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 …
By Tony McWatt – Publisher The International Cricket Council’s August 25 Media Release bore most welcomed confirmation of the news that had been long since expected by many members of Canada’s cricket community! “The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the Americas, Asia and EAP Qualifiers to the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup …
Tony McWatt – Publisher As the 12th Issue of Wickets 3rd Volume, this edition is now actually the 36th to be published in succession since the magazine was initially launched in August, 2018. Needless to say, Wickets Publisher this is an achievement of which I am extremely proud. To the best of my knowledge, Wickets …
By Tony McWatt – Publisher Ten Issues into its third Volume with thirty-four published overall, this month’s Wickets Cover finally features one of Canada’s most outstanding umpires, Harry Grewal. A long-overdue correction of the non-inclusion in Wickets editorial features to date on the often unappreciated and undervalued “men in the middle,” the umpires whose officiating …
Long Overdue Recognition For Canada’s Outstanding Umpire(s). Read More »
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 …
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 …
Important ICC Announcements On Covid’s One year Anniversary! Read More »
Tony McWatt – Publisher February 2021 will now go down in history as a month during which the attention of thousands of Canadian cricket fans would have been riveted on events in the Caribbean, namely this years’ COVID 19 2020 replacement edition of the Cricket West Indies Annual Regional Super50 Competition. The focus of their …
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 …
