Canada national cricket team
The Canada national cricket team (French: équipe du Canada de cricket) represents Canada in international cricket. The team is administered by Cricket Canada, which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1968.
| Nickname(s) | Maple Leafers | |||||||||
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| Association | Cricket Canada | |||||||||
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| Captain | Saad Bin Zafar | |||||||||
| Coach | Pubudu Dassanayake | |||||||||
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| ICC status | Associate member with ODI status (1968) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v Pakistan at Headingley, Leeds; 9 June 1979 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v Scotland at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai; 7 March 2024 | |||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 4 (first in 1979) | |||||||||
| Best result | First round (1979, 2003, 2007, 2011) | |||||||||
| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 10 (first in 1979) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runner-up (1979, 2009) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Netherlands at Stormont, Belfast; 2 August 2008 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v United States at Prairie View Cricket Complex, Houston; 13 April 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 1 (first in 2024) | |||||||||
| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 6 (first in 2008) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 13 April 2024 | ||||||||||
With the United States, Canada was one of the two participants in the first ever international cricket match (between two national teams) played in New York City in 1844. The annual Canada–U.S. fixture is now known as the Auty Cup. Canada's first international match against a team other than the U.S. came in 1932, when Australia toured. As with the ICC associate members, the team's first major international tournament was the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, where they qualified for the 1979 World Cup after placing second to Sri Lanka. After that, Canada did not make another World Cup until 2003, although they remained one of the leading associate teams. From 2006 to 2013, Canada had both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International status, competing in the 2007 and 2011 World Cups. However, since the introduction of the new World Cricket League divisional structure, the team has been less successful – they were placed amongst the bottom teams at the 2014 World Cup Qualifier and the 2015 WCL Division Two tournaments, and were consequently relegated to the 2017 Division Three event.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Canada and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have had the T20I status. Canada regained ODI status by finishing above PNG in 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off, and will play the 2023–2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.