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Canada U19’s South Africa Bound

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Praim Persaud The Architect Of GT20 Canada’s Move To Brampton

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GT20 Canada 2019 Franchise Feature: Brampton Wolves GT20 Canada 2019 Franchise Feature: Edmonton Royals GT20 Canada 2019 Franchise Feature: Montreal Tigers

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GT20 Canada 2019 Match Schedule GT20 Canada 2019 Franchise Feature: Toronto Nationals GT20 Canada 2019 Franchise Feature: Vancouver Knights GT20 Canada 2019 Franchise Feature: Winnipeg Hawks Coaches Corner

Canada’s U19s Secure ICC 2020 World Cup Qualification!

Canada’s Under 19 cricketers defeated their USA archrivals by 5 wickets to win the final round robin match of the ICC 2020 U19 World Cup Qualifiers Tournament, which was staged at King City from July 8-15.

The Canadians’ five-wicket win over the USA resulted in their qualification for next year’s ICC Under 19 World Cup to be held in South Africa from 17 January to 9 February 2020.

July 8, 2019 Canada vs Bermuda Bermuda 61/10 26.4 Overs. Muhammad Kumal 3-9; Rishiv Joshi 2-8; Gurjot Gosal 2-9 Canada 63-1 8 Overs. R Sandu 26.

Canada won by 9 wickets July 9, 2019 Canada vs Argentina Argentina U19 33/10 21 Overs; A Kirschbaum 16 R Shamsudeen 5-3.

Canada U19 39-3 4 Overs M Kumal 15* Canada won by 7 wickets July 12, 2019 Canada vs Cayman Islands Canada U19 441/5 50 Overs. A Deosammy 155*; E Sensarma 105; R Sandu 49. G Harrington-Myers 2-76; R Johnson 2-83 Cayman Islands U19 50/10 25.5 Overs; R Shamsudeen 3-4; M Kamal 2-5.

Canada won by 391 runs.

Both teams had cruised through the tournament, each recording one-sided wins over the Tournament’s other three competing countries: Argentina, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

Batting first the USA Under 19s scored 112 off of 32.4 overs. Skipper Kind’s 45 was the only score of note; Bowling for Canada Kumar 3-26; Kamal 2-21; Shamsudeen 2-24 were the main wicket-takers. In reply Canada Under 19s scored 133/5 in 22.1 overs to win by 5 wickets.

Kumar 26 was the top scrorer.

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Summarized Scores of Canada’s remaining matches in the ICC 2020 U19 World Cup Qualifiers Tournament were as follows:

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Praim Persaud: GT20 Canada 2019’s City of

Brampton Move Coordinator-Conductor!

GT20 Canada’s move from the Inaugural Season King City venue to its now hopefully permanent home in the Flower City of Brampton, was a direct outcome of a conversation between Cricket Canada’s President Ranjit Saini and Cricket Ontario’s Praim Persaud. Saini had expressed to Persaud his desire for the Tournament to be staged at a more centrally located venue.

As President of the Brampton-Etobicoke&District Cricket League (BEDCL) Persaud reflects that the timing of Saini’s suggestion could not have been more perfect. The City’s Mayoral Nominee, Patrick Brown was at that very said time engaged in his election campaign with cricket as one of the main platforms.

Brown’s opponent, the incumbent Mayor Linda Jeffries, had effectively stiffened the wonderful progress that had been made at Brampton City Council, by her predecessor Susan Fennel, towards cricket’s infrastructural development in recognition of the significance of the sport to hundreds of thousands of its residents.

Persaud who doesn’t usually support politicians met with Brown to outline the requirements of his League. He says he was pleasantly surprised by the mayoral candidate’s presentation of an additional elongated list of cricket related promises that would be fulfilled should he be elected. On the basis of Brown’s promises the support of the BEDCL’s one hundred and fifty plus affiliated clubs and their respective members was galvanized towards his eventual election victory.

To date as Mayor, Patrick Brown has more than fulfilled all the promises he made in addition to honoring the requests that Persaud had put forward. Brown had in fact already begun using cricket including the possibility of GT20 Canada being hosted by Brampton as an election platform.

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After Brown had been elected Persaud introduced him to Cricket Canada’s President Ranjit Saini at last year’s BEDCL’s Annual Awards Gala with the intention of leaving up to them to work out the details. For whatever reason however, nothing much happened subsequent to that introduction. Persaud who in the interim had been appointed by Brown to be Brampton City’s Special Advisor on Cricket, later found out that the GT20 Owners had been otherwise directed to approach the City of Mississauga with regards to the hosting of this year’s Tournament.

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Those negotiations eventually collapsed resulting in the GT20 Owners turning their attention to Brampton as an alternative.

They met with Mayor Brown and presented their proposals for the Tournament to be staged at the CAA Center. As fate would have it the CAA Center’s three existing pitches had all been developed solely by the BEDCL under Persuad’s Presidential direction. Knowing this Mayor Brown advised the GT20 Representatives that the City would only be willing to proceed on the condition that Praim Persaud would be fully involved in all subsequent discussions and decisions as one of the City’s Official Representatives.

Persaud then met with GT20’s Tournament Director Jason Harper and Advisory Board Member, Cosmos Sports President

Cary Kaplan, to discuss the possibilities. Persaud had initially expressed his disagreement with the choice of the CAA Centre as the preferred venue. He felt and still does that there were other far more suitable choices available within the League’s now ultra impressive inventory of top class cricket grounds!

Several rounds of three way discussions between, the City of Brampton, GT20 Canada officials and the CAA Center owners were briefly interrupted by an expression of further interest from the City of Mississauga. That however died almost as quickly as it had been revived, paving the way for plans to proceed full blast towards Brampton’s hosting of this year’s GT20 Tournament.

The development and implementation of those plans were pursued through multiple conference calls, involving the representatives of the aforementioned three key parties.

Eventually the deal was struck and signed and on June 3, the City of Brampton’s hosting of GT20 Canada 2019 was officially announced at a Media Conference that was hosted by the Mayor and held at City Hall.

Ironically Persaud who was an integral part of the group that had essentially engineered this wonderful development was not around for the grand announcement at the Mayor’s Media Conference.

He had traveled overseas in fulfillment of a previously made business commitment. His involvement was however glowing acknowledged by both Mayor Patrick Brown on behalf of the City and also by Jason Harper as Gt20 Tournament Director.

During his address at the Press Conference, Mayor Patrick Brown also announced his City’s plans to develop additional cricket facilities within the City later this year and continuing over the next two years. Such plans would include the establishment of two additional facilities as well as the installation of lights at one of the City’s grounds. Mayor Brown also indicated that his Brampton City Council had embarked upon the development of plans for the establishment of a major cricket stadium as a future-hosting venue for international matches and Tournaments.

Mayor Brown’s announced plans are the direct result of the dedicated efforts that Praim Persaud and his BEDCL Board members have been making for almost twenty years. In the years prior to 2004, Brampton

It was Garnet Manny who had summoned a meeting between the Mayor, other City Council officials and the representatives of the then twelve Brampton based clubs to discuss the City’s cricketing needs and to formulate plans as to how they should be addressed. The clubs unanimously elected Praim Persaud to speak on their combined behalf.

As the City of Brampton’s Mayor, Patrick Brown’s recognition of the significance of cricket to hundreds of thousands of his constituents has been reflected in City Council’s allocation of a specific budget for the sport. Working with City officials Praim Persaud and his fellow BEDCL officials have developed an extensive listing of the City requirements for ongoing cricket development. The installation of turf wickets and proper sightscreens, along with the grass being cut to a half-inch level, which required the City’s procurement of the proper cutting and rolling machines as well as the required natural turf preparation and maintenance machinery, an ongoing battle that Praim and his colleagues had been waging for almost thirty years, were among the primary requests on the list. It is that exact listing that has served as the foundation for the City’s allocation of budget funding for cricket.

From that point onwards and with Mayor Susan Fennel’s complete approval, blessings and support, Praim worked diligently with City officials including Don Doan (Director of Parks & Recreation) to identify and secure locations for the establishment of additional cricket grounds.

Under Praim’s guidance the two then existing organizations, the Etobicoke & District Cricket League and the Brampton Cricket Association were also merged into a single entity: Brampton-Etobicoke & District Cricket League – at the request of the City.

The list of requirements Mayor Patrick Brown and his Brampton City Council have agreed includes the previously mentioned addition of two new cricket grounds as well as the establishment of a cricket stadium. A previous blueprint for the stadium’s development had been formulated in 2015 under Mayor Susan Fennel’s tenure and enabled by Persaud’s direct involvement with the City’s architect. That blueprint had been formulated largely on the basis of extensive research Persaud had conducted on the construction of similar facilities in Antigua, St Lucia and other parts of the Caribbean.

That merger was both a reflection of Praim and his associates recognition that continuing City support would be dependent upon demonstrated growth of cricket as a participation support, as well as the actual almost geometric increases in the number of clubs that had been occurring. Within a few years prior to the merger, the Brampton Cricket Association from an initial mere handful of clubs to well in excess of one hundred.

Former Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell had initially authorized the stadium development plans in support of cricket’s application to become an Olympic support and towards the City’s positioning of itself as a potential future-hosting venue. Once cricket’s Olympic application had fallen through. Mayor Fennel remained committed to the cricket stadium development initiative until she was unfortunately defeated in the subsequent election.

During the years of Susan Fennel’s Brampton City Mayoral tenure, the BEDCL acquired and developed cricketing facilities from an initial inventory of three grounds to the sixteen that now exist today. Working with Brampton City and Parks Officials Persaud and his BEDCL Board also embarked upon initiatives to constantly improve playing conditions of existing and newly required grounds.

Under Praim Persaud’s leadership, BEDCL was also at the forefront of the eventual reunification of all the other Ontario based Leagues, which had gone their separate ways as a result of the demise of the Ontario Cricket Association. Persaud was again the main architect behind the reunification of the wandering Leagues under a newly constituted Cricket Council of Ontario, which was eventually incorporated as Cricket Ontario.

Praim Persaud’s possession of copies of those blueprints as well as their acknowledge existence within the confines of Brampton City Hall is the backdrop to Mayor Patrick Brown’s recent announcement that the initiative has now been resuscitated and will henceforth be arduously pursued. In the interim Praim is now deliriously happy that for this year’s cricket season, despite all the pre-season rains all the grass on all City grounds was cut to an acceptable three quarter inch length and which has now been dropped to the desired 1.2 inch.

The City of Brampton’s establishment of top class turf pitch equipped grounds with their immaculately the half inch grassed outfields has resulted in an uplifting of the standard of cricket being played by the members of the BEDCL’s now one hundred & fifty plus clubs. Although that has not as yet been reflected by the selection of BEDCL players to representative Canadian teams, Praim Persaud feels that it is now only a matter of time before this becomes a reality.

Certainly with the CAA Center having been established as the venue for the City of Brampton’s hosting of GT20 Canada 2019 and with all other wonderful initiatives that have taken place the future does indeed look bright for cricket’s further development in the City. Who knows as Cricket Canada President Ranjit Saini had suggested at the June 3 Press Conference there’s even now the distinct possibility for the City of Brampton to become the Official Home of Canadian Cricket. If and when that does happen there’s every likelihood that will be as a result of Praim Persaud and his BEDCL Board’s involvement!

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City Council was being approached by individual clubs with their respective requests for grounds and improved playing facilities, with little progress being made. Susan Fennel’s 2004 election as Brampton City Mayor and the presence of a cricket oriented Council Member Garnet Manny, however completely changed the environment within City Hall from its previous state of almost total disinterest to that of being encouragingly supportive.

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Kumar, Khan, Kapoor, Jamkhandi and Singh aim To Keep Canada’s Flag Flying High For The Brampton Wolves!

When the Darren Sammy led Brampton Wolves makes its debut during this year’s GT20 Canada Tournament, five Canadian cricketer will be among its ranks. Nitish Kumar, Abraash Khan, Faisal Jamkhani and Nawab Singh will be the five Canadians donning Brampton Wolves colors.

Nitish Roenick Kumar Born May 21, 1994, Scarborough, Ontario Current age 25 years 45 days Major teams Canada, Americas Under-15s,Canada Under-15s, Canada Under-19s,Loughborough Marylebone Cricket Club University (England),St Lucia Zouks, Toronto Nationals Nickname Ronnie, Tendulkar Playing role Batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm off break

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Career Highlights: • August 2009: Became the youngest player to debut for Canada in first-class matches when he played in an Intercontinental Cup game against Kenya.

• February 2010: Became the second youngest player to play

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ODIs at the age of 15 years and 273 days. Was also a part of the Under-19 World Cup team.

• ICC World Cup 2011: Became the youngest player to play in the history of the tournament, representing Canada.

• 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers: Canada’s leading run-scorer in the qualifying tournament, and 4th overall with 370 runs, including 2 tons. Also took 8 wickets.

• 2012 World T20 Qualifiers: Scored 57 runs in 44 balls against Papua New Guinea to help Canada to a 6-wicket win.

• Canada’s second-highest scorer run-scorer in the competition.

• August 2013: Scored his maiden ton smashing an impressive 103 against UAE during the Intercontinental Cup Games.

• 2014: Included in World Cup Qualifiers squad.

• January 2018: Named as the captain of Canada’s squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in.

• June 2018: Selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.

• September 2018: Named as the captain of Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.

• Leading wicket-taker for Canada in the tournament, with eleven dismissals in six matches.

• October 2018: Named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.

• April 2019: Named in Canada’s squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.

• May 2019: Selected by the St Lucia Stars during the Caribbean Premier League 2019 Players Draft.

• The only Canadian player to be drafted by any of the six participating Franchises.

• June 2019: Selected to play for the Brampton Wolves in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

T20 debut vs Netherlands at Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Mar 13, 2012

Muhammad Abraash Khan Born July 23, 1998, Peshawar, Pakistan Current age 20 years 347 days Major teams Canada Under-15s, Canada Under-19s,Edmonton Royals Batting style Righthand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium Career Highlights: • Pace bowling talent recognized at the Ontario Cricket Academy when he was only 10 years old, • Selected for the Canada U-15 squad at age 13 • Represented Canada as a 16yr old at the Sharjah hosted 2014 ICC U-19 World Cup • Participated in Pakistan’s 2014 National Cricket Academy Lahore Overseas Player Programme • Invited to join the Programme by former Pakistan Captain Wasim Ackram

Armaan Kapoor Born December 28, 1994, Chandigarh, India Current age 24 years 189 days Major teams Canada Under-19s Batting style Righthand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium Career Highlights: • Described as potentially being “one of the “best youth players going around and the next level-headed middle order batsmen Canada desperately needs”at the conclusion of the 2014 United Arab Emirates hosted U19 World Cup • Recorded scores of 69 and 64 against Bermuda during King

Faisal Jamkhandi Born October 7, 1999, Toronto, Ontario Current age 19 years 271 days Major teams Canada Under-19s Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium Career Highlights:

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wicket-taker at the 2018-2019, New Zealand hosted ICC U19 World Cup. His 5-48 against Bangladesh was the very first five-for in the entire Tournament.

• At age 17 was consistently clocking speeds above 130kph in Academy matches.

Earned praise from former England fast bowler Alex Tudor, now a Level 3 coach in England.

Regular right arm, fast medium bowler and right hand lower order batsman member of the Mississauga Ramblers Cricket Club

Darsan Singh Cheema Born 27/June/ 1992 Batting style Right-Hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast Career Highlights: Canadian Experience: • Major Teams - Western T-20 (Cricket BC) • Playing since 2018 for Surrey united cricket club in Elite division in British Columbia mainland Cricket league. BC. India Cricket Experience • Major Teams - Himachal Pradesh, India.

• List A,T-20 domestic,Under-25 National, Under -22 National,Under-19 National,Under-19 Zone.

• Been a trainee of MRF Pace Foundation for 2 years under Glenn McGrath former Australian cricketer.

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T20 Career: Batting M16 Inn 15 NO 1 Runs 217 HS 38 Avg 15.5 SR 54.66 Bowling M 16 INN 3 B66 Runs 63 ECON 5.73 Avg 31.5 SR 33.

City hosted Pre Tournament Warm Up matches.

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Darren Sammy, Shakib Al Hasan and Colin Munro Expected To Lead Debutants Brampton Wolves From The Front!

Debutants Brampton Wolves will enter their 2019 GT20 Season with high expectations of outstanding lead from the front performances by their marquee players: former West Indies T20 World Cup winning captain and bowling-all-rounder Daren Sammy, Bangladesh’s awesome all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, and New Zealand’s big-hitting all-rounder Colin Munro.

As their respective profiles illustrate the three certainly have the reputations to warrant such confidence.

Darren Julius Garvey Sammy

debut against England, taking 7/66 which were the best bowling figures for a West Indian in his first Test since Alf Valentine in 1950. Sammy was appointed West Indies captain in October 2010. He scored his maiden Test century in May 2012 during a match against England.

Sammy is the only captain to have won the ICC T20 World Cup twice. He captained West Indies to the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 victory against Sri Lanka, West Indies’ first major trophy for 8 years (having won the ICC Champions trophy against England in 2004). Sammy again captained West Indies to victory in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20against England.

Now Sammy plays in the Pakistan Super League as the captain of Peshawar Zalmi.

T20 Career Summary Batting M68 Inn 52 No 18 Runs 587 HS 42 Avg 17.26 SR 147.49 Bowling M68 Inn 59 Balls 916 Runs 1116 Wkts 44 Econ 7.31 Avg 25.36

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OBE (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian ren cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain. He plays as a right-handed batsman and a fast-medium bowler. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2004, Sammy became the first person from the island of St Lucia to play international cricket. Three years later he made his Test

(born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who currently captains the Bangladesh national team in Test and T20I formats.

Considered as the best cricketer to have ever played for Bangladesh, Shakib is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest all-rounder in the world. He holds the record for being ranked first as an all rounders for 10 years and is still in the highest current rankings in all three formats of the game (Test, Twenty20 and One Day Internationals). His aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order, controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling, and athletic fielding has helped him win trophies in top leagues across the world.

In 2015, Shakib became the first and only cricketer in history to be ranked the ‘No.1 all-rounder’ by ICC in its Player Rankings in all three formats of

the game (Test, Twenty20 and One Day Internationals).On 13 January 2017, he registered the highest individual score (217) by a Bangladeshi batsman in Tests.

In November 2018, he became the first bowler for Bangladesh to take 200 wickets in Tests. In June 2019, Shakib became the fastest player to score 6,000 runs and take 250 wickets in ODIs in just 199 matches.[12] He is the highest run scorer as well as the highest wicket taker for Bangladesh in World Cup. He is also the only cricketer to score 1000 runs and to take 30 wickets in World Cup. At the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Shakib became the first cricketer to score 500 runs and take 10 wickets in a single World Cup. T20 Career Summary Batting M72 Inn 71 NO 8 Runs 1471 HS 84 Avg 23.35 SR 123.1 Bowling M72 Inn 71 Balls 1571 Runs 1774 Wkts 88 Econ 6.78 Avg 20.16

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third player for New Zealand to score a T20I hundred after Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill.With his century, New Zealand posted 195 runs in 20 overs and finally won the match by 47 runs.

On 4 November 2017, in the second T20I of the Indian tour, Munro scored his second Twenty20 International century, becoming the second New Zealander (after McCullum) and fourth overall to score two T20I centuries. He was also the first batsman to score two T20I centuries in a year. New Zealand won the match by 40 runs and 3-match series was levelled 1-1 with his all-round contribution.

During the series against West Indies, Munro moved up to open in the limited overs formats. On 3 January 2018, during the series against the West Indies, he became the first player to score three centuries in T20I cricket.With this feat, he became the no.1 T20I batsman in the world.

In March 2019, he was named as the ANZ International Men’s T20 Player of the Year at the annual New Zealand Cricket awards. In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. T20 Career Summary Batting M52 Inn 49 NO 7 Runs 1411 HS 109 Avg 33.6 SR 162.0 Bowling M52 Inn 12 Balls 118 Runs 186 Wkts4 Econ 0.46 Avg 45.5

In 2016, after becoming the top scorer in the domestic T20 competition, where he bats at no.3, there were hopes for him to cement that spot before the ICC World T20, given Brendon McCullum’s international retirement before the tournament Munro was added to the series against Sri Lanka, after a great domestic season. He played the last ODI and 2 T20Is in the series. In the second T20I at Eden Park, Munro recorded the second fastest T20I fifty of all time in 14 balls, with seven sixes, only behind 12-ball fifty of Yuvraj Singh. This is also the fastest fifty by a New Zealander in this format, beating the previous record set by Martin Guptill (50 from 19 balls) just 20 minutes before. He was adjudged man of the match for this performance.

On 6 January 2017 against Bangladesh, Munro scored his first Twenty20 International century, and became the

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(born 11 March 1987) is a South-African born New Zealand international cricketer, who plays limited overs formats of the game. He was a member of the New Zealand Under 19 side and is currently a member of the Auckland cricket team.He is the first player to score three Twenty20 International centuries.

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Seasoned Pakistanis Head Brampton Wolves International Roster Shahid Afridi and Wahab Riaz , two of Pakistan most experienced T20 Players, head an impressive list of international stars that have chosen by the Brampton Braves for its maiden GT20 Canada 2019 Season. The Brampton Braves will be the sixth competing team for this year’s Tournament and the newest Franchise member of the League.

Shahid Afridi, (Pakistan)

Born Mar 01,1980 (39 years) Birth Place Khyber Agency Role Bowling Allrounder Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm legbreak T20 debut vs England at County Ground, Aug 28, 2006

T20 Career Batting M 109 Inn 100 NO 13 Runs 1497 HS 54 Avg 17.20 SR 150.00 Bowling M109 Inn 107 B 2348 Runs 2,621 Wkts 197 Econ 6.69

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Born Jun 28, 1985 (34 years) Birth Place Lahore, Punjab Role Bowler Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Leftarm fast-medium T20 debut vs Bangladesh at National Stadium, Apr 20, 2008

T20 Career Batting M 27 Inn 14 NO 4 Runs 126 HS 30 Avg 12.6 SR 117.76 Bowling M 27 Inn 27 Balls 543 Runs 723 Wkts 28 Econ 7.99 Avg 25.82

Lendl Simmons, (West Indies)

Born Jan 25, 1985 (34 years) Birth Place Port of Spain, Trinidad Role Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium

T20 debut vs England at Kensington Oval, Jun 29, 2007 T20 Career Batting M 74 Inn 73 NO 8 Runs 1986 HS 100 Avg 30.55 SR 126.64 Bowling M 74 Inn 4 Balls 54 Runs 89 Wkts 7 Econ 9.17 Avg 12.71

Andre Fletcher (West Indies)

Born Nov 28, 1987 (31 years) Birth Place La Tante, Grenada Role Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat

T20 debut vs Australia at Kensington Oval, Jun 20, 2008 T20 Career Batting M 42 Inn 40 NO 4 Runs 765 HS 84 Avg. 21.25 SR 108.2

Babar Hayat (Hong Kong)

Born Jan 05, 1992 (27 years) Birth Place Attock, Pakistan Role Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium T20 debut vs Nepal at Zahur Ahmed

Chowdhury Stadium, Mar 16, 2014 T20 Career Batting M 24 Inn 22 NO 2, Runs 785 HS 89 Avg 39.25 SR 78.11

George Munsey (Scotland)

Born Feb 21, 1993 (26 years) Birth Place Oxford Role Batsman Batting Style Left Handed Bat T20 debut vs Ireland at Bready Cricket Club, Jun 18, 2015

T20 Career Batting M 25 Inn 24 NO 2 Runs 559 HS 71 Avg 25.41 SR 150.67

Rohan Mustafa (United Arab Emirates) Born Oct 07, 1988 (30 years) Birth Place Kohat Role Batting Allrounder Batting Style Left Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak T20 debut vs Netherlands at Sylhet International Cricket

26.11 SR 21.74

Zahoor Khan, (United Arab Emirates)

Born May 25, 1989 (30 years) Birth Place Faisalabad, Punjab Role Bowler Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium T20 debut vs Afghanistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Jan 16, 2017 T20 Career Batting M9 Inn 1 NO 0 Runs 47 HS 2 Avg 2.0 SR 40.0 Bowling M 9 Inn 0 Balls 171 Runs 205 Wkts 11 Econ 7.19 Avg 18.64

Timil Kaushik Patel

Born December 1, 1983, Ahmedabad, Current age Gujarat 35 years 230 days Major teams United States of America, Gujarat, ICC Americas,South West Region, St Lucia Stars Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Legbreak

T20 Career Batting M 26 Inn 25 NO 1 Runs 458 HS 77 Avg 19.08 SR 118.35 Bowling M 26 Inn 24 Balls 413 Runs 496 Wkts 19 Econ 7.21 Avg

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NAVNEET DHALIWAL HEADS EDMONTON ROYAL’S IMPRESSIVE CANADIAN PLAYER POOL! A last minute withdrawal, has deprived Canada’s South Africa-born wicket-keeper batsman Captain Davy Jacobs from being at the the Edmonton Royals’ five-member Canadian player pool for this year’s GT20 Canada 2019 Tournament. The four other Canadians who are on the Royals’ roster are Indian-born batsman Navneet Dhaliwal, all-rounders Satsimranjit Dhindsa and Akash Gill along with medium-pacer Shahid Ahmadzai.

as the captain of Canada’s squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.

Davy Jacobs is a prolific right-handed batsman who 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.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. Jacobs is currently head of Ontario Cricket Academy where he plays as player-cum-coach

David Johan Jacobs David Johan Jacobs (known as Davy; born 4 November 1982 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal) initially played his Club Cricket for the Warriors and the Eagles South African League teams. In February 2015, he retired from cricket after playing in 91 first class matches in which he scored 5520 runs with 14 hundreds. He also played 106 matches with a strike rate of 81.27. Jacobs played 83 matches scoring 1707 runs at an average of 25.86 with eight half-century.

Davy Jacobs has also represented the South Africa A cricket team on several occasions. Captained the South African Emerging Squad to Australia, and also led the South African Sixes team to victory in the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament in 2009. He has also played for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He also represented Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel in the 2013 Caribbean Premier League tournament in the Caribbean.

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Navneet Dhaliwal Navneet Dhaliwal (born 10 October 1988) made his List A cricket debut in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament for Canada against the Netherlands on 17 January 2015. In January 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two Tournament and in September 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for

the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Canada in the tournament, with 83 runs in six matches.[5] In October 2018, Dhaliwal was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. He was again the leading run-scorer for Canada in the tournament, with 271 runs in six matches. In April 2019, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia and emerged yet again as Canada’s Tournament leading run-scorer, with 219 runs in five matches.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament Full name Navneet Singh Dhaliwal Born October 10, 1988, Chandigarh, Punjab Current age 30 years 275 days Major teams Canada, Toronto Nationals Playing role Middle-order batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Akash Gill Akash Gill’s all rounder talents came to prominence when he notched the first century by a Canadian batsman in an ICC U19 Cricket World Cup match.

Gill’s 120 led Canada to victory by 80 runs in its 2018 ICC U19 World Cup encounter against Papua New Guinea.

Gill hit 12 fours and two sixes as Canada scored 265 for eight after being put in to bat.

Gill also had two additional 50+ plus scores during the Tournament, 60 against Zimbabwe and 52 versus Namibia. With his right-arm medium paced bowling, Gill captured 12 wickets during the New Zealand hosted ICC U19 World Cup. Akash Gill was selected by the Edmonton Royals for the June 2019 GT20 Canada Tournament Player Draft.

The win moved Canada into the semifinals of the consolation Plate semifinals.

Full name Akashdeep Singh Gill Born October 18, 1999, Mississauga, Ontario Current age 19 years 267 days Major teams Canada Under-19s Playing role Allrounder Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium

Satsimranjit Dhindsa (born 5 February 1991) made his List A cricket debut in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament for Canada against the Netherlands on 17 January 2015. In January 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the Two tournament.

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On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Full name Satsimranjit Singh Dhindsa Born February 5, 1991, India Current age 28 years 157 days Major teams Canada, Edmonton Royals Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

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A KIWI, A SAFFIE AND AN AUSSIE TO CARRY EDMONTON ROYALS BANNERS AS MARQUEE PLAYERS! The Edmonton Royals have selected New Zealand and South African captains Kane Williamson and Faf du Plessis, along with Australia’s very useful all-rounder Ben Cutting, as marquee players for this year’s GT20 Canada 2019. Both Williamson and Du Plessis will be fresh from direct respective recently concluded ICC 2019 World Cup campaigns.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad signed Williamson on 6 February 2015. He played a major role in the Sunrisers winning the 2016 season title and was retained for 2017.

Kane Williamson

Faf du Plessis

BAs New Zealand’s captain, Kane Williamson has continued to reinforce his already well established reputation as one of international cricket’s top three batsmen, India’s Virat Kholi and England’s Joe Root being indisputably the other two. Williamson led his Kiwis all the day to the final with his outstanding batting, which yielded 548 runs, including two centuries, at an average of 91.33.

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As a right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler, Williamson also captains the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Williamson plays for Northern Districts in domestic cricket in New Zealand and has played for both Gloucestershire and Yorkshire in English county cricket.

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Trinidadian born Kieron Adrian Pollard (born 12 May 1987) plays for South Africa captain and fantastic batsman Faf du Plessis ended his 2019 ICC World Cup campaign with a century against arch rivals Australia.

A right-handed middle order batsman and part-time leg spin bowler, du Plessis has played South African domestic cricket for Northerns and

the Titans, as well as matches for Lancashire, the Chennai Super Kings, the Rising Pune Supergiants and the Melbourne Renegades.

Du Plessis was on a 6-month contract with Lancashire for the 2008 season starting in April as a Kolpak player after impressing the board with good performances in the local Nottinghamshire leagues for Mansfield Hosiery Mills and in the Lancashire League for Todmorden. Following his six-month stint with Lancashire, du Plessis signed a new three-year deal with the club. Lancashire coach Mike Watkinson praised du Plessis’ fielding, saying “if there’s a better fielder in county cricket I’ve not seen him this season”.

for Queensland.

Full name Colin James Cutting Born 30, 1987, Sunnybank, Brisbane, Queensland Current age 32 years 164 days Nickname Cutsy Playing role Allrounder Batting style Righthand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

In March 2010, it was announced that du Plessis would no longer be allowed to play for Lancashire as a Kolpak player after changes to the Kolpak rules. In 2011, he was signed by the 2010 IPL Champions Chennai Super Kings at the Indian Premier League player auction.

Du Plessis had a very successful season with the Chennai Super Kings scoring 398 runs in IPL 2012. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada Tournament.

Ben Cutting

A fast bowler and productive lower-order batsman, Ben Cutting was on the verge of Test selection in 2011-12 when he was named in Australia’s squad during their home series against New Zealand. But instead of winning a baggy green, he had to settle for experience around the squad, and the following summer made his debut in ODIs and T20 internationals against Sri Lanka. Capable of creating steepling bounce from his 1.92m height, Cutting owns two types of bouncer, including a very fast one which often surprises the batsmen. His standout summer was 2009-10 when he topped the Sheffield Shield wicket tally with 46 at 23.91, and he was again near the top of the list in 2011-12. Although he has struggled to hit those heights again, Cutting remains a valuable all-round performer

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FOUR INTERNATIONAL ALL-ROUNDERS HEAD EDMONTON ROYALS REMAINING PLAYERS ROSTER Four outstanding all-rounders Pakistan’ Shadab Khan and Mohd Nawaz, Sherfane Rutherford of Guyana and the West Indies fame as well as New Zealand’s James Neesham are the standouts in the Edmonton Rooyals roster of remaining players for GT20 Canada 2019.

Sherfane Rutherford Full name Sherfane Eviston Rutherford Born August 15, 1998 Current age 20 years 334 days Major teams West Indies, Delhi Capitals, Delhi Daredevils, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Guyana Under-19s, West Indies B Playing role Top-order batsman Batting Style Left-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium

Scottish bowler Safyaan Sharif, Hong Kong captain and batsman Anshuman Rath, South-African-born Scottish batting all-rounder Richie Berrington, Pakistan-born Hong Kong bowler Ehsan Nawaz, and Trinidad born USA bowler Kyle Phillip are the 5 ICC Associates nation players in the squad.

Shadab Khan Full name Shadab Khan Born October 4, 1998, Mianwali Current age 20 years 284 days Major teams Pakistan, Brisbane Heat, Islamabad United, Pakistan Under-19s, Trinbago Knight Riders Role Allrounder Batting Style Right-Hand Bat Bowling Style Legbreak

James Neesham

Mohammad Nawaz

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Full name Mohammad Nawaz Born March 21, 1994, Rawalpindi, Punjab Current age 25 years 116 days Major teams Pakistan, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan A, Pakistan Under-15s, Pakistan Under-19s, Pakistan Under-23s,Quetta Gladiators, Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Rams Playing role Allrounder Batting Style Left-hand bat Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

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Full name James Douglas Sheahan Neesham Born September 17, 1990, Auckland Current age 28 years 301 days Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Delhi Daredevils, Derbyshire, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders,New Zealand A, New Zealand Under-19s, New Zealand XI,Otago Also known as Jimmy Neesham Playing role Batting Allrounder Batting Style Left-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium

Safyaan Sharif Full name Safyaan Mohammed Sharif Born 24, 1991, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Current age 28 years 52 days Major teams Scotland, Scotland A, Scotland Under-15s, Scotland Under-17s, Scotland Under-19s

Major teams Scotland, Scotland Under-19s Playing role Top-order batsman Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium-fast

Playing role Bowler Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium-fast

Ehsan Nawaz Full name Ehsan Nawaz Born March 21, 1995, Attock, Pakistan Current age 24 years 116 days Major teams Hong Kong Playing role Bowler Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm fastmedium

Anshuman Rath Full name Anshuman Rath Born November 5, 1997, Hong Kong Current age 21 years 252 days Major teams Hong Kong, Harrow School, Hong Kong Under-16s, Middlesex 2nd XI, Middlesex Under-17s, Middlesex Under-19s Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman Batting Style Left-hand bat Bowling Style Slow left-arm orthodox

Kyle Phillip

Full name Richard Douglas Berrington Born April 3, 1987, Pretoria, South Africa Current age 32 years 103 days

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Full name Kyle Phillip Born January 26, 1997, Trinidad Current age 22 years 170 days Major teams United States of America, Winnipeg Hawks Playing role Bowler Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium

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MIX OF EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH AMONG MONTREAL TIGERS’ CANADIANS!

tournament in Namibia.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Full name Nikhil Dutta Born October 13, 1994, Kuwait City, Kuwait Current age 24 years 276 days Major teams Canada, Americas Under-15s, Barisal Bulls, Canada Under-15s, Canada Under-19s, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Toronto Nationals Nickname Nick Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

The Montreal Tigers selection of Nikhil Dutta, Dillon Heyliger, Arslan Khan, Bhupinder Singh and Yax Patel as the Franchise’s Canadians for this year’s GT20 Canada Tournament is an interesting mix of experience and youth. The Tigers will be hoping that the Canadians make full use of their provided playing opportunities with inspired performances to help improve on its bottom of the table record at the end of the 2018 Inaugural GT20 Season.

Nikhil Dutta Kuwait born Nikhil Dutta (born 13 October 1994) is a right-handed batsman who also bowls right-arm off spin. Dutta made his One Day International debut for Canada against Kenya in March 2013.

Dutta played for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the 2015 Caribbean Premier League; he played in three matches with his most notable wicket being former-England international Kevin Pietersen. Later that year, Dutta was signed by the Barisal Bulls, one of the six teams playing in the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League. He played one game, taking 3/18.

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In January 2018, he played in the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two Tournament, ending up as Canada’s leading bowler, with 11 wickets.

In September 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier Tournament. In October 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. In April 2019, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two

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Dillon Heyliger Guyanese born Dillon Heyliger (born 21 October 1989) made his List A debut for Canada in the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament on 8 February 2018.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.

In September 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.[5] In October 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. In April 2019, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2019

ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. The genesis of his earlier playing days saw him representing Guyana at all the junior levels, including once with a Guyana Under-15 team during a tour to England.

He was also a member of the National T20 squad without getting a game.

Those inclusions and experiences have helped to equip him with the ideal temperament suited for the shortest form of the game.

Full name Dillon Heyliger Born October 21, 1989, Suddie, Essequibo, Guyana Current age 29 years 268 days Major teams Canada, Guyana, Montreal Tigers Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium

2016 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup. With an aggregate of 181 runs and an impressive 45.25 average, Arslan again emerged as Canada’s the highest run scorer during the Bangladesh hosted ICC 2016 U19 World Cup. Arslan was also a member of the Canadian squad, which participated in the West Indies U19 Regional Championship. His highest score was 43 against Barbados. He also earned the praise of the former West Indies fast bowling legend Courtney Walsh, who complemented him on his batting technique.

Full name Arslan Sher Khan Born April 16, 1999, Toronto, Ontario Current age 20 years 91 days Major teams Canada Under-19s Playing role Allrounder Batting style Right-hand bat Bowlng style Legbreak

Yax Patel Yax Patel received his initial exposure to GT20 Canada as a net bowler for both the Montreal Tigers and the Edmonton Royals.

The left arm spinner impressed renowned Coach Tom Moody with his impressive demonstrated skills in capturing several wickets including those of Andre Fletcher.

Luke Ronchi and Sunil Narine.

Arslan Khan Born April 16 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada’s Arslan Sher Khan has made an impressive rise up the batting rankings in both Canadian Youth Cricket and the ICC U19 World Cup levels within the past 5 years. Until he turned 20 in April of this year, he was ranked as one of Canada’s top U19 players. In fact, with 427 runs in 12 innings with an average of 47.23, Arslan Khan still holds the record as Canada’s highest ever run scorer in U19 World Cup history.

Patel views himself as an all-rounder, capable of holding his own as a middle-order batsman and more than worth his weight as a left–arm spinner who includes the chinaman in his repertoire. He is also reputed to be an excellent fielder.

Patel started playing his cricket when he was just 10 years old. He played u-12 domestic cricket in India, then moved to Canada at the age of 14 and started playing local tournaments from that point onwards.

Yax Patel currently resides in Edmonton and plays his domestic cricket in the Alberta Cricket Leagues.

Bhupinder Singh

Arslan’s highest score of 94 against Bermuda, earned him Player of the Match honors and contributed to his impressive 47.00 Tournament average, earning him further Bermuda media accolades as “Canada’s brick wall!” Canada remained undefeated and thereby qualified for the

Having immigrated to Canada Bhupinder Singh now plays for the Cosmos Cricket Club. During 2018 he was with Pakcan Cricket Club and was also a GT20 Draft pick. Singh has played many tournaments in Canada and had some good batting performances. One of his best innings was in a Tournament Final where he scored a whirlwind 73 of off only 15 balls.

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Later that year ArsIan was also selected as 1 of the 5 Canadian players that represented ICC Americas for the 2014 Caribbean Premier League try-outs. In 2015, he was selected to represent Canada once again in the ICC Americas U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which was held in Bermuda.

India born (September 17, 1994) Bhupinder Singh represented the Punjab U-16 and was its captain for a full year. He also captained the Punjab U19 for 3 years and was a four year member of the Senior Kotach Shield Team. Singh played for India’s U-19 North Zone and was good enough to be invited to a ZCA Camp organised by the BCCI. He played District cricket for 5-6 years.

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MONTREAL TIGERS HOPING FOR OUTSTANDING MARQUEE PLAYER PERFORMANCES As the Montreal Tigers’ chosend marquee players for the 2019 GT20 Canada second season, much will be expected from former Australian captain and batsman George Bailey West Indies mystery spinner Sunil Narine, and Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera. The Tigers hopes will be for these three to provide consistently outstanding performances with bat and ball as an inspiration to the other less famous members of the franchise’s roster.

George Bailey

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George Bailey had been on the Australian domestic cricket scene for a decade when he made his international debut in early 2012, yet few men have had such a meteoric rise. If that seems a contradiction, consider that Bailey went from uncapped to captain with nothing in between.

Australia were searching for a new leader of their Twenty20 side and the

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Tasmanian Bailey was one of the most respected state skippers, and was thrust into the role to replace Cameron White. It made him the first man since Dave Gregory in the first Test match in 1877 to be named captain in his debut for Australia in any format. Over the next couple of years Bailey worked his way into Australia’s team in all three forms of the game, and was part of the unchanged XI that delivered an Ashes whitewash in 2013-14.

However, while he made contributions in the Test team and T20 side, it was as an ODI batsman that Bailey shone brightest. A destructive striker capable of changing a match within a few overs, Bailey enjoyed an especially prolific ODI year in 2013 and at his peak was ranked the No.2 ODI batsman in the world.

One of the most respected men in Australian cricket, Bailey was viewed as a mature and adaptable captain. He led Australia in two World T20 campaigns before resigning the T20 captaincy in 2014 to focus on ODIs and playing more first-class cricket.

Full name George John Bailey Born September 7, 1982, Launceston, Tasmania Current age 36 years 312 days Major teams Australia, Scotland, Australia A,Chennai Super Kings, Hampshire, Hobart Hurricanes,Kings XI Punjab, Melbourne Stars, Middlesex,Rising Pune Supergiants, Sussex, Tasmania,Tasmania Under-19s, World-XI Nickname Hector Playing role Top-order batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium

Sunil Narine, a mystery spinner, caught the West Indies selectors’ attention by taking all ten wickets in a trial match and received a call up to the Trinidad & Tobago squad in January 2009. He may not have accomplished that in international cricket , but every time Narine came to bowl, he looked like taking a wicket. His bag of tricks - an assortment of carrom balls, knuckle balls and skidders - led West Indies to the World T20 title in 2012 - the first time they claimed a World trophy since 1979.

Narine ran into serious trouble with his bowling action in the Champions League Twenty20 2014. He had to rework it once before too, in 2011, with the help of biomechanical experts at the University of Western Australia in Perth, prior to making his ODI debut in India.

During the 2018 Indian Premier League he became the most valuable player, this was his second MVP award, after his debut season in 2012 Indian Premier League. In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. In March 2019, Narine played in his 100th match in the IPL. In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canadatournament.

Full name Sunil Philip Narine Born May 26, 1988, Arima, Trinidad & Tobago Current age 31 years 51 days Major teams West Indies, Barisal Burners, Cape Cobras,Comilla Victorians, Guyana Amazon Warriors,Kolkata Knight Riders, Lahore Qalandars,Melbourne Renegades, Montreal Tigers, Quetta Gladiators,Sydney Sixers, Trinbago Knight Riders, Trinidad & Tobago,West Indies Under-19s Playing role Bowler Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Thisara Perera

A bustling right-arm seamer and sporadically effective left-handed hitter, Thisara Perera has been in Sri Lanka’s short-format sides since 2010.

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Sunil Narine

Bowling is ostensibly Perera’s major skill but, often deployed in the lower-middle order, he is also capable of delivering furious finishes to an innings. Perera is particularly severe on spin, which has led to his being used as a pinch-hitter through the middle overs, but he has at times also been weak to quality pace bowling. He is the kind of player for whom form in one discipline usually bleeds into the other.

Perera has also done well with bat and ball on previous tours to Australia, and has often been at his best against India, memorably slamming the straight six that completed Sri Lanka’s World T20 triumph in 2014. His more recent years have been beset by inconsistency but Perera continues to command a place in the side. He has hat-tricks in both ODIs and T20s.

Perera was a part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. On 12 February 2016, Perera joined Brett Lee to take hat-tricks in both ODI & T20.

He has played the most number of T20I innings(45) for Sri Lanka without scoring a T20I fifty and also holds the record for scoring most number of T20I runs for Sri Lanka without hitting any fifties. He also has the record for the highest individual score for Sri Lanka when batting at number 7 position or lower in Twenty20 International (49) and also jointly holds the record for Sri Lanka for the highest score batting at number 8 position in T20I along with Angelo Mathews(35*) In August 2017, he was named in a World XI side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the 2017 Independence Cup in Lahore. In the second T20I of the series, Perera took 2 wickets and scored an unbeaten 19-ball 47 runs to lift the World XI to win by 7 wickets.

The score highlighted by five huge sixes and Perera won the man of the match award for his match winning all-round performances.

In April 2018, he was named in the Rest of the World XI squad for the oneoff T20I against the West Indies, to be played at Lord’s on 31 May 2018.

Having been bought by the Chennai Super Kings he has been one of the few Sri Lanka players to consistently find employment in the competition.

Full name Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera Born April 3, 1989, Colombo Current age 30 years 104 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings,Colts Cricket Club, Gloucestershire, Guyana Amazon Warriors,ICC World XI, Kings XI Punjab, Kochi Tuskers Kerala,Melbourne Renegades, Montreal Tigers, Multan Sultans,Mumbai Indians, Quetta Gladiators, Rising Pune Supergiants,Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots,Sunrisers Hyderabad, Wayamba, World-XI Playing role Allrounder Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast Height 6 ft 1 in Education St. Joseph’s College, Maradana

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Major teams Sri Lanka, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club,Combined Provinces, Montreal Tigers,Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A,Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Under-19s,Sri Lanka Under-20s School,Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Wayamba Playing role Allrounder Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast

THREE WICKET KEEPERS AMONG MONTREAL TIGERS’ GT20 2019 PLAYER ROSTER Pakistan-born Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, two Sri Lankans: all-rounder Isuru Udana and wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella, as well as the exciting West Indies (Guyanese) all-rounder Keemo Paul are among the Montreal Tigers remaining roster for GT20 Canada 2019. The Tigers roster also includes UAE medium pacer Mohammad Naveed, two Scots: captain and batsman Kyle Coetzer, plus wicket-keeper batsman Matthew Cross, the Pakistan-born Hong Kong all-rounder Nizakat Khan, and USA’s former captain and wicket-keeper batsman Steven Taylor as the five players from the ICC Associate member nations.

Niroshan Dickwella Full name Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella Born June 23, 1993, Kandy Current age 26 years 23 days Major teams Sri Lanka, Nondescripts Cricket Club,Southern Express, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s,Sri Lanka Under-23s, St Lucia Stars, Trinity College Nickname Niro Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman Batting Style Left-hand bat

Scottish bowler Safyaan Sharif, Hong Kong captain and batsman Anshuman Rath, South-African-born Scottish batting all-rounder Richie Berrington, Pakistan-born Hong Kong bowler Ehsan Nawaz, and Trinidad born USA bowler Kyle Phillip are the 5 ICC Associates nation players in the squad.

Fawad Ahmed

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Full name Fawad Ahmed Born February 5, 1982, Marghuz, North-West Frontier Province Current age 37 years 161 days Major teams Australia, Abbottabad, Australia A,Melbourne Renegades, Pakistan Customs, Prime Minister’s XI,Quetta Gladiators, Sydney Thunder, Trinbago Knight Riders,Vancouver Knights, Victoria Role Bowler Batting Style Right-Hand Bat Bowling Style Legbreak

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Isuru Udana Full name Isuru Udana Tillakaratna Born February 17, 1988, Balangoda Current age 31 years 149 days

Keemo Paul Full name Keemo Mandela Angus Paul Born February 21, 1998, Guyana Current age 21 years 145 days Major teams West Indies, Delhi Capitals, Delhi Daredevils,Guyana, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Guyana Under-19s,West Indies A, West Indies Under-19s Playing role Allrounder Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm fastmedium

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman Batting Style Right-hand bat Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Mohammad Naveed Full name Mohammad Naveed Born June 3, 1987 Current age 32 years 43 days Major teams United Arab Emirates, Kandahar Knights,Toronto Nationals Playing role Bowler Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium

Nizakat Khan Full name Nizakat Khan Born July 8, 1992, Attock, Punjab, Pakistan Current age 27 years 8 days Major teams Hong Kong, Hong Kong Under-17s,Hong Kong Under-19s, Toronto Nationals Playing role Allrounder Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Legbreak

Kyle Coetzer Full name Kyle James Coetzer Born April 14, 1984, Aberdeen Current age 35 years 93 days Major teams Scotland, Durham, Northamptonshire,Scotland Under-19s, Western Province

Matthew Cross Full name Matthew Henry Cross Born October 15, 1992, Aberdeen Current age 26 years 274 days Major teams Scotland, Essex 2nd XI,Loughborough Marylebone Cricket Club University (England),Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers, Nottinghamshire,Nottinghamshire 2nd XI, Scotland Under-13s,Scotland Under-15s, Scotland Under-17s

Steven Taylor Full name Steven Ryan Taylor Born November 9, 1993, Hialeah, Florida Current age 25 years 249 days Major teams United States of America, Americas Under-15s,Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, ICC Americas, International World XI, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs,South East Region, United States of America Under-15s,United States of America Under-19s Playing role Bowler Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium

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Nickname Costa Playing role Top-order batsman Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium fast

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JULY: MATCH 1:

25 JUL 2019, 12:00 PM EDT

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26 JUL 2019, 4:00 PM EDT

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27 JUL 2019, 4:00 PM EDT

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28 JUL 2019, 11:00 AM EDT

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28 JUL 2019, 4:00 PM EDT

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WINNIPEG HAWKS

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1 AUG 2019, 11:00 AM EDT

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2 AUG 2019, 11:00 AM EDT

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3 AUG 2019, 11:00 AM EDT

MATCH 11:

4 AUG 2019, 4:00 AM EDT

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4 AUG 2019, 11:00 AM EDT

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29 JUL 2019, 4:00 PM EDT

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WINNIPEG HAWKS

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EXPERIENCED CANADIANS AMONG TORONTO NATIONALS’ GT20 CANADA 2019 PLAYERS SQUAD Jeremy Gordon, Mark Montfort, Salman Nazar, Raviderpal Singh and Rodrigo Thomas are the five Canadian selected by the Toronto Nationals for this year’s GT20 Canada 2019 Tournament. Gordon, Monfort, Nazar, Singh and Thomas have already worn Canadian national colours. All five will be seeking to establish their respective credentials, in front of supportive local crowds, during this year’s Brampton hosted Tournament.

ment. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Full name Jeremy Oliver Alster Gordon Born January 20, 1987, Stanley Town, New Amsterdam, Guyana Current age 32 years 178 days Major teams Canada, Guyana, Vancouver Knights Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Jeremy Gordon

Guyanese-born Jeremy Gordon (born 20 January 1987) represented Guyana before playing in the Canadian squad. Gordon made his debut for the Guyana Under-15 team as an opening bowler in the annual regional Under-15 competition, in Trinidad & Tobago. He first represented the Guyana Under-19 team in the 2004 regional youth competition in the Leewards, and then again in the 2005 regional youth competition in the Windwards.

Gordon represented Berbice in the inter-county competition from 2005 and then the senior Guyana team in regional first class cricket from 2007 to 2008. He then migrated to Canada sometime around 2008 and represented Titans in the (Canada) National Cricket League in 2009. He also reprented Brampton Masters in Canada club cricket, in the Toronto area in 2012.

Gordon made his ODI debut for Canada in July 2012 against Scotland and took one wicket in that game.

He was even better in his second ODI; when playing against Netherlands in August 2013 in the World Cricket League Championship, 2011-2013/14, he bowled really well taking 3/26. Gordon made his T20I debut in November 2013. In his second game against Kenya in the World T20 Qualifiers, he took 2 wickets.

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On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tourna-

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Mark Montfort

Mark Montfort who migrated to Canada in 2010 played his club cricket in Guyana alongside the former West Indies off-spinner Clyde Butts. Monfort, who now plays Canadian League cricket with the Brampton Masters, grew up bowling off-spin and learnt a lot from Butts who was a mentor.

Several years ago, he converted to bowling medium pace on the advice of then Canadian Coach Henry Osinde.Though the focus has been on his bowling, Montfort still takes pride in his batting as a left-handed middle order batsman. Occupying the crease and making major scores have always been his focus.

Full name Mark Rondell Montfort Born January 30, 1985, Georgetown, Guyana Current age 34 years 168 days Major teams Canada Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

2019. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Salman Nazar

Salman Nazar (born 29 March 1991) is a Pakistani-born Canadian first-class cricketer who plays for the Canada national cricket team. Salman is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Full name Ravinderpal Singh Born date unknown Major teams Canada

Salman Nazar made his first-class debut against the Netherlands on 22 August 2013. On his debut, he made 60 runs off 76 balls.

In 2012, Nazar made his debut in Twenty20 for Canada in Caribbean Twenty20 what’s now known as Caribbean Premier League. After the tour, Nazar decided to spend a summer in England, and signed a contract with Spring View Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket Association. He finished the 2012 season with 100 wickets, which included 10 five-wicket hauls at bowling average of 11.05 and a best of 9/64.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. In October 2018, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. He made his List A debut for Canada in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament on 3 October 2018.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canadatournament.

Rodrigo Thomas

In September 2018 Rodrigo Thomas was named in Canada’s squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier Tournament. He made his List A debut for Canada in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament on 3 October 2018.

In April 2019, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Ravinderpal Singh

In April 2019 Ravinderpal Singh was named in Canada’s squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.

He made his List A debut for Canada against Papua New Guinea in the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament on 24 April

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Full name Rodrigo Augustine Thomas Born date unknown Major teams Canada Batting style Left-hand bat

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HARD HITTERS CHOSEN AS TORONTO NATIONALS’ 2019 MARQUEE PLAYERS New Zealand’s awesome batsman Brendon McCullum, West Indies fabulous all-rounder Kieron Pollard and India’s sixer Yuvraj Singh are the Toronto Nationals marquee players for GT20 Canada 2019. McCullum and Singh will be making their first appearances in Canada while Pollard will be returning for his second season.

Brendon McCullum

previous record holder for the highest individual score in a Twenty20 International (123 against Bangladesh in 2012) and third highest individual score in all Twenty20 cricket (158 not out for the Kolkata Knight Riders against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008). He played for the Kolkata Knight Riders from 2008–2010 and again from 2012–2013, while in between he played for the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He played the 2014 and 2015 seasons for the Chennai Super Kings. McCullum was a wicket-keeper until 2013.

He retired from all international cricket on 24 February 2016.

Brendon Barrie McCullum ONZM (born 27 September 1981) played all formats and captained New Zealand in all forms. He is considered as one of the most successful batsmen and captains of New Zealand cricket.

McCullum is the former leading run scorer in Twenty20 International cricket and is the first and so far only one of the two players to have scored two Twenty20 International centuries and 2000 runs in T20 Internationals.

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Full name Brendon Barrie McCullum Born September 27, 1981, Dunedin, Otago Current age 37 years 293 days Major teams New Zealand, Brisbane Heat, Canterbury, Chennai Super

Kieron Pollard

Trinidadian born Kieron Adrian Pollard (born 12 May 1987) plays for the West Indies as an aggressive all-rounder.

Pollard is a medium-pace bowler and big-hitting batsman in the middle-order. After shining during the 2009 Champions League, he was signed by both the Southern Redbacks and Somerset for their domestic Twenty20 campaigns. He was the joint highest paid player in the 2010 Indian Premier League, playing for Mumbai Indians. He is one of two players to play over 100 ODIs and never play a Test match.

Pollard’s impressive performance in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 and the Big Bash led to him being one of the most sought after players at the 2010 IPL auction. After some aggressive bidding, the Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore all bid the maximum allowed; $750,000. A ‘silent-tiebreaker’ was won by the Mumbai Indians.

Kieron Pollard made his debut for Mumbai Indians on 17 March 2010 against the Delhi Daredevils at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

Kieron Pollard has been retained by the Mumbai Indians for every IPL Season since 2010. His outstanding performances with bat and ball along with his superlative fielding were instrumental in the Mumbai Indian emergence as 2019 IPL Champions.

He was selected in the T20 XI of the year 2017 by Cricinfo He played for Multan Sultans in PSL 3. He was picked by Peshawar Zalmi in 2019 Pakistan Super League players draft.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament for the Toronto Nationals, with five dismissals in six matches.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Full name Kieron Adrian Pollard Born May 12, 1987, Tacarigua, Trinidad Current age 32 years 66 days Major teams West Indies, Adelaide Strikers, Barbados Tridents, Dhaka

Gladiators, Karachi Kings, Melbourne Renegades, Multan Sultans, Mumbai Indians, Peshawar Zalmi, Somerset, South Australia, St Lucia Stars, Stanford Superstars, Toronto Nationals, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies Under-19s Playing role Allrounder Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is a former Indian cricketer who played in all forms of the game. An all-rounder who bats left-handed in the middle order and bowls slow left-arm orthodox, Yuvraj is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh. One of the greatest limited over players to play for India, Yuvraj was particularly noted for his hitting of the ball and his fielding.

Yuvraj was a member of the Indian cricket team in One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 2000 and 2017 and played his first Test match in October 2003.

Yuvraj was the icon player and captain for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab in the first two seasons; in 2010, the third season, icon player status was discontinued and the captaincy given to Kumar Sangakkara. Yuvraj registered his first hat-trick in T20 cricket against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead in Durban, the same ground where he hit his six sixes.

In 2011, Yuvraj was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis.

[2] In March 2012, he was discharged from the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April.

He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20.

On 10 June 2019, Yuvraj announced his retirement from International cricket. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Full name Yuvraj Singh Born December 12, 1981, Chandigarh Current age 37 years 217 days Major teams India, Asia XI, Delhi Daredevils, India A,Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Punjab,Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Yorkshire Playing role Middle-order batsman Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

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Kings, Glamorgan, Gujarat Lions,Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lahore Qalandars,New South Wales, Otago, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sussex,Trinbago Knight Riders, Warwickshire Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak Fielding position Wicketkeeper

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KIWI TRENT BOULT HEADS TORONTO NATIONALS LIST OF GT20 CANADA 2019 INTERNATIONALS Fresh from his heroics in the just recently concluded 2019 ICC World Cup, New Zealand’s Trent Boult will be among an impressive array of international cricketers that have also been selected by the Toronto Nationals for this year’s GT20 Canada 2019 Tournament. Joining Boult in the Nationals ranks will be South-African wicket-keeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen, Indian medium pacer Manpreet Singh Gony and Australian all-rounder Chris Green.

The Toronto Nationals will also have within its ranks five ICC Associate country players. These will be comprised of Nepal’s leg break and googly bowler Sandeep Lamichhane, Scottish all-rounder and ICC Associate Cricketer of the year 2018 Calum MacLeod, two UAE representatives batsman Chirag Suri and wicket-keeper batsman Ghulam Shabber, as well as USA all-rounder Jasdeep “Jessy” Singh are the other players in the squad.

Role Wicketkeeper batsman Batting Style Right-hand bat Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Manpreet Singh Gony Full name Manpreet Singh Gony Born February January 4, 1984, Roopnagar, Punjab Current age 35 years 194 days Major teams India, Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers,Gujarat Lions, Kings XI Punjab, Punjab Playing role Bowler Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm Medium

Trent Boult Full name Trent Alexander Boult Born July 22, 1989, Rotorua Current age 29 years 360 days Major teams New Zealand, Delhi Capitals, Delhi Daredevils,Kolkata Knight Riders, New Zealand A, New Zealand Under-19s,Northern Districts, Sunrisers Hyderabad Role Bowling Allrounder Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Left-arm fast-medium

Chris Green

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Full name Heinrich Klaasen Born July 30, 1991, Pretoria, Transvaal Current age 27 years 352 days Major teams South Africa, Northerns, Northerns Under-19s,Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa A,South Africa Emerging Players, Titans

Full name Christopher James Green Born October 1, 1993, Durban, Natal, South AfricaCurrent age 35 years 194 days Current age 25 years 289 days Major teams Guyana Amazon Warriors, Lahore Qalandars,Multan Sultans, New South Wales,New South Wales Under-23s, Surrey 2nd XI, Sydney Thunder Playing role Allrounder Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak

Sandeep Lamichhane Full name Sandeep Lamichhane Born August 2, 2000, Syangja Current age 18 years 349 days Major teams Nepal, Delhi Capitals, Delhi Daredevils,ICC World XI, Kerala Knights, Kowloon Cantons,Lahore Qalandars, Lalitpur Patriots, Melbourne Stars,Montreal Tigers, Nangarhar Leopards, Nepal Under-19s,St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Playing role Bowler Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Legbreak googly

Full name Ghulam Shabber Born December 12, 1985, Jhang Current age 33 years 217 days Major teams United Arab Emirates Playing role Bowler Batting Style Wicketkeeper batsman Bowling Style Left-hand bat

Jasdeep “Jessy� Singh Full name Jasdeep Singh Born February 10, 1993, Queens, New York Current age 26 years 157 days Major teams United States of America, Central West Region,Kalutara Physical Culture Club Also known as Jessy Singh Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium

Calum MacLeod Full name Calum Scott MacLeod Born November 15, 1988, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Current age 30 years 244 days Major teams Scotland, Durham, Durham 2nd XI,Scotland

Ghulam Shabber

Chirag Suri Full name Chirag Suri Born February 18, 1995, New Delhi, India Current age 24 years 149 days Major teams United Arab Emirates, Gujarat Lions,United Arab Emirates Under-19s Playing role Opening batsman Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

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Nickname Cloudy Highlander, Scot Playing role Top-order batsman Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm mediumfast, Right-arm offbreak

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Saad Bin Zafar Returns To Lead Vancouver Knights Canadians Experienced cricketers Saad Bin Zafar, Rayan Pathan and Rizwan Cheema will be joined by two ultra exciting youngsters, Harsh Thaker and Matthew Nandu as Canada’s representatives on this year’s defending Champions Vancouver Knights’ GT20 Canada Squad. The Canadians will be hoping to be llowed sufficient palying time to showcase their obvious talents.

Saad Bin Zafar

Pakistan born Saad Bin Zafar (born 10 November 1986, Pakistan) plays for the Canadian national cricket team as an all rounder. Zafar is a left-handed batsman who also bowls left-arm orthodox spin.

have an ideal start to the chase and struggled early at 22 for 3. But Zafar and Rassie van der Dussencame up with a crucial unbeaten 126-run partnership to get Knights back on track in the chase. Zafar played the role of an aggressor, dealing in regular boundaries to bring up a 32-ball fifty.

He collected eight fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 48-ball stay for 79 runs. Zafar was adjudged man of the match for his brilliant all-round performance.

In September 2018, he was called up as a replacement player of Bangladesh’s all rounder Mahmudullah by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots for CPL playoffs .

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada Tournament.

Rayyan Pathan

Saad Bin Zafar’s Canadian cricket career began in 2004 when he started playing club cricket for Overseas Cricket club in the Toronto & District League Premier Division.

Zafar made his International debut on 4 July 2008 playing against Bermuda.

He looked impressive in his debut as he took 4 wickets. He scored 262 not out in a 50 over game in Scarborough Cricket League Premier Division in August 2015.

In January 2017, he played for the ICC Americas in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 and was the leading wicket taker for his team.

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In the final match of 2018 Global T20 Canada against West Indies B cricket team he took 2 wickets by giving away 26 runs including a wicket maiden over.

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Canada’s Rayyan Pathan has to date played only a single World Cricket League ODI for the national side. Prior to that he had represented Canada at the Under 19 level during the 2012 Under 19s World Cup Qualifier.

Harsh Thaker

At his now tender age of 21, Canadian Harsh Thaker’s foremost cricketing ambition is about to come through.

Having set himself the goal of becoming a professional cricketer, Harsh must have been overjoyed to have his name announced as one of the recently selected Vancouver Knights draft picks for this year’s 2019 second edition of the annual Global T20 Canada Tournament. This year’s Tournament gets under way on July 25 in Brampton, Ontario, Six Franchise teams, Edmonton Royals, Montreal Tigers, Toronto Nationals, defending champs Vancouver Knights, Winnipeg Hawks and newcomers Brampton Bravos will be competing for Tournament honors.

Born 24 October 1997) Harsh Thaker made his List A debut for Canada in the 2018–19 Cricket West Indies Caribbean Regional Super50 tournament on 3 October 2018. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in Canada’s squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. As a right-hand middle order batsman and more than useful right-arm off-spinner Harsh Thaker has to date played 5 List A matches in Canadian colors. His five matches have yielded an aggregate of 114 runs at an average of 28.50. To date he has scored one fifty, 52 not out scored for Canada against the West Indies B last October having been his highest score to date.

Full name Harsh Thaker Born October 24, 1997 Current age 21 years 258 days Major teams Canada, Canada Under-19s Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm off break

Rizwan Ahmed Cheema

Rizwan Ahmed Cheema born 15 August 1978 in Gujrat, Pakistan is a Canadian national cricketer and former captain. Cheema is a big-hitting batsman who also bowls some handy medium pace.

Cheema moved to Canada in the early 2000s and had only ever played cricket at club level

but his heavy hitting caught attention in the Toronto and District Cricket Association League. He turned in a noteworthy season in 2005, scoring 627 runs in 14 matches at just under 50, and taking 24 wickets at 13.12.

After a disappointing 2006, Cheema established himself as the League’s most dangerous batsman the following year with two big hundreds 161 off a scarcely believable 61 balls with eight fours with 15 sixes and an effort of 145 with 15 fours and nine sixes.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

Matthew Nandu

Matthew Nandu, the 16-year-old Waterloo native, who grew up idolizing the world’s top cricket stars, will now be lining up alongside and against them in front of thousands of fans beginning next month at the Global T20 cricket tournament in Brampton. Nandu, who just finished Grade 10 at St. David Catholic Secondary School, was the youngest player — by several years — to be drafted into the six-team gathering, which runs July 25 to Aug. 11.

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.

Matthew also plays for Kaieteur Cricket Club in the BEDCL, having made his debut at the age of 9, in 2014. In 2016 he scored 249 runs at average of 19 across 16 innings with his highest score being 40. In 2017, his batting performances were disappointing as he totaled only 149 runs at an average of 10. He had a reasonable season with the ball however, capturing the most First Division wickets, 30, at an average of 11.47. In the 2018 Premier Division Season, he did much better amassing 472 runs, at an average of 47.20, including his first century, 121. His other major scores were 96*, 52, 51* and 81. He also captured 28 wickets at an of average 13 across 12 games.

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On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

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Universe Boss Chris Gayle Back At The Helm For Defending Champs Vancouver Knights!

Vancouver Knights, the winner of the first season of the Global T20 League, retained six players including the three marquee players. Last season’s captain Chris Gayle, Pakistani all-rounder Shoaib Malik, and West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell are the marquee players for the Knights.

Chris Gayle

Jamaican born Christopher Henry Gayle, (born 21 September 1979) plays international cricket for the West Indies.

Considered as one of the greatest batsmen ever in Twenty20 (T20) cricket, Gayle has set numerous records across all three formats of cricket.

He is the most capped player for the West Indies in international cricket. He is the only player to score a triplet of centuries - a triple hundred in Tests, double hundred in ODIs and a hundred in T20Is. Gayle is known for his characteristic hitting, imposing physique, and timing. He attributes the latter to

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Known worldwide as “The Universe Boss” Chris Gayle holds numerous records that reflect his batting style, including record Twenty20 strikerates and high scores.

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik (born 1 February 1982) captained the Pakistan national cricket team from 2007 to 2009.

On 2 July 2018, he became the first male cricketer to play 100 T20Is.

Shoaib Malik has taken over 150 ODI wickets, and has a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. On 1 July 2018, Malik also became the first Asian batsman to score 2,000 runs in T20Is, and third overall and first player to play 100 T20Is in the world.

Shoaib Malik was appointed the captain of the Karachi Kings in the first PSL tournament. His team under his captaincy won only two matches in the whole tournament, which also affected his own performance. In the last match, he handed over the captaincy to Ravi Bopara and appeared as a player in the match.

He was retained by the Karachi Kings for the second season. He had a much better season compared to the first one, as he scored runs in crucial matches and ended the season as third highest-runs scorer for his side, scoring 202 runs in 10 innings.

During the PSL’s third season, Malik joined new PSL franchise Multan Sultans as their captain. He led his team from the front with the bat, scoring 224 runs across 8 innings with a strike rate of 124.44. As a result of the termination of the Multan Sultans franchise before the fourth season of the PSL due to fee-payment issues, the PCB created a new team up for bidding, temporarily named as The Sixth Team, of which Malik is expected to be assigned the role of captain.

Caribbean Premier League and took a hat-trick in the same match, becoming the second player to take a hat-trick and score a century in the same Twenty20 match.

During the 2012 Indian Premier League Players Auction, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils.

Ahead of the 2014 season he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders and has been seen as a key batsman for the team in the later overs of matches. He was on course to win the IPL Super Striker award in 2018, awarded for having the highest strike rate in the tournament, before being pipped by his teammate Sunil Narine. He eventually won it next year in the 2019 IPL, where he had a record IPL season strike rate of over 205, and was also announced as the Player of the Tournament. In an otherwise unsuccessful season, he emerged as both the highest run scorer and the highest wicket taker for his team, while also being the third highest run scorer in the tournament. He hit 52 sixes in the tournament ; only Chris Gayle has hit more sixes in any single season of the IPL. In the 2016 Pakistan Super League he played for Islamabad United. He finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker, taking 16 wickets.

On 6 August 2016 Russell scored the fastest Caribbean Premier League century, completing his 100 in 42 balls. He broke his own CPL record in 2018 with a century in 40 balls.

In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. He was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights.

In September 2018, he was named as the Icon Player for Nangarhar’s squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.

The following month, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

In August 2018, during the 2018 Caribbean Premier League tournament, he became the fourth batsman to score 8,000 runs in T20s. In July 2019, following Pakistan’s last match in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Shoaib announced his retirement from ODI cricket.

Andre Russell

Jamaican born Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) plays internationally for the West Indies and for Jamaica in West Indian domestic cricket as an all-rounder.

He has played in over 300 Twenty20 matches for a range of sides in leagues throughout the world.

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South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen Back For GT20 Canada 2019!

The Vancouver Knights have retained New Zealand pacer Tim Southee, South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen and USA pacer Ali Khan for GT20 Canada 2019. The Knights also selected Jamaican wicket-keeper batsman Chadwick Walton (US$40,000), Australian all-rounder Daniel Sams, Antiguan-American all-rounder Hayden Walsh Jr, Namibian left-arm pacer Johannes Jonathan (JJ) Smit, Dutch wicket-keeper batsman Tobias Visee, and Dutch all-rounder Michael Rippon

Ali Khan,USA

Tim Southee, New Zealand Full name Trent Alexander Boult Born Dec 11, 1988 (30 years), Whangarei, Northland Role Bowler Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium T20 debut vs England at Eden Park, Feb 05, 2008

Rassie van der Dussen, South Africa

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Born Feb 07, 1989 (30 years), Pretoria, Transvaal Role Batsman Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm legbreak T20 debut vs Zimbabwe at Buffalo Park, Oct 09, 2018

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Chadwick Walton, Jamaica Born Jul 03, 1985 (34 years), Jamaica Playing role WK-Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat T20 debut vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Jan 11, 2014

Daniel Sams, Australia Full name Christopher James Green Born October 1, 1993, Durban, Natal, South AfricaCurrent age 35 years 194 days Current age 25 years 289 days Major teams Guyana Amazon Warriors, Lahore Qalandars,Multan Sultans, New South Wales,New South Wales Under-23s, Surrey 2nd XI, Sydney Thunder Playing role Allrounder Batting Style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak

Tobias Visee, Holland

Hayden Walsh Jr Born Apr 23, 1992 (27 years), St. Croix, US Virgin Islands Playing role Batting Allrounder Batting Style Left-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm legbreak T20 debut vs United Arab Emirates at ICC Academy, Mar 15, 2019

Michael Rippon, Holland

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Johannes Jonathan (JJ) Smit, Namibia

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Plenty Of Experience Evident Among Winnipeg Hawks 2019 Canadian Contingent The Winnipeg Hawks Canadian Contingent for the 2019 GT20 Canada Tournament will feature lots of experience, at least in age if not in terms of match outings.

Three of the five Canadians selected for the Hawks are in the over 25-age bracket as their respective Profiles illustrate.

T20 Career: Batting M 22 Inn 21 NO 5 Runs 192 HS 42 Avg 12.00 SR 109.09

Kaleem Sana

Hamza Tariq

Born Jan 1st 1994 Current age 25 years 189 days Major teams Pakistan Under 19,Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Customs,Pakistan Television,Rawalpindi Under 16,19,Rawalpindi Rams & Centurions Cricket Club(2014-19) Played 4 first class games and 5 List A games in Pakistan .

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Born July 21, 1990, Karachi, Sind Current age 28 years 350 days Major teams Canada, Canada Under-19s, ICC Americas,Trinbago Knight Riders, Winnipeg Hawks Playing role Wicketkeeper Batting style Right-hand bat

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Has been playing in Vancouver in the Elite Division with Centurions Cricket Club since 2014.

Sana won the MVP of British Columbia Mainland League in 2015 taking 42 wickets and scoring 604

runs.

He also won the best bowling awards in 2015,2016 & runners up in 2017.

He has won the batting titles in 2015 & 2016.

He has been selected to the Canadian High Performance squad this year as he is eligible to represent Canada as of July 10th, 2019.

Selected by the Winnipeg Hawks for GT20 Canada 2019.

Current age 31 years 173 days Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium T20 Batting No International T20 Matches to date ODI Matches M6 Inn 6 NO 1 Runs 148 HS 58* Avg. 29.6

Mohammad Umair Ghani

Born date unknown Major teams Plays For Ontario Huskies in the Cricket Council Of Ontario T20 League Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Legbreak Playing Stats M 58 Runs 1076 Wkts 81

Galkandage Don Romesh Eranga

T20 Career Highlights Batting M1 Inn 1 Runs 16 HS 16* Avg SR 88.88 Bowling M1 Inn 1 Balls 12 Runs 26 Wkts 0 Econ 13.00

Varun Sehdev

Born January 14, 1988, Jalandhar, Punjab

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Born June 16, 1985, Ragama Current age 34 years 20 days Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast

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Winnipeg Hawks Retain Dwayne

Bravo, JP Duminy and Chris Lynn As Marquee Players The Winnipeg Hawks have retained West Indies’ all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, South Africa’s JP Duminy and Australia’s Chris Lynn as marquee players for the GT20 Canada 2019 Tournament.

The trio will be expected to lead the Hawks to a much improved showing than was experienced last Season, during which they only recorded two wins.

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A street-smart cricketer with both bat and ball, Bravo was also an astonishing fielder. All these meant that he was one of the best sought-after names in T20 Leagues. He was made for white-ball cricket due to his versatile skills. Bravo could bowl as a conventional seam bowler but particularly excels in the slog overs of the innings where was priceless for his side.

It was the IPL that established the brand of Bravo in the T20 format. After a moderate start in the tournament with Mumbai, the shift to Chennai did the trick for the all-rounder. He went on to become one of the main faces of the franchise along with skipper MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. His persona

matched the franchise’s fan base and he was one of the vital cogs of Chennai’s success. The fame saw him getting massive offers from the other leagues as well and he soon became a sensation in the format, often being among the most sought after names at the player auctions.

Born Oct 07, 1983 (35 years) Birth Place Santa Cruz, Trinidad Role Batting Allrounder Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium T20 debut vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Feb 16, 2006 T20 Career Summary Batting M 200 Inn 161 NO 59 Runs 2625 HS 70 Avg. 23.64 SR 128.29

Bowling M 200 Inn 187 Balls 3627 Runs 5088 Wkts 197 Econ 8.41

JP Duminy

Duminy has played in a lot of franchise T20 Leagues across the globe and is a valuable asset to any team he plays in. His utility off spin and excellent fielding skills are a huge boost in addition to the effective batsman that he primarily is.

Born Apr 14, 1984 (35 years) Birth Place Strandfontein, Cape

mitments ensured he missed most of the 2014 and 2016 editions and the entire 2015 IPL. The 2017 season saw him carting 295 runs from 7 games at an average of close to 50 which included 3 fifties.

2018 was the only season in which he played all the games for KKR and was awarded Man of the Match twice. A slightly restrained Lynn scored 491 runs from 16 games at a strike-rate of 130.24.

Town, Cape Province Role Batting Allrounder; Batting Style Left Handed Bat; Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak

Lynn played 14 matches in this year’s 2019 IPL, amassing 1280 runs at an average of 31.15 and with a strike rate of 139.65 Full name Christopher Austin Lynn Born April 10, 1990, Brisbane, Queensland Playing role Batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

T20 debut vs Bangladesh at Newlands, Sep 15, 2007 T20 Career Batting M 164 Inn 152 NO 51 Runs 3963 HS 96 Avg. 39.23 SR 126.24Bowling Bowling M 164 Inn 90 Balls 1141 Runs 1433 Wkts 44 Avg. 15.89 Econ 7.38

Chris Lynn

Impressed by his batting and fielding skills, the Australian selectors presented him with the Australia cap for the home T20I series against England in January 2014. He wasted no time and bludgeoned a violent (albeit typical) 19-ball 33 on debut.

His game-changing abilities have already made him a bit of T20 legend. A dodgy shoulder and other com-

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Australia’s Chris Lynn is a well-built, hard-hitting right-hander from Queensland and one of the most accomplished batsmen in the Australian domestic circuit. His ability to take on even the best of bowlers is a big plus while he also has the knack of adapting to situations and to different formats.

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Dwayne Smith, West Indies

Najibullah Zadran

Born Apr 12, 1983 (36 years) Birth Place Storey Gap, Codrington Hill, St Michael, Barbados Role Bowling Allrounder Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium

T20 Career Batting M 124 Inn 121 NO 5 Runs 2,967 HS 87 Avg 25.57 SR 135.2 Bowling M 124 Inn 57 Balls 681 Runs 1022 Wkts 33 Avg 30.96 Econ 9.00

Umar Akmal, Pakistan

T20 debut vs India at R.Premadasa Stadium, Sep 19, 2012 T20 Career Batting M 50 Inn 41 NO 16 Runs 764 HS 60 Avg.30.56 SR 140.96

Sompal Kami

Born Feb 02, 1996 (23 years) Birth Place Gulmi Role Bowler Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium T20 debut vs Hong Kong at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Mar 16, 2014 T20 Career Batting M 15 Inn 1o NO 3 Runs 112 HS 40 Avg 16.0 SR 114.29 Bowling M 15 Inn 15 Balls 306 Runs 363 Wkts 17 Econ. 712 Avg,

Born May 26, 1990 (29 years) Birth Place Lahore, Punjab Role Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat T20 Career Batting M 82 Inn 77 NO 14 Runs 1690 HS 94 Avg. 26.82 SR 122.91

Born Feb 28, 1993 (26 years) Birth Place Logar Role Batsman Batting Style Left Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak

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Born Mar 08, 1981 (38 years) Birth Place Mount Hope, St Joseph, Trinidad Role Bowling Allrounder Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium T20 Career Batting M 74 Inn 73 NO 8 Runs 1986 HS 100 Avg 30.55 SR 126.64 Bowling M 74 Inn 4 Balls 54 Runs 89 Wkts 7 Econ 9.17 Avg 12.71

Born Jan 15, 1993 (26 years) Birth Place Amsterdam, Netherlands Role Bowler Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast T20 debut vs Kenya at Wanderers Cricket Ground, Apr 20, 2013

T20 Career Batting M 25 Inn 6 NO 0 Runs 33 HS 18 Avg 5.5 SR 117.86 Bowling M 25 Inn 25 Balls 504 Runs 594 Wkts 27 Econ 7.07 Avg 22.0

Shaiman Anwar, United Arab Emirates

Rameez Shahzad, United Arab Emirates Born Nov 30, 1987 (31 years) Birth Place Lahore, Pakistan Role Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak T20 debut vs Afghanistan at ICC Academy, Dec 14, 2016 T20 Career Batting M 10 Inn NO 3 Runs 199 HS 49 Avg, 24.88 SR 116.37

Born Mar 15, 1979 (40 years) Birth Place Sialkot, Punjab Role Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat T20 debut vs Netherlands at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Mar 17, 2014 T20 Career Batting M 31 Inn 31 NO 2 Runs 854 HS 62 Avg. 29.45 SR 121.65

Sunny Sohal, India

Born Nov 10, 1987 (31 years) Role Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat

IPL Career Batting M 22 Inn 20 NO 0 Runs 368 HS 62 Avg. 18.4 SR 126.03

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IPL debut vs Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Apr 21, 2008

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Dugout Directors:

World Class Coaches In Charge of GT20 Franchise Squads

The six participating Franchise Squads in this year’s GT20 Canada 2019 Tournament will be managed by some of international cricket’s most outstanding Coaches. As much is evident from their respective career highlights!

Brampton Wolves Phil Simmons

Trinidad & Tobago born Played 46 Tests and 145 ODI’s for the West Indies as an opening batsman and right hand medium pacer.

Appointed Zimbabwe Head Coach in 2002 Dismissed under controversial circumstances in August 2005 Succeeded Adrian Birrell as coach of the Ireland national cricket team after the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. Significantly improved Ireland’s standing in world cricket as their coach.

Irish Coaching tenure included 224 matches, making him the longest serving coach in international cricket.

Under Simmons’ management Ireland won 11 trophies, qualified for every major ICC event, and achieved victories over Pakistan and Bangladesh at the 2007 World Cup, England at the 2011 World Cup and the West Indies and Zimbabwe at the 2015 World Cup. In March 2015, he accepted an offer to coach to take charge of his native West Indies after the conclusion of the 2015 World

Cup. Led the West Indies team to a historic 2016 second T20 world cup victory in India.

Appointed Afghanistan Batting Coach and subsequently Head Coach in 2017 Named as the coach of the Brampton Wolves franchise team for the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

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Edmonton Royals: Stephen Fleming

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Former New Zealand Test Batsman and Captain, Stephen Fleming played for the Chennai Super Kings in the 2008 Indian Premier League .

Fleming played 10 matches and scored 196 runs at an average of 21.77 with a highest score of 45.

Fleming was appointed as Coach of the Chennai Super Kings in 2009 and retired as a player from the team.

He has had a very successful stint with the team winning the IPL 2010, CLT20 2010 and IPL 2011. He coached Chennai Super Kings for 6 years before it got suspended from IPL for two years according to the

decision of Justice RM Lodha committee.

In IPL 2016 he became the coach of Rising Pune Supergiants.

In IPL 2018, he returned as Coach of Chennai Super Kings after the Two Years Suspension.

Fleming led the Kings to the 2018 IPL Championship Title

Montreal Tigers Tom Moody Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965), known as Tom Moody, is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer.

Moody is currently the coach for the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad.

He has been appointed head coach of the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Rangpur Riders for the next three seasons of the tournament from 2017 Has also been appointed as Head Coach of the Multan Sultans in the PSL starting from 2018.

In 2017, he applied for the Head coach of Indian Cricket Team.

Former Australia Test and ODI Right arm fast bowler. Played 46 Tests and 79 ODI’s for Australia Coached Australia’s New South Wales from 1995 - 1997, Lawson was coach of the NSW team.

Appointed Head Coach on a two year term in July 2007 Announced as coach

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of the Kochi Tuskers Kerala forth the fortcoming 2020 IPL Season.

Named Coach of the Toronto Nationals Farnchise Squad for the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament in June 2019,

Vancouver Knights: Donovan Miller

Donovan Miller became a coach at the tender age of 20, and now runs his own coaching company, directs the Chris Gayle Academy and works with Essex CCC. Born in Jamaica, Donovan was a fast bowler who represented Hertfordshire and played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Essex.

Now a respected coach, he has twice won the Chance To Shine Coach Of The Year award, runs Don Cricket Ltd and has been at the forefront of the Chris Gayle Academy programme.

Miller has also held Caribbean Premier League Coaching positions with the Jamaica Tallawahs and the St Kitts Patriots.

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Lalchand Sitaram Rajput is a former Indian cricketer and the head coach of the Zimbabwe national team.

Rajput played in two Tests and four ODIs from 1985 to 1987.

Rajput was appointed as the manager of the winning Indian cricket team for the Twenty20 World Championship 2007 held in South Africa.

Rajput was the coach of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2008.

In June 2016, Rajput was named as head coach of Afghanistan’s national team.

During his spell in charge, Afghanistan defeated West Indies in a one-day international at Gros Islet and were promoted to Full Membership of the International Cricket Council.

In May 2018, he was named as the interim head coach of the Zimbabwe national cricket team.

In August 2018, he was appointed to the role on a permanent basis.

In June 2019, he was named as the coach of the Winnipeg Hawks franchise team for the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

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