Canada faced Ireland in the 13th match of the 2024 T20 World Cup on Friday, June 7, at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl.
Nicholas Kirton emerged as the highest scorer for Canada, scoring 49 runs off 35 deliveries. His innings helped the team post a total of 137 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. Shreyas Movva made 37 runs off 36 deliveries. Craig Young and Barry McCarthy picked two wickets each for Ireland.
Ireland managed just 31 runs in the Power Play and lost the wicket of Paul Stirling. George Dockrell and Mark Adair made 30-plus runs each for Ireland. However, it wasn't enough as Ireland scored 125 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
Canada won the match by 12 runs. Jeremy Gordon and Dillon Heyliger picked two wickets each for Canada. Nicholas Kirton won the Player of the Match award for his batting performance.
2024 T20 World Cup Most Runs List
Aaron Jones is still the leading run-scorer and has amassed 130 runs in two outings at a strike rate of 196.96. Andries Gous is still in second position and has made 100 runs in two matches at an average of 50.
Nicholas Kirton has jumped to third place and has scored 100 runs in two outings at a strike rate of 151.51. Rahmanullah Gurbaz has slipped to fourth position from third and made 76 runs in the first match for Afghanistan.
Michael Jones has slipped to fifth place from fourth and has made 71 runs in two matches at a strike rate of 142. Ibrahim Zadran has moved to sixth position from fifth and made 70 runs for Afghanistan in the first match.
Shreyas Movva has jumped to seventh place and has 69 runs to his name in two innings at a strike rate of 132.69. Marcus Stoinis has slipped to eighth position from sixth and scored 67 runs off 36 for Australia in the first match.
Navneet Dhaliwal is still in ninth position and has made 67 runs in two games at a strike rate of 124.07. Monank Patel has slipped to 10th place from seventh and has 66 runs to his name in two games at an average of 33.
2024 T20 World Cup Most Wickets List
Fazalhaq Farooqi is still the leading wicket-taker and took five wickets in the first game for Afghanistan. Mehran Khan is still in second position and has five wickets to his name in two games at an economy of 6.42.
Ruben Trumpelmann is still the third-highest wicket-taker and has amassed five in two games at an average of 11.40. Anrich Nortje is still in fourth place and picked four wickets for seven runs for South Africa in the first match.
Cosmas Kyewuta has taken four wickets for Uganda in two games at a strike rate of six and is still in fifth position. Gerhard Erasmus is still in sixth place and has taken four wickets in two games at an economy of 6.12.
Logan van Beek is still in seventh position and took three wickets for 18 runs for the Netherlands in the first game. Marcus Stoinis is still in eighth place and took three wickets for 19 runs in the first game for Australia.
Tim Pringle is still in ninth position and picked three wickets for the Netherlands in the first outing. Alei Nao is still in 10th place and has three wickets to his name in two matches at an average of 8.33.
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