2022 Canada Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
The 2022 Canada Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was played in Canada in July and August 2022.[1] It was the second round of matches in Group A of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[2] All of the matches have List A status,[3] and were played at the Maple Leaf North-West Ground in King City, Ontario.[4] Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in August 2021, but was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Dates | 27 July – 6 August 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | Cricket Canada |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 15 |
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Squads
editRival Samson was named as traveling reserve in Vanuatu's squad.[11] Abdullah Mahmood and Adam Leigh were named as travelling reserve in Denmark's squad, due to visa delays for Taranjit Bharaj and Jino Jojo.[13]
Fixtures
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Surya Anand 39 (81)
Dillon Heyliger 5/34 (8 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Ammar Khalid, Varun Sehdev, Matthew Spoors (Can), Saif Ahmad, Surya Anand, Saud Munir, Musa Shaheen and Shangeev Thanikaithasan (Den) all made their List A debuts.
- Dillon Heyliger (Can) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.[14]
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- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
- Qatar were set a revised target of 221 runs from 42 overs due to rain.
- Akash Babu, Muhammad Murad, Muhammad Tanveer (Qat), Anish Paraam and Akshay Puri (Sin) all made their List A debuts.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ainool Hafizs, Khizar Hayat, Sharvin Muniandy, Vijay Unni, Muhammad Wafiq (Mas), Jarryd Allan, Junior Kaltapau, Rival Samson, Bettan Viraliliu and Obed Yosef (Van) all made their List A debuts.
- Syed Aziz (Mas) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.[15]
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
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Mohammed Rizlan 77 (92)
Darren Wotu 2/28 (5 overs) |
Junior Kaltapau 67 (97)
Akash Babu 3/45 (10 overs) |
- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
- Sandun Withanage (Qat) and Darren Wotu (Van) both made their List A debuts.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Muhammad Amir and Saif Ullah Malik (Mas) both made their List A debuts.
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Rohan Rangarajan 87 (91)
Surya Anand 3/44 (8 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aman Desai (Sin) made his List A debut.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Assad Borham (Qat) made his List A debut.
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Joshua Rasu 10 (25)
Rommel Shahzad 4/8 (4.3 overs) |
- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 38 overs per side due to rain.
- Rommel Shahzad (Can) made his List A debut.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain.
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- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Two Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League series rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe to host ODI World Cup qualifiers in June-July 2023". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC launches the road to India 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Road to 2023 Cricket World Cup continues in Canada". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Two remaining men's World Cup Challenge League A series rescheduled". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ @canadiancricket (26 July 2022). "Our Official Squad for the @ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge (League A)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Herrelandsholdet til Canada" [The men's national team for Canada]. Danish Cricket Federation (in Danish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia out for a different spin in King City". New Straits Times. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Qatar National Team is participating in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge". Qatar Cricket Association. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "ICC Men's CWC Challenge League A: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview". Cricket World. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Four debutants selected in Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu National Men's Cricket Team for Canada Tour". Vanuatu Cricket Association. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Visa problemer ændrer holdet til Canada" [Visa problems changes the team to Canada]. Danish Cricket Federation (in Danish). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Reserver flyves til Canada" [Reserves fly to Canada]. Danish Cricket Federation (in Danish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Challenge League Day 1: Denmark fight, but Canada too strong". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Singapore see off Qatar to keep pace with Canada at top of Challenge League A table". CricBuzz. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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