“http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 will face the champions”
Canadian team will play against Afghanistan, champions of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Intercontinental Cup, 2010-11 in the opening match of 2011- 2013 cup. The Afghani team will go on a tour to Canada where the cup will be played and the first game will be played from Aug 2-5.
Two ODIs and two T20 matches will also be played between both the teams.
Afghanistan has earned themselves an astonishing victory in 2010 ICC Intercontinental cup against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-Hassan-c1524 was declared the man of match as
he took 5 wickets for 45. Scotland being the second in ranking managed to get 89 points in the table while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 scored 72 points. The most impressive performance by Afghan players was against Canada when they managed to chase the score of 474 at the expense
of just 4 wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 has an impressive record against Canada winning two games out of five and also has a record of 2-1 in ODIs so definitely it give them an edge in the upcoming season with Canada.
The International Cricket Council has announced the dates for the matches of Intercontinental Cup 2011-13 on 9th June, 2011 for the first round of the fixtures but Cricket Canada has still not announced the venue for the matches.
The Associate Members of the International Cricket Council cannot play the ICC World Cup or the First Class International Cricket hence Intercontinental Cup was designed as part of the ICC’s development efforts to provide the Associate members a chance to
play First Class International Cricket and prepare themselves for the future opportunities. It is a four day tournament with total prize money of 254,000 dollars and since its inception in 2004 has been won thrice by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 in 2005, 2006-07 and 2007-08 making
it a record victory. Hence in the years to come it has an edge over other teams but cannot be taken lightly as Afghanistan has shown its talent in 2010-11 and Canada, the winner of 2004 cup also has the potential.
It is going to be an interesting game to watch in August as in the first match Afghanistan will meet the Canadian side, one being the champion and the other with the advantage of having home ground and conditions.
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