
Canada8217;s cricket World Cup squad includes a forklift driver, accountant, salesman, and teacher. With just two pros among the 15 players named yesterday, Canada will be rank underdogs in its Group C matches against England, New Zealand and Kenya in the Caribbean next month.
But coach Andy Pick, the former England A player and England Under-19 coach, believed he had players who can make a difference.
8220;We8217;ve got six or seven players who can single-handedly alter the result of the game,8221; Pick said. The team also features captain John Davison, who plays in Sydney, Australia, and whose 67-ball century against West Indies was the fastest in World Cup history four years ago; batsman Geoff Barnett, who plays first-class cricket in Blenheim, New Zealand.
Squad: John Davison captain, Ashish Bagai, Ian Billcliff, Geoff Barnett, Kevin Sandher, Umar Bhatti, Desmond Chumney, George Codrington, Austin Codrington, Andy Cummins, Sunil Dhaniram, Asif Mulla, Henry Osinde, Abdool Samad, Qaiser Ali.