Cricket Canada Wickets September 2018

Cricket Canada's Monthly Online Magazine

Captain Canada Davy Jacobs

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Publisher's Message

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Canada One Step Closer To ICC T20 World Cup Qualification Dream

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Captain Canada: Davy Jacobs

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Pipeline Projects: Team Canada Red Army In Quest For Caribbean Glory

Last Month Lookback: CricketFest A Tremendous Success

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Marcus Nandu: One To Watch St John's Ground Refurbishment A Boost For New Brunswick Cricket Women's National Championships Successfully Staged

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The Dangers Of Living On Borrowed Money

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Caribbean Stage Set For Historic ICC Women's World Cup

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Defending Champs Windies Announce T20 Women's World Cup Squad

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First Alima's Candid Camera Photo Competition Winner Selected

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Publisher's Message Welcome to this the third Issue of Wickets, Cricket Canada's official monthly online magazine. I hope that Wickets’ provided and continuing coverage of the many exciting developments and initiatives that are now fast becoming regular features of Canada's cricketing environment will be as enjoyable to you as Readers as they are to myself as their purveyor!

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Cricket Canada's Monthly Online Magazine

Captain Canada Davy Jacobs

Foremost among those exciting developments was Canada's outstanding performances in the USA hosted Sub Regional Qualifiers for the ICC 2020 T20 World Cup. Their outstanding performances, in finishing second behind their USA hosts, have brought Team Canada's Red Army one step closer to qualifying for actual participation in the ICC 2020 T20 World Cup. This Cricket Canada Wickets Issue's “Last Month Lookback” coverage features Cricket Canada's bold initiative of hosting Cricketfest as a King City four team end of Summer Tournament. The Tournament, which featured three Canadian Teams and a West Indies B Team, was eventually won by the latter but only after some keenly contested matches which provided most welcomed further highly competitive exposure for Canada's top cricketers.

The entire Tournament also received ground breaking live screening coverage from CBC television, a most exciting development indeed.

Our Cover Feature for this Issue is representative of yet another very exciting development for Canadian cricket. As a former South African professional and Indian Premier League (IPL) Mumbai franchise player, Davy Jacobs' eligibility to abandon his self imposed retirement and play for Canada was most welcome news. So too was his subsequent appointment as Captain for Team Canada's participation in the West Indies Regional Super50 Competition.

This Wickets Issue also includes comprehensive coverage of the successfully staged three team National Women's Championships. Under the energetic and enthusiastic direction of Cricket Canada's Women's Coordinator Durriya Siraj, programs for the further development and promotion of participation opportunities for the country's female cricketers are slowly but surely being introduced as yet another exciting Cricket Canada initiative.

Marcus Nandu's performances for Oakville in the recently held Barbados hosted Sir Garfield Sobers' International Schoolboys Tournament, certainly qualify him as an aspiring young Canadian cricketer whose further development will be “One To Watch!” Marcus now seems destined to emulate and perhaps even surpass the achievements of his father, Arjune Nandu, who represented both Guyana and the West Indies at respective senior team and U19 levels.

Among the many international cricketing activities taking place within the next few weeks are two that should be of primary interest to Wickets Readers. First off at the end of October will be the Barbados hosted semifinals and Final of the West Indies Regional Super50 Competition, which featured Canada's unsuccessful Preliminary Round participation. Those matches will be very closely followed by the Caribbean's: Antigua. Guyana and St Lucia, hosting of the historic first ever stand alone ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Thanks to the generous and wonderfully outstanding provided support of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. and St Lucia's Coco Palm Resort, Wickets will be on site in Barbados and St Lucia to provide live eyewitness coverage of both events.

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Team Canada Moves One Step Closer To Realizing Its 2020 ICC T20 World Cup Qualification Dream!

Team Canada has qualified for the Regional Finals of the WT20 Qualifiers which brings them a step closer to the dream of playing in the ICC's 2020 T20 World Cup. The Sub Regional Qualifiers were played in Raleigh, North Carolina from 19th to 26th September 2018. Canada's cricketers showed exceptional skills and temperament throughout the Tournamement to grab a spot in the finals.

The participating teams were Canada, Belize, Panama and arch rivals USA as hosts. The tournament was played in a round-robin format which allowed the four participating teams to play two matches against each of their respective other three opponents.

Canada's outstanding mystery spinner Nikhil Dutta said,

“I felt it was a great tournament for Canada. We performed well as a team and had two very good games against the USA. I feel our team can only improve from here.�

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Canada won almost every match played by huge authoritative margins. In each of their two matches

against Panama they bowled out the opposition for 42 and 40. Against Belize the performances were almost identical. The Bermudians were twice dismissed by the rampant Canadians for lowly scores of 42 and 32 respectively. Canada won all four of these matches by 10 wickets.

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The Canadian's matches against their oldest opponents the USA, were the two most exciting encounters of the entire tournament. In the first match against their neighbours, Canada's batsmen displayed superb fighting spirit until till the very last ball of the match to ensure the necessity of a Super Over to determine the final outcome. The Super Over requirement was necessitated by Rizwan Cheema's dramatic last ball six, which had leveled the scores and tied the game.

Batting first in the Super Over Canada scored 15 runs. They then successfully defended that score to win the game.

Canada's only loss of the tournament came in their second match against the USA. In yet another exciting and dramatic finish the USA eventually won by scoring the required runs in the very last over.

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The pacers rattled through the opponents line-ups early in the innings to give the Canadian bowling solid starts.

Wicket-keeper batsman H a m z a Ta r i q wa s brilliant both behind and in front of the stumps.

Canada's overall p e r f o r m a n c e wa s a superb Team effort. The players generally functioned as one tightly knit unit which solidified their performances.

THE ROAD AHEAD This was just the first step and there is now still a long way to go. The next assignment will be the 2019 Regional Finals, during which Canada will be up against the USA, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

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The path is long, but our Canadian Red Army is now determined and focused to achieve its 2020 ICC T20 World Cup participation dream.

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Rizwan Cheema's experience helped the Canadian team in handling the pressure situations which was seen in the super-over match against USA The leggie Nikhil Dutta spun a web around all opposing batsmen, often grabbing key wickets and restricting them to low scores.

There are two spots up for grabs for which these 4 teams will be competing. Once Canada grabs one of the two available spots they will then become eligible to play in the ICC WT20 Qualifiers. That final Qualifier Tournament will have 25 international teams from around the world competing for six available participation spots for the 2020 ICC T20 Word Cup.

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Davy Jacobs: Canada's New Captain!

David Johan Jacobs (known as Davy; born 4 November 1982 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal) is a South African cricketer.

Davy started playing his cricket at a really young age and had become a pro by the time he was in his late teens at age 17 or 18.

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He played his domestic professional cricket in South Africa for the Warriors and Eagles cricket teams until he officially announced his retirement in 2015. He then moved to Canada that same year and assumed a position as head coach at OCA (Ontario Cricket Academy).

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In 2016 he coached the Canadian National Team. He became qualified to play for Canada this year and after careful consideration decided to forsake his previously announced retirement by picking up his bat and donning his wicketkeeping gloves towards Canadian cricket’s worthy cause. Shortly after he was appointed captain of the Canadian national team to lead its participation in the recent West Indies Super50 Regional Competition.

Tall and taciturn, flinty and fastidious, Davy Jacobs is the kind of cricketer any captain would welcome into his team. For the first seven seasons of his career, his captains at Eagles and then Warriors knew they could depend on his forthright batting and solid wicketkeeping.

Then the Warriors took the logical step of appointing Jacobs as captain. It took him just two seasons to repay that faith, when he guided his team to triumph in the Standard Bank Pro20 and the MTN40 in the summer of 2010-11, the first trophies ever won by the Eastern Cape franchise

Jacobs is a right-handed batsman and has made over 3000 first class runs at an average above 40 and a highest score of 218. He is also an outstanding wicket-keeper, and a natural born leader. He also played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club as a substitute overseas player while a professional with Carrickfergus CC in Ireland in 2007.

Jacobs led the Warriors to two trophies in 2010/2011. His fantastic performance during the second edition of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, helped him to finish as runner-up to Murali Vijay in the Golden Bat table. Davy Jacobs along with Ashwell Prince also set the record for the highest ever opening stand in Champions League T20 history (147) Jacobs has also represented the South Africa A cricket team on several occasions. He captained the South African Emerging Squad to Australia, and also led the South African team to victory in the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament in 2009.

He was picked up by the Mumbai Indians, an Indian Premier League franchise, in the 2011 IPL Player Auction for $190,000. Despite his tournament being cut short due to injury, he lived up to his box office reputation, getting the Mumbai Indians off to flying starts with his no fear batting style. His wicketkeeping was rated by all as excellent. In one of the matches, he did the unthinkable, standing up to the stumps to Lasith Malinga's bowling. He also made a stumping off the opening bowler, Munaf Patel.

Following his Mumbai IPL stint Jacobs also had further global T20 exposure, representing Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel in the 2013 Caribbean Premier League.

By the time he’d announced his official retirement, in February 2015, Jacobs had played 91 first class matches and scored 5520 runs with 14 hundreds included. He’d also played 106 One Day matches with a strike rate of 81.27. His T20 stats were 83 matches scoring 1707 at an average of 25.86 with eight half-centuries.

“That’s what dreams are made of, and such upsets inspire millions, in so many different ways. I would love to see more associate nations featuring at cricket’s World Cups and ICC Tournaments, especially in the T20 format!”

Well said Captain Canada. Now lead us on to the next (2020) ICC World Cup!

Somewhat surprisingly named as Captain of the Canadian squad for the 2018–19 West Indies Regional Super50, the unassuming Jacobs describes himself in three words as “Here goes Falco!”

He says that his now greatest cricketing memory occurred when he was just a young lad aged seven, He couldn’t quite decide back then whether he wanted to be a right-hander or a lefty. He solved his personal dilemma by playing as a lefty in one game then switching around the next weekend to be right-handed. Incredibly his scores were pretty similar. Eventually his somewhat confused Coach called Davy’s Dad in for a meeting, and said that they had to pick one or the other, and so they did!

Now fully in the throes of his “second coming” as a Canadian cricketer and captain of the national team, Jacobs has already enjoyed lots of special moments at different stages of his illustrious cricketing career.

Taking the Warriors from being the worst team in South Africa, to winning two trophies in one year is something he says he will always remember. Opening the batting with Tendulkar for Mumbai in the Indian Premier League is another that is and will always be right up there.

“Walking down the steps with him at Wankhede in his hometown in Mumbai was really special!”

Davy Jacobs says that the last few years have helped him to realize just how fortunate he has been to be able to play pro cricket. H also now appreciates fully that there are incredibly so many good players around the world, just under the pro level. Countries such as Canada, USA, Oman etc, he feels should be provided with opportunities and structures for proper development.

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As an analogy Jacobs says that he loves how “minor” countries compete at soccer’s World Cups, often producing quite a few upsets. Much to the delight and admiration of the entire world because everyone loves the underdog!

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With Captain Canada: Davy Jacobs 1. City of Birth - Klerksdorp (South Africa).

6. Favorite Movie - Titanic.

2. Favorite Childhood memory Camping at Potch Dam with my family.

7. Top 5 Favorite TV Shows Banshee, Friday Night Lights, The Ranch, Eastbound & Down, The O.C.

3. Childhood Ambition - To be a professional cricketer.

8. Favorite Food - Steak on a braai (bbq).

4. Favorite School Subjects English Literature and Geography.

9. Favorite Vacation Spot Anywhere with my wife and daughters.

5. Favorite Book - “The Dark Tower” by Stephen King.

10. Greatest Young Adult Influence - My dad, Christo Jacobs.

11. Most Admired International Cricketer Bowler – Shane Warne.

12. Most Admired International Cricketer Batsman – Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

13. Most Embarrassing Cricket Moment Getting runout at the nonstriker without facing a ball.

14. Most Memorable Cricket Moment Walking out to bat at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, while opening the batting with Sachin Tendulkar.

15. Cricketing Ambition To do everything I can to help grow the game in Canada.

16. Favorite Sport outside of Cricket - Golf.

17. Hobbies Outside of Cricket I have a construction business, and I'm mentored by my good friend, Shabbir Badin. It's a job, not a hobby, but I love it more than anything.

18. Favorite Toronto Restaurant Door 55 in Streetsville.

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19. Music Most Listened To Tough one, so many! Green Day, Lumineers, Mumford and Sons, Xavier Rudd.

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20. Top 5 Bucket List Items Drive Route 66 with my wife. Road-trip through Canada with friends and family in an RV. Visit Yellow Knife. Go fishing with my daughters in remote regions of Canada.

Get Canada into a World Cup.

CricketFest A Huge Success

Cricket Canada concluded its September 29-30 CricketFest on the Labour Day weekend, where four teams battled out over round robin T20 games. Cricket is on a rise in the country and tournaments like this only help further growth of the sport.

The four teams which competed against each in the round robin were Canada Men's senior team, Canada A, Toronto Bears and West Indies B team. Canada A had players from the Cricket Canada's HP development program.

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Nikhil Dutta, mystery leggie and a regular feature in the Canada's senior team said,� I felt it was a great

tournament for the development. It helped expose some new talent in Canadian cricket.�

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performance said, “It was an overwhelming experience. Such tournaments should be organized more often to encourage youngsters towards sport. Such performances and show our players are ready to play against quality opponents and in bigger platforms.”

This was just one of the steps Cricket Canada plans to take towards raising the profile of cricket in the country, with Global T20 earlier this year making 2018 a memorable summer of cricket for its fans.

Match Summaries:

Abraash Khan was the pick of the players from the A team. His quick-fire 94 against the Toronto bears shows the kind of bench strength we have and an exciting future Cricket has in Canada.

Ranjit Saini, president of Cricket Canada while speaking about benefit of this tournament said, “We wanted a tournament like this where Canadian players get a chance to play at the highest level and get the exposure they need.

They can showcase their talent and skills on this platform. Tournaments like these are not only beneficial for players but also for selectors.

They can find the budding cricketers who have got that x-factor which is required to represent the country.”

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Canada is a multicultural country and players from different countries are our biggest strength. They bring their unique quality with them.

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The warrior of final, Navneet Dhaliwal who impressed everyone with his all-round

08/27/2018 Toronto Bears vs Cricket Canada A Toronto Bears Won by 19 Runs Toronto Bears 126/10 (24.1 Overs) R Crandon 34; T LeFleur 24; R Eranga 2-6 (3.1 Overs); K Mann 2-10( 3.3 Overs); G Thandi 224 (3.0 Overs) Cricket Canada 107/10 (24.5 Overs) H Thaker 25; S Brar 21; R Nurse 3-17 (2,5 Overs)s) R Nannan 3-26 (4Overs) 08/27/2018 Cricket Canada A vs Toronto Bears Toronto Bears Won By 19 Runs Toronto Bears 126/10 (24.1 Overs) R Crandon 36; T La Fleur 24; R Eranga 2-6 (3.1 Overs); K Mann 2-10 (3 Overs); G Thandi 2-24 (3 Overs) 08/28/2018 Cricket Canada A vs Toronto Bears Toronto Bears Won By 66 Runs (D/L) Toronto Bears 233 All Out (42 Overs) R Crandon 69; D latcha 57; K Pooran 40; R Eranga 3-25 (5 Overs); S Brar 2-21 (6 Overs); R Singh 2-46 (7 Overs) Cricket Canada A 167/7 (45 Overs) S Brar 57; A Khan 42; R harris 2-24 (7 Overs); T LeFleur (2-25)

08/30/2018 Toronto Bears vs West Indies B West Indies B Won by 8 Wickets Toronto Bears 120/6 (20 Overs) K Pooran 36; R Crandon 33; J Greaves 2-17; J Warrican 2-22 West Indies B 124/7; 2 (13.4 Overs) K Carty 54; J Campbell 47 ; R Bynoe 2-25 O8/30/2018 Cricket Canada vs Cricket Canada A Cricket Canada Won By 5 Runs Cricket Canada 124/10 (19.4 Overs) S Zafar 32; R Eranga 2-13 (3 Overs); A Pathmanathan 2-18 (3 Overs); R Pathan 2-22 (3 Overs) Cricket Canada A 119/6 (20 Overs) H Thaker 41; S Brar 21; C Pervez 2-19 (4 Overs) 08/30/2018 Cricket Canada A vs Toronto Bears Match Tied Cricket Canada A 152/2 (17 Overs) A Khan 104; K Naresh 22; Toronto Bears 152/8 (17 Overs) T Castro 87; K Pooran 36; R Eranga 3-40 (4 Overs) 08/30/2018 Cricket Canada vs West Indies B Match Abandoned

09/03/2018 Cricket Canada A vs Toronto Bears Cricket Canada A Won By 13 Runs Cricket Canada A 199/6 (20 Overs); A Khan 94; R Singh 29; J Padmore 3-30 (4 Overs); T LeFleur 2-40 (4 Overs) Toronto Bears 186/6 (20 Overs) R Crandon 63; K Pooran 27; S Brar 3-19 (4 Overs) 09/03/2018 Toronto Bears vs West Indies B West Indies B Won By 5 Runs Toronto Bears 124/7 20 Overs) R Crandon 47;K Mayers 2-22 (4 Overs); S Berridge 2-23 (4 Overs) J Greaves 2-30 (4 Overs); J West Indies B 129-4 10.3 Overs) J Hamilton 59; J Campbell 46; J Padmore 2-25 (3 Overs) 09/05/2018 Cricket Canada vs West Indies B West Indies B Won By 77 Runs West Indies B 286/10 (48.2 Overs) J Campbell 90; A Bramble 83; C Pervez 3-43 (9 Overs); S Brar 2-51 (7.2 Overs) Cricket Canada 209/10 (43.4 Overs); N Dhaliwal 52; N Dutta 35*; N kumar 30; S Lewis 4-35 (8.4 Overs); J Greaves 3-37 (8 Overs); J Campbell 2-42 (5 Overs)

09/01/2018 Cricket Canada vs Toronto Bears Toronto Bears Won By 11 Runs Toronto Bears 167/7 (20 Overs) R Thomas 78; J Maniram 29; D Heyliger 5-16 (4 Overs); Cricket Canada 156/6 (20 Overs) N Dhaliwal 48; D Heyliger 27; R Nannan 2-23 (4 Overs); R Nurse 2-33 (4 Overs) 09/01/30 Cricket Canada A vs West Indies B West Indies B Won By 1 Run Cricket Canada A 127/3 (20 Overs) R Singh 57; A Khan 31; D Green 2-22 (4 Overs) West Indies B 128/1 (14.3 Overs) J Campbell 85*; J Greaves 31;

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09/02/2018 West Indies B vs Cricket Canada West Indies B Won By 4 Runs Cricket Canada 125/10 (38.1 Overs); N Dhaliwal 24; J Warrican 4-20 (10 Overs); J Royal 4-42 (10 Overs) West Indies B 129/5 (22.1 Overs); J Greaves 36; A Athanaze 34; J Hamilton 32; C Pervez 2-26 (5 Overs); M Moonesar 2-33 (6.1 Overs)

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Team Canada Off to Seek Caribbean Super 50 Glory

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Cricket Canada has announced the team for the Caribbean Regional Super 50 Cup which will be held in

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Windies from 3rd Oct 2018. The team has a newer look and a fresh set of players than those that played in the recently concluded ICC WT20 SRQ. This just g oes to show determination of the management to rebuild the team. This being a 50 Over tournament, few players from past T20 event did not make the cut, where as few Development and HP players were included.

Since every format is different and the approach needed has to be different, it also gives opportunities to multiple players to represent the country and showcase their talent at the highest level. This was kept in mind while selecting the team. It gives players the time to set on the crease and score runs or the bowlers to bowl longer spells.

Child prodigy Bhavindu Adhihetty has been phenomenal in domestic circuit and earned his sport in the national team. He has captained U19 team in the World Cup 2016 and also represented the senior team this year in World Cricket league division 2.

Along with Bhavindu, Harsh Thaker has been named in the 15-man squad. He was also the member of U-19 World cup squad in 2016.

David Jacobs has been appointed as the captain for the Super 50 cup. He brings a vast experience with him along with exceptional talent. Born in South Africa, he has represented the A team of Proteas, emerging squad and sixes team which participated in Hong Kong super sixes.

He has scored over 1700 runs in 83 T20s and is a brilliant wicketkeeper.

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His perfor mance in Champions League T20 2010 earned him the Mumbai Indians cap in the following year. He was the second highest run scorer in the CLT20

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the captain of the red army.

With a new team and skipper in place, Canadians will look to continue their good form in the Caribbean. The management is taking steps one by one in their mission to rebuild and develop the team.

The Canadian Super 50 Squad is as follows:

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David Jacobs (Captain), Nitish Kumar, Cecil Pervez, Dilon Heyliger, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nikhil Dutta, Harsh Thaker, Salman Nazar, Srimantha Wijeyeratne, Bhavindu Adhihetty Rodrigo Thomas, Romesh Don, S u k h d e e p B r a r a n d Ru v i n d u Gunasekera.

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2010. Jacobs moved to Canada in 2015 and along with playing, he has been coaching in the Ontario Cricket Academy. His ability to lead and experience lands him the shoes of

In their first match of Super 50 Cup, which was played on October 3 against Windies B team at the Brian Lara Academy, the red army once again showed it's never say die spirit.

Even though they lost a close match, they won many hearts. The batsmen fought till the very last ball of the match which made it an exciting game that was also streamed live on Windies You-tube channel.

West Indies B team won the toss and elected to bat first. The pace sensation Romesh Eranga gave early jolt to the opposition when he struck at the score of two. He bowled very well, scalped five wickets and gave away just 31 runs off his 8 overs. Salman Nazar, who made his List A debut during the encounter, was another top performer in taking three wickets in his 10 over quota of 10. The West Indies B scored 302 runs riding on skipper Marlon Samuel's ton.

Chasing a stiff target, Canada started cautiously at one end but aggressively with Rodrigo Thomas at the other. Two wickets fell in quick succession at 67 and 90 but the Canadian batsmen did not let their spirit go down and kept fighting.

Opener Rodrigo Thomas scored a valiant 63 which included 10 fours and one six.

Srimantha Wijeratne, who notched up a brilliant 50, was another pick of the batsmen Debutant Harsh Thaker batted with grit and kept the hopes high till the last minute scoring 52 runs off 40 deliveries.

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Team Canada lost the match by mere 10 runs, but the match again proved that the Red Army is here to at least fight if not conquer. The results might not be what they wanted but their performance was always impressive and would have provided much needed confidence for the remaining matches.

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Marcus Nandu:

One To Watch

Inspired by the past accomplishments of his father, Arjune Nandu, who represented both the West Indies and Guyana at the U19 Level before going on to play for

Guyana's national senior team, Marcus Arjune Nandu, born April 18th 2000, is now seemingly well on the way to fashioning his own international cricket career. In doing so Marcus has also been inspired by his brother, Matthew, whom he says was always playing cricket and beating him whenever they played in the backyard. One day he decided he just didn't want to lose anymore so he made his dad teach him how to play. Since then the two Nandu brothers, Marcus and Matthew have grown up playing cricket together and now still do.

In the now five years (2013-2018) since he started playing in the Brampton-Etobicoke District Cricket League (BEDCL), Marcus Nandu has demonstrated impressively progressive improvement, albeit more so with bat than with ball. He'd started in 2013 as a bowling allrounder, capturing 38 wickets at a paltry average of 11.71; His run aggregate with the bat that year was only 29 runs. His wickets taken tally and overall average won him those respective awards for the BEDCL 1st Division. All that at just the tender age of 13!

In 2014 Marcus' BEDCL stats were 18 wickets at an average of 12.33 and 75 runs with a 15.0 average, The following year, 2015, they were 21 wickets at a 14.62 average and 129 runs at 14.33.

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By 2016, the signs of real potential that Marcus' batting had already begun to demonstrate came to the fore as he scored 366 runs at a highly impressive 40.67 average, while capturing 21 wickets at a relatively meagre 21.67. He was also Oakville's leading wicket taker that year.

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In 2017 Marcus' run tally increased to 428 and his batting average to 47.56.

The captured wickets number was 21 at a 14.91 average. Marcus' 2018 bowling and batting stats were 13 wickets at a 28.62 average and 335 runs at 33.50.

As part of his cricketing development Marcus Nandu has already had a fair degree of international cricket exposure. He has represented Oakville in the Barbados hosted Sir Garfield Sobers Inter national Schools Tournament in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. He also captained the Oakville Cricket Academy in this year's (2018) edition of the Sir Garfield Sobers tournament. He led by example in capturing 7 wickets with ball and accumulating an ultra impressive 301 batting aggregate with a 60.2 average. His batting exploits were punctuated by 2 half centuries and one century, his highest score to date of 105. Prior to this year he had emerged as the leading wicket-taker for the 2016 Tournament, capturing 18 scalps with his leg-spin from the 9 matches he played.

As a result of his outstanding achievements, Marcus was selected as a Sir Garfield Sobers Schoolboy's International All Star for both the 2016 and 2018 Tournaments. He was also invited to participate in those Tournaments' respective Masterclasses.

Marcus Nandu now plays in the Toronto & District Cricket League Premier, Elite and 1st Divisions for Qasra Cricket Academy/Tranzac Cricket Club. He also captains the Kaieteur Cricket Club in BramptonEtobicoke District Cricket League matches. Most recently he was selected as part of the 24-man squad for the Canadian U19 national team.

Outside of cricket, Marcus recently entered Western University as a first year Kinesiology student. He hopes to get into Medical school after he completes his program and intends to work towards becoming a sports physician. A professional career as a sports medicine physician for a professional team is his ultimate goal.

The way his cricketing development is progressing he may soon however, find himself having to contemplate an alternative, short-term career, as a Canadian professional cricketer. Definitely One To Watch For The Future!

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Marcus Nandu's cricketing aspiration, first and foremost, is to continue to enjoy cricket as a game he loves and always wants to play. His immediate goals are to continue to learn about his personal game and to strive for continuous and significant improvement in his performances over each and every cricketing season.

Marcus says that being out on the field playing the sport he loves is a true honour so every time he goes out onto the park it is always with the intention of having fun and giving of his very best. Competing hard, but at the same enjoying every minute of the competitive atmosphere.

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St John's Ground Refurbishment Has Boosted New Brunswick Cricket Participation!

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Cricket New Brunswick has expressed its gratitude and appreciation to Cricket Canada for the latter's provided support in the redevelopment of the St John's Cricket Ground. This has helped Cricket New Brunswick to successfully host CNB league games, attract more players and fans, as well as growing Cricket's profile in Saint John.

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At the start of the season it was discovered that the existing cement pitch at the St John's Cricket ground had sustained a fair amount of damage during the previous winter. As a result a second layer of cement

had to be laid on top and leveled, thereby increasing the pitch's height by up to 2 inches. A lot of soil was added to blend the surrounding areas of the pitch. New grass seeding was done in that soil area, in addition to which other areas that were uneven were leveled and the ditches filled.

The share of committed funds from Cricket New Brunswick was fulfilled by Saint John Cricket Club, which made it their home ground. With the ground and pitch having been refurbished, Saint John Cricket Club's membership subsequently grew from 24 to 40.

This then allowed the formation of another club in Saint John for University of New Brunswick students. Having so many players in the same city also allowed SJCC to run an internal summer league with 3 teams of various game formats, T20, 15 overs and 30 overs.

With such a successful summer season completed this year, SJCC is looking to add-on a new cricket oval inside the same Exhibition Park area on the south end.

There has been an influx of new immigrants to New Brunswick from Cricket playing nations. Continued membership growth is therefore anticipated.

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Cricket New Brunswick's overall membership increased from 80 in 2017

to 110 in 2018 (37.5% growth). And with the addition of a new club in Moncton even further growth is now being envisioned in 2019. This has also created a demand to have one more ground in Moncton, for which the local club is working with the municipality to look for an appropriate size ground for them.

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ONTARIO REDS

WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SUCCESSFULLY STAGED By: Durriya Shabbir CHAIR - Women's Committee The inaugural Women's National Championships was held at the Maple Leaf Cricket Grounds, King City, Ontario, from Sep 1-3, 2018.

3 teams participated in this tournament Western Province Team (players from British Columbia and Alberta) Ontario Reds Ontario Greens

The Ontario teams were coached by Coaches Faroukh Kir mani and Suthershini S iva n a n t h a m , w i t h Fr a n k Persaud as Manager.

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The event began with a fitness test conducted by Daulat Khan.

All players were put through a yo-yo test and other strength and agility tests.

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All games were played in the T20 format, and many players got an opportunity to play on a turf wicket for the first time, this season. 3 Round robin games were played and the top 2 teams contested in the finals.

Game 1 : Ontario Reds won by 43 runs Player of the Match : Achini Perera Sep 1, 2018 – 2.30 pm Game 2 : Ontario Greens won by 51 runs Sep 2nd, 2018 – 10.30 am Player of the Match : Kamna Mirchandani Game 3: Ontario Reds won by 11 runs Sep 2nd, 2018 – 2.30 pm Player of the Match : Nicole Samuels Finals The Ontario Reds were the top team winning both their preliminary games and the Ontario Greens with one victory, were the second team at the end of the league stage.

Ontario Greens won the toss and elected to bat. Kadie Ramdath and Suboor Khan opened the batting for the Greens. Saniyah Zia and Amanjit Virk opened the bowling for the Reds with a couple of tight overs putting the Greens under pressure. The Greens got a bit of a reprieve picking up 8 extras in the 3rd over but a direct throw from Miryam Khokhar fielding at mid-wicket saw the Greens lose their first wicket with the score at 15( Kadie Ramdath) in the 4th over. Terisha Bess was in next and both she and Suboor tried to dig in and consolidate. The first boundary came in the 8th over with Terisha Bess pulling Mahrukh Imtiaz towards mid wicket. That seemed to break the shackles for the Greens as Suboor Khan followed that up with a couple of strong

hits to the boundary off Miryam Khokhar in the 9th over. Skipper Nicole was quick to make a bowling change bringing in Anto Dency who immediately provided a break through getting Terisha Bess stumped by Nicole ( Score 45/1). She followed this up with the wicket of Habeeba Bader in her next over and the Greens at the end of the 12th over were 58-3. That brought the Greens’ Captain Mahwish Khan to the crease and she and Suboor steadied the innings with a partnership of 56 from 49 balls before she was run out on the first ball of the 19th over ( Mahwish Khan 25 of 26 balls with 2- 4's). Suboor Khan anchored the Greens’ innings with an unbeaten 28 of 52 balls with 2-4's. Greens finished at 117-6.

The Reds began their innings with the promising young pair of Miryam Khokhar and Achini Perera. The two of them completely dominated the innings playing aggressively and tactfully and piling on an opening partnership of 101 runs of 101 balls. The first to fall was Miryam Khokhar holding out a return catch to Terisha Bess in the 17th over with her personal score at 44 (5 -4's).

3 balls later Achini played a lofted shot towards long off and Hiba Shamshad took a superb diving catch to end her innings on 42 (54's). It was still even steven at this stage with Reds requiring 14 of 3 overs and two new players ( Chuntell Martin and Nicole Samuels) at the crease. The Greens however were not able to keep the pressure on and with Nicole dismissing Kainat Qazi for a boundary of the very first ball she faced the odds turned in the Reds favour and they reached their target of 118 with 2 overs to spare. The most economical of the Greens bowlers was Hala Azmat who gave away 9 runs of her 2 overs, while the other bowlers averaged between 5.00 and 12.00 runs per over.

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The Dangers of Living on Borrowed Money

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This article will highlight the growing concern about Canada's economy and household debt in trying to understand how large the problem is and what you can do about it.

The Bank of Canada announced this week that high household indebtedness and housing market imbalances remain the most important vulnerabilities to Canadians and the economy.

Interest rates are still low but have started to rise and appear poised to continue their upward trajectory for the foreseeable future. Canadian household debt is near alltime highs. Our household debt is around 170% of disposable income. In other words, the average Canadian owed about $1.70 for every dollar of income he or she earns each year.

Household Stress Testing We now take our review to the plight of individual households in the context of rising borrowing costs.

In fact, about 8% of indebted households owe 350% or more of their gross income representing a bit more than 20% of the total household debt in Canada. These are the people who would be most affected by an increase in interest rates. It is important for these households to understand how personally vulnerable they may be.

Are the short-term gains provided by accessing cheap money leading Canadians towards long-term pain? Are Canadians prepared for higher interest rates and the impact this will have on their ability to meet their monthly household expenses? The writing is on the wall, but are we paying attention to the signs?

Despite the fact that wages have been relatively stagnant over the last decade, Canadians have continued to borrow more and more money to finance their homeownership,

lifestyle or other needs.

Much of the rise in borrowing has stemmed from the combination of low interest rates and the bubble-like rise in real estate prices within some of C a n a d a ’s m a j o r urban centres. Many Canadians have been able to profit from the significant rise in home prices. Yet, many of these same individuals have used these gains to buy even larger or more expensive homes fuelled by the unlikely assumption that home prices will continue to rise rapidly and the low variable mortgage rates currently available from major financial institutions. Some Canadians are already struggling to make ends meet relying on credit cards or personal and home equity lines of credit to cover their spending needs. This can lead to debt traps as many Canadians have been using their home as a piggy bank.

While credit card rates will likely remain at their astronomically high historical levels, even the cheaper means of financing through lines of credit are getting more expensive with the Bank of Canada expected to make another interest rate hike this October. So what do these rate hikes mean in real dollar terms?

Data from the Canadian Real Estate Association shows that the average home sale price in Canada as of August 2018 was $471,045, up about 1% from a year prior.

Markets in Vancouver and Toronto are substantially more expensive. Down payments on home purchases in Canada typically range from 5-20%. At a 20% down payment and using the average home sale price, Canadians who purchased a home in recent years would likely be carrying a mortgage somewhere around $376,836 although in cities like Vancouver and Toronto they may be 2 or 3 times higher on average. Homeowners carrying a mortgage with a variable rate will be impacted by interest rate increases almost immediately while fixedrate mortgage holders will not be impacted until they go to renew at the end of their term.

The average monthly mortgage payment as of the end of 2016 was $1,328. This means that roughly ¾ of homeowners would not be able to withstand an increase of $132.80 to their mortgage payment.

How much will your monthly mortgage payment increase as result of rising rates? $500,000 mortgage @ 4.00% 5-year fixed 25 year amortization = $2,630 monthly $500,000 mortgage @ 4.95% 5-year fixed 25 year amortization = $2,894 monthly (10% increase) $750,000 Home 20% Down payment $600,000 Mortgage 25-year amortization @ 4% = $3,156 25-year amortization @ 5% = $3,490 A 1% increase on a 5% mortgage rate is a 20% increase on the interest portion of your payment. Could you still meet your bills if your mortgage payment went from $3,490 to $3,839?

There is more to borrowing than simply, what is the monthly payment. There are a myriad of options and financial terms in a borrowing situation. Perhaps, it might be best to seek out a Financial Advisor, who has more expertise and familiarity with this to assist you with both the positive and negative aspects of the various loan options.

If you are overwhelmed with excessive debt or are considering borrowing, perhaps we can provide you sound financial advice as to how to best approach it and how you can manage the risks in the years ahead.

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Any data provided is for illustration purposes only. The opinions, estimates and projections provided by a third party are those of the author as of the date indicated and are subject to change without notice. Keybase Financial Group takes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may be contained therein and accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss arising from any use of or reliance on contents provided by any third party.

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According to Statistics Canada, roughly half a million households have mortgage payments that account for more than 50% of their household income. According to a 2017 survey by one of the largest banks in the country, nearly ¾ of homeowners say they would have difficulty paying their mortgage if payments increase by more than 10%. Another survey found that 1 in 3 Canadians are already unable to cover their monthly bills in light of their

debt repayment obligations. It also found that 1 in 3 are afraid they will face bankruptcy if rates continue to rise.

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Defending Champs Windies Announce Women's T20 World Cup Squad!

11 members of the winning 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 team have been retained in the squad for the upcoming ICC Women's World T20 that starts on November 9 in the Caribbean.

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Chinelle Henry, Natasha McLean and Chedean Nation have also been included, along with Sheneta Grimmond, who has yet to make her debut.

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Following the recently drawn ODI and T20I Series against South Africa, Head Coach, Henderson Springer, says “the women have one final training camp before the warm-up matches and we are focusing our plans

on ensuring that they are ready to peak when the Tournament starts in November”.

The WINDIES Women will have their fourth training camp of the year, starting October 15 in Antigua and these sessions “we want to create an environment that enables the players to continue their hard work on improving their skills and fitness, whilst providing real focus on the key roles of each player for us be successful. We are aiming for consistency and we think with the work we have put in, the ladies will peak at the right time,” according to the Head Coach.

C a p t a i n , S t a f a n i e Ta y l o r, s a y s, “captaining the West Indies in the ICC Women's World T20 2018 is both a huge honour and a massive challenge. It will obviously be a great feeling to lead the team at home, but one has to also live up to expectations of being defending champions.”

The Captain went on to say that “we have a great squad with several potential match winners, but we will have to be at our best in each and every match if we want to lift the trophy again.”

On the naming of the squad, Taylor remarked that “the announcement of the squad makes me realize that the tournament is almost upon us. The opposition squads are really impressive and this promises to be a highly competitive tournament. I really hope that WINDIES fans can come out and support us as we strive to defend our title on home soil”.

Stafanie Taylor – Captain, Afy Fletcher, Anisa Mohammed, Britney Cooper, Chedean Nation, Chinelle Henry, Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews, Kycia Knight, Merissa Aguilleira, Natasha McLean, Shakera Selman, Shamilia Connell. Shemaine Campbelle and Sheneta Grimmond Cricket West Indies are delighted to be hosting the ICC Women’s World T20, 2018, which will be held in Guyana, St Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda on the November 9 – 24.

Tickets are now on sale starting at US$3 at https://tickets.worldtwenty20.com/

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Chair man of Selectors, Courtney Browne, says “The selection panel would like to wish Stafanie Taylor and her team all the best for the ICC WWT20. The preparation period would have held them in good stead for the tournament.

We welcome the return of Britney Cooper who was part of the 2016 winning World Cup squad and Chinelle Henry who is dynamic in the field and her all-round ability adds variety to the squad. The team is highly experienced, and this should aid them in the defense of their World T20 title.”

The full squad reads:

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Hard To Build When Team Dynamics Keep Changing Says Holder In Reaction To Coach Law's Resignation!

West Indies are about to lose their head coach Stuart Law at the end of the year. Before that, in 2016, they lost Phil Simmons. And before that, in 2014, they lost Ottis Gibson. The captain Jason Holder praised his team-mates for keeping up with such a churn but hoped the next coach will be able to stick around longer.

day you deal with reality. Anybody would say that the only way to get results as a team is by coming close together.

But if the dynamics of the team changes quite a bit, it's hard to build something. Every time it seems as though you're building something, there's almost a barrier, some kind of obstacle.

"It's difficult. We have had a number of coaches in the last five years. And I must commend the guys because they have really been professional to be able to adjust to each and every coach that we've had.

"But that's life. I think Stuart has brought a different dynamic in terms of professionalism. He's obviously tried to implement certain structures and certain methods, which we needed to change, and credit really must go to Stuart Law for that. Hopefully, whoever comes in, we could just settle on a coach for a little while longer and build something positive for the next couple of years.�

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"A lot of people don't understand what goes on behind the scenes. And that's pretty much an example of the things the players have had to deal with. Credit must go to the individuals in the group because despite who coaches the team, we are still judged on the cricket that we play. But all this has a part to do with the cricket that we produce.

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"That's why I don't get too caught up with people saying what they say, because within, I know what really goes on within the dynamics of the team. It's not an excuse or looking for things to ease pressure, but at the end of the

West Indies' performance in the first Test against India in Rajkot - they lost all 20 wickets in four sessions - drew a lot of flak, with cricket pundits and former players suggesting on social media that they weren't good enough to play Test cricket. Holder had come across some of these unflattering comments, but he brushed them aside with grace, dignity and some decent statistics too.

"We're playing the No.1 team, India, in their backyard. And history would show we haven't won a Test match here since 1994, and if you look at the players who came through West Indies cricket - I think Brian Lara and these greats have been playing all that time.

“Sure, we probably haven't won as many series as we'd like. But within the last year, I think we've won two out of four or five series we've played. So I don't understand why people would be this harsh towards us.

"But everyone is entitled to their opinion. I just focus primarily on what I have to do and what the team has to do. There's not point worrying about what people have to say because people will always have [something] to say. The only way we can silence the critics - or try to silence them, because I don't think they'll never shut up - is by playing [good] cricket.”

Stuart Law announced his resignation as West Indies' head coach on September 23, 2018 after less than two years in the job. The 49-year-old's tenure will end following the tours to India in October and Bangladesh in November, after which he will move to England to take charge at Middlesex.

Law was credited with improving West Indies' standing in Tests during his time in charge, as well as securing qualification for the 2019 World Cup. He was also involved with moves to bring back a number of star players, such as Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, after disagreements with the board.

their head coach for all three formats. He replaces Richard Scott, who left the club midway through the season with Middlesex struggling to mount a promotion challenge from Division Two of the County Championship. Law's arrival also means the end of Daniel Vettori's two-season spell as specialist T20 coach.

A former Australia international who had a long county career with Lancashire, Essex and Derbyshire, Law said it was a "great privilege" to take on "one of the plum jobs in world cricket". He has previously coached Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, as well as with Queensland and Brisbane Heat, and Cricket Australia's high performance programme back in his home country.

"I have had to make the difficult decision to leave my role of head coach with CWI," Law said in a press release. "It has been very enjoyable, and I believe we have made tremendous strides forward as a team during the past two years.

"I will be taking a role with Middlesex which will keep me close to my family, whilst continuing within the cricket family. I wish the players and staff of CWI every success in the future.”

Law took over from Phil Simmons, who was sacked in September 2016 on disciplinary grounds. He won six out of 15 Tests, including a famous chase of 322 at Headingley last year, and secured series wins over Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, as well as a draw with Sri Lanka.

The team's record was even more impressive in T20Is - eight wins in 19 matches including victory over a World XI team at Lord's in May. It was a different story in ODIs, though. He took over with West Indies having failed to qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy and they had to make sure of a World Cup spot the hard way via the ICC Qualifier in Zimbabwe earlier this year.

Law has signed a four-year contract with Middlesex and will be

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CWI chief executive Johnny Grave said: "I am disappointed that Stuart is leaving as I believe that we have made real progress under his leadership. I know it was a difficult decision for him and that ultimately the opportunity to work in England, where his family is now based, was a major factor in his decision. We will start the process to appoint a new head coach immediately.”

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Alima's Candid Camera Photo Competition First Winner Announced!

Canadian based Guyanese-born journalist and Sports Writer Frederick Halley has been selected as the very first winner of the recently launched Alima’s Roti Candid Camera Cricket photo competition. Halley’s photo of the victorious Vikings Cricket Club team, as recently crowned champions of the Toronto & District League Premier Division Super9 Final, was selected as the best cricketing photo received during the Competition’s September month submission eligibility period.

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As per the Competition’s publicized rules, Halley was duly presented with his Alima’s Roti Prize Pack, which consisted of a branded

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cooler bag filled with packages of dhalpuris, paratha rotis, doubles and two containers of frozen foods. The presentation took place at Alima’s Roti’s, Kenview Rd Brampton Headquarters on Tuesday, October 16.

The Alima’s Roti Candid Camera Photo Competition will continue with the October Month Winner to be featured in Wickets next Issue, due out by mid-November. The deadline for entries will be Friday November 3. 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.