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Team Canada’s Interim Head Coach, the Trinidad-born Ingleton Liburd is perhaps much better known for his exploits as an actual player. Liburd (born 27 April 1961, in Trinidad) was a top-order batsman who made his name playing for St Kitts and Leeward Islands Under-19s. Having always considered himself to be a Kittian, Liburd’s Caribbean cricket career effectively …

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Team Canada’s Squad to participate in the Dubai hosted ICC MEN’S T20 WC QUALIFIER from October 11 – November 2, 2019 has been announced. Team Canada will be captained by Navneet Dhaliwal and coached by Interim Head Coach Ingleton Liburd. Team: Canada’s Squad is as follows:   Name  Playing Role Province 1 Navneet Dhaliwal – …

Team Canada Seeking T20 World Cup Qualification In Dubai! Read More »

Canada 176 for 5 (Kumar 83, Perchard 2-21) beat Jersey 123 all out (Jenner 56, Gordon 3-14) by 53 runs Nitish Kumar‘s rapid 36-ball 83 helped Canada reach a comfortable total, following which their fast bowlers Dillon Heyliger and Jeremy Gordon scythed through the Jersey line-up to wrap up a 53-run win in their opening game at the Tolerance Oval in Dubai. …

Canada Starts Dubai Campaign With Comfortable Win Over Jersey! Read More »

Canada 159 for 7 (Kumar 57, Abioye 2-26) beat Nigeria 109 for 8 (Onwuzulike 39, Heyliger 3-16) by 50 runs Canada remained the last undefeated team in Group B of the T20 World Cup Qualifier after coasting past Nigeria by 50 runs in Abu Dhabi in their October 21 Day-Night fixture. Nitish Kumar once again top-scored making an unbeaten 57 …

Canada Defeats Nigeria For Second Consecutive T20 World Cup Qualifier Win! Read More »

Canada 156 for 5 (Dhaliwal 69, Nitish 53, Rankin 2-32) beat Ireland 146 for 7 (Thompson 28*, Zafar 2-31, Eranga 2-32) by ten runs Nitish Kumar produced a third straight Man-of-the-Match performance and Canada continued their unbeaten run, beating Ireland by ten runs to go top of the table with six points. Nitish, who hadn’t made a single T20I …

Nitish Kuma’s 3rd Successive 50 Spurs Canada To Victory Over Ireland! Read More »

Hong Kong 150 for 7 (Shah 59*, Barkat 27) beat Canada 118 for 9 (Cheema 20, Rana 3-25, Christie 2-23) by 32 runs An unbeaten half-century by Kinchit Shah and a three-wicket haul by Nasrulla Rana helped Hong Kong to a 32-run win over Canada in the Group B of the men’s T20 World Cup qualifiers. This was Canada’s first defeat in …

Canada’s ICC T20 World Cup Campaign Qualification Campaign Suffers Setback With Loss To Hong Kong! Read More »

Oman 145 for 2 (Jatinder 68*, Ilyas 60) beat Canada 144 for 9 (Wijeyeratne 56, Maqsood 3-25, Khawar 2-18) by eight wickets Oman moved a step closer to clinching their second straight trip to the opening round of the men’s T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket October 25 drubbing of Canada at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. Jatinder Singh and Aqib Ilyas made …

Canada Suffers Second Straight Defeat With Loss To Oman! Read More »

Canada, needing to beat the UAE in their final match of the round robin in the ICC WCT20 qualifier,  lost by 14 runs, and failed to make the play offs. Three consecutive losses saw them fall to 5th place in the group. Canada won the toss, chose to bowl, and got off to a great …

Canada’s T20 World Cup Qualification Hopes Squashed By UAE Loss! Read More »

Akhil Kumar started his journey into the game as a four year old, at the Ontario Cricket Academy. Immediately upon coming to the academy, Coach Derek Perera took aside the tiny pre-schooler and did some catching basics with him. After a few simple catches that he easily held, which was still impressive considering his age, …

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