Ireland will meet Canada in a must win encounter at Nassau International stadium on 7th June.
Both are placed in Group A and will have to win this encounter in order to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.
Canada lost their World Cup opener to the co-host USA whereas Ireland faced defeat against India.
Both of the teams will be hoping to make a comeback in order to collect two crucial points.
Team Overview:
Canada will be happy and confident in their performance as they batted and bowled well against the USA. Of course USA had experienced players which helped them to edge past Canada but the performance of Saad bin Zafar’s men was commendable.
Canada’s Navneet played a decent knock of 61 off 44 and the late blitz of Nicholas Kirton and Shreyas Movva, scoring 51 and 32, took their side to a respectable total against USA.
So, the team will be hoping for a crucial role from these batters against Ireland.
Moreover, the skipper Saad will have to step-up against the Irish side as his bowling will have a greater role to play. Jeremy Gordon, the veteran pacer bowled well against USA but failed to take a wicket. So, with his pace and experience he will try to restrict Ireland batters to a moderate total.
Ireland on the other hand faced a humiliating defeat against India. The Irish batters had no answer to India’s bowling unit as they were bundled out for 96.
Even the likes of Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tector failed to make an impact. However, Gareth Delany somehow showed defiance against the wayward bowlers of India. He scored 26 runs off 14 balls with 2 sixes and as many boundaries.
Moreover, the rising pacer, Josh Little had a rough outing against India as he was clobbered for 42 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Adding insult to injury, he remained wicketless.
So, he will look to bounce back against Canada in the upcoming encounter.
Head-to-head record:
Looking at their head-to-head record, the teams are evenly matched, having won two games apiece in their four T20 encounters
Pitch and weather report:
The chance of rain is there and it is expected to ruin the play. About pitch, a team who should win the toss must bowl first. The bowl tends to help pacers early on. Batting has been difficult on this turf because of pace and bounce. So, expect another low scoring game and pray that weather cooperates and allows a full game on Friday.
Predictions:
Well, it is a sort of game which both sides can win. But Ireland may have a stronger chance given their players have league experience and they have been playing positive cricket off late.
Where to watch:
Pakistan – PTV Sports, Ten Sports, Myco (Live streaming), Tamasha app (Live streaming), Tapmad (live streaming)
India – Star Sports
England – SkySport Network
USA and Canada (Willow TV)
Caribbean – ESPN Caribbean
New Zealand & Australia – Sky Sports NZ, Prime Video
UK & Northern Ireland – Sky Sports
Sri Lanka – Maharaja TV
Other regions – SuperSport, Sirasa, CricLife, STARZPLAY
