Happy Canada Day ! – with the Original Canadian Sport, Cricket !
143 years ago today, Canada became a country. Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald declared Cricket to be Canada’s national sport and the country and the sport have been forever linked. As with every year the Canada Day long weekend bring friends and families together but also marks an important weekend for cricket across the country.
This weekend the John Ross Robertson Tournament will take place in Vancouver, the national championships regional between Quebec and Nova Scotia takes place in Montreal, and the Western Canadian U19 Tournament will take place in Calgary. Additionally several other important league and festival matches will take place right across the country. To kick of the weekend Canada will take on Afghanistan in the first match of the ICC WCL Division 1 tournament
This year York University won the 2010 American College Cricket Championship,bringing the Chanderpaul Trophy to Canada.
In 1844 Canada played the USA in a cricket match in New York -thousands of spectators watched ! This was the first time ever that 2 countries faced each other, not on a battle field, but a playing field.
It was an epochal moment in World History and began the International sports scene that has led to the modern Olympics, Soccer & Cricket World Cups.
It taught mankind that we can let out our patriotic aggressions on a playing field, without resorting to wars.
Happy Canada Day to everyone!
Today marks the fourth ever meeting (and 3rd ODI) between Canada and Afghanistan. Canada holds a slim 2-1 margin including a 1-1 split in the ODIs.
Some of the above info is from the Cricket Canada website,for more www.gocricketgocanada.com and to follow game:
http://twitter.com/canadiancricket
