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Canada (137/7) defeat Ireland (125/7) by 12 runs in a low scoring thriller of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024
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O Canada - the true North strong and free 
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Congratulations, but don’t forget we beat youO Canada - the true North strong and free
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Canada have played the best cricket at New York so far
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Ireland and Pakistan will be fighting for last place 
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I watched a very small part of the game, seems like a hard length is giving batsmen the most trouble on this pitch.
Is this square the same to be used for India vs Pakistan?
Is this square the same to be used for India vs Pakistan?
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This seems like a real World Cup! Even though many in these forums are gutted that Pakistan lost to an associate nation, these types of performances are very good for the promotion of the sport. Many associate sides have sent a message that they are here to compete and win, not just to fill up the groups, by putting up great performances so far. Today's result adds another stamp after yesterday's result.
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And none of our bowlers except for Naseem bowl hard length. They are pitch it and get whacked.
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Jeremy redeemed himself and bowled a fantastic 4 over spell in the game today. Canada can beat Pakistan on June 11
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A big moment for the Canadian team
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Chasing is very hard here. 140 is enough to defend.
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Canada upset Ireland in New York thriller
Canada held their nerve with the ball as the Group fixture came down to the final over at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, beating Ireland by 12 runs to record their first ever ICC T20 World Cup win.
The Canada men’s cricket team only had one previous win over a full member nation to their name (against Ireland in 2019), but were the better team in all three disciplines as they produced another shock result in a group that has thrown up plenty of drama already at this tournament.
Coming a day after their southerly neighbours USA had stunned Pakistan, Canada lent on the brilliance of Nicholas Kirton with the bat to reach 137/7 in their 20 overs – the highest score on this ground in three tournament matches.
And the bowling unit stood up to deny Ireland, taking seven wickets and surviving a late onslaught to take the win.
Canada’s bowlers limited Ireland’s top order superbly in the first half of the innings, denying any of their opponents’ big names from letting loose.
An unusually subdued Paul Stirling was first to fall, caught behind for nine from 17 balls, and the wickets fell at frequent intervals to prevent any significant momentum with the bat for the Irish.
And calamitous run out to send Lorcan Tucker packing left Ireland in big trouble on 50/4 at the halfway point of the chase, needing a big finish to avoid a World Cup upset.
A dangerous partnership between George Dockrell (30* from 23) and Mark Adair (34 from 24) almost saw Ireland pull off a sensational rescue job.
But Adair fell to the second ball of the final over, and Ireland fell flat as they looked for boundaries at the death, ending 12 runs short to suffer a demoralising defeat that leaves them needing something special to reach the Super 8 phase.
Jeremy Gordon (2/16 from 4) and Dilon Heylinger (2/18 from 4) were the pick of the bowlers, with Junaid Siddiqui and Saad Bin Zafar also amongst the wickets.
Earlier, Ireland won the toss at the venue in Long Island, with captain Paul Stirling opting to bowl first.
And it was Craig Young, coming into the side as an additional seam option, who took two wickets as Ireland kept Canada pegged back through the first half of the innings.
Young and Mark Adair kept things extremely tidy, with Gareth Delany also picking up a wicket with a superb caught-and-bowled to reduce Canada to 53/4.
But Canada were able to find the boundary with regularity, threatening the highest score on a ground where runs have been at a premium.
Nicholas Kirton’s excellent 49 from 35 balls and Shreyas Movva’s 37 from 36 boosted Canada to a competitive total.
But some excellent death bowling from Ireland ensured the required total didn’t get completely out of hand, with Barry McCarthy taking two wickets for two runs in the penultimate over to take the sting out of Canada’s tail.
Canada were beaten by tournament co-hosts USA in the World Cup opener, leaving them still facing an uphill battle to qualify from a group that also contains India and Pakistan, who they play in their two remaining fixtures.
And Ireland were also left disappointed by the nature of their loss to India on Wednesday in New York. Defeat to the world’s top-ranked men’s T20I team was not a shock, but Ireland failed to do themselves justice on the day, and they underperformed again at the same ground against Canada.
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Canada held their nerve with the ball as the Group fixture came down to the final over at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, beating Ireland by 12 runs to record their first ever ICC T20 World Cup win.
The Canada men’s cricket team only had one previous win over a full member nation to their name (against Ireland in 2019), but were the better team in all three disciplines as they produced another shock result in a group that has thrown up plenty of drama already at this tournament.
Coming a day after their southerly neighbours USA had stunned Pakistan, Canada lent on the brilliance of Nicholas Kirton with the bat to reach 137/7 in their 20 overs – the highest score on this ground in three tournament matches.
And the bowling unit stood up to deny Ireland, taking seven wickets and surviving a late onslaught to take the win.
Canada’s bowlers limited Ireland’s top order superbly in the first half of the innings, denying any of their opponents’ big names from letting loose.
An unusually subdued Paul Stirling was first to fall, caught behind for nine from 17 balls, and the wickets fell at frequent intervals to prevent any significant momentum with the bat for the Irish.
And calamitous run out to send Lorcan Tucker packing left Ireland in big trouble on 50/4 at the halfway point of the chase, needing a big finish to avoid a World Cup upset.
A dangerous partnership between George Dockrell (30* from 23) and Mark Adair (34 from 24) almost saw Ireland pull off a sensational rescue job.
But Adair fell to the second ball of the final over, and Ireland fell flat as they looked for boundaries at the death, ending 12 runs short to suffer a demoralising defeat that leaves them needing something special to reach the Super 8 phase.
Jeremy Gordon (2/16 from 4) and Dilon Heylinger (2/18 from 4) were the pick of the bowlers, with Junaid Siddiqui and Saad Bin Zafar also amongst the wickets.
Earlier, Ireland won the toss at the venue in Long Island, with captain Paul Stirling opting to bowl first.
And it was Craig Young, coming into the side as an additional seam option, who took two wickets as Ireland kept Canada pegged back through the first half of the innings.
Young and Mark Adair kept things extremely tidy, with Gareth Delany also picking up a wicket with a superb caught-and-bowled to reduce Canada to 53/4.
But Canada were able to find the boundary with regularity, threatening the highest score on a ground where runs have been at a premium.
Nicholas Kirton’s excellent 49 from 35 balls and Shreyas Movva’s 37 from 36 boosted Canada to a competitive total.
But some excellent death bowling from Ireland ensured the required total didn’t get completely out of hand, with Barry McCarthy taking two wickets for two runs in the penultimate over to take the sting out of Canada’s tail.
Canada were beaten by tournament co-hosts USA in the World Cup opener, leaving them still facing an uphill battle to qualify from a group that also contains India and Pakistan, who they play in their two remaining fixtures.
And Ireland were also left disappointed by the nature of their loss to India on Wednesday in New York. Defeat to the world’s top-ranked men’s T20I team was not a shock, but Ireland failed to do themselves justice on the day, and they underperformed again at the same ground against Canada.
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Congratulations, but don’t forget we beat you
All good. It was a close game plus you had hometown advantage
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Canada, USA and some others are fake teams made up of mostly Indians and Pakistanis.
Ireland seem to be fully Irish so this match should never have taken place.
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Cry me a river!
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England won a world cup led by an Irish and finished by a New zealander lol
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I wouldn't call it am upset. I've been claiming Ireland is the weakest team in group stage for a while now.
Canada and USA are stronger, they have better bowling and more inform batters and they understand the conditions better.
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I hope they do not make the mistake of playing four front-line quicks on this wicket, but knowing their mentality of 'pace is pace yaar', they will fall down this rabbit hole.
Abrar Ahmed seriously needs a chance - he could have very well been the difference against USA given that associate nations can get wiped by mystery spin.
A World Cup debut against India for a spinner is always a difficult ask, but we need to back his quality for the long-run.
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