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[espocrespo]

Canada have only 2 players in there starting 11 that were actually born in Canada :O

[Cover_Drive]

True...majority of them are immigrant.

You guys probably have heard of Rizwan Cheema. This guy was a refugee and came to Canada from US. I reckon making into Canadian side made much easier for him to get a passport

I met him few weeks back at a store where our club practices (actually my old club) so I asked him one question that who is your batmaker? He said MB. I said is it really MB? He said yes this store owner orders bats for me

[Tumo]

expats, i'm not surprised. it's how all cricket starts. fairly difficult for people to just pick it up in smaller cricketing countries, it needs an influx of 'knowledgeable' players to start it. a lot of them have been over there for plenty of time though. rizwan cheema for example has been there since... 2000? maybe earlier? 8 years is enough for me to call them canadian!

[espocrespo]

yh but for me if i moved over to australia now, at the age of 16, if i lived in australia for the rest of my life, i would still be english and in my views (i stress my views) i would never feel australian

[Tumo]

but my opinion is you can't say that until you try it. my mate moved to australia 4 years ago, from england. he gets called a pom still, but he feels, acts and sounds australian. he also said he'd feel english if he moved. so it's difficult to say that until you've done it i suppose.

[Apple]

I think its different for every person, I live in england and are more english that scottish but still see my roots more based in Scotland, but I no that I'm English, I doubt if I did move to Auz live there for 5 years I would still say that I'm english. I think I always will be, thats my view on it.

But I think that people who have lived in a country for 5 or so years are part of that country if they feel they are, and should be aloud to be official citizens.