By Tony McWatt As a marked departure from the norm and maybe even as a bit of Canadian cricket history, the cover of this month’s Wickets April 2022 Issue features, for the very first time in the publication’s now almost five years of existence, a politician. The City of Brampton, Ontario’s distinguished Mayor turned Federal …
By Tony McWatt – Publisher The weeks ahead, from now until the end of April and into early May, should prove to be very interesting ones for Canadian cricket administrators. Among the items that will be garnering attention during that period will be the outcomes from Cricket Canada’s most recent Strategic Planning Meeting, Cricket Ontario’s …
Interesting Times Ahead For Canadian Cricket Administrators! Read More »
By Tony McWatt– Publisher Played 5, won 2 lost three. On paper that doesn’t sound too bad of a record for an international cricket team competing in an eight-nation Qualification tournament. Except that the two losses suffered by Team Canada, as holders of that record, effectively resulted in its failure to secure either of the …
By the time this January 2022 Issue of Wickets is published, its forty-second in succession, Canada’s youth cricketers would have returned to their homes following their participation in this year’s Caribbean hosted ICC U19 World Cup. The Canadians lost all three of their St Kitts based Preliminary Round matches. As such they were then relegated …
By Tony McWatt – Publisher Very soon after this Christmas and New Year’s celebrations are over Canada’s National Men’s Junior cricketers will be headed to St Kitts to participate in the 2022 ICC U19 World Cup. The Canadians will be one of sixteen participating teams in the Caribbean-hosted World Cup, which gets underway on January …
Wishing Our U19 Squad All The Very Best For Its 2022 ICC World Cup Glory Quest! Read More »
By Tony McWatt – Publisher The forthcoming 2022 New Year now promises to be a very exciting time for Canada’s Men’s cricketers, at both the junior and senior levels. For the Juniors there will be on the immediate horizon Canada’s participation in the 2022 Caribbean hosted U19 World Cup. The Canadian National Senior team having …
Exciting Times Ahead For Canada’s National Men’s Cricketers! Read More »
Tony McWatt – Publisher This month-end., November 2020, marks the end of the first six months of its two year, twenty-four month, tenure for the Rashpal Bajwa led Cricket Canada Board of Directors. Any objectively fair assessment of the Board’s overall performance during this now completed period would have to label it as having been …
By Tony McWatt Publisher If our Canadian cricket community had been in the habit of recognizing outstanding female and male individuals as “Personalities Of The Month,” this month’s October 2021 awardees would undoubtedly have been Canadian National Women’s Player Divya Saxena and Brampton City Mayor Patrick Brown respectively. Both Ms. Saxena and Mayor Brown have …
Kudos To Divya Saxena And Brampton’s Mayor Patrick Brown! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The next three months, from October 202 through to January 2022 should prove to be a very busy period of activity for Canada’s National cricketers. Canada’s Women’s, Men’s and U19 cricketers will all be respectively busy, participating in various International Cricket Council (ICC) hosted Tournaments. First, up will be the Canadian National …
Busy Times Brewing For Canada’s National Cricketers! Read More »
From 1929 when the West Indies played its first ever Test Match as international cricket’s fourth test playing “country” until now, cricketers from the Caribbean have garnered global attention as some of the very best the sport has ever known. In the words of one of those very best however, the great West Indies and …
