August 2022

Wickets Enters Its Fifth Volume Amidst The Sad Loss Of Two Stalwarts!

Welcome to the first edition of Wickets’ fifth volume. It’s hardly to believe that Wickets is now entering its fifth year of publication as Cricket Canada’s Online Magazine. The four years that have now passed since Cricket Canada’s granted me its permission to proceed with publishing monthly Issues of Wickets toward “the further promotion and …

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Cricket Canada Pays Tribute To Wijay Senathirajah!

Cricket Canada has paid tribute to longtime Centurion Cricket Club stalwart and Toronto & District League Board Member, Wijay Senathirajah, who passed away on Tuesday August 16, 2022. He was 59. Wijay Senathirajah was one of the initial members of the Centurions Cricket Club which was founded in 1987. Centurion’s teams have been active participants …

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David Liverman Receives Posthumous ICC Lifetime Award!

Canada’s David Liverman has been recognized, posthumously, as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) 2022 Long Service Award Recipient. The announcement was made during the ICC’s 2022 Annual General Meeting which was held recently in Birmingham, England. The Award which honors an individual’s commitment to cricket as exemplified by over twenty-years of service was presented, posthumously, …

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Rabbjyot Rajput The Teenaged Face Of Canadian Women’s Cricket’s Future!

Rabbjyot Rajput’s teenaged face is that of Canadian Women’s Cricket’s Potentially Very Bright Future,” boasts the caption for this Wickets August 2022 Issue’s cover photo. An extremely bold boast that has now seemingly already been justified by Rajput’s s performances during the recently concluded Canadian National Women’s T20 Tournament. Representing the Ontario Heat as the …

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Super-Over Win Leads Prairies To National Women’s T20 Championships Title!

Prairies emerged as the 2022 Canadian National T20 Women’s Champions, thanks to a super-over victory against Ontario Fire after the teams had played to a tie in their final round-robin encounter of the five-day tournament. In a super exciting seesaw eight and final tournament match for both teams, Ontario Fire just barely failed to maintain …

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Ontario Fire Maintains Its Perfect Wins Record With Day 4 Double Victories!

Ontario Fire continued its winning ways with Day 4 double victories as play continued at the King City Maple Leaf Cricket Club-hosted 2022 Canadian National Women’s T20 Championships. Having started Day 4 with a perfect record of five wins and no losses from as many matches played, Ontario Fire extended it to seven and zero …

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Prairies Notches National Women’s T20 CShips Second Day Double Victories!

The Prairies Women’s team were the big second-day winners as matches continued at the 2022 Canadian National T20 Championships being played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario. The Prairies won both of their second-day matches, first dispatching Ontario Heat with a comfortable 64 runs victory before winning even more decisively by …

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Ontario Fire Post Opening Day Double Wins At The T20 Women’s Cships!

Boasting a bevy of Canadian National Women’s players the Ontario Fire got off to a flying start on the opening day of the Canadian National Women’s T20 Championships being played at King City’s Maple Leaf Cricket Club. Fire secured successive victories in both of its opening day matches against the visiting Atlantic Canada as well …

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Ontario Stallions Crowned Canada Cup U17 Champions!

The Ontario Stallions played unbeaten, ending with a perfect 5-0 record to emerge as Champions of the Winnipeg-hosted August 20-26 Canada Cup U17 tournament. As one of the six participating teams, the Stallions registered comfortable victories against each of their five opponents: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario Colts, Prairies and Quebec during the five-day round-robin tournament. …

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