The 13th game of the 2024 T20 World Cup will see Canada take on Ireland in what could be a crucial encounter for both these sides. Get our latest expert CAN vs IRE match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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CAN vs IRE Match Information
- Venue: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
- Date: Friday, June 7
- Time: 10.30 am local (2.30 pm GMT, 8 pm IST)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
Both teams enter this game with a first match loss but with a slight difference.
On the one hand, Canada put up a fight against USA but the manner in which their bowling capitulated towards the end will give their opponents some hope. Add to that they are T20 World Cup debutants having made it to this tournament by edging out Bermuda in the final game of the Americas Qualifier.
At the other end of the spectrum is the well-experienced Ireland side who looked like they had the conditions to test out India in their opener. Unfortunately for them, they barely managed to tickle the scorers and saw India chase down their target in a jiffy.
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Adding to the section above, there is one stark difference between the two teams.
Ireland have already played a game at this ground and the pitch here has been a tough one – and that’s putting it mildly. Things got so out of control that the ICC put out a press release admitting the same and announcing they are trying to put things in order.
That is remarkably different from Canada’s experience in their opener where they put up 194/5 in their 20 overs and saw it get chased down in a mere 17.4 overs.
Add that to the fact that while Canada played in an evening game and Ireland featured in a morning one – which is what this match also is – things could get rather difficult for the American side.
Canada will need to approach their batting afresh and any confidence that the likes of Navneet Dhaliwal and Nicholas Kirton would have taken from their 50s last game could come to nothing here.
Ireland could miss out on the services of Harry Tector after he suffered a pitch-induced injury but they will hope to have learnt from their experiences in the first game. A score of 120-130 might not quite be under-par and aiming for that instead of going high would be a better strategy.
CAN vs IRE Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall Canada vs Ireland Head-to-head: There have been four previous T20Is between these two sides and both sides have won two apiece.
- Canada won their first meeting which came in 2010 in Sri Lanka but in the two that followed in 2012 and 2013 in UAE were clinched by Ireland.
- More recently in 2019, Canada edged out Ireland by 10 runs in Abu Dhabi with Dhaliwal and Nitish Kumar scoring fifties and Saad Bin Zafar bagging a couple.
Possible Playing XIs
Canada
Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva, Dilpreet Bajwa, Dilon Heyliger, Saad Bin Zafar, Nikhil Dutta, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon.
Ireland
Andy Balbirnie, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Curtis Campher, Ross Adair, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little, Ben White.
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CAN vs IRE Predictions with Latest Odds*
CAN vs IRE Match Winner
Ireland to win: 1/4 (sign up with 1xbet)
CAN vs IRE Top Batsman
- Top Canada Batsman – Navneet Dhaliwal: 11/4 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Ireland Batsman – Paul Stirling: 3/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
CAN vs IRE Top Bowler
- Top Canada Bowler – Saad Bin Zafar: 10/3 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Ireland Bowler – Josh Little: 5/2 (sign up with 1xbet)
CAN vs IRE Toss Prediction
Canada to win the toss: 10/11
CAN vs IRE Score Prediction
Total Match Runs – Over 237.5: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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