Cricket Canada have announced that the 2018 Canada CricketFest will be live streamed on CBC Sports streaming network.
2018 CricketFest tournament will be competed by 4 teams, namely Canada’s senior squad, Canada “A” squad, Toronto Bears and West Indies “B” squad. CWI “B” squad were also part of recently concluded GT20 Canada league in Jun/Jul 2018.
Toronto Bears will feature local talent from local leagues in Toronto and Canada “A” will feature U22 players. The tournament will provide ample game-time for Canada players ahead of ICC World T20 Americas group “A” qualifiers in Sep 2018 at North Carolina, USA.
All matches will be held at Maple Leaf ground in King City, Toronto, which was the venue for the inaugural edition of GT20 Canada.
2018 Canada CricketFest Schedule:
01st Sep 2018: Canada vs Toronto Bears @11am ; Canada “A” vs West Indies “B” @3pm
02nd Sep 2018: Canada vs Canada “A” @11am ; West Indies “B” vs Canada @3pm
03rd Sep 2018: Canada “A” vs Toronto Bears @11am ; West Indies “B” vs Toronto Bears @3pm
Canada CricketFest Squads:
Canada: Nitish Kumar, Cecil Pervez, David Jacobs, Dilon Heyliger, Hamza Tariq, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Nikhil Dutta, Rizwan Cheema, Saad bin Zafar, Satsimranjit Dhindsa & Srimantha Wijeyeratne
Toronto Bears: Royston Crandon, Raj Nannan, Rodrigo Thomas, Kamil Pooran, Rodney Lawrence, Teddy LeFleur, Teshwon Castro, Richard Harris, Ryan Nurse, Jeron Maniram, Jade Padmore, Raymond, David latcha, Kandasamy Surjnarine & Adrian Sukwa
Canada “A”: Abraash Khan, Aran Pathmanathan, Arslan Khan, Bhavindu Adhihetty, Gurinder Thandi, Haris Chaudhary, Harsh Thaker, Jean Paul Rocke, Kanwar Mann, Ketan Kaushal, Kevin Singh, Pranav Sharma, Ravinderpal Singh, Romesh Don & Sukhdeep Brar
West Indies “B”: Sunil Ambris, Alick Athanaze, Sheno Berridge, Anthony Bramble, John Campbell, Keacy Carty, Justin Greaves, Derval Green, Jahmar Hamilton, Shermon Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Kimani Melius, Jeavor Royal & Jomel Warrican
Upon completion of the tournament, CWI “B” will also play two 50-overs matches against Canada on 05th & 07th Sep, 2018 at the same venue.
The team’s have already started playing few warm-up games before the start of the tournament proper. In the first game, Toronto Bears (126 all out in 24.1 overs) beat Canada “A” (107 all out in 24.5 overs) by 19 runs and the Bears (233 all out in 42 overs) also beat Canada senior side (167/7 in 45 overs) in the second game by 66 runs.
