Canada Holds World’s First T20 Quadrangular Series
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 3:14 pm Under Sports News
TORONTO :Canada will hold world’s first Twenty20 quadrangular cricket series next month involving Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh and host team.
Held August 14-17, Twenty20 series will be first big show of cricket in Canada after Sahara Cup series between India and Pakistan in late 1990s.
“We signed agreement with Karachi- based Sports International Marketing to stage this big event on Canadian soil. We needed a big promoter, and they will organize show for us under International Cricket Council (ICC) guidelines,” Cricket Canada CEO Atul Ahuja said.
He said Pakistan and Bangladesh have already confirmed their participation. “West Indies is likely to give green signal any day. They all are sending full strength teams,” said Ahuja.
With domestic Twenty20 Scotiabank Championship getting a huge response here, Cricket Canada expects the quadrangular series to be a runaway success.
“Over 10,000 spectators are expected at all Twenty20 matches to be held at King City near here. This will be big boost for cricket in Canada, and a big boost for our revenues,” he said.
With ICC, two top Canadian banks and federal government now sponsoring cricket, sport has got a boost in last few months in this country which incidentally was first to declare cricket as its national sport in 1867.
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