USA vs CAN Highlights: Aaron Jones’ 94 from 40 takes USA to convincing win

All over

Jones finishes the match with yet another six. He ends with 10 sixes in his innings as USA win the match by 7 wickets. Aaron Jones unbeaten on 94 from 40.

Out

Okay Gous is out, but USA are almost home. he is out for 65. USA 174/3 in 16.1 overs.

100

And the partnership is over 100 now. Jones comes up with another six here. And Gordon has bowled two no balls here. CAN 147/2 in 13.3 overs.

50

And now Gous scores a fifty in only 40 deliveries. USA are in driver’s seat now to win the match. What a partnership. It is 138/2 in 13.2 overs.

50

Aaron Jones has completely turned around the match here. He has brought up his fifty in only 21 deliveries. USA moves to 120/2 in 12.4 overs.

Turnaround

And in the last couple of overs Gous and Jones have been hitting a few sixes. But they need to keep going here. USA 81/2 in 10 overs.

Out

Skipper Monank Patel is out for 16 off 16 as Heyliger picks up a wicket. USA in deep trouble at 42/2 in 6.3 overs.

Slow start

USA is still trying to recover from that Taylor blow. And that means it has been a quiet start. It is 23/1 in 2.5 overs.

Meanwhile..

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Second Innings

So the chase starts. Kaleem Sana is the opening bowler, and he gets Steven Taylor on the second ball. USA 0/1.

That’s it

So Canada has batted really well here. After the end of 20 overs, they have managed to score 194/5.

Out

How many run outs are we going to witness here. Bajwa is out for 11. CAN 173/5.

50

There you go. Now Kirton has a fifty in only 28 deliveries. This is looking like a great total for the Canadians. The score moves to 155/3 in 17 overs.

Out

And on his very first delivery, Corey Anderson has a wicket, as he removes dangerous Dhaliwal for 61 from 44. CAN 133/3 in 14.3 overs.

Big partnership

Dhaliwal and Kirton have upped the ante here and are dealing in boundaries. They have scored 62 in 36 only as CAN move to 128/2 in 14 overs.

50

First tournament fifty comes to Navneet Dhaliwal. He has played brilliantly here. CAN 101/2 in 11.5 overs.

Going Strong

Despite losing two wickets, Canada are decently placed at 85/2 after 10 overs. If they can get to 160, it would be a decent score for USA to chase.

Out

What are the Canadians doing here? They have another run-out as Pargat Singh is dismissed for 4. CAN 66/2 after 8 overs.

Out

And here is the first wicket of T20 World Cup 2024. Aaron Johnson is run out for 23 from 16. CAN 50/1 after 6 overs.

Canada strong

This opening pair is going strong at the moment as Jasdeep Singh comes on to bowl. Canada have reached 43/0 in 4.5 overs.

Johnson shines

Aaron Johnson is looking like a decent batsman. He gets three boundaries in Ali-Khan over. It is 34/0 in 3 overs.

Slow start

Saurabh Netravalkar starts from the other end. And Aaron has a boundary again in the over. Seven runs come for Canada. Score moves to 13/0 after 2 overs.

Four

And the first ball of the T20 World Cup is hit for a four by Aaron. But only six runs come from the over. CAN 6/0 after 1 over.

USA vs Canada

Ali-Khan will open the bowling here for USA. The two openers for Canada are Aaron Johnson and Navneet Dhaliwal.

Match time

We are just minutes away from the start of the match now. Let’s start.

Canada XI

Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Dilpreet Singh, Saad Bin Zafar(c), Nikhil Dutta, Dillon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon

USA XI

Steven Taylor, Monank Patel(w/c), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Jasdeep Singh, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar

Toss

USA has won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Hello and welcome to the first match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 between USA and Canada. Finally, the tournament is underway, and we are only a few minutes away from the start of the match.