DESPITE the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has curtailed several sports activities worldwide, the Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) is moving full speed ahead with preparations for its 2021 season and president Shiv Persaud is optimistic that there will be a “full season.” In 2020, the teams across all formats, which include Elite, Premiere, First, Second and …
04 Publisher’s Message! 05. Fowzieh Yaqubian: Canada’ Women’s Selections Committee Chairperson! 08. Cricket Canada Update! 10. Cricket Canada’s 2021 Events Calendar! 12. Canadian Women’s Selectors Panel Appointed! 14. Change to Nitish Kumar Selected To Leeward Hurricanes 2021 Caribbean Regional Super50 Squad! 18. Coach’s Corner! 20. Cricket Ontario Gearing Up For Busy 2021 Season! 22. Softball …
By Tony McWatt – Publisher This being Wickets very first issue for 2021, it behoves me as its Publisher to convey to all of our Readers my very best wishes to you and yours for the remainder of this still relatively new year. It is my sincere hope that all which you have wished for …
As the Chairperson for Canada’s recently appointed Women’s Cricket Selection Panel, Fowzieh Yaqubian, along with her fellow Selectors, Ontario’s Sutha Sivanantham and British Columbia’s Kim Coulter, has been charged with the task of establishing procedures for the continuous identification of talented players as candidates for future selection to the Canadian national women’s teams. Having played …
Fowzieh Yaqubian: Canada’s Newly Appointed Women’s Selection Panel Chairperson! Read More »
Although the seasonal holidays provided a welcome break, Cricket Canada continues to move forward with planning for 2021. All plans are of course dependent on the COVID-19 situation and need to be flexible. We are working with the Global T20 Canada management to open discussions with municipalities, provinces and the Federal Government to understand the …
Canada’s outstanding cricket all-rounder Nitish Kumar has been included in the Leeward Islands Hurricanes Final 15 member Squad for its participation in the 2021 Caribbean Regional Super50 Championships. The Leeward Islands Hurricanes will be one of six Caribbean territory franchises competing in the Cricket West Indies in the 2021 edition of the annual cricket West …
Cricket Canada has announced the appointment of a three member panel for the selection of its National Women’s teams. The panel will be comprised of two selectors from Ontario: Fowzieh Yaqubien and Suthershini (Sutha) Sivanantham, as well as one: Kim Coulter, from British Columbia. Ontario’s Fowzieh Yaqubien will serve as the Committee’s Chairperson. The appointments …
Cricket Canada Appoints Three Member National Women’s Teams’ Selection Panel! Read More »
By Varun Desai Mardan Khera is a small village in the Karnal district of Haryana, India. Simran Jit, a child, aged 4, would relentlessly bowl his brother all day under the scorching sun in the cruel summer. Nothing would deter the young lad, be it his parents’ objections or the pressure from school. Despite scant …
Playing cricket in nets and in games are two totally different things. The most obvious difference between the two is pressure. Practices are the stage for polishing your skills. Actual matches are where you display your game skills, fitness, mental strength and appetite for success. There is no glow on the face of people who …
