Canadian team for Red Stripe Cup (30 Sep 1997)

Canadian Cricket Association ÐÐ News Release

RED STRIPE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP Ð GUYANA, OCTOBER, 1997

TEAM CANADA

The following players have been selected to represent Canada in the Red Stripe Bowl October 4Ð11, 1997 in Guyana. Canada, Guyana, Barbados and the Leeward Islands will make up the group.

1. Ingleton Liburd (Capt.) 2. Varadarajan Anand * 3. George Codrington * 4. Muneeb Diwan * 5. Derick Etwaroo * 6. Alex Glegg 7. Joseph Harris * 8. Davis Joseph 9. Roger Pittiman 10. Paul Prashad 11. Sukhjinder Rana 12. Sivnauth Seeram 13. Nazir Shaik * 14. Sanjay Thuraisingam

OFFICIALS 15. Ben Seebaran Ð Tour Manager 16. Bryan Mauricette Ð Cricket Manager

Three originally selected players & members of the Malaysia ICC Trophy 1997 squad, N. Issacs, B. Rajadurai & B. Seebaran were unable to obtain leave from work in order to participate.

The Canadian Team which was due to arrive in Guyana at 9:30 has been delayed at Sir Grantley Adams airport in Barbados due to aircraft scheduling difficulties. The team left Pearson International this morning via Miami by Canadian Airlines. After a 4 hour stopover they were scheduled to proceed via Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana. The team is scheduled to take part in two warm up matches on Wednesday and Thursday in Guyana before the first tournament game on Saturday.