Canada national cricket team
With the United States, Canada was one of the two participants in the first ever international cricket match (between two national teams) played in New York City in 1844.During the early years of the nineteenth century, a schoolmaster by the name of George Anthony Barber encouraged the game there, and founded the Toronto Cricket Club in 1827.A product of the tour was a book by Fred Lillywhite entitled The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States, published the following year.[9][10] The influence of baseball from the United States saw a decline in the popularity of cricket, despite tours from English and Australian teams.The first official tour of the United Kingdom by a Canadian team took place in 1887: an unofficial tour in 1880 had been abandoned after Canadian captain Thomas Dale (playing under the alias Thomas Jordan) was arrested on charges of desertion and fraud during a match against Leicestershire.They were undefeated throughout the tour, winning most of their matches by wide margins, but had a closely fought draw against the Toronto Cricket Club.[16] This was the decade when the Imperial Cricket Conference had plans to grant Canada Test status, but Canada themselves postponed the idea as they felt that the Canadian national team was not of sufficient standard, and that competing against full-members' sides needed some time as they wanted to improve their cricket even domestically.[20] The 1990s saw Canada progress up the international ladder, playing in three further ICC Trophy tournaments, their best being a seventh-place finish in 1997.This was followed by Canada's best performance to date in West Indian domestic one-day cricket, winning two games in their first round group, just missing out on qualification for the semi-finals.The highlight of this tournament was the game against the U.S. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when John Davison recorded the best match bowling figures since Jim Laker's 19 wickets against Australia in 1956.They beat Argentina and longtime rivals the United States, but lost to the Cayman Islands and eventual winners Bermuda, and finished third, their worst performance so far in this tournament.Assembling the best Canadian team in many years, Canada rolled through the opening stages of the event and eventually finished second in the tournament.Cricket Canada expressed its unhappiness with the reduced world cup[21] In January 2014, Canada lost ODI & T20I status and with no prospect of big-stage international cricket to come until next qualifier, owing to a poor performance at the World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.The big event for Canada to make a mark in the year 2015 was the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland.The wicket didn't cost Scotland much as they went about with the same momentum despite losing Matthew Cross to Dhindsa as well, and cruised to a comfortable win with 32 balls to spare.In response, the Netherlands batsmen, particularly Steven Myburgh, Wesley Barresi and Michael Swart led an attacking display of powerful batting to record a solid win for their team with 15 balls to spare.[27] Following the dismal performance at the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 qualifier, some positive news followed for the Canada national cricket team players.Twenty one players from Canada along with the United States, Bermuda and Suriname were shortlisted to play for an 'ICC Americas' regional team to take part in West Indies' Nagico Super50 tournament in January 2016.[28] By the end of the process, Jeremy Gordon was the only Canada bowler to be included and Canadian Hamza Tariq was brought in as a specialist wicket keeper in the final 15 man ICC Americas squad declared to participate in West Indies' Nagico Super50 in January 2016.[31] Canada also played in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three Tournament, placing second overall by winning 3 out of 5 matches.[32] In 2018, Canada played in the ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament, placing third overall by winning 3 out of 5 matches.[42] The CWC League A 2019 tournament was continued in 2022 after delays due to the pandemic, where Canada won by winning 13 out of their 15 matches.[43] In the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-Off, Canada placed fourth by winning 3 matches out of 5 and, as a result, regained One Day International (ODI) status after 9 years.[47] In March, Canada won 4 matches against Scotland and the UAE in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2.In the T20 World Cup in June, Canada played the United States, Pakistan, Ireland, and India teams in Group A in the 2024 T20 World Cup hosted by the West Indies and the United States where they won against Ireland, fell short against Pakistan and USA and one match against India was called off due to rain.Boundaries North signed up TD Bank, Nissan, Coca-Cola, No-frills, Maxi and A&W Burgers to be the current sponsors of the Canada National Team.