Canada confirmed for four-nation Twenty20

Canada have confirmed they will take partin the four-nation Twenty20 which is being held in their country after finally signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the tournament sponsors, Sports International Marketing of Pakistan. The Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed the dates for the competition last week, but the host country were waiting for the MOU to be signed by the marketing company.

Pakistan, whose board are organising the competition, are also definitely participating, while West Indies are still to confirm.

There had been question marks over whether the tournament could go ahead when the original organisers backed out but a new company came to the rescue recently. The competition will take place over four days from 14 August. Each team will play each other once, meaning three matches, ahead of a final and a third-place play-off, both matches on 17 August. Bangladesh and West Indies will kick off the tournament by facing each other on the morning of 14 August, while the hosts Canada will face Pakistan that afternoon.