Not sure if we'll have posts for the different matches, but I'm watching and figured I'd make one. Is anyone else watching? Hopefully it'll be a good match!
USA have made a great start to this World Cup that they are co-hosting. They looked down and out for a while in this run chase but Aaron Jones decided to play an outstanding innings. Taylor fell for a nought. Patel couldn't get going and perished. Gous wasn't exactly going great and the asking rate shot up with the team only going at 6 per over at the 8-over mark. Both Gous and Jones decided to press the accelerator. 19, 14, 10, 15, 20, 33 were scored in the next 6 overs and stun Canada and blow them away. Jones was the aggressor and recorded the fastest T20I fifty for USA. His slogging, slog-sweeping, leg-side play was at its level best and he played one hell of a counterattacking innings.
131 A Gous - A Jones vs Can Dallas 2024
110 S Modani - Gajanand Singh vs Ire Lauderhill 2021
104 M Patel - S Taylor vs Can Houston 2024
104 N Kumar - C Anderson vs Can Houston
I see only @graruby has chosen Canada as winners and he was right until the 9th over of the second innings. But then, crickets unpredictability took over.
Yeah, it's not the most exciting design. It definitely hasn't stopped them from scoring though! I like the US jerseys, but I've got to say I'm a little biased! 😉
Wide balls don't count as a ball in the over. The bowler has to have six balls that are not wide to complete the over. They also add a run to the batting team's total. I'm not entirely sure what happens if the bowler has a very large number of wide balls though.
This is one of the best chase I've ever see! What an innings from Jones! I don't want to take credit away for Gous as well! That partnership between Gous and Jones has turned the pendulum in favour of US.
After the first innings finished, everyone gave a chance to Canada. They lived it up with 2 wickets early in US innings. But then, there's no looking back.
Records Book
Most sixes by a batter in an inngs in T20 WCs
Highest parnership for USA in T20Is
Highest targets succesfully chased by USA in T20Is
Highest targets succesfully chased in T20 WCs
Player of the match