{"id":11541,"date":"2018-06-11T08:27:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T11:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=11541"},"modified":"2018-06-11T08:27:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T11:57:32","slug":"officials-wave-off-reports-smith-warner-canada-return-tournament-in-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=11541","title":{"rendered":"Officials wave off reports Smith, Warner Canada return tournament in jeopardy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evin Priest for the Sydney Morning Herald:-<br \/>\nGlobal T20 Canada officials have moved to allay fears the tournament won&#8217;t go ahead, assuring fans that Steve Smith and David Warner will return to cricket in Toronto following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.<br \/>\nJason Harper, tournament director of the Twenty20 showpiece slated to start in late June, has hit back at Australian reports the fledgling event is in danger of folding.<br \/>\n&#8220;(There were rumours) contracts were not out and flights weren&#8217;t booked,&#8221; Harper said.<br \/>\n&#8220;Well, 91 of 96 players have been contracted &#8230; it&#8217;s going ahead.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/officials-wave-off-reports-smith-warner-canada-return-tournament-in-jeopardy-20180611-p4zksk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full story<\/a><br \/>\nIn the meantime Cricket West Indies have released their squad for the tournament. It is:-<br \/>\nAnthony Bramble (Captain)<br \/>\nFabian Allen<br \/>\nAlick Athanaze<br \/>\nRoland Cato<br \/>\nJustin Greaves<br \/>\nDerval Green<br \/>\nKavem Hodge<br \/>\nBrandon King<br \/>\nJeremiah Louis<br \/>\nObed Mcoy<br \/>\nKhary Pierre<br \/>\nNicholas Pooran<br \/>\nSherfane Rutherford<br \/>\nShamar Springer<\/p>\n<p>The Team Management Unit includes:<br \/>\nStuart Williams \u2013 Coach<br \/>\nRoderick Estwick \u2013 Coach<br \/>\nDenis Byam \u2013 Physiotherapist<br \/>\nCyril Cox \u2013 Strength and Conditioning Trainer<br \/>\nTrent Sargeant \u2013 Analyst<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evin Priest for the Sydney Morning Herald:- Global T20 Canada officials have moved to allay fears the tournament won&#8217;t go ahead, assuring fans that Steve Smith and David Warner will return to cricket in Toronto following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. Jason Harper, tournament director of the Twenty20 showpiece slated to start in late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11542,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions\/11542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}