Canada v Cayman Islands: ICC Americas Region Division One Twenty20 Series – Match Recap
Canada secured their opening win of the series after defeating Cayman Islands with 64 runs at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida, on Monday, July 18, 2011. The fixture comes as the third match from the opening day
of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cricket League Americas Region Division One Twenty20 (T20) Series 2011.
Earlier, the day staged two more matches, including the series opener between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Suriname-c3013. The match was earned by the hosts,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759, after marking a 50-run win over the opponents.
As for the third fixture, the game took off at Lauderhill after Canada won the toss and chose to bat. The side opened its first match with the batting duo featuring right-handed Parveen Saroye and partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khushroo-Peri-Wadia-c71410. In response, Cayman Island’s bowling
attack came out with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kervin-Ebanks-c71030.
The Canadian innings began slowly as the opening pair scored sluggishly till the second quarter of the session. However, the batting side’s first loss came in the opening deliveries of the 9th over, after a mismanaged attempt for a run by the
duo resulted in Saroye (11) making his return to the pavilion.
More trouble came for the Canadian side after the team lost two consecutive wickets in the 11th and 12th overs of the innings. The players to exit the crease included Wadia (40) and one down batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TC-Bastiampillai-c2651.
Following the 3 quick losses, the pitch was then taken over by the Canadian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Limbada-c2730. .
The two managed to come up with some decent performances, bringing some stability to the total. By the time the Canadian session entered the final quarter of the innings, the skipper’s innings too came to an end, as he was caught out on Alessandro Morris’s
delivery.
The Canadian innings finally came to an end with four consecutive losses in the final two overs of the session. However, by the end, the team had secured an adequate total of 130 runs, losing 8 wickets.
In response, Cayman Islands opened the second innings of the match with batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ramon-Anthony-Sealy-c83888.
With Satsimranjit Dhindsa and Junaid Siddiqui on the Canadian bowling attack, the batting pair got off with a defensive start. However, Cayman Islands’ first jolt came with the arrival of the night’s fourth over, as Sealy (7) was caught and bowled by Siddiqui.
The opening pair was completely eliminated in the following over after Roach (6) too was called out off a delivery by Dhindsa.
Courtesy some disappointing batting display by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abali-Hoilett-c41486 (5).
After a loss of 4 wickets, Cayman Islands stood at a disappointing total of 31, by the close of the 9th over.
Due to an impressive bowling display by Canadian, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahid-c98463 Hussain, who secured a total of 4 wickets, Cayman Islands faced their first defeat after the batting order crumbled down to a total of 7 losses.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 eventually managed to earn their opening triumph by 64 runs.
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