Canada Cricket News

Canada's cricket selectors named the 13-man squad Thursday for the country's tour of South Africa beginning late November. Canada will play one-day internationals against Netherlands and Bermuda, before meeting the Dutch again in a four-day International Cricket Council Intercontinental Cup match from Dec. 5-8. The squad is Ontario-heavy with 11 players including captain George Codrington, Sandeep Jyoti, Ashish Bagai, Abdool Samad, Umar Bhatti, Henry Osinde, Sanjay Thuraisingham, Sunil Dhaniram, Desmond ...

KING CITY, Ont. (CP) _ John Davison had 62 runs not out to lead Canada to a 10-wicket win over the U.S. Saturday in a World Cricket League Americas division one match. Canada scored 119 runs for zero wickets, while the Americans countered with 116 all-out. With the Canadian win, Bermuda captured first place in the tournament, whereas a U.S. win would have given the Americans the title. Canada's Sandeep Jyoti added 44 runs not out to help ...

KING CITY, Ont. (CP) _ John Davison's 53 runs helped lead Canada to a nine-wicket win over Argentina on Friday in a rain-interrupted World Cricket League Americas division one match. Canada picked up the victory through the Duckworth-Lewis method. The method determines the number of runs that must be scored by the team batting second in a match interrupted by inclement weather. Canada had to score 138 runs within 33 overs to win and did so amassing ...

KING CITY, Ont. (CP) _ Canada easily achieved a target of 58 runs in its second innings on Tuesday to defeat Bermuda by nine wickets on the fourth and final day of its ICC Intercontinental Cup match. Bermuda made a total of 644 runs over two innings, while Canada recorded 588 in its first innings. The Canadians needed only 58 runs in its second innings to win the ...

KING CITY, Ont. (CP) _ Abdool Samad and Umar Bhatti continued Canada's strong batting on Monday adding 149 runs for the eighth wicket to lead the home side to 588 runs all out against Bermuda in ICC Intercontinental Cup action. Samad made his maiden century, eventually falling to the bowling of Bermuda's Kevin Hurdle for 119 runs. Umar Bhatti then added 50 runs to put Canada in control ...

KING CITY, Ont. (CP) _ Strong batting by captain John Davison and Ian Billcliff paced Canada on Sunday to 386 runs for seven wickets on the second day of the four-day match versus Bermuda in ICC Intercontinental Cup action. The torrid batting, led by Davison's 165 runs and Billcliff's 126, enabled Canada to take a 52-run lead over Bermuda, which was all-out for 334 runs. Davison's ...