America Cup starts in Toronto

Despite minor opening day hiccups, the Americas' championship got underway with glorious blue skies and hot weather replacing otherwise bleak overcast morning skies with rain forecast. Andrew Eade ICC Development Manager and Chris Tetley, ICC Project Officer are present, and join Karam Gopaulsingh, Tournament Director and Austin Ward, CCA Senior Cordinator as well as several other volunteers at maple leaf cricket ground in King City. Last evening, there was a welcome reception attended by all teams as well as the Presidents of the Bermuda and Cayman Islands Associations and the Vice President of the Argentina Cricket Association and the President and other Canadian cricket officials.

Cayman Islands scored 137 in 44 overs after being put into bat by the USA. At lunch the USA were 19 for 0 in 4 overs, a game they should win? Bermuda scored a mammoth 346 for 8 in 50 overs with C Marshall scored 164 (14 fours and 7 sixes) leading the way against the Argentine attack.