USA vs CAN Match Highlights And Report-T20 WC: “Hope it opens the eyes of some people around the world that I am good enough to play T20 cricket,” USA’s Aaron Jones said after he showed the world his T20 prowess by lighting up the opening night of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in Dallas.
With the help of his sensational knock of 94* runs in 40 balls, Jones led USA to victory over Canada in match 1 of the tournament. This was USA’s first-ever appearance in the men’s T20 World Cup and Jones’ blistering knock, which included 10 sixes, made it memorable.
His innings helped USA chase down the tall target of 195 in 17.4 overs, and his 10 sixes are the joint-second-most hit by a batsman in an innings in a men’s T20 World Cup.
USA vs CAN Match Highlights And Report-T20 WC
At the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, US skipper Monank Patel won the toss and elected to bowl first. Canada got off to a flier through Aaron Johnson and Navneet Dhaliwal as the pair added 43 runs in five overs. USA got their first breakthrough by Harmeet Singh, who dismissed Johnson. Soon after, Pargat Singh got run out for a single-digit score.
At the other end, though, Dhaliwal continued on his good nick and notched up a half-century. He fell to the first ball from Corey Anderson, the former New Zealand international, for 61 runs in 43 balls.
Nicholas Kirton and the wicket-keeper Shreyas Movva provided Canada with a decent finish. The pair recorded a stand of 31 (22). Kirton raised his half-century and ended with a solid knock of 51 (31), while Movva cracked 32 (16) as Canada ended with a good total of 194.
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The hosts went behind the game when they lost their first two wickets – veteran opener Steven Taylor for a duck and captain Monank Patel for 16 runs – with 42 runs on the board in the 7th over.
However, from thereon, Aaron Jones and Andries Gous put on a spectacular partnership of 131 runs in 58 balls to virtually seal the match for the hosts.
The fireworks started in the 9th over, by Nikhil Dutta, in which USA took 19 runs, followed by a 14-run over of Saad Bin Zafar. A couple of overs later, Pargat Singh and Zafar were smashed for 35 runs. But the most expensive over of the game came when Jeremy Gordon leaked 33 runs, which effectively put the game in USA’s bag. That over included two no-balls and three wides. Gous got out for 65(46), but Jones stood till the end and finished the game with a sixer.
Score summary: Canada 194/5 in 20 overs (Navneet Dhaliwal 61, Harmeet Singh 1/27); USA 197/3 in 17.4 overs (Aaron Jones 94*, Kaleem Sana 1/34). USA defeated Canada by 7 wickets.
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