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2007-11-06 CCA - Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Corporation shall be held in Toronto on Saturday November 24 and Sunday November 25, 2007. The meeting will be conducted in accordance with the accepted "CORPORATE AGM" procedures. Meeting of the Board of Directors (Closed) - Saturday, November 24; Meeting of the Provincial Directors (Closed) - Saturday, November 24; Annual General Meeting (Open) - Sunday, November 25.
2007-10-28 Day 4: Namibia makes winning start to its ICC Intercontinental Cup campaign
Namibia 480 for 9 dec (B Kotze 163*) and 102 for 2 (Burger 44*, Snyman 38*) beat Canada 286 (Iqbal 140) and 295 (Iqbal 88, Snyman 3-53) by 8 wickets. Namibia made a winning start to its ICC Intercontinental Cup campaign with a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Canada at Wanderers Cricket Club in Windhoek, Namibia on Sunday. Chasing a modest target of 102 runs in more than two sessions on the fourth and final day, the home side achieved victory midway through the second session for the loss of just two wickets. [More] [Scorecard] [Day 3: Namibia on the verge of victory in its ICC Intercontinental Cup opener]
2007-10-26 Day 2: Kotze and Iqbal trade maiden centuries in ICC Intercontinental Cup match in Windhoek
Namibia 480 for 9 declared (B Kotze 163, Scholtz 64, Soraine 3-74) v Canada 233 for 4 (M Iqbal 119, L Klazinga 2-16) Opener Mohammad Iqbal stroked a maiden first-class century to lead Canada's fight back against Namibia in the ICC Intercontinental Cup match at Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek, Namibia on Friday. Iqbal, playing his 18th first-class match, was undefeated on 119 as the visitors finished the second day's play at 233-4 after Bjorn Kotze's undefeated career-best 163 helped Namibia to declare its first innings at 480-9. Canada requires another 48 runs to avoid the follow-on. [More] [Live Scorecard]
2007-10-25 Day 1: Career-best knocks by captain Kotze and Scholtz give Namibia good start against Canada
Namibia 314 for 6 (B Kotze 87*, Scholtz 64, Verwey 49*, Soraine 3-54) v Canada Captain Bjorn Kotze and Nicholaas Scholtz achieved personal bests to provide Namibia with a positive start to its ICC Intercontinental Cup campaign against Canada at Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia on Thursday. Kotze was undefeated on 87 and Scholtz scored 64, his maiden first-class half century, as the home team finished the opening day's play at 314-6 after electing to bat first. [More] [Live Scorecard]
2007-10-24 Canada's batsmen come up trumps
Canada 274 for 4 (Qaiser Ali 73, Kandappah 62*, Dhaniram 58*) beat Namibia 271 for 5 (Williams 132) by six wickets. Cricinfo - Canada's batsmen carried them to a six-wicket win over Namibia A in a warm-up match in Windhoek. What will worry the Canadians is that none of their bowlers were able to keep the Namibians in check. Craig Williams, a 23-year-old with a first-class average of 112, was the mainstay of the innings with 132 and with the exception of 17-year-old Sean Silver, who fell for 5 in the fifth over, all of the batsmen made reasonable contributions. Canada lost Aftab Shamsudeen, run out three balls into their reply, and then Abul Jabbar for a six-ball 14, but thereafter they batted sensibly in what was a well-paced chase. Trevin Bastiampillai and Qaiser Ali put them ahead of the clock and then some all-out attack by the veteran pairing of Arvind Kandappah and Sunil Dhaniram steered them home with six overs to spare. [Scorecard]
2007-10-20 2nd ODI: Obanda leads Kenya chase
Toss won by Canada, who chose to bat first. Canada 189 (47.1 ov) (TC Bastiampillai - 49;SO Tikolo 4/40), Kenya 193/6 (43.1 ov) (A Obanda 85). Kenya wins by 6 wickets. A fine 85 from Alex Obanda, playing in only his second one-dayer, led Kenya to a thumping win over Canada in the second and final ODI at Nairobi. Chasing a modest 190, Kenya rollicked to victory with more than six overs to spare. It was not all plain sailing though. In cool conditions and under cloudy skies, Kenya's top-order struggled with the early loss of Maurice Ouma and Nehemiah Odhiambo. David Obuya (34 from 51) helped put on 41 with Obanda, crunching five fours, before he fell attempting his sixth slog and was caught at deep midwicket off Qaiser Ali. Kenya wins the 2-match series 2-0. [More] [Scorecard]
2007-10-18 1st ODI: Odoyo century leads remarkable chase
Kenya 233 for 6 (Odoyo 111*, Bhatti 3-19) beat Canada 230 (Kandappah 69*, Onyango 3-29) by four wickets. CricInfo - Thomas Odoyo's maiden ODI century led a remarkable Kenya fightback in the opening match of their short series against Canada in Nairobi. He came in with the home side in tatters at 49 for 5 chasing 231, but calmly set about a recovery before taking the game away from Canada with a flurry of boundaries alongside a composed Jimmy Kamande who helped add a match-winning stand of 98 in 13 overs. [More] [Scorecard]
2007-10-14 Day 3: Tikolo and Ouma lead Canada rout
Kenya 393 (Odoyo 103*, Bhatti 5-75) and 105 for 1 (Ouma 71*) beat Canada 263 and 229 (Kandappah 87, Bastiampillai 63, Tikolo 4-34) by nine wickets. CricInfo - Kenya opened their Intercontinental Cup campaign with a commanding nine-wicket win against Canada to take maximum points with a day to spare in Nairobi. Steve Tikolo claimed four wickets to leave Kenya chasing 100 for victory and they cruised home as Maurice Ouma helped himself to an unbeaten 68-ball 71. Canada began the day facing a first-innings deficit of 130, following Thomas Odoyo's maiden first-class century on Saturday, and were in immediate trouble as Peter Ongondo removed both openers in the first over. Their main resistance came from a third-wicket stand of 113 between Trevin Bastiampillai (63) and 36-year-old debutant Arvind Kandappah (87). As they pushed Canada into a narrow lead there was a chance Kenya could be set a challenging target, but the home side stuck to their task. [More] [Scorecard] [Kenya coach delighted with win and performance in difficult ICC Intercontinental Cup victory over Canada]
2007-10-13 Day 2: Odoyo's maiden hundred puts Kenya in the driving seat
Day 2 Score: Canada 263 trail Kenya 393 (107.5 ov) by 130 runs. A maiden first-class hundred by Thomas Odoyo has helped Kenya secure a healthy first innings lead after two days of its ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in Nairobi. Odoyo hit 14 fours and a six in an unbeaten 103 as the home side, responding to the visitor's opening effort of 263, was dismissed for 393 at Gymkhana Club Ground on Saturday. The 29 year-old all-rounder, who earlier this year was named as the ICC Associate ODI Player of the Year, showed he was equally at home in the longer form of the game as he shepherded Kenya's lower order in impressive fashion. [More] [CricInfo Live Scorecard]
2007-10-12 Day 1: Dhaniram and Bhatti lead the way for Canada
Day 1 Score: Kenya 8 for 1 trail Canada 263 (Dhaniram 78, Bhatti 57, Kamande 4-56) by 255 runs . A captain's knock from Sunil Dhaniram gave Canada a fighting chance on day one of its ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya in Nairobi. With his side struggling on 121-6, all-rounder Dhaniram was joined at the crease by number eight batsman Umar Bhatti and, as they have done many times before for their country, they frustrated the bowling and showed they are more than capable of scoring runs at this level. The pair put on 99 for the seventh wicket with Dhaniram eventually being dismissed for a crucial 78. Bhatti didn't stop there, however, and with Durand Soraine, he put on another 40 runs, making a classy half-century and making sure Canada ended up with 263 all out. [More] [CricInfo Live Scorecard]
2007-10-11 Canada off to a winning start
CricInfo - Canada 203 beat Kenya A 193 by ten runs. Canada got their tour of Africa off to a winning start with a 10-run victory over Kenya A at Ruaraka Sports Club. Canada were stuck in by the Kenyans and struggled throughout their innings, with none of their batsmen able to go on and make a decent score as they ended on 203. Moses Otieno and Dominic Wesonga shared three wickets while Ashif Mulla top scored with 36. Kenya started solidly to reach 67 for 1 but lost regular wickets and fell short. With Canada set to meet the full Kenyan side in the Intercontinental Cup later this week, Steve Tikolo, the captain, said his side were ready. "The team is alright and we have been in intensive training for three weeks where we have worked on rectifying our mistakes," he told The Standard. "We believe we will put a good performance to lay a platform to reach the Intercontinental Cup final next year as well as prepare for the next World Cup." [More] [Hard-working Kenya can make up for recent disappointments]
2007-09-24 1st Vice President CCA
The CCA has today announced the resignation of Howard Petrook as the 1st Vice President of the CCA and the High Performance Manager. This resignation is effective from the 30th September 2007. Howard has resigned his position due to business and personal reasons.The CCA thanks Howard for all of his past efforts.
2007-09-17 CCA Selectors Announce Intercontinental Cup Squad for Kenya and Namibia
The CCA has announced the team will be captained by Sunil Dhaniram and the Vice Captain will be Qaiser Ali. Pubudu Dassanayake will be the coach of the Senior Team for the upcoming Kenya and Namibia Tour in October for Intercontinental Cup games versus Kenya and Namibia, and the 3 ODI games in Kenya. The team leaves on the 7th October. Note: There were players unavailable due to work commitments and the inability to obtain time off. [More]
2007-09-17 CCA moves to appoint Chief Executive Officer
The Canadian Cricket Association (CCA) is pleased to announce the appointment of its first ever Chief Executive Officer. Mr Atul Ahuja will assume the position of full-time CEO, effective November 1, 2007. University educated in his native India, Atul is a Canadian citizen and brings to the position an extensive commercial background. He has held senior level executive positions with several international companies in India, the United States and Canada, most recently with Satyam Computer Services and Intelligroup Inc., both in the information technology field. [More]
2007-09-05 Thomas Odoyo becomes the first winner of the Associate ODI Player of the Year Award
Kenya all-rounder Thomas Odoyo was tonight named as the winner of the inaugural Associate ODI Player of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg. Canada's Ashish Bagai joined Steve Tikolo and Thomas Odoyo from Kenya, and the Netherlands Ryan ten Doeschate on the short-list for Associate ODI Player of the Year. John Davison, Ashif Mulla, and Abdool Samad were also nominated in the Associate ODI Player of the Year categoriy for this year's ICC Awards ceremony. The Associate ODI Player of the Year Award serves to recognize and reward the efforts in ODIs of the outstanding cricketer from the six countries outside the ICC Full Members - Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland. The ceremony set for 10 September in Johannesburg [More] [Bagai Short-listed for Associate ODI Player of the Year] [Four Canadians in the Running for Associate ODI Player of the Year] [ICC Awards Background Information]
2007-09-04 CCA Letter to John Tory
Dear Mr. Tory: It is estimated that some 6 million Canadians are avid fans of the beautiful sport of CRICKET. Great majority of them reside in Ontario. To a cricket fan the game is not merely a passion but it is a religion. For your upcoming Election Campaign you have chosen to make ?Cricket? as a theme to illustrate the alleged misdoings of your opponents. With the Elections looming, political jockeying is very much the name of the game. On the other hand it is equally important for the politicians that whatever information they are giving out to the public has been conscientiously researched and truthfully presented. [More]
2007-08-29 Canada appoints new National Cricket Coach
The Canadian Cricket Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Pubudu Dassanayake as the new National Coach effective October 1, 2007. Pubudu Dassanayake is a Canadian citizen, having emigrated from his native Sri Lanka in 2001. His first class cricket playing career totaled 108 matches, including representing Sri Lanka in 11 Tests and 16 One-Day Internationals, primarily in the role of wicketkeeper batsman. He has also represented Canada in 2005 and 2006, captaining the national team in 2005. [More]
2007-08-29 ICC announces sponsors for ICC World Twenty20 South Africa 2007
The ICC today announced a range of partners for its inaugural ICC World Twenty20 tournament, set to take place in South Africa next month. It confirmed telecommunications giant Reliance as Global Partner, leading real estate company Emaar MGF as Global Partner, the world?s leading mobile handset manufacturer Nokia as Global Partner, and global soft drinks and snacks partner Pepsi. Yahoo! was confirmed as the official partner, internet website and portal. Other sponsors for the event are to be announced in due course. [More]
2007-08-26 Americas XI Unable To Match Caribbean Youth Team
Trinidad & Tobago U17 produce fine display to beat best of the Americas by 5 wickets in showpiece finale to first ever ICC Americas Women?s Championship.The first ever ICC Americas Women?s Championship ended on a celebratory note today with a match between a select Americas XI and the Trinidad & Tobago U17 team, as well as two 20/20 matches between mixed teams made up of players from the three regional member countries ? Canada, Bermuda and Argentina ? who took part in the tournament. In the show match of the day, the young Trinidad & Tobago team scored a comfortable 5 wicket win over the Americas XI, knocking off the required 186 runs for victory for the loss of 5 wickets in only 35.5 overs. Earlier, after being put in to bat, the Americas XI had compiled a useful 185 for 7 in their 50 overs, but this ultimately proved to be nowhere near enough to challenge their youthful opponents. Joanna White, Muneshri Persaud, Monali Patel and Meara Crawfordwere selected to attend an ICC Americas Women's Academy for next year. [More] [Scorecard]