Canada XI v United States of America XI- Etihad Summer Festival - Match Recap
In the 2nd match of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 Cricket Summer Festival, the hosts were comfortable winners by 72 runs against their local rivals, the United States of America XI. The Twenty20 match was played at the Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, on
August 11, 2011.
Batting first, the Canadians put a defending total of 158 for the loss of 5 wickets, aided by a unbeaten half-century by Hamza Tariq.
In reply, the Americans never looked remotely close of the target and collapsed to a meager 86, with skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jignesh-Harshadrai-Desai-c66987, top-scoring with 34.
The hosts start to the match was shaky as they lost three batsmen on the score of 21. After hitting 2 fours in the first over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Gunasekera-c2231 fell in the second over for 9. It was a soft dismissal, which the player drove straight to mid-off fielder,
Quasen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chikkanna-Anand-c50597 Tummala.
Two more fell quickly; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 Hansra as Alfred and Tummala combined again.
After giving the team much needed momentum, Rizwan Cheema (20) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759 well on top.
However, everything changed in the next half an hour of play, as a 6th wicket unbeaten stand of 82, helped the hosts post a creditable total.
The star of the show was Tariq, as he blazed through the last few overs making a stupendous 61 off just 27 deliveries, which had 3 boundaries and a whopping 6 sixes.
He was well supported by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Limbada-c2730, who made 22.
After a good start, the USA’s bowlers failed to keep the pressure and went for plenty of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 during the latter parts of the innings. The pick was Tummala and Samarth Shah, grabbing a brace each.
The batting for the visitors did not click, with only three reaching double figures. The rout started in the third over, as Japen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Chohan-c1791 for 3. Alfred was the next to walk back after making just one.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Michael-Mills-c91492, who went for a four-ball duck.
It was then the turn of slow-left armer, Parth Desai to get his name on the wicket list. He first removed Tummala for 0, taking a good diving caught and bowled chance. In his next over the bowler trapped George Adams infront of the stumps for 2.
In 14 overs, Americans could only post 45 on the board, with 6 front line batters back in the changing room.
Desai was the seventh and last man to be dismissed, however shared 28 runs with Andy Mohammed.
Mohammed remained unbeaten on 21, while his side could only manage 86.
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