Match Details
Date & Time:
24th Dec 2021, 5:30 AM
Match Number:
2nd T20I
Match Results:
IRE Won By 9 runs
Ireland beat USA by 9 runs
Player of the match
Lorcan Tucker - IRE
Player of the Match
150/10 (18.5 overs)
Top Batter
Top Bowler
Lorcan Tucker
84(56)
Curtis Campher
17(11)
Saurabh Netravalkar
3-33(3.5)
Vatsal Vaghela
2-16(3)
141/7 (20.0 overs)
Top Batter
Top Bowler
Sushant Modani
27(16)
Monank Patel
26(27)
Curtis Campher
4-25(4)
Mark Adair
1-25(4)
All
Wickets
4s
6s
IRE
USA
Right then! That is it from this match and the T20I series as well. It ends 1-1 but there's plenty of action left in this tour. The ODI series between USA and Ireland begins on Sunday, the 26th of December. That match will start at 10:00 am local (3:00 pm GMT). Do join us for the live action then. Cheers!
Andy Balbirnie, the skipper of Ireland, says that they showed fighting spirit and character in this game. Adds that Tucker and Campher were brilliant in the game but the other players need to improve their performance moving forward. Mentions that they knew USA would be a good team and it was a hard-fought series between both the teams.
USA skipper, Monank Patel says that they felt like 150 wasn't a par score and were confident of chasing it down. He adds that the Powerplay was the area in which they lost the match because they didn't take risks and should have got at least 45 runs in that phase. About Vaghela, he mentions that the youngster executed the plans really well and was very impactful. He adds that the plan was to give the youngsters a couple of opportunities and is proud of the way they performed.
Lorcan Tucker is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH AND PLAYER OF THE SERIES! He says that he didn't play a game in the T20 WC but it was a great opportunity to bat at number 3 for the team. Adds that he was a bit scratchy in the first game but he was a lot more fluent in this game. Says that they never took the game lightly and worked hard to get the important wickets.
... The Presentation Ceremony ...
Curtis Campher, almost turned out to be the villain for Ireland tonight but instead was the hero. Campher inflicted a run out early on and then dropped a dolly of catch. But when he came on to bowl the 18th over, he was treated to two maximums off the first two deliveries but he kept his nerve and ended up picking three wickets in the over. This turned the game in favor of Ireland. The Irish pace bowlers were pretty decent and Mark Adair closed out the innings really well. They will be happy to get over the line as a second defeat to USA would have left them high and dry.
USA must have felt like the happier of the two sides going into the break and with the dew factor on their side, they would be a bit disappointed with that batting performance. Unlike the first match, they did get off to a decent start but once Scott fell, Behera and Patel were bogged down by the Irish bowlers. Behera just couldn't get going and got out after which Patel and Singh stitched together a partnership. After they got out, Kain hit a couple of lusty blows and it was Sushant Modani who almost turned the game around with those two sixes off Campher but once he fell, the USA tail just didn't have the firepower to get over the line.
What a thriller of a match we have witnessed tonight! Ireland have held their nerve and have managed to level the series 1-1! As for USA, they came so close to sweeping the T20I series but it wasn't meant to be.
141/7 (20.0)
Over 20
1
0
0
4
1b
wd
0
Nisarg Patel*
10 (6)
Saurabh Netravalkar
5 (6)
Mark Adair
1/25 (4)
USA
141/7
1
19.6
Mark Adair to Nisarg Patel ,Full and outside off. Patel gets the inside edge towards short fine leg for one. Ireland win by 9 runs!
0
19.5
Mark Adair to Nisarg Patel ,Yorker, outside off. Patel gets no bat on it. Ireland's game now!
0
19.4
Mark Adair to Nisarg Patel ,Brilliant bowling! Slower and fuller, outside off. Patel gets no bat on it.
4
19.3
Mark Adair to Nisarg Patel ,FOUR! Just short of the ropes! Length ball wide outside off. Patel reaches it out and lofts it over covers. It falls just short of the ropes. 11 from 3 now.
1b
19.2
Mark Adair to Saurabh Netravalkar ,Yorker, just outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar gets no bat on it but the batters take a bye.
wd
19.2
Mark Adair to Saurabh Netravalkar ,A wide this time as this is a full one, outside off is left alone.
0
19.1
Mark Adair to Saurabh Netravalkar ,A full and wide one, outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar misses the drive. Not given a wide as Saurabh Netravalkar is standing on the off pole.
Who will bowl the final over? It's going to be the death specialist, Mark Adair.
Over 19
4
wd
1
2
2
0
1
Nisarg Patel*
5 (2)
Saurabh Netravalkar
5 (4)
Barry McCarthy
0/24 (4)
USA
134/7
4
18.6
Barry McCarthy to Nisarg Patel ,FOUR! Boundary! A good finish to the over and USA need 17 from the last over! Full and on off. Patel drives it well. The fielders at extra cover and mid off dive but the ball goes through them for a boundary!
wd
18.6
Barry McCarthy to Nisarg Patel ,Slower and shorter, outside off. Patel misses the cut. Wide called.
1
18.5
Barry McCarthy to Saurabh Netravalkar ,Length ball, on off. Chopped to covers. Barry McCarthy gets to it and has a shy at the batter's end but misses. Single. 22 needed from 7 now.
2
18.4
Barry McCarthy to Saurabh Netravalkar ,Short of a length, outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar heaves it wide of long on for a couple.
2
18.3
Barry McCarthy to Saurabh Netravalkar ,Back of a length, on off. Saurabh Netravalkar pulls it away for a couple.
0
18.2
Barry McCarthy to Saurabh Netravalkar ,Well bowled! Slower ball, on a length, outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar gets no bat on it.
1
18.1
Barry McCarthy to Nisarg Patel ,Length ball, on off. Heaved to long off for one.
Saurabh Netravalkar is in at number 9.
Over 18
W
wd
0
W
W
6
0
6nb
Yasir Mohammad*
0 (2)
Nisarg Patel
0 (0)
Curtis Campher
4/25 (4)
USA
123/7
W
17.6
Curtis Campher to Yasir Mohammad ,OUT! TAKEN! Three wickets in the over for Curtis Campher! Length ball, on off. Yasir Mohammad looks to scoop it away but gets the toe end. The ball goes to the right of the bowler and Campher takes it. So, we had 14 runs and 3 wickets from that over!
wd
17.6
Curtis Campher to Yasir Mohammad ,Down the leg side and Yasir Mohammad gets no bat on it. Wide called.
0
17.5
Curtis Campher to Yasir Mohammad ,Short ball, on off. Left alone.
Yasir Mohammad comes in to face the hat-trick delivery.
W
17.4
Curtis Campher to Marty Kain ,OUT! BOWLED! Two in two for Campher! This match has turned on its head yet again! Length ball, on middle. Kain looks to flick it but is beaten by the pace and the ball clips the off pole!
Nisarg Patel comes in at number 7.
W
17.3
Curtis Campher to Sushant Modani ,OUT! TAKEN! Lorcan Tucker takes the catch! What an over this is turning out to be. The wicket of Modani will bring the Irish back on top. Length ball, on off. He lifts it high in the air to deep cover. Tucker settles under it and takes it with ease. 29 needed in 15.
6
17.2
Curtis Campher to Sushant Modani ,SIX! All the way! Just over the ropes! Length ball, on off. Modani heaves it towards long on. It is given as a boundary first but the umpire soon changes the decision and gives it as a maximum!
0
17.1
Curtis Campher to Sushant Modani ,Well bowled. Full and outside off. Modani misses the heave.
6nb
17.1
Curtis Campher to Sushant Modani ,NO BALL AND SIX! A high full toss, on off. Modani heaves it towards deep square leg. The fielder leaps up to take it but drops it. The ball goes over the fence and it is called a no ball too! Free Hit loading.
Over 17
1
1
1
4
1
4
Sushant Modani*
15 (12)
Marty Kain
11 (10)
Simi Singh
0/31 (4)
USA
109/4
1
16.6
Simi Singh to Sushant Modani ,Worked to fine leg for one. 12 from that over and USA need 42 in the last three overs here.
Date & Time:
24th Dec 2021, 5:30 AM
Match Number:
2nd T20I
Match Results:
IRE Won By 9 runs
Just the right stats to help you determine which team statistically has the upper hand
IRE vs USA
*Last 3 years
0
No. of Matches
0
IRE
0
USA
0
Tie
over 20
0
wd
1
4
0
0
1
Runs 7
over 19
1
0
2
2
1
wd
4
Runs 11
over 18
6nb
0
6
W
W
0
wd
W
Runs 14
over 17
4
1
4
1
1
1
Runs 12
over 16
1
0
0
1
1
1
Runs 4
Neutral
First Batting Friendly
Pace Friendly
150
1st Batting Average
98
Highest Score Chased
3
No. of Matches
Won by team
1st Batting
67%
2nd Batting
33%
Wicket Split
Pacer
66.67% | 24W
Spin
33.33% | 12W
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Third Umpire:
Jermaine Lindo (USA)
Match Referee:
David Jukes (ENG)