USA 169 for six (Nitish 64, Anderson 55, Thaker 2-20) beat Canada 168 for five (Thaker 38, van Schalkwyk 2-42) by 4 wickets
Nitish carried on even after Anderson was dismissed by offspinning allrounder Harsh Thaker. Although Nitish and Shadley van Schalkwyk have been dismissed within the area of 4 balls, Harmeet Singh and Nisarg Patel sealed the victory within the ultimate over with out a lot fuss.
For Canada, all their batters besides opener Srimantha Wijeyeratne obtained begins, scoring 15 or extra, however nobody may keep it up to make an enormous rating. Three gamers reached the thirties, and Thaker, who additionally picked two wickets, completed as their high scorer with a 24-ball 38 that noticed him hit three sixes.
Canada saved placing up nifty partnerships, not letting USA get wickets in clusters. An unbeaten 39-run stand for the sixth wicket noticed Canada go into the innings break with momentum on their facet.
And that momentum carried into USA’s innings, with Rishiv Joshi trapping Andries Gous lbw second ball. Canada captain Saad Bin Zafar had then despatched his reverse quantity Aaron Jones – the best run-scorer of the collection – packing with the primary ball of the second over after which had Gajanand Singh caught behind subsequent ball to seek out himself on a hat-trick and Canada in a robust place.
However finally, as has been the case by way of the collection, USA have been as soon as once more too good for Canada.
