Canadian cricket team
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The Canadian cricket team is a national cricket team representing Canada in international competition.
While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games (in the ICC Intercontinental Cup) against other non-Test-playing opposition, with the rivalry against the United States cricket team being as strong in cricket as it is in other team sports. The match between these two nations is in fact the oldest international fixture in cricket, having first been played in 1844.
Canadian cricket has tended to take a lower profile than most other sports, and the team tends to be composed of expatriates from more successful cricketing nations either trying to achieve a level of international experience or having been deemed too old for their respective national teams. The 2003 World Cup squad, for example, contained players born in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and the West Indies.
History
Historically, Canada has appeared at the Cricket World Cup on two occasions, the most recent being the 2003 tournament in South Africa. While the team did not progress beyond the group stages in either tournament, there were a number of creditable individual performances. Canada's third-place finish in the 2005 ICC Trophy has secured the team a place at the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Perhaps the most successful exponent of Canadian cricket has been all-rounder John Davison. Davison was born in Canada but played club and — occasionally — first class cricket in Australia, achieving a reputation as something of a journeyman. Taking advantage of his Canadian birth, he became a regular in the national squad. At the 2003 World Cup, Davison hit the fastest century in tournament history against the West Indies in what was ultimately a losing cause. One year later, in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against the USA, he proved the difference between the two sides taking 17 wickets for 137 runs (the best haul in first-class cricket since England's Jim Laker took 19 wickets in 1956) as well as scoring 84 runs of his own.
Tournament History
- 2004: Runners up
- 2005: First round
- 1998: First round
ICC 6 Nations Challenge
- 2004: Runners up
- 2005: First round
- 1998: First round
ICC 6 Nations Challenge
- 2002: 5th place
- 2004: 6th place
ICC Americas Championship
- 2000: Won
- 2002: Runners up
- 2004: Won
Cricket in 2006/07
As part of their build up to the 2007 World Cup, Canada will take part in several ODI triangular tournaments, one at home, and also in Bermuda, South Africa and the West Indies. In January 2007, they will participate in the Division One tournament of the ICC World Cricket League.
In August 2006, they will host the Division One tournament of the ICC Americas Championship, playing against Bermuda, the USA, the Cayman Islands and a qualifier.
They also take part in the Intercontinental Cup, playing 4 day matches at home against Bermuda and Kenya, and in South Africa against the Netherlands.
See also
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External links
- [Candian Cricket Association official website]
- [Independent website covering Canadian cricket]
- [Cricinfo article on the history of Canadian cricket]
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