Vancouver (Canada): Cricket is going to make a glorious comeback in Canada with the BC Cricket Championship that will commence from August 7 to August 13 this year. The Meadowbrook Park, Canada will hold this seven-day tournament in which five teams will compete against each other and the winner will be presented with the prize money of 25,000 Canadian Dollars. The objective of this T20 fest is to bring back cricket and encourage local talents in the cricket of Canada.
Surrey Shines, Kings 11 Kelowna, Vancouver Vibes, Victoria Waves, and BC Champions, are the five teams that are participating in the first edition of BC Cricket Championship. The tournament will be conducted in a ‘single round-robin format’ where each team will compete against all the other teams, and the top four from the league stage will qualify for the semifinals.
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— BC Cricket Championship (@bccchampionship) July 31, 2020
The first five days of the league, August 7 to August 11 will cover all the league matches followed by Semifinals on August 12 and Finals on August 13. Cricket lovers will be able to watch live on One Sports, India and Willow TV in Canada, the channel partners for the respective countries.
Here’s the schedule of all the matches in IST:
August 7:
Match 1: Vancouver Vibes v Victoria Waves, 9:30 pm.
Match 2: Kings 11 Kelowna v Surrey Shines, 1:30 am.
August 8:
Match 3: BC Champions v Vancouver Vibes, 9:30 pm.
Match 4: Kings 11 Kelowna v Victoria Waves, 1:30 am.
August 9:
Match 5: Victoria Waves v Surrey Shines, 9:30 pm.
Match 6: BC Champions v Kings 11 Kelowna, 1:30 am.
August 10:
Match 7: Vancouver Vibes v Surrey Shines, 9:30 pm.
Match 8: BC Champions v Victoria Waves, 1:30 am.
August 11:
Match 9: Vancouver Vibes v Kings 11 Kelowna, 9:30 pm.
Match 10: Surrey Shines v BC Champions, 1:30 am.
August 12:
Semi-Final 1: TBC vs TBC, 9:30 pm.
Semi-Final 2: TBC vs TBC, 1:30am.
August 13:
Final: TBC vs TBC, 9:30 pm.
Icon players of Canadian Cricket like Ravindrapal Singh and Sana Kaleem along with Bhupindar Singh, Harmandeep Singh and Newab Cheema will showcase their skills in the tournament.
