USA Cricketers beat Ireland by 26 runs in T20 competition. Cricket News – Times of India

Lauderhill: USA scored a famous and deserved T20 Cricket To get the best possible start to the most important series in their history with a win over Ireland on Wednesday.
A brilliant 65 from Gajanand Singh helped the hosts reach 188 for 6 in their 20 overs and some disciplined bowling from Saurabh Netravalkar and Ali Khan helped the Irish secure an early victory in sets of five games, Home series against a country playing the first USA Test.
The United States, looking to compete at the highest level, will need more such performances to stand in good stead as it advances.

Ireland had never lost to a struggling US team, having beaten them four times in the T20 World Cup qualifier tournament from 2010 to 2015.
But the visiting team in Florida was the second best as the US registered their best win ever against a Test-playing nation in the Twenty20 format.
“It’s a good start,” spinner Nisarg Patel, who bowled well at 2-27, told AFP.

“We have been playing well for the last year and a half. Winning against big teams like Ireland will send a good message to the country and the world.
“Hopefully we can continue this.”
It was the first of five matches – two T20Is and three One Day Internationals – between the sides, with Ireland’s arrival in the United States from some Covid-19 cases in the camp.
Reaching the World Cup in either format, as well as possibly competing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, remains an American goal, while steps are well underway to establish Major League Cricket, an American professional competition, within the next two years. Huh.
Younger players are also being produced, with 18-year-old Ritwak Behera, born in Rockville, Maryland, and New Jersey native Yasir Mohammed, the only player in the starting XI at Broward County Stadium who was born in the United States.
Captain Patel’s side were desperate to get off to a strong start and with a vibrant couple of hundred fans in attendance as well as the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport’s global governing body, the team deserved a future high-profile series.
Ireland’s goal of a comeback from a disappointing T20 World Cup performance in the opening round against a new form was a struggle for the American team, which quickly rolled to 16 for four, including the second ball of the match. Losing Captain Patel was involved.
But a scintillating fifth wicket stand between Singh and Sushant Modani helped turn the tide for the hosts. His partnership of 110 saw Singh lay in an Irish bowling attack, merging dangerously in the Florida sun.
Singh hit the first six of the match in the 12th over – a sign of how slow America came off the block – and went on to hit four more maximums in a brilliant, crucial innings of 65 runs.
Modani weighed in with an equally important 50 before Marty Kane, one of five debutants for the home team, smashed a quickfire 39 off just 15 balls, reaching 188 for six in his 20 overs. To reach a very competitive target.
Ireland’s bowling at death was poor and their batting response suffered the worst start when captain Andy Balbirnie was dismissed in just the second over.
Opener Paul Stirling’s 31 off 15 balls, however, stabilized the ship and at the halfway point, Ireland were 74 for three and a close finish.
However, the Americans, allied with some tight bowling and excellent fielding, felt the visitors’ daunting need for a 37-ball 76 was far ahead of them.
The teams meet again on Thursday before playing 50-over games on 26, 28 and 30 December.
USA 188-6 (G. Singh 65, S. Modani 50, M. Kane 39; B. McCarthy 4-30). Ireland 162-6 (L. Tucker 57*, P. Sterling 31, S. Gatekett 19; S. Netravalkar 2-26).
USA won by 26 runs