Canada at the Cricket World Cup

The Canada cricket team is the team that represents Canada in international cricket. Cricket has had its existence in the country since the 1750s, the sport gained a lot of popularity through the decades. But cricket has seen decline over the years, however it remains popular among the South Asian population of the country. The team is governed by Cricket Canada, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1968. They qualified for their first World Cup at 1979 Cricket World Cup, after finishing as runners up of the 1979 ICC Trophy. The team did not play in the tournament again till 2003, they moved on to play in three editions in a row in 2003, 2007 and 2011.

1979 World Cup
After finishing as the runners-up of the 1979 ICC Trophy, Canada qualified for the World Cup alongside Sri Lanka. Led by Bryan Mauricette, the team lost all of their group stage matches. They played their first-ever ODI and World Cup match on 9 June against Pakistan which they lost by 8 wickets. In their second match, England defeated them by 8 wickets after restricting them to a low total of 45 runs. In their final match, Australia defeated Canada by 7 wickets.

2003 World Cup
Canada qualified for the 2003 tournament along with Namibia and the Netherlands after finishing third place in the 2001 ICC Trophy. Joe Harris led the team at the World Cup, though they did not advance to the second round, they handed a shocking defeat to a full member nation—Bangladesh in their first group stage match. But this was their sole victory throughout the tournament.