{"id":38939,"date":"2024-06-08T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T06:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=38939"},"modified":"2024-06-08T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T06:35:48","slug":"t20-world-cup-2024-canada-upset-ireland-in-new-york-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world-cup-2024\/t20-world-cup-2024-canada-upset-ireland-in-new-york-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup 2024: Canada upset Ireland in New York thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/t20-world-cup-2024-us-stun-pakistan-in-t20-world-cup-super-over\/\">Canada<\/a> won their first-ever T20 World Cup match with a stunning 12-run victory against Ireland in New York on Friday.<br \/>\nDefending a target of just 138, the non-Test nation bowled and fielded expertly to hold Ireland to 125-7 from their full 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>From 26-0, Ireland lost six wickets for 33 runs as they slumped to 59-6, with Andrew Balbirnie (17) and Lorcan Tucker (10) the only top-order batsmen to reach double figures.<\/p>\n<p>George Dockrell (30 not out) and Mark Adair (34) revived Irish hopes during a partnership of 62 in seven overs.<br \/>\nThe seventh-wicket duo reduced the target to 17 off the last six balls.<\/p>\n<p>But Canada paceman Jeremy Gordon held his nerve superbly, conceding just three runs and dismissing Adair with the second ball of the 20th over off a skyed caught and bowled chance.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Guyana-born Gordon finished with fine figures of 2-16 from his maximum four overs as Canada, the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, enjoyed their best day in international cricket since defeating Bangladesh at the 2003 50-over World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The victory meant Canada bounced back from an opening defeat by fellow non-Test nation the United States, with the co-hosts then blowing Group A wide open thanks to a superb Super Over win against Pakistan in Dallas on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But Ireland\u2019s second successive loss at the tournament, following an eight-wicket defeat by India, left them facing an early exit.<\/p>\n<p>Canada themselves slumped to 53-4 on Friday after losing the toss before a key stand of 75 in 10 overs between Barbados-born left-hander Nicholas Kirton (49) and Shreyas Movva (37) helped take them to a total of 137-7.<\/p>\n<p>Pitches at the specially built ground in Long Island have been criticized for their uneven bounce but Friday\u2019s strip was notably more placid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Canada won their first-ever T20 World Cup match with a stunning 12-run victory against Ireland in New York on Friday. Defending a target of just 138, the non-Test nation bowled and fielded expertly to hold Ireland to 125-7 from their full 20 overs. From 26-0, Ireland lost six wickets for 33 runs as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":38941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18058],"tags":[10562,18286,18284,18285],"class_list":["post-38939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-world-cup-2024","tag-t20-world-cup-2024","tag-canada-upset-ireland","tag-canada-vs-ireland","tag-t20-world-cup-2024-canada-upset-ireland-in-new-york-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}