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The Canadian cricket team is a national cricket team representing Canada in international competition.
While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day
International matches and also in first-class games (in the ICC
Intercontinental Cup) against other non-Test-playing opposition, with the
rivalry against the United States cricket team being as
strong in cricket as it is in other team sports. The match between these two
nations is in fact the oldest international fixture in cricket, having first
been played in 1844.
Canadian cricket has tended to take a lower profile than most other sports,
and the team tends to be composed of expatriates from more successful cricketing
nations either trying to achieve a level of international experience or having
been deemed too old for their respective national teams. The 2003 World Cup
squad, for example, contained players born in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and the West Indies.
Perhaps the most successful exponent of Canadian cricket has been all-rounder John Davison. Davison was born in
Canada but played club and — occasionally — first class cricket in Australia, achieving a reputation as
something of a journeyman. Taking advantage of his Canadian birth, he became a
regular in the national squad. At the 2003 World Cup, Davison hit the fastest
century in tournament history against the West Indies in what was ultimately a
losing cause. One year later, in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against the
USA, he proved the difference between the two sides taking 17 wickets for 137
runs (the best haul in first-class cricket since England's Jim Laker took 19 wickets in 1956) as well as scoring
84 runs of his own.
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