Canada Friday defeated Ireland by 12 runs in the 13th match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 being played at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
Canada set a 138-run target against Ireland who could reach only 125-7 in the allotted 20 overs.
Canada had a poor start as the Irish bowlers dominated and removed their top order in the first nine overs for just 53 runs. It looked like yet another low-scoring encounter in New York but Nicholas Kirton and Shreyas Movva saved them.
The two batters combined for a crucial 75-run partnership which steered Canada to a defendable total. Kirton played a commendable knock, missing out on his well-deserving half-century by just one run as he got out after scoring 49 runs on 35 balls.
However, Movva remained on the wicket till the last ball and helped his team conclude their innings at 137-7.
For Ireland, Craig Young and Barry McCarthy took two wickets each while Gareth Delany and Mark Adair managed to get one each.
Earlier, Ireland won the toss and decided to bowl first against Canada in the 13th match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York.
Two matches — Sri Lanka vs South Africa and India vs Ireland — have been played in New York and the team bowling managed to record a comfortable win. Stirling also hoped to restrict Ireland to a chaseable total.
Irish captain Paul Stirling hoped to restrict Canada to a chaseable total on a pitch which has a lot lesser grass than on the previous days.
Canada’s captain Saad Bin Zafar said would have bowled first too, given the moisture on the surface.
"It's always good to see an Associate country beating a Full Member country," he said of USA beating Pakistan last night.
Both Ireland and Canada make one change each.
Playing XIs
Ireland: 1 Paul Stirling, 2 Andy Balbirnie, 3 Lorcan Tucker, 4 Harry Tector, 5 Curtis Campher, 6 George Dockrell, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Mark Adair, 9 Barry McCarthy, 10 Josh Little, 11 Craig Young
Canada: 1 Aaron Johnson, 2 Navneet Dhaliwal, 3 Pargat Singh, 4 Nicholas Kirton, 5 Shreyas Movva (wk), 6 Dilpreet Bajwa, 7 Saad Bin Zafar (capt), 8 Junaid Siddiqui, 9 Dilon Heyliger, 10 Kaleem Sana, 11 Jeremy Gordon