Cricket Canada is pleased to announce that the Senior Men’s team will participate in the Caribbean T20 tournament to be held July 22nd to July 31st in Barbados and Trinidad. The 8-team event will be held in both countries with the West Indies regional teams Barbados, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands.
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\nCricket Canada Chief Executive Officer Chandra Gocool was happy with the tour as an opportunity to get more high-level cricket for the senior men’s team.
\n“…Heading to a world cup, we want to get as much good cricket for our team as possible. This is a great opportunity for our players…we are thankful to our president Mr. Saini for all his hard work with the WICB to help develop this and other initiatives. We are also thankful to Dr. Hunte (President, WICB), Mr. Hilaire (CEO, WICB) , and Mr. Howard (COO, WICB) for their ongoing support of Cricket Canada. <\/p>\n
In a letter to the WICB President Ranjit Saini accepted Canada’s invitation to the tournament with excitement and humility “…Cricket Canada is honoured to have been invited to join and participate in this tournament. We are pleased to have
\nan opportunity to re-join and become part of the family where we naturally belong due to our historic ties. Cricket Canada will participate in this event as one of your own.” <\/p>\n
Ravin Moorthy, Cricket Canada’s First Vice President, was excited for Cricket Canada supporters saying “…fans across Canada are anxiously anticipating this event and hundreds are expected to flock to the Caribbean to watch in action… Twenty20 Cricket has taken the world by storm and Canada playing with some of the best including last years champions from Trinidad and Tobago. The world’s biggest T20 stars including Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard will taking the field against Rizwan Cheema and the rest of the Canadian stars…This is a great
\nmoment for Canadian cricket and something we should all embrace” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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