Canada cricket team

The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.
While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does participate in Day International matches & also in first-class games (in the ICC  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 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, & the team tends to be composed of expatriates from more successful cricketing nations either trying to accomplish a level of international experience or having been deemed elderly for their respective national teams. The 2003 World Cup squad, for example, contained players born in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan & 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 &  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 quickest century in match history against the West Indies in what was ultimately a losing cause. year later, in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against the USA, he proved the difference between the 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.