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Nicholas Kirton was named player of the match. He played an important inning of 49 runs.
Canada has achieved its first win in the T-20 World Cup. This team, playing for the first time in the tournament, defeated Ireland by 12 runs. For the second consecutive match, the Test playing nation has suffered defeat from a lower ranked team. A day earlier, Pakistan team had become the victim of an upset.
Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl at the Nassau County Stadium in New York. Canada scored 137 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Ireland could score only 125 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Nicholas Kirton was the player of the match. He played an important inning of 49 runs. Also played an important inning of 75 runs with Shreyas Movva.
interesting fact
- For the first time, a score of more than 100 runs was made in Nassau Cricket Stadium.
- Canada has become the 22nd team in the world to win a T-20 World Cup match.
- Canada has become the 11th team to defeat Ireland in the T-20 World Cup. Bangladesh has also been defeated by 11 teams in this tournament.
Players Performance: Fifty partnership of Nicholas-Shreyas, 2 wickets for Heiliger
Batting first, Nicholas Kirton scored 49 runs and Shreyas Movva scored 37 runs for Canada. There was a partnership of 75 runs between the two for the 5th wicket. Craig Young and Barry McCarthy took 2 wickets each. Mark Adair, Gareth Delaney and Kurtis Campher got one wicket each.
In the run chase, Mark Adair scored 34 not out and George Dockrell scored 30 not out for Ireland. Both made a partnership of 62 runs. Dilon Heiliger took 2 wickets. Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui and Saad Bin Zafar got one wicket each.
CAN match winners
Performance of IRE players
Reasons for Ireland’s defeat
- Ireland’s bowlers had a good start but could not create pressure in the middle overs. The team had taken 4 wickets of Canada for 53 runs. From here the Irish bowlers could not create pressure in the middle overs. In such a situation, the pair of Nicholas and Shreyas managed to take their team to 137 runs by making a partnership of 75 runs.
- Slow start, only 2 fours hit in powerplay The Irish team, which was chasing the target of 138 runs, had a very slow start. The team could score only 31 runs after losing one wicket in power play. Only two fours were hit in these 6 overs. Whereas the Irish team did not lose any wicket till 5 overs.
- Top-5 batsmen failed, scored a total of 47 runs The top order of the Irish team failed in the run chase. The top-5 batsmen of the team could score only 47 runs. The team did slow-batting in the middle overs.
- Dockrell-Adair could not play big shorts in the death overs The pair of Dockrell and Adair had brought the team into the game by making a fifty partnership, but both these batsmen failed to play big shorts in the last overs. Together they hit 7 boundaries, out of which only two were sixes.
Match report from here…
Canada’s poor start in powerplay, score 37/2 in powerplay
Canada, batting first, has made a bad start. The team lost the wickets of the openers while scoring 37 runs in the first 6 overs. Navneet Dhaliwal returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs and Aaron Johnson scored 14 runs. Mark Adair and Craig Young got one wicket each.
Nicholas-Shreyas partnership crossed 100
After losing the fourth wicket for 53 runs, Nicholas Kirton and Shreyas Movva made a fifty partnership and took Canada’s score past 100. After 16 overs the team was 110/4. The team scored 73 runs in the middle 10 overs without losing any wicket.
Ireland’s mixed start in run chase
Ireland made a mixed start in the run chase. The team lost the wicket of captain Paul Stirling after scoring 31 runs in the first 6 overs. Starling was out after scoring 9 runs. Jeremy Gordon gave the first success to the Canadian team.
Irish innings disintegrated in the middle overs, lost 5 wickets in scoring 57 runs
Ireland’s innings faltered after the powerplay. The team lost 5 wickets in scoring 57 runs in the middle 10 overs. No batsman of the team could score more than 20 runs. After 16 overs the team’s score was 88/6.
Fifty partnership of Dockrell-Adair, both returned unbeaten
After losing the sixth wicket for 59 runs, George Dockrell and Mark Adair made a fifty partnership for the 7th wicket and took the team beyond 100. Both added 62 runs, but could only take the team to 125 runs.
Playing XI of both the teams for the match
Ireland: Paul Stirling (captain), Andy Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Craig Young.
Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wicketkeeper), Dilpreet Bajwa, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilon Heiliger, Kaleem Sana and Jeremy Gordon.
