Canada v Denmark - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 Qualifier - Match Update
Canada 178 v Denmark 123 - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 won by 55 runs
On Monday, March, 19, 2012, Canada left their fans mesmerized as they beat Denmark by 55 runs in the 47th match of the currently being played International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 Qualifier, at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
After Canada won the toss, they chose to bat first as they wanted to post a defendable total on the board in order to secure a win against their rivals.
Canada, who definitely have played more international cricket had an upper hand against their rivals, who do not enjoy a long history in the sport.
Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rizwan-Cheema-c2328 launched a belligerent batting offensive early on as they hammered the bowlers all around the park, leaving the fielding side helpless and out of ideas.
With 45 runs on the board, Canada lost their first wicket when Cheema fell after scoring 16 runs.
Middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/H-Patel-c1519, then joined the party as he forged a daunting partnership with Gunasekera.
The opener was the second wicket to fall as he was dismissed after crafting a resilient knock of 95 runs off 65 deliveries. At the time of his demise the side had amassed 154 runs on the board and looked in a position to bolster a staggering total by the end of their innings.
Later http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657, was sent back to the pavilion after clobbering an innings of 43 runs off 32 deliveries, while his team managed to amass 178 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs.
Coming out to bat, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Denmark-c2884 needed craftsmanship from their batsmen in order to humble Canada.
However, with only five runs on the board they faced the demise of their first wicket as opener Kamran Mahmood was caught after scoring just two runs.
With just 25 runs on the board, the side suffered the loss of their second wicket when number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aftab-Ahmed-c944 fell on just seven runs.
Wicketkeeper/batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rizwan-Tariq-Mahmood-c85497 as the duo took the score to 109 runs before Canada got back in the game by breaking the potentially harmful collaboration between the batsmen.
Klokker, mustered a commendable innings of 40 runs before taking a walk back to the pavilion, while Rizwan stayed unbeaten on 65 as his side could bolster only 123 runs in response to the Canadian total.
Canada’s R Gunasekera was named as the Player of the Match for his superb knock with the bat.
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