Canada v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Americas Region Division One Twenty 20 – First Innings Recap
At Lauderhill, after claiming the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 elected to bat first against Cayman Islands, in a match of the ICC Americas Region Division One Twenty 20, on July 18, 2011. At the conclusion of the first innings, the maple leaves constructed a challenging total of 130 for the loss of 8 wickets.
P Saroye and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevin-Peter-Pietersen-c71169 Wadia came out in the middle to open the innings for Canada, both went on to a build a decent partnership of 32 runs in the first 9 overs. However, poor running between the wickets resulted in Saroye’s demise. He departed after scoring just 11 runs.
From the Canadian dressing room, next man out to face the Cayman bowling attack was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bryan-c48753 successfully shattered his timbers at the score of 7.
At 54/2 in 10.4 overs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AS-Hansra-c1088, currently at helm of Canadian affairs, approached the crease with an intention to showcase a captain’s knock. He, alongside Wadia, contributed only 8 runs to the team total before the 25-year-old opener was dismissed at the hands of KP Bazil.
At the top of Canadian batting firepower, Wadia emerged as the only batsman who successfully expressed himself with a well earned 40 off 31 deliveries complemented with 4 impressive boundaries to his name.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Limbada-c2730 succeeded Wadia, and together with his captain, he expedited his side’s total to 107 runs. At the end of 17th over, Hansra departed cheaply as he gifted an easy catch to Bryan after scoring 27 off 19 deliveries.
Afterwards, only Limbada displayed some resistance with the bat as he fought hard for his 23 from 20 deliveries. Limbada’s dismissal left his team at 113/5 in 19 overs.
Seeking to muster up quick runs through power hitting, Canada’s lower order kept tumbling as Hamza Tariq, Junaid Siddiqui and Snow were able to contribute a sum of 19 runs to Canada’s total.
Canada, at the conclusion of their first innings, scored 130 runs, averaging 6.50 runs per over. From the Cayman bowling line-up, A Morris shone, as he claimed 3 wickets, conceding only 21 runs.
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