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Cricket Facts Cricket Associations, but a • Cricket was played in shortage of grounds pre- many cities, towns, and vil- vents their joining and be- lages in the early 1800s. ing able to accommodate • The Canada vs. USA regular fixtures. cricket match is the oldest - info & pic provided by the annual international sports Canadian Cricket Association competition in North America. Canada to Play Host • "It isn't cricket"! This in 2001 expression pays tribute to the Calcutta, , and high regard the sport has at- Canada will host the Inter- tained in its insistence on fair national Cricket Council play. Trophy in the year 2001, • Cricket is probably the ICC president Jagmohan only active team sport which Dalmiya said yesterday. includes many good players Twenty-five teams from well into their 50s and 60s. non-test playing countries • Because of its origin in will participate in the tour- Britain, cricket was well-founded through- ewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. nament. Three of them, Kenya, Scotland, out the British empire, and flourishes to- Cricket is played in the other provinces, and Bangladesh, had participated in the day in most parts of the world. but not on an organized basis. The Cana- recently concluded af- • The Ontario Cricket Association was dian Cricket Association sponsors inter- ter qualifying at the last ICC trophy con- formed in 1880, some 95 years after the provincial tournaments at both the senior test held in Malaysia two years ago. • first games were played. Prior to that, most and junior level and in 1979, in England, - The National Post, June 29, 1999 a Canadian team played in the World Cup games were played as "friendly matches," Photo Caption: Players from the for the first time. either with nearby villages or cities or tour- Ontario team smile in victory after • An annual cricket match is played on ing teams from other cricket-playing defeating Quebec in the Atholstan countries such as England, , and Labour Day between the actors from the Trophy Annual Contest the U.S.A. The term "friendly match" is Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival held at the Governor ~ still used to refer to a game arranged with Theatres with tea in the afternoon. The General's Grounds, another team which is not a league or pro- game alternates between Stratford and Rideau Hall, Ottawa. vincial fixture for points. Niagara-on-the- Lake. • The Canadian Cricket Association • There are more than 200 teams in was established in 1892. There are cur- league play in' Ontario and an estimated rently eight provincial associations who 50 additional teams who play "friendly are members of the Canadian Cricket As- cricket," plus several teams playing in pri- sociation-New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, vate schools. There are still teams wait- Quebec, Ontario,· Manitoba, Saskatch- ing for admission to the Area

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