04. Publisher’s Message! 05. Austin Ward: 47 Years Of Distinguished Service To Canadian Cricket 08. Cricket Canada April Update 10. One To Watch: Ravi Sandhu 12. Player’s Perspective: Hiba Shamshad Frustrated & Concerned 14. Cricket Ontario President Shah Zafar’s April Report 16. Coach’s Corner: Consistency! 18. Softball Cricket: Two Women Among New OMSCC Board!Message
Tony McWatt – Publisher Wickets is now in its third year of production with this April Issue as the thirty-third to be published in succession. As a monthly online cricket magazine Wickets’ established objective at its inception was to further publicize and promote the outstanding accomplishments of Canadian cricket involved individuals. As such the Cover …
The COVID 19 epidemic continues to seriously impact Cricket Canada programming as the new season approaches. The current situation in Ontario makes it very hard for Ontario based national and high-performance players to prepare for the season, as well as rendering national team practices for Ontario based players impossible. The major event of the last …
Born October 13, 2000 in Etobicoke Ontario, Randhir Singh Sandhu, affectionately known as Ravi to his family, friends and team-mates, made his Canadian international cricket debut as a sixteen year old during Canada’s U17 tour to Houston in 2016. Ravi has since then also represented Canada at both the ICC 2018 and 2020 U19 World …
The current ongoing COVID 19 lockdown and ever-increasing reported country-wide case numbers have left one of Canada’s leading women’s cricketers frustrated and concerned. Outstanding left-arm bowling allrounder Hiba Shamshad, labeled by Sports Trend Canada as the flag-bearer of Canadian Women’s cricket has like all of her fellow national players been forced off of the playing …
If talent is more important than consistency, then Vinod Kambli would be more successful than Sachin Tendulkar. If Attitude is more important than consistency, then Rahane would be more successful than Kohli. If reading the game is more important than consistency, then MSD would be a more successful batsman than Kohli. If Passion is more …
TWO women were elected to serve on the executive body of the Ontario Softball Cricket Clubs (OMSCC) when the Annual General Meeting took place via Zoom on Sunday, April 11. After serving two years as the Secretary, Jas Mathura was elevated to the vicepresidency post while Indira Singh who was previously Web Content Administrator is …
Two Women Among OMSCC Executives Amid Sweeping Changes! Read More »
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.
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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