Minnows Canada eye upsets, second round of World Cup

Ashish Bagai

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Cricket minnows Canada have no  intention of being the whipping boys of the World Cup and are  determined to cause upsets and advance to the second round,  skipper Ashish Bagai said yesterday.

Canada are in Group A along with Sri Lanka, Australia,  Pakistan, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Kenya in the 14-nation Feb.  19-April 2 tournament to be hosted jointly by India, Sri Lanka  and Bangladesh.

After warm-up games against Bangladesh on Feb. 12 and  England four days later, the Canadians open their campaign  against Sri Lanka at the new