Watch cricket video highlights of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 thirteenth match between Ireland vs Canada. Venue of the match will be New York.
Another early start this morning in New York, and the weather is looking nice for a cricket match. It is most likely going to be in the neighborhood of 29 degrees Celsius. It is also likely to be a bit muggy. Harry Tector’s right thumb was visibly bruised after being hit by a thunderous Jasprit Bumrah ball. After a first assessment, Tector appeared good, according to Ireland batting coach Gary Wilson.
But a call on his availability for the match against Canada will be made later. Ireland may include Ross Adair if he is unable to recuperate in time. On this surface, both sides may want to play with a lot of speed. In their first match, Canada’s offspinner Nikhil Dutta amassed 41 runs in 2.4 overs, suggesting that they could add left-arm fast bowler Rishiv Joshi to bolster their pace-bowling unit.
This year, Mark Adair has been doing admirably. At an economy rate of 8.16 and 18 wickets in 10 Twenty20 Internationals, he is unquestionably Ireland’s leading wicket-taker in 2024. He also understands what lengths to bowl on this surface, having taken wicket of Virat Kohli on Wednesday and delivered four overs for only 27 runs. The versatility of Dilon Heyliger might help Canada.
This year, he has been bowling well, taking five wickets at a pace of little over eight an over in as many games. On this New York surface, his medium-pace and wicket-to-wicket lines would be ideal. And so can his ball-striking at a lower order. Since the beginning of 2023, Heyliger has had the highest strike rate of any hitter on the Canadian national team (243.75). He has struck 117 runs in just 48 balls, the bulk of which have come in the last overs.
New York cricket has had a difficult start, with more attention being paid to the pitches than to the cricket that has been played on them. In four innings, no team has scored more over 100 at this location, and there has been much criticism directed towards the inconsistent bounce and extraordinary movement up front. Thus far, the fast bowlers have dominated this match, taking 18 of the 26 wickets that have fallen at an economy rate of 5.46.
On June 3, Sri Lanka was bowled out for 77 here, and it took South Africa 16.2 overs to reply. India easily defeated Ireland on Wednesday, scoring 96 runs. Although their chase was a little easier, Rohit Sharma had to be removed from the game due to an injury to his upper arm, and Rishabh Pant also needed medical care after being struck in the elbow.
Two days later, all of the excitement has been focused on the field as Ireland gets ready to meet Canada in another match in New York. Ireland’s head coach Heinrich Malan remarked, “It’s tough to adjust when you don’t know what you have to adjust to,” following their eight-wicket defeat to India. You have to understand that in order to play the game, you need a very fantastic surface—or as good as surfaces can get—and that’s something that the games we’ve seen recently just don’t always live up to. Therefore, maybe everything will level down over the course of the next day or so, and by Friday, we should be able to watch some excellent cricket.”
For Canada and Ireland, who both lost their first games, this is a crucial encounter. If we lose here again, it will be difficult to go to the Super Eights. Canada hasn’t been playing well in Twenty20 international matches. They lost to the USA in a thrilling match during their debut match in Dallas. Given that they have dropped their past five Twenty20 international matches, their confidence may not be well-served by all of this pitch talk.
This wicket may be described as a little bit of a tough one. Thus, some of the T20 shots are unplayable. Thus, you are required to play traditional cricket. After hitting a 44-ball 61 against the USA, Canadian batsman Navneet Dhaliwal commented, “And what I see, it’s playing on the up, it’s a little bit difficult than Dallas.” “It’s a lot of lateral movement so there’s a lot of swing comparatively to Dallas so if you kind of want to basically hit the good-length balls it’s a bit difficult.”
Pitch number 4, which was used for both the warm-up match between India and Bangladesh and the Ireland vs. Canada match, is most likely the location of the match. Apart from the surface, the sluggish outfield made of sand hasn’t done the batters any favors either. Which team in New York will be the first to reach 100 points?
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