This is a list of Canadian Twenty20 International cricketers.
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams that have official ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. It is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket and is the shortest form of the game. The first such match was played on 17 February 2005 between Australia and New Zealand. [1] The Canada national cricket team played its first T20I match on 2 August 2008, against the Netherlands as part of the 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, winning the match by 4 wickets. [2]
This list comprises all members of the Canada national cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
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Cap | Name | First | Last | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | 50 | 100 | Balls | Wkt | BBI | Ave | Ca | St | |
1 | Ashish Bagai ‡† | 2008 | 2013 | 9 | 284 | 67* | 40.57 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | [8] |
2 | Harvir Baidwan | 2008 | 2013 | 17 | 54 | 21 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 323 | 27 | 4/19 | 15.22 | 7 | 0 | [9] |
3 | Geoff Barnett | 2008 | 2010 | 5 | 131 | 36 | 32.75 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | [10] |
4 | John Davison | 2008 | 2010 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 8.80 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 4 | 2/19 | 22.75 | 2 | 0 | [11] |
5 | Sunil Dhaniram ‡ | 2008 | 2010 | 11 | 100 | 26 | 11.11 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 6 | 2/9 | 32.00 | 4 | 0 | [12] |
6 | Karun Jethi | 2008 | 2008 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 10.25 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [13] |
7 | Eion Katchay | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | 15 | 8* | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 1/18 | 23.66 | 0 | 0 | [14] |
8 | Henry Osinde | 2008 | 2013 | 11 | 31 | 17 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 10 | 3/36 | 25.00 | 7 | 0 | [15] |
9 | Abdool Samad | 2008 | 2010 | 7 | 97 | 29 | 16.16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1/36 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | [16] |
10 | Zubin Surkari | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [17] |
11 | Sanjayan Thuraisingam ‡ | 2008 | 2008 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 1/13 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | [18] |
12 | Mohammad Qazi | 2008 | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [19] |
13 | Steven Welsh | 2008 | 2008 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 2 | 2/6 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | [20] |
14 | Balaji Rao | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | 32 | 22* | 10.66 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 6 | 3/21 | 17.83 | 1 | 0 | [21] |
15 | Umar Bhatti | 2008 | 2010 | 7 | 49 | 12 | 12.25 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 8 | 3/23 | 18.50 | 0 | 0 | [22] |
16 | Manoj David | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | [23] |
17 | Mohammad Iqbal | 2008 | 2008 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [24] |
18 | Asif Mulla † | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | [25] |
19 | Rizwan Cheema ‡ | 2008 | 2019 | 24 | 389 | 72 | 17.68 | 2 | 0 | 300 | 9 | 2/19 | 42.44 | 11 | 0 | [26] |
20 | Abzal Dean | 2008 | 2013 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2/18 | 16.00 | 1 | 0 | [27] |
21 | Sandeep Jyoti | 2008 | 2008 | 2 | 10 | 10* | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [28] |
22 | Trevin Bastiampillai | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [29] |
23 | Shaheed Keshvani | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0* | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [30] |
24 | Khurram Chohan | 2010 | 2010 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 1/24 | 106.00 | 1 | 0 | [31] |
25 | Hiral Patel | 2010 | 2021 | 15 | 294 | 88* | 21.00 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 2/23 | 48.50 | 3 | 0 | [32] |
26 | Usman Limbada | 2010 | 2013 | 7 | 53 | 21* | 53.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [33] |
27 | Ian Billcliff | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 51 | 37 | 25.50 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [34] |
28 | Arsalan Qadir | 2010 | 2010 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | [35] |
29 | Rustam Bhatti † | 2012 | 2012 | 4 | 25 | 11* | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | [36] |
30 | Ruvindu Gunasekera | 2012 | 2013 | 8 | 202 | 65 | 25.25 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [37] |
31 | Jimmy Hansra | 2012 | 2013 | 8 | 82 | 30 | 13.66 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7 | 2/13 | 13.42 | 2 | 0 | [38] |
32 | Junaid Siddiqui | 2012 | 2024 | 20 | 51 | 21 | 10.20 | 0 | 0 | 427 | 15 | 3/10 | 26.66 | 3 | 0 | [39] |
33 | Nitish Kumar ‡ [lower-alpha 1] | 2012 | 2019 | 18 | 434 | 83 | 31.00 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 7 | 2/18 | 22.85 | 5 | 0 | [40] |
34 | Raza-ur-Rehman | 2012 | 2013 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 2/16 | 29.00 | 2 | 0 | [41] |
35 | Zahid Hussain | 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 3 | 2* | – | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 3/16 | 15.66 | 1 | 0 | [42] |
36 | Tyson Gordon | 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 10.66 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [43] |
37 | Manny Aulakh | 2012 | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 2/40 | 27.33 | 1 | 0 | [44] |
38 | Parth Desai | 2012 | 2012 | 1 | 4 | 4* | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1/30 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | [45] |
39 | Hamza Tariq † | 2013 | 2022 | 26 | 324 | 63* | 29.45 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 6 | [46] |
40 | Damodar Daesrath | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [47] |
41 | Jeremy Gordon | 2013 | 2024 | 17 | 4 | 2* | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 20 | 3/6 | 20.35 | 3 | 0 | [48] |
42 | Navneet Dhaliwal ‡ | 2019 | 2024 | 33 | 941 | 69* | 34.85 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 1/11 | 14.75 | 12 | 0 | [49] |
43 | Nikhil Dutta | 2019 | 2024 | 24 | 80 | 27 | 26.66 | 0 | 0 | 459 | 24 | 4/12 | 20.25 | 6 | 0 | [50] |
44 | Romesh Eranga | 2019 | 2019 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 12 | 3/19 | 17.00 | 2 | 0 | [51] |
45 | Dillon Heyliger | 2019 | 2024 | 43 | 349 | 30 | 34.90 | 0 | 0 | 811 | 47 | 5/16 | 21.21 | 8 | 0 | [52] |
46 | Ravinderpal Singh | 2019 | 2024 | 33 | 630 | 101 | 26.25 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2/10 | 7.00 | 19 | 0 | [53] |
47 | Saad Bin Zafar ‡ | 2019 | 2024 | 45 | 319 | 29* | 24.53 | 0 | 0 | 912 | 50 | 3/8 | 19.54 | 18 | 0 | [54] |
48 | Rodrigo Thomas | 2019 | 2019 | 8 | 73 | 18 | 10.42 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | [55] |
49 | Abraash Khan | 2019 | 2019 | 7 | 66 | 22 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [56] |
50 | Mark Montfort | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1* | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1/25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | [57] |
51 | Harsh Thaker | 2019 | 2024 | 31 | 407 | 47 | 22.61 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 25 | 4/20 | 20.04 | 9 | 0 | [58] |
52 | Nicholas Kirton | 2019 | 2024 | 21 | 495 | 69* | 30.93 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1/14 | 73.00 | 6 | 0 | [59] |
53 | Srimantha Wijeyeratne † | 2019 | 2024 | 17 | 261 | 56 | 21.75 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 4 | [60] |
54 | Jatinderpal Matharu | 2021 | 2022 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 102 | 6 | 3/6 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | [61] |
55 | Rayyan Pathan | 2021 | 2024 | 14 | 477 | 107* | 39.75 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | [62] |
56 | Cecil Pervez | 2021 | 2021 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 78 | 5 | 3/7 | 17.60 | 1 | 0 | [63] |
57 | Salman Nazar | 2021 | 2022 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 14 | 3/8 | 12.35 | 5 | 0 | [64] |
58 | Rishiv Joshi | 2021 | 2024 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 5 | 1/4 | 36.60 | 1 | 0 | [65] |
59 | Shreyas Movva † | 2021 | 2024 | 12 | 210 | 37 | 26.25 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | [66] |
60 | Kaleem Sana | 2022 | 2024 | 123 | 25 | 13* | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 492 | 32 | 4/18 | 15.56 | 3 | 0 | [67] |
61 | Matthew Spoors | 2022 | 2022 | 10 | 269 | 108* | 38.42 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1/5 | 5.00 | 2 | 0 | [68] |
62 | Ammar Khalid | 2022 | 2022 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 156 | 12 | 4/17 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 | [69] |
63 | Aaron Johnson | 2022 | 2024 | 23 | 851 | 121* | 40.52 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | [70] |
64 | Pargat Singh | 2022 | 2024 | 19 | 312 | 82 | 18.35 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 2/25 | 42.50 | 2 | 0 | [71] |
65 | Armaan Kapoor | 2022 | 2022 | 2 | 9 | 9* | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [72] |
66 | Dilpreet Bajwa | 2023 | 2024 | 8 | 171 | 56 | 24.42 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1/21 | 21.00 | 2 | 0 | [73] |
67 | Shahid Ahmadzai | 2023 | 2023 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [74] |
68 | Uday Bhagwan | 2024 | 2024 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 1/24 | 59.50 | 0 | 0 | [75] |
69 | Parveen Kumar | 2024 | 2024 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 2/10 | 21.66 | 1 | 0 | [76] |
70 | Akhil Kumar | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | [77] |
71 | Kanwarpal Tathgur | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | [78] |
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