Match Details
After losing the toss, USA were put into bat first. Steven Taylor and skipper Monank Patel opened the innings for the home team. They faced an early setback as Monank was dismissed for just 2 of 2 balls. Aaron Jones and Milind Kumar also couldnāt add too many runs on the board. While Aaron managed to score 15 of 14 balls, Milind managed to score 16 of 20 balls. Corey Andwerson looked threatening for some overs before losing his wicket for 28 of 29 balls. When it looked like USA wouldn't be able to put a huge score on the board, Harmeet Singh along with Shadley van Schalkwyk put up an unbeaten partnership of 48 runs for the sixth wicket. While Harmeet remained not out on 34* of 17 balls, van Schalkwyk managed to score 15* of 10 balls. Steven Taylor remained the top scorer of USA innings with 39 runs from 24 balls.
With 160 to chase in the second innings, Aaron Johnson and Dilpreet Singh Bajwa opened the innings for Canada. They were down to 15/2 in 3.2 overs when Nicholas Kirton joined Bajwa in the middle. The duo added 75 runs for the third wicket before losing Kirton for 28 of 33 balls. Dilpreet was the next to get dismissed for 52 of 41 balls. Harsh Thaker and Shreyas Movva also couldnāt last long on the crease. Towards the end of the innings, skipper Saad Bin Zafar played a quick fire knock of 29* of 18 balls but it was not enough to help his team win the match.
For USA, Harmeet Singh picked four wickets in the match while Jasdeep Singh and Steven Taylor chipped in with one wicket each.