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CONTENTS 4 Welcome 5 RASHPAL Bajwa - Forward Thinking Board Member

8 Romesh Eranga Canada’s Newfound 11 Last Month Lookback:

Canada Competitive At Caribbean Regional Super50

15 Australia Crowned ICC Women’s T20 World Champs!

18 ICC Women’s World t20

Tournament Team announced

19 UAE T20X Tournament 22 Matthew Rohan: Another Nandu Worth Watching

24 Insurance Coverage For West Indies Cricketers

26 Windies Stars Retained By Their IPL Franchises

28 Barbados Kensington Oval: The

30 St John’s Club Photos

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Mecca Beckons

Welcome Welcome to this the fourth Issue of monthly online magazine. As always our hope is that Wickets’ provided content will prove to be both enjoyable and entertaining to you its Readers!

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tony McWatt www.caribgraphic.com

CONTRIBUTORS Frederick Halley Ingleton Liburd Tony McWatt Richa Prabhakar Phillip Spooner

PHOTOGRAPHY Lynette Balram

cludes our coverage of Canada’s highly encouraging performances in the recently concluded Caribbean Regional Super50 Competition. Foremost among these were those of our cover feature Romesh Eranga, who emerged as one of the Tournament’s leading wicket-takers. Tourism Marketing Inc. and its hospitality corporate partners, Accra Beach Resort and Courtesy Car Rentals, I was able to attend the Kensington Oval’s hosting of the Super50’s Semi-Final and Final. Having not been at the Oval since 2013, not only did it feel good to be back at the Mecca but I also thoroughly enjoyed the time spent with my fellow Caribbean cricket scribes: Messrs Harris, Parris, Spooner Stuart, Sealey. Mention must of course be made as well of the man who, as the Tournament’s Media Coordinator, played a huge role in making it all possible, the indomitable Woody RichAs newly introduced content, this month’s Issue includes a Feature on Barbados Kensington Oval, as the historic Mecca of West Indies be followed by similar features on other iconic Caribbean cricket venues, is that it will serve as a catalyst for Canadian Cricket’s pain-

that the “development of a world class cricketing venue within the next three years” was one the stipulations associated with Canada’s

Last Issue’s One To Watch feature was on the very promising up excited to feature his brother Matthew, who’s prospects for an outstanding future as a Canadian cricketer seem to be just as bright as those of his sibling. Finally this month’s Issue also includes coverage of the Caribbean hosted ICC’s Women’s T20 World Cup, which at our November 22

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Australia set to face the defending champions West Indies in one semi and England taking on India in the other. Next month’s Issue will include detailed coverage of those matches as well as the Final.

RASHPAL BAJWA CRICKET CANADA’S FORWARD THINKING BOARD MEMBER Since then Rashpal Bajwa’s rise through the ranks of Cricket Canada’s administration has been meteoric. In 2008 he was elected to the BCMCL League as a Delegate and just two years later, in 2010 he became the BCMCL’s Vice President. By the following year, 2011, Rashpal had become Cricket BC’s 2nd Vice President. Two years later, in 2013, he assumed full administrative control of Cricket BC by becoming its President. His outstanding performance in that role led to his 2016 election as a Cricket Canada Vice President. Rashpal Bajwa’s primary objective as a Cricket Canada Board Member is to further the development of grass root cricket all across Canada. He also hopes to achieve significant infrastructure development and mainstream exposure. Rashpal believes that if special emphasis is paid to grass root cricket it will go a long way towards maintaining the sustainability of the game in this country. Rashpal also thinks that cricket infrastructure development will be key to Canada’s ability to be competitive with other cricketing countries. Canadian Cricket he says, has to be exposed to the mainstream public as only then will there be the significant numbers of players that can have a highly positive effect on the further development of grass root programs. As such the one major change and improvement Rashpal now wants to see happen in Canadian Cricket, within the next 2-3 years, would be the implementation of a first class cricket structure. He would also like to see the establishment of a cricket stadium that would allow Canadian Cricketers to show case their talent and host world class events.

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Rashpal Bajwa was born in Jalandhar, India to an army family. His dad eventually retired as an Indian army Colonel. As a result Rashpal grew up in different parts of India like Allahabad,Jhansi,Dehradun and Hyderabad. He immigrated to Canada from Hyderabad in 1996 after finishing his Bachelors Degree in Engineering . Having settled in Canada, Rajpal completed his certification in aircraft maintenance engineering from BCIT. He then worked with Air Canada as a licensed aircraft engineer for over a decade. Rashpal now owns and manages his own own business with 15+ employees. Rashpal belongs to a very sports oriented family, his grandfather and father were extraordinary hockey players. His grandfather actually had the privilege to captain the team in which the legendary Indian hockey player Major Dhyan Chand played. Rashpal's father also almost made the Indian national hockey team. Having been born within such an environment, Rashpal was a sports junkie since birth. He played all major sports at different levels including cricket. His main interest as a young boy was in track and field, with his main events being the 200 meters, long jump and triple jump. Not surprisingly he also played hockey for Dehradun District. As far as cricket was concerned, Rashpal did represent his school in Grade 12 and was captain of his college team in a few tournaments. After immigrating to Canada cricket was the one sport that he kept in touch with. He joined the local British Columbia League and has been playing for the last 20 years, having only retired from his Surrey Hawks Cricket Club’s first team 4 years ago. He still plays for the Hawks’ Over 40s team, which has been 3 times champions in the last 4 years . Rashpal’s involvement with Cricket Canada began almost from Day One in 1997 when he started playing cricket in Canada. Initially he was only involved with the Surrey Hawks Club in a limited capacity. His involvement then grew when he took on the responsibility of captaining the Second Team. From there he soon progressed to become the Club’s President in 2006.

VIKINGS CRICKET CLUB’S PROUD 36 YEAR HISTORY! In the year 1971 a group of young cricket enthusiast from Guyana get together to continue playing their loved sport (Cricket) in Canada. During the late sixties and the early seventies there were just a handful of cricketers from the West Indies playing in Toronto and evidently there was a scarcity of cricket equipment. In the summer of 1971 their anxieties to play cricket were so high that they arranged games without not having any gears, so they borrowed pads and bats from the opposing teams to play, only the Guys some time to formulate plans for the next year.

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By the beginning of the summer of 1972 the group has been organized into a formidable cricket team named “ Vikings Cricket Club” (Vikings) the name was originated from the popular football team at the time “Minnesota Vikings”.

bership has grown from a few Guys to over one cricket in Toronto and the districts thereto, par- hundred members. ticipate in the junior development program and to arrange promotional matches to further the best interest of the game and its participants. uted to the administrators, members, sponsors and the supporters who have set the foundation Since its formation in 1972 Vikings has partic- and have proudly carried the club with respect, ipated in the Toronto and District Cricket As- courage and determination to its present standCricket Association (OCA) and the Canadian Cricket Association (CCA) and still continue to play an active role in these Association. Vikings has started playing in the T&D league with one team and over the years has grown to three senior teams and one junior team, this is quite a remarkable achievement in a short period of time and presently Vikings is one of the most recognized and competitive club in Canada.

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Vikings accomplishments have been highlighted by several victorious championships, three time winner of the Premier division, three time vision championship and one junior division championship. Over the years Vikings has develop top quality players who have represented -

ROMESH ERANGA CANADA’S NEWFOUND BOWLING SPEARHEAD In October 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with seventeen dismissals in six matches.

Eranga’s cricketing career highlights to date are as follows: Full name : Galkandage Don Romesh Eranga Born: June 16, 1985, Ragama Current age: 33 years 152 days

Major teams: Burgher Recreation Club Playing role: Bowler Batting style: Bowling style: Height:

The Edmonton based Eranga captured 17 wick- Education: ets during the Tournament impressing all who De Mazenod College, Kandana saw him with his pace, movement and control. With Eranga now leading its bowling attack, Canada’s chances of dismissing opposition batting lineups seems to have improved significantly. The Sri Lankan born (16 June 1985) Romesh Eranga bowls left-arm medium-fast and bats left-handed. He became only the third Sri Lankan to take eight wickets in a List A innings; as he achieved the feat when he took 8/30 for Burgher Recreation Club against Sri Lanka Army Sports Club.

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Following his outstanding performances in the recent Caribbean Regional Super50 Competition during which he emerged as one of the leading wicket-takers, Romesh Eranga has become the newfound spearhead for Team Canada’s bowling attack. Eranga’s outstanding Super50 performances included his match winning 6-21 against the Windward Islands which gave the Canadians their only win of the Tournament.

Career statistics First-class debut Last First-class List A debut Last List A Only T20s

Panadura Sports Club v Burgher Recreation Club at Panadura, \ Jan 18-20, 2008 Colts Cricket Club v Burgher Recreation Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 1-3, 2013 Burgher Recreation Club v Singha Sports Club at Colombo (Burgher), Nov 14, 2007 Guyana v Canada at Port of Spain, Oct 15, 2018 Moors Sports Club v Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club at

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20 QUESTIONS:

ROMESH ERNAGA 1 City of Birth -Kandana, Sri Lanka 2. Favorite Childhood memory -playing cricket with the kids in my neighborhood 3. Childhood Ambition - to play professional cricket in Sri Lanka 4. Favorite School Subjects -Mathematics 5. Favorite Book -Reading is my least favorite thing to do.. 6. Favorite Movie -Rocky Movie Series. I could watch this over and over again! 7. Top 5 Favorite TV Shows CSI and Vikings 8. Favorite Food -Spicy Sri Lankan food

9. Favorite Vacation Spot 10. -Wasim Akram 11. Most Admired International Cricketer â€“ Bowler -Wasim Akram 12. Most Admired International Cricketer â€“ Batsman -Chris Gayle 13. Most Embarrassing Cricket Moment -Gving away 31 runs in a single over at a Division D Mercantile match in Sri Lanka! 14. Most Memorable Cricket Moment -Receiving the Man of the match award at the Super 50 cup in Trinidad 15. Cricketing Ambition -To be a world renowned fast bowler 16. Favorite Sport outside of Cricket -Rugby 17. Hobbies Outside of Cricket -Working out at the gym and watching movies

19. Music Most Listened To -I like almost all kinds of music 20. Top 5 Bucket List Items -A trip to the Amazon, go on a word tour, start my own business

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18. Favorite Toronto Restaurant -I live in Edmonton and my visits to Toronto have been really short. No favorite restaurant yet.

CCC MAROONERS CROWNED CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SUPER50 CHAMPS! Superbly led by West Indies T20 Captain Carlos Brathwaite, the Combined Colleges & Campuses (CC) Marooners emerged as champions of Cricket West Indies 2018 Super50 Regional Competition. In the October 28. Barbados Kensington Oval Final, the CCC Marooners comfortably defeated the Guyana Jaguars by 6 wickets to claim the 2018 Championship. were dismissed for 204 in 49.1 overs. Tagenarie Chanderpaul, the son of the former West Indies legend Shiv. Top scored with a beloured 56 made from 95 balls but the remainder of the Jaguars batting failed to perform as wickets fell the Marooners. Jermaine Levy with 4-43 from his 10 overs was the Maroonersâ€™ most successful bowler. He was ably supported by his Skipper Carlos Brathwaite who claimed 3-42.

10/26/2018 T&T Red Force vs CCC Marooners T&T Red Force 92/10 (33.0 Ovrs) D Bravo 27 (36) A Jordan 5-18 (10) CCC Marooners 93/3 (16.2 Ovrs) K Ottley 39 (44) C Brathwaite 29 (22) CCC Marooners won by 7 wickets 10/26/2018: Jamaica Scorpions vs Guyana Jaguars Jamaica Scorpions 272/8 (50 Ovrs) N Bonner 76 (64) J Campbell 56 (59); V Permaul 2-42 (10) R Sheperd 2-55 (10) Guyana Jaguars 296-9 (49.5 Ovrs) L Johnson 101 (136), R Reifer 68 (81), J Taylor 3-44 (10). Guyana Jaguars won by 1 wicket.

support of the Barbados Tourism Authority in association with Accra Beach Resort and Courtesy Car Rentals, Cricket Canada Wickets Publisher & Editor Tony McWatt was on site Set to make 205 for victory at a required run rate of just 4.1 runs per over, the CCC Maroon- in Barbados to witness the Kensington hosted

the loss of 4 wickets.Kyle Corbin 72 (53) and wicket. Skipper Carlos Brathwaite then post-

been held at Kensington Oval to determine the feated the Jamaica Scorpions in a close encounter while the much vaunted and star studded Trinidad Red Force had succumbed meekly to the eventual champions the CCC Marooners. were as follows:

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team home to victory. For the Guyana Jaguars

CANADA COMPETITIVE AT CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SUPER50 COMPETITION Canada’s Red Army cricketers gave of their competitive best in the recently concluded Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 Competition. Playing against far more experienced opponents, including several West Indies Test and One Day International players, the Canadians tually played of the seven that had been schedagainst the West Indies B and Trinidad & Tobago were both unfortunately abandoned due to persistent rain.

Cricket West Indies annual tournament comprised of representative teams from the various Caribbean Islands. Cricket Canada has been sending their players to play in this tournament regularly as a means of presenting Canada’s elite cricketers with match play opportunities players to assess and acclimatize under overseas conditions.

dramatic second round Match 5 defeat of the Windward Islands. Having set the Windwards overs, the Canadians rattled their opponents for 188 on the heals of an outstanding bowling performance by Romesh Eranga who captured 6/21 from his 10 allocated overs.

cent years selected Canadian players have also participated in the tournament as members of ICC Americas team during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Seasons. Canada’s 2018 Regional Super5o participation is

In the batting department, Canada’s best performer was Navneet Dhaliwal with a 306 runs Tournament aggregate, scored at an average of 45.17 with an 88.56 strike rate. Newly appointed team captain Davy Jacobs was second in the Canadian batting averages with an aggregate of to date, Canada has only managed to reach the 242 runs for an average of 35 and a strike rate of 72.31.

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Eranga was by far the Canadians best bowler throughout the Tournament. He captured 17 wickets from 6 matches played at an ultra impressive average of 12.12 with a 4.38 economy rate. Behind him the next best performer with the ball for Canada was Salman Nazar. His 6 Tournament wickets were captured at a 41.33 average with a 5.47 economy rate.

2018 Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 Tournament was as follows:David Jacobs (Cap- Don, Sukhdeep Brar, Ruvindu Gunasekera. tain), Nitish Kumar, Cecil Pervez, Dilon Heyliger, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nikhil Dutta, Harsh Don, Sukhdeep Brar, Ruvindu Gunasekera. 2018 Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 Tournament was as follows:David Jacobs (Captain), Nitish Kumar, Cecil Pervez, Dilon Heyliger, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nikhil Dutta, Harsh

Canadaâ€™s 2018 Caribbean Regional Super50 Match Summaries:

Match 1

October 3, 2018 Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Canada vs West Indies B West Indies B 302/8 (50 Overs) M Samuels 101, Y Cariah 73; G Eranga 5/32 (8), S Nazar 3/60 (10) Canada 292/8 (50 Overs) (9), C Holder 2/61 (10) West Indies B won by 1o runs

October 5, 2018 Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Canada vs Windward Islands Windward 337/9 (5o Overs) D Smith 132, K Hodge 84; G Eranga 3/59 (8), N Dutta 2/60 (10) Canada 264 (48.1 Overs) (8.1), L Edwards 2/41 (9) Windwards won by 73 runs

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Match 5:

October 7, 2018 Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Canada vs Trinidad & Tobago Canada 207/7 (50 Overs) D Jacobs 37, B Adhihetty 32; R Emrit 3/58 (10), K Pierre 2/30 (10) Trinidad & Tobago 208/8 N Pooran 66, K Hope 50; S Brar 3/39 (6), S Nazar 2/47 (8.4) Trinidad & Tobago won by 2 Wickets

October 13, 2018 Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Canada vs Windward Islands Canada 206/9 (50 Overs) S Wijeyeratne 35, N Dhaliwal 35; K Hodge 2/25

Match 4:

October 13, 2018 Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Canada vs Guyana Canada 205/7 (50 Overs) N Kumar 51, D Jacobs 34; V Permaul 2/26 (10) Guyana 208/6 (39.5 Overs) R Reifer 61, A Bramble 44; N Dutta 3/41 (10) Guyana won by 4 wickets

October 9, 2018 Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Canada vs Guyana Canada 202/9 (50 Overs) N Dhaliwal 88, D Jacobs 44; R Lewis 2/30 (9), C Pestano 2/30 (7) Guyana 204/3 C Barnwell 99, R Reifer 50, G Eranga 2/29 Guyana won by 7 wickets

Windwards 188 (49.2 Overs) R Cato 50, A Athanaze 42; G Eranga 6/21 (10) Canada won by 18 runs

Match 6:

Match 7: October 17, 2018 Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Canada vs West Indies B No Result Match Abandoned due to rain

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Match 3:

AUSTRALIA CROWNED ICC WOMEN’S T20 WORLD Australia won a record fourth ICC Women’s World T20 title with a comprehensive eight-wicket win over England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Saturday. Under lights and in front of more than 10,000 spectators, Australia took wickets regularly to strangle England, and then waltzed to a win.

Georgia Wareham,19, starred in the field for Australia: she was on a hat-trick, affected a di- rect-hit run-out, and took a catch amidst a rare sloppy Australian fielding effort; they dropped five catches, three of them straight-forward. Ashleigh Gardener then took home the Player of the Match award, hitting three sixes in the chase to build on a solid bowling effort. It gave Australia their first ICC trophy since 2014. Winning the toss, England chose to put runs on the board, but could not string a partnership of more than 23 in their innings. Opener Danielle Wyatt was the common thread in four of those partnerships as she put on an enterprising 43 (37b, 5x4, 1x6), looking particularly dominant when hitting over mid-off. Wyatt set the tone for England, taking 11 runs off the first over, but on a pitch that didn’t have the turn of two nights ago, Australia used their fast bowlers to rein things in. The pacers took two wickets in the first seven overs, the second of those giving Ellyse Perry her 100th T20I wicket, making her only the second player to breach that mark. Despite captain Heather Knight’s rearguard 25 (28b, 1x4, 1x6), England were bowled out for 105 in the last over, with no other batter crossing double figures. Ashleigh Gardener claimed three for 22, including the wickets of Wyatt and Knight, to claim the best figures by a spinner in a World T20 final. Despite the small total, the festive crowd cheered every boundary the Australians hit in reply. They lost the fluent Healy in the Powerplay, but not before she has built a partnership of 29, scoring 22 (20b, 4x4) of those. Gardener (33 not out, 26b, 1x4, 3x6) and Lanning (28, 30b, 3x4) then finished the job, with Lanning scoring the winning runs off the first ball of the 16th over. Sir Vivian Richards gave away the World T20 trophy to Australia captain Lanning, and Healy took home the Player of the Tournament award for her 225 runs.

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ENGLAND STORM INTO SEMIâ€™S WITH WIN OVER INDIA. England 116 for 2 (Jones 53*, Sciver 52*) beat India 112 (Mandhana 34, Rodrigues 26, Knight 3-9, Gordon 2-20, 2-22) by eight wickets England bossed India in every department at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, as they produced a masterclass of adapting to unusual conditions to deny India a maiden appearance at a World T20 final. England, who last won the tournament in its inaugural edition in 2009, will play their fourth final on November 24, and meet Australia for the third time in the title match

Englandâ€™s spinners laid the foundations for their success, with Sophie Ecclestone, Danielle Hazell, Katie Gordon and Heather Knight finishing with combined figures of 7 for 71 from 13.3 overs. They ripped through the lower middle sending India hurtling from 89 for 2 to 112 all out.

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It was certainly a below-par total, but few would have predicted England chasing it down in such a friction-free manner. Amy Jones and Natalie Sciver, steered England home with an unbroken third-wicket stand of 92.

Australia Trounces defendinG CHAMPS WINDIES!! Meg Lanning’s Australian side vaulted into their fifth final, giving themselves a shot at a fourth title with a performance of a side with a demonstrated history of rising at crunch mo- ments. West Indies’ hopes of a home final to do an encore of Kolkata 2016 went up in flames less than halfway into their chase of 143 on a sluggish surface where taking pace off the ball was vital. Stafanie Taylor’s 16 was the highest score in a sorry batting performance, with the hosts crumbling in the face of sustained pressure exerted with the new ball by Ellyse Perry. Her two wickets in two overs pretty much sealed the game for Australia even before the Power- play finished. Deandra Dottin was done in by Perry’s sharp inducker that had her chop on to flatten the leg stump, while the second strike of Shemaine Campbelle, who pulled a short delivery straight to Sophie Molineux at square leg in the fifth over, left West Indies trembling at 25 for 3. After that, it all went downhill rather quickly; West Indies paying the price for misreading the pitch and bowling first.

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That Australia were able to take advantage of this debatable tactical call was down to Alyssa Healy’s brilliance again. Her 38-ball 46 gave Australia not just the legs for a big total, but also exhibited a lesson for the other batsmen to emulate. Her batting towered over the rest on the night, and she walked away with her fourth Player-of-the-Match award in the tournament.

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ICC WOMEN’S WORLD T20 TOURNAMENT TEAM ANNOUNCED

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, one of two captains to make the squad along with Pakistan’s Javeria Khan, has been named to lead the team, with player of the tournament Alyssa Healy of Australia, India’s left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana and England’s Amy Jones nominated to bat ahead of her.

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All-rounders Deandra Dottin of the Windies and Allyse Perry of Australia, and England fast bowler Anya Shrubsole are the seam bowlers in the squad with off-spinner Leigh Kasperek of New Zealand, leg-spinner Poonam Yadav of India and left-arm

spinner Kirstie Gordon of England the slow bowlers. Bangladesh’s new-ball bowler Jahanara Alam has been named as the 12th player. The selection panel comprised former players and commentators Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra and Ebony Rainford-Brent, journalist Melinda Farrell and ICC’s General Manager – Cricket, Geoff Allardice. ICC Women’s World T20 2018 Team of the Tournament (in batting order): Alyssa Healy (Australia) – 225 runs Smriti Mandhana (India) – 178 runs Amy Jones (England, wicketkeeper) – 107 runs, 5 dismissals Harmanpreet Kaur (India, Captain) – 183 runs Deandra Dottin (Windies) – 121 runs, 10 wickets Javeria Khan (Pakistan) – 136 runs Ellyse Perry (Australia) – 60 runs, 9 wickets Leigh Kasperek (New Zealand) – 8 wickets Anya Shrubsole (England) – 7 wickets Kirstie Gordon (England) – 8 wickets Poonam Yadav (India) – 8 wickets

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the team of the tournament of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 based on performances during the 16-day tournament held across three venues in the West Indies. Three players each from England and India, two from Australia and one each from Pakistan, New Zealand and the Windies have been named in the eleven, which was selected by an esteemed selection panel that included three former international players.

SCHEDULED UAE T20X TOURNAMENT CANCELLED

was an upcoming Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament that had been planned to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In his endorsement of the Tournament Cricket Canada President Ranjit Saini had said,” Cricket Cana- Organised in partnership with the Emirates da is pleased to support and endorse UAET20X Cricket Board (ECB) and sanctioned by the Inand encourages Canadian players to register ternational Cricket Council (ICC) for 10 years, UAE T20x had been created to help grow the resounding success” game and develop international talent, whilst putting on a star-studded tournament for fans Canada was to have been a part of the tourna- around the world. Scheduled to be hosted in ment with the following players having been se- one of the most unique and desirable locations eventual team squads would have been

the UAE’s desire to push the realms of

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developed: Satsimranjit Singh Dhindsa, Nikhil Dutta, Junaid Siddiqui, Abraash Khan, Rayyan Khan Pathan, Saad Bin Zafar, Hamza Tariq, Dilon Heylinger, Srimantha Wijeratne, Kavian Naress, Rizwan Cheema, Faisal Jamkhandi, Cecil Pervez, Nitish Kumar, Arsalan Khan

possibility and use its position at the centre of the cricketing world to become a hub for worldclass sport. UAE T20X had been scheduled to be staged was to be played over 24 days and would have consisted of 5 teams playing 22 matches at 2 venues. West Indian Andre Russell, Australia’s David Miller, England’s Eoin Morgan, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakara had been enlisted as UAE T20X’s All Star

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teams would each have been comprised of a 16 member squad, consisting of 1 Global Icon, 5 International Stars, 4 Emerging Juniors, 3 ICC Associate Members and 3 UAE National Team Members.

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Some of the world’s most renowned cricketers-turned-coaches had also been earmarked to inspiring the UAE T20X’s franchise teams. Among the top coaches that had registered to be a part of the event were legends such as Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq and Chaminda Vaas. Over 98 coaches from 11 countries had expressed their interest in coaching franchise teams and the list also included India’s VVS Laxman, Robin Singh, Venkatesh Prasad, Sanjay Bangar and Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar.

ANOTHER NANDU TO WATCH FOR: MATTHEW ROHAN Growing up, Matthew Rohan Nandu was always at the cricket ground, it was like a second home to him. He grew up watching his dad, Arjune play. It was indeed Arjune who fashioned Matthew’s introduction to cricket. Ever since then, Arjune as Matthew’s dad, has always been his coach and says the youngster “that he will always be!” Matthew has also been inspired by his brother, Marcus. He describes Marcus as a very hard worker who has never backed down from a challenge and one whom he Matthew doubts will ever back down from any challenges he may face in his lifetime. Marcus, says Matthew, is a person that if he wants to achieve something in life, he will put in the work to do so.

ever they may be going through tough situations.

Ever since he was a small kid who loved the sport, Matthew’s cricketing idol was and still is Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Matthew has admired Shiv’s highly evident qualities of being patient, consistent and playing within the situation his team was in. Matthew’s dream as a kid was always to play like Shiv Chanderpaul and to have the same qualities as him as a batsman.

As such as his brother, Marcus has taught Matthew that in order to achieve success you have to put in

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the success that both brothers have had. She has supported them through thick and thin and has

Matthew Nandu’s cricketing role has always been that of an opening batsman. Although initially he didn’t have much interest in being a bowler, he has recently started to work very hard towards on both areas of his game. He now considers himself to be a genuine all rounder, who opens the batting and

Matthew Nandu has played at the U13, U15, U17, and U19 levels for Tranzac Cricket Academy and now also plays for Tranzac’s Premier and Elite teams. During the recent senior team season he played 14 Toronto District Cricket League matches, capturing 14 wickets and scoring 372 runs at an average of 32. His scores consisted of 71, 57, 49*, 45, 42, 41.

July 9 - 24 2018, Tournament was the third that he’d actively participated in, during which he scored his third career century, 150, not out, with 20 fours bers Tournament with a batting aggregate of 250 and an average of 38. He was also selected as a Sir Tournament All Star.

Matthew has also represented Oakville Cricket Schools U19 Cricket Tournament. He made his Tournament debut at the tender age of 12, and

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During August 2018, Matthew represented the Ontario High Performance U17 team which played against teams from across the GTA as well as one from Trinidad and Tobago. He had a pretty consistent Tournament, scoring a total of 225 runs at an average of 56.25 across 4 innings. His 225 runs consisted of a 62, 75, 7 and 81 respectively. Scores which helped the Ontario High Performance Team Matthew also plays for Kaieteur Cricket Club in to win the 2018 Tournament. the BEDCL, having made his debut at the age of 9, in 2014. In 2016 he scored 249 runs at average of 19 Matthew says that even though he now already had across 16 innings with his highest score being 40. his fair share of struggles in the past, he had learnt In 2017, his batting performances were disappoint- that in order to succeed you have to fail over and ing as he totaled only 149 runs at an average of 10. over again. He therefore recognizes that he will He had a reasonable season with the ball however, have hurdles and obstacles to overcome but the capturing the most First Division wickets, 30, at thing that matters is how fast he can get over them. an average of 11.47. In the 2018 Premier Division He appreciates that he may have to overcome negSeason, he did much better amassing 472 runs, at ativity along the way if he wants to succeed or do well in the future. His plan however will be to use His other major scores were 96*, 52, 51* and 81. He that negativity to motivate himself to work even also captured 28 wickets at an of average 13 across harder towards getting to the next level. He says 12 games. that the only thing he can do is to hold his head down and keep moving forward. On July 3rd - 8th 2018, Matthew Nandu represented Ontario U17 at the Provincial Tournament Matthew Nandu’s adopted cricketing mission which took place in British Columbia. He scored therefore is to continue to work hard and play cricket at the best of his ability towards the achievement tour with a total of 345 runs with an average of 69. of any goals that he has established for himself. As His highest scores were 120 and 83, 69, 36. His out- he pursues his stated mission, Matthew Arjune will standing performances with the bat earned him certainly be “One To Watch!” both the Tournament MVP and Best Batsman titles.

INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR WINDIES CRICKETERS secured a health insurance plan for retained players from all six regional franchises and all CWI contracted international players (men and women), held a handing-over cereJamaica.

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will in addition to health insurance, provide critical illness coverage.

and perform at an optimum level knowing that they are covered for injuries and illnesses anywhere in the world.” President of Cricket West Indies, Dave Cameron, shared the same sentiment.

“We want to provide the best possible support for our players and this initiative goes with our mandate to ensure that our players are given the best tools and support so that they can perform at the highest level on the world stage.” WIPA and CWI will pick up the tab of the annual premiums to the tune of US$253,000. CEO of Excel Insurance Brokers, Kinshasa olutionary nature of the plan dubbed the international, and the health card accepted worldwide. Players have coverage related to playing injuries as well as illnesses and injuries outside of cricket, dental, optical, prescription, diagnostic, and even emergency

WIPA President and CEO, Wavell Hinds, who is delighted with the plan, said, “We believe that it is important to provide health insurance coverage for our players.

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WINDIES STARS RETAINED BY FRANCHISES FOR IPL 2019! Six West Indians, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Chris Gayle, are among players who have been retained by their respective franchises for the forthcoming IPL 2019 Season. Current West Indies T20 Captain, Carlos Brathwaite was however released by his former Sunrisers Hyderbad Franchise.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Mumbai Indians

In: Quinton de Kock Out: la Dananjaya, JP Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Singh, Mohsin Khan, Pradeep Sangwan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba Retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit

Christian, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett, Junior Dala, Naman Ojha Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan

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Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul ChaIn: Marcus Stoinis Out: Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Bren- har, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, don McCullum, Chris Woakes, Corey Ander- Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrenson, Sarfraz Khan Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Yuzvendra Chahal, Delhi Daredevils Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, In: Shikhar Dhawan Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nathan Out: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Gurkeerat Coulter-Nile Mann, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Shami, Dan

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Kings XI Punjab

In: Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem Out: Shikhar Dhawan, Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan Retained: David Warner, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami,

In: Mandeep Singh Out: Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Aaron Finch, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar Retained: Chris Gayle, David Miller, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb ur Rahman

Deepak Hooda

Rajasthan Royals

Chennai Super Kings

In: None Out: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Billings, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Dhruv

In: None Out: Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jatin Saxena, Dâ€™Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin Retained: Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Ajinkya Rahane, K Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror

Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi

Kolkata Knight Riders

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In: None Out: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles, Is- hank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhade, Vinay Kumar Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna

BARBADOS’ KENSINGTON OVAL “THE MECCA” BECKONS! bados, universally recognized as the world’s greatest recently concluded Caribbean Regional Super50 Com- cricketer and in whose honor the Players Pavilion is petition, Barbados’ Kensington Oval has long been named, dominates the entry to the Oval. considered as the Mecca of West Indies cricket. Located on the outskirts of Bridgetown, the refurbished Kensington Oval also hosted the Final of the ICC 2007 World Cup, the only time the global quadrennial tournament has ever been played in the Caribbean. Kensington Oval now also serves as the host venue for the Barbados Pride’s home matches in the annuParty In Sports,” and involving some of world’s most famous and exciting cricketers, the Caribbean Premier League is staged annually, usually from mid-August to mid-September. Kensington Oval is Barbados’ oldest cricket ground, having been established in 1882 when Pickwick Cricket Club leased 4 acres of pastureland from Kensington Plantation and started to develop it as a cricket ground -

For any authentic cricket lover a visit to Kensington Oval and indeed its host island Barbados should be a “Must Do” entry on their lifetime Bucket List.

Barbados has an estimated population of 284,589 people, with around 80,000 living in or around Bridgetown, the largest city and the country’s capital. In 1966, Barbados became an independent state and Commonwealth realm, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State.

stretch along a blue-green sea. Coral reefs fringe the Barbados shoreline to provide excellent snorkeling winds give Barbados a mild and pleasant tropical climate. Barbados is a very beautiful island, with lots of art, activities, night life, music, history and some of the best restaurants to be found anywhere. But what makes Barbados even more special, and the reason why so many visitors keep returning Barbadians, “Bajans” are warm and friendly souls,

As a coral island Barbados is now one of the Caribbe- make you feel welcome and special, in this lovely Caran’s leading tourist destinations and one of the most ibbean Island. developed islands in the region. On the West Coast

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As an island country in the Lesser Antilles, Barbados is 34 kilometers (21 mi) in length and as much as 23 kilometers (14 mi) in width, amounting to 431 square kilometers (166 sq mi). It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic, about 104 miles east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 250 miles northeast of Trinidad and Tobago.

witness the colorful splendor of the island’s beautiful sea life, from inside a sub. You can also sail along the tranquil waters on a day or night cruise or maybe a pirate cruise touring along the lovely coastline, as you swim with the sea turtles or snorkel on a coral reef. - Perhaps you may just want to lie on one of the many ular, with the calm light blue Caribbean Sea and their palm-fringed, coral sand beaches. white and pinkish sandy beaches. Along the island’s east coast, which faces the Atlantic Ocean, there are tioned bus excursions around the island, to quaint jitney expeditions through the gullies and hills of the tumbling waves, which are interior. tel options that include everything from the grand Whatever your preference, there is an island tour to elegance of internationally acclaimed brand-name cater to your wishes, which will be weaved into a wonaccommodations to a distinct selection of enchanting derful experience! family-run boutique inns. Some of these hotels bear As a unique Caribbean paradise, surprisingly sophisticated, friendly, fun and always naturally charming, they provide a charm like no other. One such prop- Barbados beckons as does its renowned cricket venue, erty is the South Coast located Accra Beach Resort, the Mecca that is Kensington Oval. which has become recognized as the home of West Indies cricket in Barbados, as it regularly hosts teams Barbados Kensington Oval’s next major cricket hosting will be the Jan 23 – 27 West Indies – England First

performing arts – Barbados’ annual event calendar is brimming with exciting opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Every day brings something new to discover in Barbados.

Transport on the island is also very convenient, with Day Internationals between the two teams on Feb 16, ‘route taxis’, called “ZRs” (pronounced “Zed-Rs”), 20 & 22 respectively. the capital Bridgetown or from Speightstown in the owned and operated vehicle rental agencies in Barbados, of which Courtesy Car Rentals is a well established favorite among visitors. major airlines from points around the globe, as well as several smaller regional commercial airlines and charters. place on the island, is the Crop Over Festival. Crop Over is an important event for many people on the

its many interesting sights and activities. You can go underground by electric tram and see some of the found anywhere, or soar sky-high over the tree tops on a Zipline adventure, or maybe have a bird’s eye helicopter view of its shores and countryside. You can

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the island to participate in the annual events. It gets under way from the beginning of July, and ends with the costumed parade on

ST JOHN’S CRICKET CLUB PHOTO WINS ALIMA’S CANDID CAMERA COMPETITION! A photo of the New Brunswick St John’s Saint John Cricket Club winners of New Brunswick ‘s T20 League has been chosen as the winner for the Wickets October Issue Alima’s Candid Camera

Given that the Competition’s winning entry was from St John’s New Brunswick, the Alima’s Roti & ing of Cricket Canada’s Board of Directors, the date for which has not as yet been determined.

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will be December 7. All entry photos should be sent via email to graphiclyn@gmail.com and should include both the name and telephone number of either the Sender or Photo Owner.

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