{"id":13960,"date":"2026-02-13T21:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=13960"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:06:07","slug":"cricinfo-nicholas-kirton-grateful-for-second-world-cup-chance-after-enduring-harrowing-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=13960","title":{"rendered":"[CricInfo]: Nicholas Kirton grateful for second World Cup chance after enduring harrowing 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Firdose Moonda<\/p>\n<p>A legitimate concern many Associate players have when they participate in a World Cup is if it will be their only one. Former Canada captain Nicholas Kirton is no exception. The Barbados-born batting allrounder was part of the side&#8217;s inaugural campaign in 2024 and instrumental to their first (and to date only) win, a 12-run triumph over Ireland in New York. In the moment, he knew that could the high-water mark of his career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was just a matter of trying to stay present and enjoy it, because at that point in time, I didn&#8217;t know if we would be at another World Cup,&#8221; he tells ESPNcricinfo. &#8220;It was just about trying to make the most of the opportunities.&#8221; He&#8217;s in Ahmedabad now, about to play his second T20 World Cup, but it almost didn&#8217;t happen for him, for entirely non-cricketing reasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/world-cup-2026-canada-nicholas-kirton-grateful-for-second-chance-after-harrowing-2025-1522885\">Full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Firdose Moonda A legitimate concern many Associate players have when they participate in a World Cup is if it will be their only one. Former Canada captain Nicholas Kirton is no exception. The Barbados-born batting allrounder was part of the side&#8217;s inaugural campaign in 2024 and instrumental to their first (and to date only) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[34,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13965,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960\/revisions\/13965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}