba today (Monday August 3, 2015) with the last round of games due to be played on Friday (August 7) before visiting players return home on Saturday afternoon. Some of the squads for the Cricket BC and two Cricket Council of Ontario (Ontario Reds and Ontario Greens) have been announced via provincial cricketing websites and are provided here for ease of reference.
It is my understanding that five or six teams are competing this year: Cricket BC, CCO Reds, CCO Greens, Alberta, Saskatchewan and a combined Manitoba/Quebec side that may include some more CCO players.
Cricket BC Under-16s squad: Fathour Rahman Mohamed Nisthar (captain, Meralomas, BCMCL), Udayir Singh Walia (vice-captain, Master Blaster, BCMCL), Sartaj Karan Singh Toor (Master Blaster/Surrey Hawks, BCMCL), Jamison Noah Schulz-Franco (Colts/Albion, VDCA), Pietar Christiaan Pretorius (West Vancouver, BCMCL), Elenko Anthony Emmanuel (West Coast Tamil, BCMCL), Benjamin Robert Edwards (Colts/Albion, VDCA), Gurnaj Singh Sidhu (Master Blaster, BCMCL), Harsh Deep Singh Athwal (Abottsford, BCMCL), Sahil Rajesh Patel (West Vancouver/Richmond, BCMCL), Blake Barry Seebaran (Burnaby Windies, BCMCL), Amrit Singh Saini (Colts/Albion, VDCA), Herman Dayal (West Vancouver/Richmond, BCMCL) and Neel Anthony Lahiri (Meralomas).
Coach – Kulbir Jaswal; Manager – Anil Khanna.
Note: Cricket BC squad listing includes each player’s club and the league in which the club plays. BCMCL = British Columbia Mainland Cricket League (based around Vancouver); VDCA = Victoria and District Cricket Association (based around Victoria on Vancouver Island)
Ontario Reds: Arslan Sher Khan (captain), AranPathmanathan, Ashton Deosammy, Bhavindu Adhihetty, Faisal Jamkhandi, Kavian Naress, Matthew Bram Seepersaud, Meigha Ashinshana Perera, Muhammad Adil, Nasheed Udin, Nikhil Sharma, Rahmankhan Fatehkhan Pathan, Randhir Sandhu, Dipesh Bhatt and Niclos Manohar.
Coach – Farooq Kirmani; Manager – Praim Persaud.
Ontario Greens: Emmanual Khohkar (captain), Abaan Khan, Abubaker Muhammad, Ebaduddin Mohammed, Eshan Sensarma, Gurkharan Dhami, Harmanjeet Singh Bedi, Krishen Samuel, Maahil Arshad, Marcus Arjune Nandu, Mohammed Moazam Qureshi, Raqib Shamudeen, Rishiv Joshi, Rohan Patel, Shrujal Patel, Tajuddin Khan, Harjot Walia and Kevin Gilotra.
Coach – Zubin Surkari; Manager – Shah Zafar.
Note: The Ontario Greens listing includes some players likely to appear in the combined Manitoba/Saskatchewan team.
Ontario Reds coach Farooq Kirmani stated, via the CCO website, “We have a young roster at the Cricket Canada Under-16 National Championship, but we also have players who are experienced and have success at a higher level with the Under-19 National team. Their experience and leadership will help the younger players.”
Ontario Greens coach Zubin Surkari said “The two teams plus players provides excellent opportunities for the Ontario players to showcase their high skills and talents at the tournament.”