August 11, 2008

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has confirmed the tri-series involving Canada, Bermuda and West Indies in Toronto will go ahead as scheduled after organisers at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, the venue, addressed the WICB's concerns.

Tony Howard, the WICB's chief operations officer, and Dinanath Ramnarine, the West Indies Players' Association president and a WICB director, had expressed dissatisfaction with the uneven pitch and the height of the sight screens when they visited the ground in King City last month. But Ranjit Saini, the president of the Maple Leaf Cricket Club, said the problems have now been sorted. "We have also removed the artificial surface close to the main turf strip and inserted new soil," Saini told Caribbean Media Corporation.

Cricket Canada president Ben Sennik said he was happy West Indies will take part in the series. "This is good news for us ... because any series against a Full member is going to go a long way in helping us improve," Sennik said.

West Indies will arrive in Toronto on August 16 and play Bermuda on August 20 and Canada on August 22, with the final scheduled for August 25.

Oh Dear, more licks for the West Indies.

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with the final scheduled for August 25.

AUgust 24...not 25

Canada v Bermuda - King City (NW)
Aug 18 2008
Bermuda v West Indies - King City (NW)
Aug 20 2008
Canada v West Indies - King City (NW)
Aug 22 2008
TBC v TBC - King City (NW)
Aug 24 2008

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Originally posted by raymond:

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with the final scheduled for August 25.

AUgust 24...not 25

Canada v West Indies, Tri-Series, 3rd match, King City

Marshall breaks record in Windies win

Xavier Marshall blasted the most sixes in a one-day international innings as he demolished Canada's bowlers and set up a 49-run victory for West Indies

Canada v West Indies, Tri-Series, 3rd match, King City

Marshall breaks sixes record in West Indies win

Cricinfo staff

August 22, 2008

West Indies 303 for 4 (Marshall 157*, Johnson 51, Rizwan Cheema 3-31) beat Canada 254 (Rizwan Cheema 89, Nash 3-56) by 49 runs
Scorecard

Xavier Marshall blasted the most sixes in a one-day international innings as he demolished Canada's bowlers and set up a 49-run victory for West Indies. Marshall's 12 sixes broke a 12-year-old record of 11 in an innings, set in 1996 by Sanath Jayasuriya and equalled six months later by Shahid Afridi.

Marshall finished unbeaten on 157 from 118 deliveries - he also struck 11 fours - and it was a memorable way for him to pass fifty for the first time in an ODI. Two of West Indies' newest players gave him strong assistance with Leon Johnson scoring 51 in a 128-run stand with Marshall.

But the most destructive period came in the final 12 overs, when Marshall really cut loose and combined with Brendan Nash (39 not out) for an unbeaten 111-run partnership that pushed the score to 303 for 4. The only Canada bowlers to finish with respectable figures were Eion Katchay, who picked up 1 for 25 from ten overs, and Rizwan Cheema, whose ten brought him 3 for 31.

It continued an excellent debut series for Cheema, and he proceeded to keep his side afloat with a powerful 89 from 69 deliveries. For a while he was threatening to challenge Marshall's hours-old record and he had six sixes when he was caught off Nash in the 19th over.

From there Canada's batsmen could only manage a few solid starts as Nash continued his strong all-round game to finish with 3 for 56. Dave Mohammed, playing his first ODI in nearly two years, picked up 2 for 34 as West Indies made the victory a formality. They will again meet Canada on Sunday in the final of the tri-series.


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i have lots and lots of pics from the games so far...
i was not there but my camera was...gonna get the Bossman to post dem later

What a ridiculous waste of time!

practice and entertainment

For the Canadians - I can understand that very well. For WI ........ oh well!