END OF OVER:20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | CAN: 137/7 | RR: 6.85
- Saad Bin Zafar1 (1b)
- Mark Adair4-0-23-1
- Barry McCarthy4-0-24-2
Nicholas Kirton: "The pitch was a bit up and down, but the ball was coming through okay. I think we have a defendable score. When the innings had started we had thought of getting 130-140, so anything above is a bonus."
Chowdary: "@Robbie, "Movva" is a Telugu name, it's name of a village in Andhra, India." --- Movving over from Canada to India...
Zack Skewz: "Movva and a Shaker?" --- Keep Movving with those suggestions, guys!
12.09pm Canada recover from 54 for 4 to post 137, by far the highest score at his ground in this tournament. Kirton and Movva added 75 for the fifth wicket on what seemed like a much better pitch, where batters weren't getting hit by the steep bounce. There was the odd occasion of extra bounce and the ball zipping through off the surface, but that was it. That helped Kirton lead Canada's charge with 49 when Ireland must have thought of restricting them to below hundred. Meanwhile, both teams remain winless so far, so join Ashish for the chase soon.
S Movva run out 37 (56m 36b 3x4 0x6) SR: 102.77
Zafar in, with Adair from around the wicket
How far can Movva take Canada?
END OF OVER:19 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | CAN: 128/6 | RR: 6.73
- Shreyas Movva29 (31b)
- Barry McCarthy4-0-24-2
- Mark Adair3-0-14-1
D Heyliger c Little b McCarthy 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Heyliger
NR Kirton c Balbirnie b McCarthy 49 (56m 35b 3x4 2x6) SR: 140.00
Kirton on 49...
Robbie nails it: "How did Movva get his name? By moving in the crease a lot??"
END OF OVER:18 | 7 Runs | CAN: 126/4 | RR: 7.00
- Shreyas Movva28 (30b)
- Nicholas Kirton48 (32b)
- Mark Adair3-0-14-1
- Josh Little4-0-37-0
From around to Kirton
Adair back into the attack
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | CAN: 119/4 | RR: 7.00
- Shreyas Movva24 (26b)
- Nicholas Kirton46 (30b)
- Josh Little4-0-37-0
- Craig Young4-0-32-2
Vaibhav: "Nicholas from Barbados and hitting sixes. Hmmm..."
Gops: "Haven't been watching. Is the pitch an improvement from the first two matches?" --- Yup, the hundred is up after all! That aside, there are lesser instances of steep bounce, with the batters not getting hit as many times either
Little back