Top 5 cricket associate teams 2010 (Part 3)
The Canadian cricket team stands at No. 5 of the top 5 Associate Teams ranking by Bettor.com, based on the level of consistency shown by the team in the last decade. Canada has accomplished the runner-up status in both 2004 and 2006-7 editions of the Intercontinental
Cup. They have always given a healthy competition to all their opponents.
Canadian team includes cricketers from different birth places such as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. This also gives them diversity of talent, when it comes to delivering astounding performances. They have appeared in 43 ODI matches to date,
out of which 10 victories and 33 defeats have been countered by them.
Canada has a long cricketing history, which commenced from late 19th century to present day. The year of 2000 brought some joy to Canadian cricket, as they won the first tournament of ICC Americas Championship, which was played and hosted by Canada.
However, there first ODI appearance was against Bangladesh, and two games later into international cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 became the lowest-scoring team in ODI cricket history, as they got all out at 36 against Sri Lanka. But things changed for the Canadian team
as they secured the 3rd position in the 2001 and 2005 edition of ICC Trophy; later, they secured the 2nd place in 2009 edition. Also winner of the 2000, 2004 and 2010 version of the ICC Americas Championship, the team has qualified for
the 2011 World Cup and is waiting for the ICC final verdict on the inclusion of the associate teams in the 50-over World Cup.
The Canadian team does hold some ODI cricket record in their own right such as the highest team total of 312 for 4 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Bagai-c46284 against the Scottish team in 2007.
Not to forget, Austin Codrington’s 5 wickets haul against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
However, the Canadians failed to make a strong impact in the ongoing ICC Intercontinental Cup 2009-10, as they lie at the bottom of the round-robin league charts with 6 points, scoring 2854 for 113 from their 6 matches played.
Nevertheless, Canada does promise good competitive cricket at the international arena, as the last decade of international cricket has brought vital experience in the development of their cricket.
The associate teams have shown a drastic growth in the last ten years at the international arena. ICC has helped associate countries to raise the level of cricket they can offer. Namibia, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 XI are also part of the associate team fraternity.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964 and Netherlands have shown improvement as well but Bettor.com rankings were based on the recent performances and consistency in the game. Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe team didn’t get considerations in the top 5 ranking because of their vast experience at
the international cricketing arena, which by far is not comparable to these other infant associate cricketing nations. One can hope to see strong, competitive, and healthy cricket from the associate teams in the near future, as they will hopefully play the
next T20 World Cup, based on ICC’s final verdict.
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