Canadian squad named for World T20 Qualifier

Canadian squad named for World T20 Qualifier

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon The Canadian 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier has been released by the International Cricket Council. The full squad: Rizwan Cheema, (captain), Saad Bin Zafar, Khurram Chohan, Navneet Dhaliwal, Satsimranji Dhindsa, Nikhill Dutta, Jeremy Gordon, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Amarbir Hansra, Shaheed Keshvani, Nitish Kumar, Cecil Pervez, Junaid Siddiqui, Hamza Tariq […]

Memorial game honours Percy Cummins

Memorial game honours Percy Cummins

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon  The 17th-annual Percy Cummins Memorial Cricket Game will be played on Saturday, July 4, at Percy Cummins Memorial Cricket Ground at McNicoll Blvd. and White Heather Blvd. in Scarborough. Toronto Police Cricket Club will host Barbados Ex-Police Association team in a 40-overs match, which will commence at 12:30 p.m. Cummins was a police officer […]

Caribbean Premier League has a new Hero

Caribbean Premier League has a new Hero

Cricket by Dalchand Bissoon Hero MotoCorp Ltd., New Delhi-based world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, was named title sponsor of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for a period of one year. Hero MotoCorp replaces Limacol as title sponsor for the competition, now in its third season. The 2015 edition of the Twenty20 tournament will be known as the Hero […]

Windies crumble to another defeat by Australia

Windies crumble to another defeat by Australia

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon The West Indies extended their series slump against Australia after their batting collapsed and were defeated by 277 runs in the second Test that ended last Sunday at Sabina Park, Jamaica. The Australians wrap up the two-match Test series 2-0 and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy. Australia sent in to bat […]

Australia’s Rogers ruled out of Sabina Test

Australia’s Rogers ruled out of Sabina Test

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has been ruled out of the second Test against the West Indies which starts today (June 11) at Sabina Park, Jamaica. Rogers missed the first Test in Dominica because of a concussion he suffered after being hit while practising in the nets in Dominica. His place will most […]

Toronto & District, Scarborough games

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Toronto & District Cricket Association schedule continues this weekend with the following games: In the  Elite Division of the Trudeau Conference, this Saturday (June 13), Civics CC vs Yorkshire CC, Spartans CC vs Vikings CC and on Sunday, Islanders CC vs Civics CC. All games are to be played at Maple Leaf Cricket […]

West Indies beaten by Australia

West Indies beaten by Australia

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon The West Indies batting collapsed in the first Test as they were beaten by Australia by nine wickets within three days last Friday, at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica, and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy. The West Indies choosing to bat first were bowled out for 148 in just 53.5 overs. Shai […]

Dowrich, Chandrika in Windies Test Squad

Dowrich, Chandrika in Windies Test Squad

Cricket Dalchand Bissoon Shane Dowrich, the 23-year-old wicketkeeper / batsman from Barbados and Rajendra Chandrika, 25, the opening batsman from Guyana, are the uncapped players named in the West Indies 14-man squad last Saturday for the first of two Tests against Australia. The Tests started yesterday (June 3) at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica. Both batsmen played well in […]

Caribbean Premier League opens June 20

Caribbean Premier League opens June 20

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon The Caribbean Premier Cricket League T20 Tournament is set to start on Saturday, June 20, in Barbados. In the opening match, Barbados Tridents will play Guyana Amazon Warriors at Kensington Oval. The six teams in the tournament are Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Lucia Zouks, Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, Jamaica Tallawahs and […]

Mumbai Indians premier league champs

Mumbai Indians premier league champs

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Mumbai Indians won their second Indian Premier League (IPL) title when they defeated Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs in the final last Sunday at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India. Mumbai Indians sent in to bat scored 202 for five wickets in their 20 overs with West Indies batsman Lendi Simmons topscoring with […]