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England has named its touring party for the 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup in Sydney. It is a full group, including two managers, two umpires and a doctor. The playing squad itself is a formidable one, featuring many of the top players from the very strong over-50s county circuit in England.

They have also received much-appreciated sponsorship from JBS, Serious Cricket, Grey Nicholls and Smile Group Travel.

England’s first World Cup match is against Sri Lanka at Hurstville Oval on November 21.

Over-50s Cricket World Cup England Over-50s has a Twitter account. It is: https://twitter.com/CountiesEngland?lang=en. They can be reached at @countiesengland.

England Counties Preliminary Sydney World Cup Tour Party 2018:

Team manager, Peter Rider, England 50+
Assist manager, Ian Jones, England 50+
Scorer, Paul Bridge, England U 19’s
Doctor, Ian Bishop, Devon
Umpire, Stuart Aitken,Middx
Umpire, Raf Patel, Essex.

Captain, Gary Loveday Berks
V Capt, Stephen Foster,Yorks

Players: Kevin Bradley, Yorks
Neil Brathwaite,Essex
Neil Burns, Essex
Sean Cooper, Suffolk
Andy Davis, Berks
Raja Hayat, Leics
Mel Hussain, Essex
Mo Fayyaz, Essex
Simon Myles, Berks
Nick Newman, Leics
Calvin Priest, Shrops
Jason Robinson,Warws
Duncan Watson,Herts
Mark Wilson, Yorks
Standby:
Scott Stratton, Sussex
Julian Poulter, Surrey
Mo Shahzanar, Yorks
David Snelgrove,Lancs
John Courtney, Gloucester

Part Travel sponsor-JBS
Kit sponsor-Serious Cricket
Part sponsor-Grey Nicholls
Travel operator-Smile Group Travel.

New Zealand has named its 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup squad. With nine former first-class players and a number of senior club cricketers, this will be a team to watch.

The 16-man squad to compete in the Over-50s World Cup is as follows:

Nigel Fletcher (captain) (Auckland)
Dean Askew (Auckland)
Adrian Dale (Auckland)
Lincoln Doull (Hawkes Bay)
Peter Escott (Auckland)
Brent Fleming (Canterbury)
David Fulton (Manawatu)
Craig Gibb (Canterbury)
Mike Jamieson (Auckland)
Hamish Kember (Canterbury)
Robbie Kerr (Wellington)
David Leonard (Nelson)
Andrew Nuttall (Canterbury)
Martin Pennefather (Wanganui)
Richard Petrie (Wellington)
Mason Robinson (Nelson)

Officials:
Jim Morrison (Team Manager)
Nicki Cooke (Team Therapist)

The Canadian squad for the 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup in Sydney looks like a very good team, featuring at least 5 players with first-class and/or List-A experience.

Among these are Rohan Jayasekera, who played Test cricket for Sri Lanka; Brian Rajadurai, whose leg-breaks took almost 100 first-class and List-A wickets at an average of 25; and Farooq Kirmani, who has coached Canada and played first-class cricket in Pakistan.

Canada’s first match is against the hosts, Australia, at Drummoyne Oval on November 21.

Congratulations to all the players, and to Asad Khan and the Canadian Seniors Cricket Association for assembling the side – good luck for the tournament!

Canada’s Squad:

Reserves:

Support Staff:

Sri Lanka has announced its squad for the Over-50s World Cup. The side will be led by former Sri Lankan international Marlon von Hagt and contains a number of fit and experienced cricketers who will be familiar with local conditions.

The full squad is:

Marlon von Hagt (captain)
Kesara de Costa
Lalin de Silva
Duminda de Silva
Richie de Silva
Shane Fernando
Andre Gunasekere
Russell Ingram
Roshan Ismail
Maxwell Labrooy
Gavin Mallawaratchy
Haran Nagendran
Boyd Parsons
Janaka Rambukwella
Senarath Seneviratne
Shafeek Rahim

Source: Over-50s Cricket World Cup on Facebook

“On behalf of our Australian National O50s Selectors & Australian O50s Committee, we announce the 16 man Squad and 4 Reserves for the 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup in Sydney with the first match commencing on Wednesday 21 November.

The squad

The squad selected is:

Peter Solway	ACT (captain)
Trent Ryan	QLD (vice captain)
Bill Blair	VIC
Greg Briggs	NSW
Gavin Brown	QLD
Anthony Clark	NSW
Stephen Gollan	WA
Rowan Harry	NSW
Warwick Hayes	NSW
Darren Hill	VIC
Brad Mant	WA
Todd O’Keefe	NSW
Joe Santostefano	WA
Tim Sargent	SA
John Short	NSW
Darren Smith	NSW

Reserve Players:

Stuart Crisp	NSW
Craig Gislingham	VIC
Andrew Knight	QLD
Paul Nemes	ACT

Michael Van Zuyden from Victoria is appointed the Manager of the Squad.

Congratulations to all and our best wishes for what we expect to be 2 weeks of exciting competition.

Best regards
Mal Coleman
On behalf of
O50 Committee & Selectors”

Source: Over-50s Cricket World Cup on Facebook

Like to know a little more about the NSW lads playing for the side? Check out this news article at Veteran Cricket NSW: Meet Our Over 50s Nationals

Australian cricket legend Belinda Clark is travelling up from Cricket Australia’s head office in Melbourne to represent CA at the opening of the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in Sydney next month.

In addition to being CA’s Executive General Manager, Community Cricket, Belinda is a genuine legend of international cricket who played 134 internationals for Australia, scoring nearly 5000 runs at an average of 47. She won two World Cups and has captained the Australian women’s team more times than any other player.