NEW YORK: Canada won their very first Twenty20 World Cup coordinate with a staggering 12-run triumph against Ireland in a Gathering 'A' game in New York on Friday.
Protecting an objective of only 138, the non-Test country bowled and handled skillfully to hold Ireland to 125 for the deficiency of seven wickets from their full 20 overs.
After a mindful beginning of 26-0, Ireland lost six wickets for the expansion of only 33 runs as they drooped to 59-6.
George Dockrell (30 not out) and all-rounder Imprint Adair (34) resuscitated Irish expectations during a striking organization of 62 of every seven overs.
The seventh-wicket organization among Dockrell and Adair diminished the objective to 17 off the last six balls.
In any case, Canada paceman Jeremy Gordon held his nerve magnificently, yielding only three runs and excusing Adair with the second chunk of the twentieth over whenever he held a skyed got and bowled possibility.
The 37-year-old Guyana-conceived Gordon got done with fine figures of 2-16 from his greatest four overs.
Canada themselves had been battling to 53-4 subsequent to losing the throw before a critical organization of 75 of every 10 overs between Barbados-conceived left-hander Nicholas Kirton (49) and Shreyas Movva (37) helped take them to a sum of 137-7.
Triumph implied Canada returned quickly from an initial loss by the US.
Yet, this outcome was Ireland's second progressive misfortune at this competition following an eight-wicket switch against India.
Andrew Balbirnie (17) and Lorcan Exhaust (10) were the main Ireland top-request batsmen to arrive at twofold figures, with captain Paul Stirling igniting the breakdown when he skyed Gordon to wicket-guardian Movva.
Canada's honorable handling show was exemplified when Curtis Campher was splendidly trapped in the profound by Aaron Johnson following a mis-snare off Dilon Heyliger (2-18).
Prior, Barry McCarthy was the pick of Ireland's assault with 2-24.
Kirton was particularly amazing in hitting 16 off one Craig Youthful over, including two fine straight sixes.
However, Kirton's 35-ball innings finished when he gloved a rising McCarthy conveyance to short fine leg
Canada Innings
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Johnson | c Campher b Young | 14 | - |
| N. Dhaliwal | c Dockrell b Adair | 6 | - |
| P. Singh | c Little b Young | 18 | - |
| D. Bajwa | c&b Delany | 7 | - |
| N. Kirton | c Balbirnie b McCarthy | 49 | - |
| S. Movva | run out | 37 | - |
| D. Heyliger | c Little b McCarthy | 0 | - |
| S. Bin Zafar | not out | 1 | - |
| EXTRAS | (W-5) | 5 | - |
| TOTAL | (for seven wickets, 20 overs) | 137 | - |
Did Not Bat: Kaleem Sana, Junaid Siddiqui, Jeremy Gordon
Fall of Wickets: 1-12 (Dhaliwal), 2-28 (Johnson), 3-42 (Singh), 4-53 (Bajwa), 5-128 (Kirton), 6-128 (Heyliger), 7-137 (Movva)
Bowling:
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1w |
| Little | 4 | 37 | 0 | 2w |
| Young | 4 | 32 | 2 | 1w |
| McCarthy | 4 | 24 | 2 | - |
| Delany | 2 | 10 | 1 | - |
| Campher | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1w |
Ireland Innings
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Balbirnie | c&b Siddiqui | 17 | - |
| P. Stirling | c Movva b Gordon | 9 | - |
| L. Tucker | run out | 10 | - |
| H. Tector | b Bin Zafar | 7 | - |
| C. Campher | c Johnson b Heyliger | 4 | - |
| George Dockrell | not out | 30 | - |
| G. Delany | c Movva b Heyliger | 3 | - |
| M. Adair | c&b Gordon | 34 | - |
| B. McCarthy | not out | 2 | - |
| EXTRAS | (B-3, LB-1, W-5) | 9 | - |
| TOTAL | (for seven wickets, 20 overs) | 125 | - |
Did Not Bat: Josh Little, Craig Young
Fall of Wickets: 1-26 (Stirling), 2-32 (Balbirnie), 3-41 (Tector), 4-50 (Tucker), 5-53 (Campher), 6-59 (Delany), 7-121 (Adair)
Bowling:
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sana | 4 | 38 | 0 | 3w |
| Gordon | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1w |
| Siddiqui | 4 | 27 | 1 | - |
| Bin Zafar | 4 | 22 | 1 | - |
| Heyliger | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1w |
Result:
Canada won by 12 runs
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