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Cricket Canada and USA Cricket are delighted to announce joint plans for the return of the annual Auty Cup, the longest running international sports rivalry in the world. Canada will host the USA in a 50 Overs series to be played this coming summer.

Pending final approval of the Canadian health authorities the 2021 Auty Cup will be played in Canada from July 26-30 at a venue to be determined later. The Auty Cup series will be played directly after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier, which Canada is hosting from July 17-23, 2021.

Reputed to be the first and longest running international sporting fixture of any type, the K.A. Auty Cup Trophy is an international cricket series played between Canada and the United States, hosted alternately by Cricket Canada and USA Cricket. After a 17 year gap the Auty Cup returned in 2011 and has been played across a variety of formats.

Nitish Kumar of Canada representing Leeward Islands scores a wonderful century – 112 runs of 106 balls studded with 10 fours and 2 sixes in the first match of Super 50 Cup 2021 of Windies Cricket.

On Sunday, February 7, hours before the start of this years Super Bowl 55, in thousands of cricket loving households all across Canada, individuals were glued to their television screens. Their individual and combined attentions were riveted on the exploits of their fellow Canadian Nitish Kumar, who was representing the Leewards Hurricanes against the Windwards Volcanoes in the opening fixture of the Cricket West Indies hosted 2021 Caribbean Regional Super50 Tournament, being played at the Coolidge Cricket Center in St Johns Antigua.

As the only Canadian involved in the Tournament, indeed its only non West Indian player, Kumar carried the interests of all of his Canadian supporters when he strode to the crease with the Leeward Hurricanes score on 51/2 off 8.6 overs in pursuit of the 285 run victory target that had been set by the Windwards Volcanoes. He did not disappoint, proceeding instead to fashion an innings that was subsequently described during the post match presentation ceremony by the Windwards Volcanoes captain, West Indies One Day International player, Sunil Ambris as one of the very best he has ever seen in Caribbean regional limited overs cricket.

Canada’s outstanding all-rounder Nitish Kumar has been included in the Leeward Islands Hurricanes final 15 member squad for the 2021 Caribbean Regional Super50 Championships. The Leeward Islands Hurricanes will be one of six Caribbean territory franchises competing in s in the 2021 edition of the annual Cricket West Indies fifty-over tournament. The Barbados Pride, Guyana Jaguars, Jamaica Scorpions, Leeward Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, and the Windward Islands Volcanoes will be the other five competing franchises for the February 7-27, 2021 Tournament which will be played in Antigua.

The Canada born Kumar’s selection to the Leewards Hurricanes 2021 Super50 Squad follows his participation in the franchise’s pre-tournament training camp that was held in Antigua earlier this month. He is the only non Caribbean based player to be selected to any of the squads that will be competing in the 2021 Super50 Championships.

The Leewards Hurricanes will clash with the Windwards Volcanoes at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua, for the Sunday, February 7 opening match of the 2021 CG Insurance Super50 Cup. A total of 19 matches will be played in the 50 Over Tournament which is scheduled to conclude on February 27.

Cricket Canada has announced the appointment of a three member panel for the selection of its National Women’s teams. The panel will be comprised of two selectors from Ontario: Fowzieh Yaqubien and Suthershini (Sutha) Sivanantham, as well as one: Kim Coulter, from British Columbia. Ontario’s Fowzieh Yaqubian will serve as the Committee’s Chairperson.The appointments follow Cricket Canada’s 2020 amendment of its Player Selection Policy to incorporate the establishment of a dedicated Women’s Selection Committee. The amendments were made as another significant step towards establishing an independent structure and emphasizing the focus on growing the women’s game.

Nominations were invited from Provincial Cricket Boards and Cricket Canada’s Women’s Committee. The prerequisites for the selectors were that they should have played at the highest level for Cricket Canada or a full member of the ICC. Upon review of the recommendations the Board approved the Fowzieh Yaqubian led three member panel to serve as Cricket Canada’s new National Women’s Selection Committee for a period of two years.

Canada’s outstanding cricket all-rounder Nitish Kumar has been invited by the Leeward Islands Hurricanes to participate in the Franchise’s Training Camp in preparation for its involvement in the forthcoming 2021 Caribbean Regional Super50 Championships. The Leeward Islands Hurricanes will be one of six Caribbean territory franchises competing in the Cricket West Indies in the 2021 edition of the annual cricket West Indies fifty-over tournament. Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and the Windward Islands will be the other five competing franchises for the February 7-27, 2021 Tournament which will be played in Antigua.

Nitish Kumar is the only Canadian to have received an invitation from any of the competing Caribbean Regional 2021 Super50 franchises to participate in their scheduled Training Camps. His participation in the Leeward Islands Hurricane’s Antigua based Camp means that he will eligible for selection to the final 15 member of roster of players who will represent the franchise at the 2021 Championships.

Cricket Canada has announced the appointment of its two Development Officers. Keith Deonarine has been appointed as Cricket Development Officer with responsibilities for Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces. Kulbir Jaswal will hold identical Cricket Development Officer responsibilities for British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The respective appointments were made towards the execution of Cricket Canada’s mandate to significantly increase both the levels of participation and popularity of Canadian cricket. The primary focus of the Cricket Development Officer’s role will be on significantly increasing male and female participation, while ensuring that there is a solid pathway to the further nurturing of identified talented players.

Cricket Canada is reaching the end of its 2018-20 Strategic Plan, and sought input into a new plan to take the organization forward. The existing plan can be viewed here

Thanks to all those who completed the survey, and a summary of the results has been e-mailed directly to all those who responded. The feedback will be analysed and potential vision and mission statements, values and strategic priorities prepared.Further in depth consultation will take place with selected individuals with specialist knowledge of planning, associate cricket and Cricket Canada.

The Cricket Canada board in October approved a revision to the Cricket Canada Sanction policy (originally approved in 2015). The main change was to clarify that any event or tournament run by private individuals or organizations needs to apply for sanction to Cricket Canada. Cricket Canada has the option to delegate sanction authority to the provincial member in which the event or tournament is being played. Small scale, local tournaments will likely be delegated to provincial members to sanction, but any event involving players from more than one province or country likely will need Cricket Canada sanction.

The policy outlines the process of applying for Cricket Canada sanction; this process is designed to allow Cricket Canada to perform its due diligence in ensuring that the tournament conforms to International Cricket Council requirements for “Approved Cricket”. The International Cricket Council requires national bodies to ensure that any event within its jurisdiction complies with their standards, designed to protect the game and its participants.

Cricket Canada is seeking sponsorship for the team clothing for its national teams. In return for an appropriate sponsor fee, the successful sponsor will be recognised by:-

The sponsor logo and name on team playing kit and training kit (following ICC standards)
The sponsor logo on the Cricket Canada web site (a clickable link to either a sponsor page hosted by Cricket Canada, or to a web site of the sponsor’s choosing).
Acknowledgement in Cricket Canada media releases
Preferential access to advertising in “Wickets” magazine
Pitch side banners at all Cricket Canada national tournaments
Possibility of pitch side banners at the widely televised Global T20 events.
Visual presence on live streaming coverage of any Cricket Canada national tournaments