Our first WC match: Canada squad named

[fwullah]

Source: http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_d...22OCT2002.html

Canada announces World Cup squad of 21
CCA - 22 October 2002

The Canadian Cricket Association (CCA) is pleased to extend invitations to the following squad of 21 players. It is planned to select a World Cup party of 15 CCA and ICC (International Cricket Council) approved players by the end of November.

The Cricket World Cup will be held in South Africa between February 9 and March 23, 2003 with the squad departing earlier for pre- World Cup final preparation.

The squad needs your support at the Fundraiser at the TCSCC on November 8th 2002 with Sir Vivian Richards, VIP for Antigua and Barbuda's 21st Independence Anniversary Ball Celebrations in Toronto, also in attendance.

Fourteen competing nations, the best in the World, include: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, England, Holland, India, Kenya, Namibia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

Canada has been drawn in Pool B with Bangladesh, Kenya, Sri Lanka, West Indies, New Zealand and hosts South Africa. Support Canada's squad.

The Canadian Squad includes:

BAGAI Ashish

BILLCLIFF Ian

CHUMNEY Desmond

CODRINGTON Austin

CRONING Melvin

DAVISON John

DEGROOT Nicholas

DIWAN Muneeb

HARRIS Joseph

IFILL Nicholas

JOSEPH Davis

MARAJ Ishwar

MULLA Asif

PANCHBHAYA Ahmed

PATEL Ashish

SAMAD Abdool

SAMAD Fazil

SANDHER Kevin

SEEBARAN Barry

SURKARI Zubin

THURAISINGAM Sanjayan

[Shubho]

Let's whack 'em good and proper. Shalara toh bangali mair khai nai ekhono...amader pallay porle bujhbo, bagher bachcha kareh koi.

DHOIRAA MAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIRRRRRR!

They'll do our confidence some good.

[handle]

They recently beat West Indies 'A' 2 out of 3 matches. We'll be lucky if we can beat them.

[Mahmood]

We will beat them. They are lower ranked (15) than Holland (13). Look at what we did to Holland in the Champions Trophy.

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[bashak]

Don't forget it was a second string Holland team.

[Pundit]

Holland always play their 2nd string team. Their 1st tier players are either allegedly wrecking havoc in the English leagues, or still dreaming from the side lines for a shot into the SA test side.

[WIFAN]

Bangladesh will beat Canada easily, Canada beat a WI A team without their best Batsman, and when the players where all mucking around and thinking of home (2 of the players have since been disciplined!). Canada got bowled out for 52 by Trinidad, when Merv Dillon was only bowling at half-pace. Trust me, having watched BD versus SA, you will have no problems.

[Tehsin]

Whoa, Holland had pretty much all their BEST players out there. Some of those same players used to whack us good only 6 years ago. It was surprising to see them fold so easily. Then again, half the Holland side do not get more than 3-6 decent games a year (pretty much where most of ours are).

As for Canada, this will be their big show and they will play without ANY (and I do mean ANY compared to ours) pressure. Bangladesh vs Canada will be more like West Indies vs Kenya and we all saw what happened there. With our players still trying to find their form back (thank god we have some tours lined up and the players will be fresh out of the national league and what not) Canada has the upper hand.

By the way, we will be facing a WORLD ELEVEN in CANADA. *wink*