Dispute over weather-affected match forces team out of Global T20 cricket tournament
By The Canadian Press on August 10, 2024.
BRAMPTON, Ont. – The Bangla Tigers Mississauga are out of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament after refusing to play a rain-shortened elimination match. The Mississauga side was one of four teams still in contention for Sunday’s championship game. The defending champion Montreal Tigers were slated to play the Brampton Wolves on Friday in a battle of the tournament’s top two teams, with the winner moving directly into Sunday’s final and the loser facing either No. 3 Bangla Tigers Mississauga or No. 4 Toronto Nationals, who were slated to meet Friday in an elimination game, on Saturday to decide the second finalist. The Montreal-Brampton game was washed out and the Mississauga-Toronto elimination game was delayed due to rain. After several pitch inspections, the umpires and match referee decided that a “super over” would be played at 7:30 p.m. local time to decide the elimination game. Toronto Nationals captain Colin Munro was present for the subsequent coin toss but Bangla Tigers Mississauga skipper Shakib Al Hasan, apparently unhappy at the decision, opted not to attend. “The match referee explained the plausible consequences of the said action to the captain and thereafter the umpire subsequently called off the match,” tournament organizers said in a statement Saturday. “Based on the report of the match referee, the tournament technical committee unanimously decided to award the match to the Toronto Nationals who advanced to play the Brampton Wolves in the second qualifier.” Montreal, on the basis of its position atop the standings, moved into Sunday’s final. — This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 10, 2024 11-10
