CRICKET CANADA 2011 CRICKET WORLD CUP PLAYER AND MANAGEMENT BIOS
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CRICKET CANADA 2011 CRICKET WORLD CUP PLAYER AND MANAGEMENT BIOS
Ashish Bagai – 10 b. January 26, 1982 India Toronto, Ontario Toronto Cricket Club – T&DCA Wicketkeeper Batsman Ashish left a successful career in banking to return to Canada's cricket fold after a sporadic absence. He has played in 3 world cups for Canada having first played as a teenager in 2003. Ashish will lead the team as wicket keeper as well as the team's all time leading ODI scorer. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2002/03-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct St 54 53 7 1736 137* 37.73 2 14 65.33 48 10 Harvir Baidwan - 7 b. July 31, 1987 India Toronto, Ontario Yorkshire Cricket Club – T&DCA Pace Bowler Harvir moved to Canada as a teenager and honed his cricketing skills as a medium pace bowler. Debuting for Canada in the 2008 season, Harvir has become a mainstay in the Canadian pace bowling lineup. Harvir played the 2009 domestic season for Colts Cricket Club in the Sri Lankan Domestic League’s Premier Division. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2008-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 19 11 5 147 33 24.50 0 0 66.51 4 One-Day International Career Bowling (2008-2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 942 10 759 24 3-24 31.62 0 0 39.25 4.83
Zubin Surkari - 22 b. February 26, 1980 Canada Toronto, Ontario Toronto Cricket Club – T&DCA Batsmen One of the greatest Canadian born cricketers of his generation, Surkari has represented Canada at the u19 level (America's) and is a former captain of a senior team. After a short absence in the middle of the decade, Surkari has returned to become a mainstay of the Canadian batting lineup One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2008-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 15 14 3 210 49 19.09 0 0 52.10 3 WD Balaji Rao - 34 b. March 4, 1978 India Toronto, Ontario Centurions Cricket Club – T&DCA Spin Bowler One of Canada’s top spin bowlers in the domestic circuit, Bala brings a wealth of experience from his time in the Indian domestic system. He played both for his home state of Tamil Nadu as well as spending four years with the Indian u19 program. Bala made his debut for Canada in 2008 against the West Indies. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2008-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 4 3 0 37 24 12.33 0 0 77.08 0 One-Day International Career Bowling (2008-2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 150 1 149 3 2-50 49.66 0 0 50.00 5.96
Henry Osinde - 17 b. October 17, 1978 Uganda Toronto, Ontario Brampton Masters Cricket Club– T&DCA Bowler Henry picked up cricket at the age of 15 and immigrated to Canada in 2000. For the past 10 years he’s been one of the top paceman in Canada. A tall and athletic fast bowler Henry has been a mainstay in the team since 2005 and was the first player of African descent to play domestically in the Toronto league. This will be Henry’s second world cup appearance for Canada, previously playing in 2007. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 34 22 10 54 21* 4.50 0 0 53.46 9 One-Day International Career Bowling (2006-2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 1359 22 1133 35 4-33 32.37 1 0 38.82 5.00
Ruvindu Gunasekera - 57 b. July 20, 1991, Sri Lanka Toronto, Ontario Overseas Cricket Club – T&DCA Batsmen Despite being born in Sri Lanka, Gunasekera has grew up a true Canadian cricketer. Learning his trade in the fields of Toronto, Gunasekera was one of the key players in Canada’s march to a best ever finish at the 2010. Returning to his native Sri Lanka in 2010, Gunasekera starred in the premier domestic competition as a top 10 batsmen before returning to Canada to take part in the Caribbean T20 tournament. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2008-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 3 3 0 134 71 44.66 0 2 80.72 2 Nitish Kumar - 21 b. May 21, 1994, Canada Toronto, Ontario Toronto Cricket Club – T&DCA Batsmen Another graduate of Canada’s u19 program Kumar is the youngest player every to play for Canada when he made his debut at the age of 15 against Kenya in 2009. A naturally talented player, Kumar is the future of Canadian cricket. He is the second youngest player in the history of ODI cricket to play in an official ODI. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2009/10-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 5 4 0 69 38 17.25 0 0 44.23 3
Karl Whatham - 5 b. August 27, 1981, Australia Vancouver, British Columbia Meralomas Cricket Club – BCML All rounder Coming out of the Australian domestic system, Karl has made his home in the lower mainland after arriving in 2007. An athletic fielder and useful lower order batsmen, Karl is an accomplished finisher. Also bowling off-breaks, he is effective on both sides of the ball. Hiral Patel - 13 August 10, 1991, India Toronto, Ontario PCB – T&DCA All Rounder The Man of the series in the 2009 ICC America’s World Cup Qualifier, Patel helped Canada into its first u19 world cup in 4 years before making the leap to the senior team. He immediately announced his intention to stay with an 88 on debut against the Irish in Sri Lanka. He has been part of the team ever since and made an impact with the bat and the ball. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2009-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 12 12 0 163 43 13.58 0 0 68.48 5 One-Day International Career Bowling (2009/10-2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 252 2 192 4 1-18 48.00 0 0 63.00 4.57
Khurram Chohan - 87 February 22, 1980, Pakistan Calgary, Alberta Canasia Cricket Club – C&DCL Pace Bowler Khurram joined the Canadian team prior to the push to the world cup qualification and was instrumental in the team qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He has followed up the world cup qualification tournament with strong bowling for the Canadian team, becoming one of the sides top bowlers. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2008/09-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 15 9 3 92 35* 15.33 0 0 64.78 2 One-Day International Career Bowling (2008/09-2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 745 9 594 22 4-26 27.00 3 0 33.86 4.78
John Davison - 9 May 9, 1970, Canada Sydney, Australia Australian Centre of Excellence All Rounder One of the players largely responsible for the resurgence in Canadian Cricket in the 2000’s, Davison first helped Canada qualify for the 2003 Cricket World Cup and then rewrote history with a record breaking century against the West Indies in South Africa. Davison followed that up with another dynamic performance in 2007 and will be playing in his third world cup for Canada. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2002/03-2008/09) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 27 27 1 766 111 29.46 1 5 105.80 12 One-Day International Career Bowling (2002/03-2008/09) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 1225 16 870 31 3-15 28.06 0 0 39.51 4.26 Tyson Gordon - 60 January 31, 1982 Jamaica Edmonton, Alberta Scona Cricket Club – E&DCL All rounder Tyson started as a promising cricketer in the Jamaican system striking a half-century against a touring South African side before immigrating to Canada to start a family. Finding immediate success in the local leagues, Tyson has emerged as one of Canada’s top batsmen.
Rizwan Cheema – 99 August 15, 1978, Pakistan Toronto, Ontario PCB – T&DCA All Rounder “Boom Boom” Cheema rocketed to world wide fame in 2008 striking centuries against West Indies and Sri Lanka within his first 5 matches playing for Canada. Though best known for his big hitting, he has emerged into a genuine all rounder and one of the stars of the Canadian team. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2008-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 21 20 1 523 94 27.52 0 5 119.40 9 One-Day International Career Bowling (2008-2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 842 10 623 19 3-31 32.78 0 0 44.31 4.43
Parth Desai – 90 December 11, 1990, India Toronto, Ontario Victoria Park CC – T&DCA Spin Bowler Desai was another graduate of Canada’s u19 program. He took a wicket in his first ever ODI ball against the West Indies in 2010 and has been in the senior team ever since. He picked up man of the match honours in Canada’s historic win over Hampshire in the 2011 Caribbean T20. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2009/10-2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 9 5 3 5 2* 2.50 0 0 11.62 2 One-Day International Career Bowling (2009/10-2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 462 7 365 10 3-35 36.50 0 0 46.20 4.74
Jimmy Hansra -68 December 29, 1984, India Abbotsford, British Colombia Abbotsford CC, BCMCL All rounder Jimmy is a product of the BCMCL and one of the top players in the region. He first played for Canada in 2009 and made a reputation as one of Canada’s steady lower order batsmen. A versatile bowler, he bowls regularly in the T20 version of the game as one of Canada’s major bowlers. One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2010) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct 7 6 3 85 32 28.33 0 0 70.24 2 One-Day International Career Bowling (2010) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 4wI 5wI SRate Econ 132 0 91 4 3-27 22.75 0 0 33.00 4.13 Hamza Tariq - July 21 , 1990, Pakistan Calgary, Alberta United Cricket Club, C&DCL Wicket Keeper A promising product of the Alberta domestic system, Tariq is one of Canada’s top young wicketkeepers and has been Canada’s first choice gloveman when Ashish Bagai is not playing. He has featured in a handful of first class games for Canada top-scoring in his debut against Zimbabwe XI.
MANAGEMENT TEAM Pubudu Dassanayake The head coach of the Canadian Senior Men’s team, since 2007, Dassanayake led Canada to a successful qualification campaign in the 2009 tournament in South Africa. This will be the first world cup for the former Sri Lankan Wicket Keeper batsman who played 11 tests and 16 ODI’s for his native Sri Lanka before moving to Canada. Dassanayake played for Canada in 2006 and 2007 before taking up the role of head coach. Chandika Hathurusinghe Currently working with New South Wales as a coaching consultant, Hathu, as he is known, is a former Sri Lankan opening batsman and bowler who played 26 tests and 35 ODI’s during his career. Following his playing career he coached Sri Lanka A and UAE before being appointed Sri Lanka’s shadow coach until 2010. Rathan Moorthy Canada’s match analyst since 2008, Moorthy had played and coached through the Alberta and Western Canadian U-19 and u-25 programs for over 15 years before moving to the national level. He is a highly rated associate analyst and participated in a 2009 coaching visitation with the Victoria Bushrangers and Tasmania Tigers of the Australia domestic system.
Michael Henry Canada’s senior team manager since 2004, Henry has been a fixture in Canadian cricket for decades. He is a former senior coordinator of Cricket Canada, as well as a former umpiring coordinator. He umpired matches at the 2003 Cricket World Cup before he became the manger, taking the team to the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Johnny Bujan Johnny is the manager or Canada’s ‘A’ team and will serve as assistant manager on the world cup tour. He is the current owner/manager of Brampton Master’s cricket club who are the 2010 Elite Division Champions of the TDCA.
Colin Berenhaut Partner and Director of Sports Performance Centres Ltd, Berenhaut has worked with professional athletes and teams over the past 12 years including professional athletes of the CFL, NHL, MLS, and World Ranked athletes from USA, India, Czech Republic, Sweden and Canada in various sports including swimming, soccer, figure skating and competitive dance. As a former Canadian soccer Team player, his experience at the elite level allows him to understand the needs of the athlete from both a competitive and physiological capacity. Dr. Giovanni Perri Dr. Perri graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Specialized Honours Kinesiology degree from York University in 2005. He graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2009 as a Doctor of Chiropractic. Currently, Dr. Perri is completing a post-graduate fellowship in sports sciences and masters of science degree specializing in sports and rehabilitation.
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