Preview: On Friday, June 7, at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, Canada (CAN) and Ireland (IRE) will play match No. 13 of the T20 World Cup 2024 with the goal of opening their accounts.
Canada participated in the Dallas curtain-raiser matchup with its neighbors, the USA. They scored 194/5 in their 20 overs thanks to a strong batting display. But with seven wickets remaining, the hosts managed to chase down the difficult target in only 17.4 overs thanks to a brilliant knock from Aaron Jones. The team led by Saad Bin Zafar would aim to recover from the setback and secure Canada’s maiden victory in the T20 World Cup.
India, the first-ever T20 World Cup champions, gave Ireland a crushing defeat in their opening match. At the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, the European nation was blown away by 96 runs after being allowed to bat first on a challenging surface. The Men in Blue dominated the run chase, taking eight wickets and needing only 46 balls to reach home.
T20 World Cup 2024, 13th Match, CAN vs IRE
Venue: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
Date & Time: Friday, June 07, 08:00 PM
Pitch Report: The Nassau County Stadium’s drop-in pitch has proven to be quite challenging to bat on. The average first innings score in the two T20 World Cup 2024 matches that have been played at the venue so far is 87. Chasing teams emerged victorious in both games. The bounce has been inconsistent and the pitch has been slower. To score runs, batters will need to put in a lot of work.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Canada (CAN): Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (WK), Dilpreet Singh, Dillon Heyliger, Saad Bin Zafar (C), Nikhil Dutta, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon.
Ireland (IRE): Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling (C), Lorcan Tucker (WK), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Benjamin White.
