March 2021

Contents

4. Publisher’s Message! 5. Farouk Kirmani: Canada’s Longstanding Men’s U10 Cricket Coach 8. Cricket Canada Update 10. One To Watch: Rahul Vashishtha 12. Cricket Ontario President Shah Zafar’s March Report 14. Coach’s Corner 16. Scoring Essentials Part II 18. SCA’s 2021 Season Schedule.

Changing Games, Changing Lives – Coach Farooq Kirmani

They say, ‘Cricket runs in the blood,’ and though cricket families are not uncommon but are rare, a cricket team comprising all family members is unique. A team of eleven players, all hailing from the same family, and proudly called themselves Kirmani XI! Barely eleven years old then, Farooq Kirmani was the youngest player in …

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Important ICC Announcements On Covid’s One year Anniversary!

Tony McWatt – Publisher March 2021 heralded the one year anniversary of the onset of the COVID19 Global Pandemic. The required adherence to the pandemic’s associated safety inspired restrictions has been a strain on everyone, including members of Canada’s cricket community. During the past March month, however, there were also three announcements, two from the …

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Cricket Canada Update: March 2021!

The Cricket Canada board approved three policies at their March meeting; all are available on the Cricket Canada web site. The first of these is new and outlines the consequences for players and officials of taking part in “disapproved” cricket- tournaments that are not formally sanctioned by Cricket Canada and fall under the ICC’s definition …

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One To Watch: Rahul Vashishtha Looks To Build On Bradmanesque Season!

With the possible exception of boxing or baseball, no sport has developed its own language quite like cricket. Cricket lexicon runs the whole gamut from the quirky to the deeply philosophical, yet no adjective in all of cricket parlance is as cherished as the one derived from arguably the sport’s greatest practitioner – Sir Donald …

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Cricket Ontario’s March Monthly Update!

Based on guidance from Provincial regulations and Region Public Health Officials, Cricket Ontario will continue to follow all recommended policies and protocols in place to prioritize the health and safety of our members leagues, players, parents, volunteers, coaches, officials and staff and our residents. We see that all levels of government are carefully monitoring the …

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