Jump to content

Canada at the Cricket World Cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Canada cricket team is the team that represents Canada in international cricket. Cricket has had its existence in the country since the 1750s, the sport gained a lot of popularity through the decades. But cricket has seen decline over the years, however it remains popular among the South Asian population of the country. The team is governed by Cricket Canada, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1968. They qualified for their first World Cup at 1979 Cricket World Cup, after finishing as runners up of the 1979 ICC Trophy.[1][2] The team did not play in the tournament again till 2003,[3] they moved on to play in three editions in a row in 2003, 2007[4] and 2011.[5]

Cricket World Cup Record

[edit]
Year Round Games Won Tied Lost
England1975 Did not participate
England1979 Group Stage 3 0 0 3
England1983 Did not qualify
IndiaPakistan1987
AustraliaNew Zealand1992
IndiaPakistanSri Lanka1996
EnglandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNetherlands1999
South AfricaZimbabweKenya2003 Group Stage 6 1 0 5
Cricket West Indies2007 Group Stage 3 0 0 3
IndiaBangladeshSri Lanka2011 Group Stage 6 1 0 5
AustraliaNew Zealand2015 Did not qualify
EnglandWales2019
India2023
Total Group Stage 18 2 0 16

World Cup Record (By Team)

[edit]
Cricket World Cup matches (By team)
Total : 2 Win – 0 Ties – 16 Losses – 18 games played
Against Wins Draws Losses Total
 Australia 0 0 2 2
 Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
 England 0 0 2 2
 Kenya 1 0 2 3
 New Zealand 0 0 3 3
 Pakistan 0 0 2 2
 South Africa 0 0 1 1
 Sri Lanka 0 0 2 2
 West Indies 0 0 1 1
 Zimbabwe 0 0 1 1

1979 World Cup

[edit]

After finishing as the runners-up of the 1979 ICC Trophy, Canada qualified for the World Cup alongside Sri Lanka. Led by Bryan Mauricette, the team lost all of their group stage matches. They played their first-ever ODI and World Cup match on 9 June against Pakistan which they lost by 8 wickets. In their second match, England defeated them by 8 wickets after restricting them to a low total of 45 runs.[6] In their final match, Australia defeated Canada by 7 wickets.

9 June 1979
Scorecard
Canada 
139/9 (60 overs)
v
 Pakistan
140/2 (40.1 overs)
Glenroy Sealy 45 (110)
Sarfraz Nawaz 3/26 (10 overs)
Sadiq Mohammad 57 (122)
John Valentine 1/18 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng)
Player of the match: Sadiq Mohammad (Pak)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

13–14 June 1979
Scorecard
Canada 
45 (40.3 overs)
v
 England
46/2 (13.5 overs)
Franklyn Dennis 21 (99)
Chris Old 4/8 (10 overs)
Graham Gooch 21 (31)
Robert Callender 1/14 (6 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: John Langridge (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng)
Player of the match: Chris Old (Eng)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Reserve day was used due to rain.

16 June 1979
Scorecard
Canada 
105 (33.2 overs)
v
 Australia
106/3 (26 overs)
John Vaughan 29 (43)
Alan Hurst 5/21 (10 overs)
Kim Hughes 27 (40)
Cornelius Henry 2/27 (10 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: David Constant (Eng) and John Langridge (Eng)
Player of the match: Alan Hurst (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.

2003 World Cup

[edit]

Canada qualified for the 2003 tournament along with Namibia and the Netherlands after finishing third place in the 2001 ICC Trophy. Joe Harris led the team at the World Cup, though they did not advance to the second round, they handed a shocking defeat to a full member nation—Bangladesh in their first group stage match.[7] But this was their sole victory throughout the tournament.

11 February 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
Canada 
180 (49.1 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
120 (28 overs)
Ian Billcliff 42 (63)
Sanwar Hossain 2/26 (10 overs)
Sanwar Hossain 25 (24)
Austin Codrington 5/27 (9 overs)
Canada won by 60 runs
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Player of the match: Austin Codrington (Ken)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

15 February 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
Canada 
197 (49 overs)
v
 Kenya
198/6 (48.3 overs)
Ian Billcliff 71 (100)
Thomas Odoyo 4/28 (10 overs)
Ravi Shah 61 (95)
John Davison 3/15 (10 overs)
Kenya won by 4 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Thomas Odoyo (Ken)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

19 February 2003
Scorecard
Canada 
36 (18.4 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
37/1 (4.4 overs)
Joe Harris 9 (13)
Prabath Nissanka 4/12 (7 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 24* (14)
Sanjayan Thuraisingam 1/22 (2.4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Boland Park, Paarl
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Neil Mallender (Eng)
Player of the match: Prabath Nissanka (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Prabath Nissanka recorded his best bowling figures in ODIs.
  • Canada posted the lowest ever score in a One Day International.
  • Marvan Atapattu (SL) scored his 6,000th ODI run.

23 February 2003
Scorecard
Canada 
202 (42.5 overs)
v
 West Indies
206/3 (20.3 overs)
John Davison 111 (76)
Vasbert Drakes 4/55(9.5 overs)
Brian Lara 73 (40)
John Davison 1/36 (5 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: John Davison (Can)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

27 February 2003
Scorecard
South Africa 
254/8 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
136/5 (50 overs)
Boeta Dippenaar 80 (118)
Ashish Patel 3/41 (7 overs)
Ishwar Maraj 53* (155)
Makhaya Ntini 2/19 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 118 runs
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Kevan Barbour (Zim)
Player of the match: Boeta Dippenaar (SA)
  • Canada won the toss elected to field.

3 March 2003
Scorecard
Canada 
196 (47 overs)
v
 New Zealand
197/5 (23 overs)
John Davison 75 (62)
Jacob Oram 4/52 (10 overs)
Scott Styris 54* (38)
John Davison 3/61 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Player of the match: John Davison (Can)
  • New Zealand won the toss elected to field.

2007 World Cup

[edit]
14 March 2007
Scorecard
Canada 
199 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
203/3 (43.2 overs)
Geoff Barnett 41 (50)
Jimmy Kamande 2/25 (10 overs)
Steve Tikolo 72* (76)
Anderson Cummins 1/32 (8 overs)
Kenya won by 7 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Mike Procter (SA)
Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Ken)
  • Kenya won the toss elected to field.

14 March 2007
Scorecard
England 
279/6 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
228/7 (50 overs)
Ed Joyce 66 (103)
Sunil Dhaniram 3/41 (10 overs)
Ashif Mulla 58 (60)
Ravi Bopara 2/43 (10 overs)
England won by 51 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet
Umpires: Jeff Crowe (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Paul Collingwood (Eng)
  • Canada won the toss elected to field.

14 March 2007
Scorecard
New Zealand 
363/5 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
249 (49.2 overs)
Lou Vincent 101 (117)
Kevin Sandher 2/58 (10 overs)
John Davison 52 (31)
Jeetan Patel 3/25 (9.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 114 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet
Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and Mike Procter (SA)
Player of the match: Paul Collingwood (Eng)
  • Canada won the toss elected to field.

2011 World Cup

[edit]
20 February 2011
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
332/7 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
122 (36.5 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 100 (81)
John Davison 2/56 (8 overs)
Rizwan Cheema 37 (35)
Nuwan Kulasekara 3/16 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 210 runs
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind)
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

28 February 2011
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
298/9 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
123 (42.1 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 98 (99)
Balaji Rao 4/57 (10 overs)
Zubin Surkari 26 (48)
Ray Price 3/16 (8 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 175 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Tatenda Taibu (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

3 March 2011
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
184 (43 overs)
v
 Canada
138 (42.5 overs)
Umar Akmal 48 (68)
Harvir Baidwan 3/35 (8 overs)
Jimmy Hansra 43 (75)
Shahid Afridi 5/23 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 46 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

7 March 2011
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
198 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
199/5 (45.3 overs)
Thomas Odoyo 51 (62)
Henry Osinde 4/26 (10 overs)
Jimmy Hansra 70 (99)
Nehemiah Odhiambo 2/45 (10 overs)
Canada won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Henry Osinde (Can)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

13 March 2011
09:30
Scorecard
New Zealand 
358/6 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
261/9 (50 overs)
Brendon McCullum 101 (109)
Harvir Baidwan 3/84 (9.1 overs)
Ashish Bagai 84 (87)
Jacob Oram 3/47 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 97 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.

16 March 2011
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Canada 
211 (45.4 overs)
v
 Australia
212/3 (34.5 overs)
Hiral Patel 54 (45)
Brett Lee 4/46 (8.4 overs)
Shane Watson 94 (90)
John Davison 1/29 (4 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Prudential World Cup 1979". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "ICC Trophy 1979". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. ^ "ICC World Cup 2002/03". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  4. ^ "ICC World Cup 2006/07". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ "ICC World Cup 2010/11". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. ^ Abhishek Mukherjee (13 June 2016), World Cup 1979: Canada skittled for 45 by England, Cricketcountry Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  7. ^ Abhishek Mukherjee (11 February 2016), On this day in 2003: Canada beat Bangladesh in their first World Cup match in 24 years, Firstpost, retrieved 27 April 2024