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Canada names cricket squad for upcoming tour of South Africa

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 Chumney, Don Maxwell and Asif Mulla.

Vice captain Qaiser Ali from Quebec and Kevin Sandher of B.C., are the only non-Ontarians.

The team will be minus John Davison, Geoff Barnett and Ian Billcliff, who were unavailable for selection.

Canada's last action was a World Cricket League Americas division one match against the U.S. in late August.


© The Canadian Press, 2007

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