The countdown to the cessation of Wickets published monthly Issues has started. This May Issue will be the first of the magazine’s three remaining Issues, with June and July to follow as the second and final respectively. Reflecting on my role as Wickets’ founder, publisher and chief writer for the past now almost five years …
As the saying goes “all good things must eventually come to an end!” That truism now seems to have become applicable to the publication of Wickets magazine’s monthly online Issues. This April Issue will now most likely mark the commencement of the magazine’s impending publication cessation. The July 2023 edition, the final Issue of this …
Canada’s Senior Men’s cricketers have made the perfect start to their Namibia-hosted ICC CWC Qualifier Playoff campaign. The Canadians registered fairly comfortable victories in both of their opening matches, to be unbeaten at the head of the tournament’s points table after its first two rounds. In their Monday, March 27 campaign opening match, the Canadians …
Canada’s National Men’s cricketers will be travelling to Sri Lanka to engage in a Warmup tour in preparation for their participation in the Namibia ICC 2023 World Cup Qualifier. The Saad Bin Zafar-led Canadians will play four 50Over matches against a Sri Lanka Development Team during their stay on the subcontinental island. The Sri Lanka …
Sri Lanka Tour Should Provide Superb Preparation For Team Canada’s Mission ODI! Read More »
Two major, but not in any way unachievable steps are all that now remain for the Canadian Men’s National cricket team in its quest to qualify as one of the ten participating teams at this year’s 2023 ICC One Day International World Cup. The 2023 edition of the quadrennial 50 overs World Cup will be …
Canada Two Steps Away From World Cup 2023 Qualification! Read More »
By having emerged as points-table topping champions at the conclusion of the Malaysia-hosted ICC Challenge League A final round, the third of three that were held altogether, the Canadian Men’s National Cricket team has now edged one step closer to fulfilling its ultimate objective of qualifying for participation at the 2023 50Over World Cup. The …
Canada’s 2023 World Cup Qualification Quest: One Down. Two To Go! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The results produced by the Canadian National Men’s cricket team during its warm-up tour to Oman in preparation for its participation the December Malaysia-hosted ICC Challenge League Final Round were almost near perfect and as good as anyone could have asked for. The Canadians played seven T20I and three ODI matches in …
Canadian Team’s Excellent Oman Showing To Be Hopefully Replicated In Malaysia! Read More »
By Tony McWatt Kudos of the highest order must now be extended to the players on the Canadian National team for their outstanding performances during the recently held Brazil-hosted 2022 South American Women’s Championships. Canada’s ladies swept all that was placed before them, playing unbeaten to emerge as most deserving tournament champions. The Canadians almost …
This September 2022 edition of Wickets marks the 50th Issue to be published since the magazine was officially launched in August 2018. For me to be now writing this Publisher’s Message under its foregoing 50 Not Out headline, therefore, represents a personal achievement of which I am unashamedly proud. As a teenager and even further …
Welcome to the first edition of Wickets’ fifth volume. It’s hardly to believe that Wickets is now entering its fifth year of publication as Cricket Canada’s Online Magazine. The four years that have now passed since Cricket Canada’s granted me its permission to proceed with publishing monthly Issues of Wickets toward “the further promotion and …
Wickets Enters Its Fifth Volume Amidst The Sad Loss Of Two Stalwarts! Read More »
