The United States and Ireland are all set to take on each other in the first semi-final of the seventh-place playoff match of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2023 at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare on Friday, June 30.
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The United States and Ireland are all set to take on each other in the first semi-final of the seventh-place playoff match of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2023 at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare on Friday, June 30. After losing three consecutive matches, Ireland finished the group’s stages with a comfortable 138-run win over the United Arab Emirates. However, the team failed to cement a place in the super sixes as they finished group stages in fourth place with two points and an NRR of -0.061 in their name as well. However, Paul Stirling smashed 162 runs off just 134 balls at a strike rate of 120.9, and Ireland posted a massive total of 349/4. In reply, Joshua Little, Andy McBrine, George Dockrell and Curtis Campher picked up two wickets each as they restricted UAE to 211 runs and registered their maiden win of the tournament as well.
United States, meanwhile, also failed to reach the super sixes of the tournament after losing all their games during league stages as well. After a 304-run loss against Zimbabwe, the team finished at the bottom of the Group A points table with a net run rate of -2.164 as well. Bowling first, the bowlers had a poor day on the field as they gave a massive total of 408/6 after the finish of 50 overs. In reply, none of the batters could do well as the team got bundled for just 104 runs and lost the game with a huge margin of 304 runs as well. Seeing this, a good contest can be expected as well.
The match will be televised on Star Sports Network (SS1 SD+HD). However, it will also be live-streamed on Disney+ HotStar and FanCode.
Ireland: Andy McBrine, Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Joshua Little, Barry McCarthy
United States: Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Gajanand Singh, Shayan Jahangir (wk), Nisarg Patel, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Usman Rafiq, Abhishek Paradkar
United States Squad: Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Monank Patel(w/c), Aaron Jones, Gajanand Singh, Shayan Jahangir, Abhishek Paradkar, Nisarg Patel, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Usman Rafiq, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Kyle Phillip, Saiteja Mukkamalla
Ireland Squad: Andy McBrine, Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w), George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Craig Young, Peter Moor, Benjamin White, Graham Hume
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