Cricinfo are reporting that Canada aim to gain Test status within the next ten years.
Ben Sennik, the president of the Canadian Cricket Association laid out his vision on an interview with the Bermudian newspaper, the Mid-Ocean News. He pointed out that the players would need to go professional before this can even begin to happen.
More things than that need to happen. By many accounts, the organisation of Canadian cricket leaves a lot to be desired. Facilities are a problem too. Canada does have one ICC-approved ground, but it is at a private club, and the CCA have to pay to use it.
There is also the problem that cricket is based primarily in Toronto, and that is also where baseball is the most popular in Canada. The CCA need to prioritise the development of cricket elsewhere in Canada, leading eventually to an inter-provincial competition.
This, along with developing more international standard cricket grounds, needs to happen before they can even think about test status.
Of course, this could all have been very different if the CCA had actually accepted test status when it was offered to them back in the 1950s.
