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. The team did not play in the tournament again till 2003, they moved on to play in three editions in a row in 2003, 2007 and 2011.
Cricket World Cup Record
Cricket World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionCaptain1975Did not participate No qualifiers1979Group Stage8/8 3 0 3 0 0 0 Bryan Mauricette 6 4 2 0 01983Did not qualify 7 3 1 0 31987 8 5 3 0 01992 6 3 3 0 01996 7 3 3 0 11999 7 3 2 0 22003Group Stage12/14 6 1 5 0 0 0 Joe Harris 10 6 4 0 02007Group Stage14/16 3 0 3 0 0 0 John Davison 12 10 2 0 02011Group Stage12/14 6 1 5 0 0 0 Ashish Bagai 13 8 5 0 02015Did not qualify 20 3 15 0 22019 18 9 8 0 12023 20 16 3 0 1Total0 Titles3/1318216000 1347351010
World Cup Record (By Team)
Cricket World Cup matches (By team)Total : 2 Win – 0 Ties – 16 Losses – 18 games playedAgainstWinsDrawsLossesTotal0022100100221023003300220011002200110011
Tournament results 1979 World Cup
Squad
Bryan Mauricette (c, wk) Charles Baksh Robert Callender Christopher Chappell Franklyn Dennis Cornelius Henry Tariq Javed Cecil Marshall Jitendra Patel Glenroy Sealy Martin Stead John Valentine John Vaughan Garnet Brisbane
Results Group stage (Group A)SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 8 wicketsL by 8 wicketsL by 7 wickets4Did not advanceGroup stageSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
2003 World Cup
Squad
Joe Harris (c) Ashish Bagai (wk) John Davison Desmond Chumney Ian Billcliff Nicholas de Groot Fazil Samad Davis Joseph Barry Seebaran Ashish Patel Abdool Samad Austin Codrington Sanjayan Thuraisingam Nicholas Ifill Ishwar Maraj
Results Pool stage (Pool B)Super SixesSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultW by 60 runsL by 4 wicketsL by 9 wicketsL by 7 wicketsL by 118 runsL by 5 wickets6Did not advancePool stageSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
2007 World Cup
Squad
John Davison (c) Ashish Bagai (wk) Geoff Barnett Ashif Mulla Qaiser Ali Ian Billcliff Desmond Chumney Austin Codrington George Codrington Anderson Cummins Sunil Dhaniram Abdool Samad Umar Bhatti Henry Osinde Kevin Sandher
Results Group stage (Group C)Super 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 7 wicketsL by 51 runsL by 114 runs4Did not advanceGroup stageSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
2011 World Cup
Squad
Ashish Bagai (c, wk) Rizwan Cheema (vc) Harvir Baidwan Balaji Rao John Davison Parth Desai Tyson Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Nitish Kumar Hiral Patel Jimmy Hansra Khurram Chohan Henry Osinde Zubin Surkari Karl Whatham Hamza Tariq (wk)
Results Group stage (Group A)SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 210 runsL by 175 runsL by 46 runsW by 5 wicketsL by 97 runsL by 7 wickets6Did not advanceGroup stageSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
Records and statistics
Team records Highest innings totals Score Opponent Venue Season 261/9 (50 overs) Mumbai 2011 249 (49.2 overs) Gros Islet 2007 228/7 (50 overs) Gros Islet 2007 211 (45.4 overs) Bengaluru 2011 202 (42.5 overs) Centurion 2003Last updated: 16 March 2011
Lowest completed innings Score Opponent Venue Season 36 (18.4 overs) Paarl 2003 45 (40.3 overs) Manchester 1979 105 (33.2 overs) Birmingham 2015 122 (36.5 overs) Hambantota 2011 123 (42.1 overs) Nagpur 2011(unfinished innings excluded from this list) Last updated: 16 March 2011
Batting statistics Most runs Runs Player 100s 50s Period343 Ashish Bagai 15 15 26.38 2 2003–2011340 John Davison 14 14 26.15 1 2 2003–2011251 Ian Billcliff 9 9 27.88 2 2003–2007215 Jimmy Hansra 6 6 43.00 2 2011–2011104 Zubin Surkari 6 6 17.33 2011–2011Last updated: 16 March 2011
Highest individual innings Score Player Opponent Venue Season 111John Davison Centurion 2003 84Ashish Bagai Wankhede, Mumbai 2011 75John Davison Benoni 2003 71Ian Billcliff Cape Town 2003 70*Jimmy Hansra Wankhede, Mumbai 2011Last updated: 16 March 2011
Highest partnerships Runs Players Opposition Venue Season 132 (4th wicket) Jimmy Hansra (70) & Ashish Bagai (54) v New Delhi 2011 125 (4th wicket) Jimmy Hansra (50) & Ashish Bagai (69) v Mumbai 2011 96 (1st wicket) Ishwar Maraj (16) & John Davison (72) v Centurion 2003 96 (5th wicket) Ashif Mulla (58) & Abdool Samad (31) v Gros Islet 2007 86 (4th wicket) Joe Harris (31) & Ian Billcliff (53) v Cape Town 2003Last updated: 16 March 2011
Bowling statistics Most wickets Wickets Player Matches 4W 5W Period 17 John Davison 14 30.23 4.84 0 0 2003–2011 13 Harvir Baidwan 6 23.61 5.58 0 0 2011–2011 9 Balaji Rao 6 33.22 5.53 1 0 2011–2011 6 Austin Codrington 5 21.50 5.12 0 1 2003–2003 Henry Osinde 7 40.33 5.33 1 0 2007–2011 Rizwan Cheema 6 41.33 6.07 0 0 2011–2011Last updated: 16 March 2011
Best bowling figures Bowling Figures Overs Player Opponent Venue Season 5/27 9.0 Austin Codrington v Durban 2003 4/26 10.0 Henry Osinde v Delhi 2011 4/57 10.0 Balaji Rao v Nagpur 2011 3/15 10.0 John Davison v Cape Town 2003 3/35 8.0 Harvir Baidwan v Colombo 2011Last updated: 16 March 2011
See also Canada national cricket team Cricket in Canada
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