Ishwar Maraj (born January 26, 1969) is a Canadian
cricket
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er. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler.
Before his move to
Canada
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he played club cricket in Trinidad and Tobago. He holds the world record for the slowest ever fifty in a World Cup match, in an innings against
South Africa
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, in the
2003 Cricket World Cup
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, in which he played in all six matches. He last game for
Canada
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was in the 2004
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, although he did play for Canada A against the
MCC in 2005. He played for St Lucia in the 2006
Stanford 20/20
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tournament.
In February 2020, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa. However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the
coronavirus pandemic
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.
References
External links
Cricket Archive profileat Cricinfo
1969 births
Living people
Canadian cricketers
Canada One Day International cricketers
Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup
Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada
Trinidad and Tobago Hindus
Canadian people of Indian descent
Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
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