Helped by a burly batsman from New Zealand and a former India junior, the United States have savoured a confidence-boosting, five-wicket win over Bangladesh in a T20I World Cup warm-up.
Just over every week out from co-hosting the match, batting allrounder Corey Anderson, who performed 13 Tests and over 80 white-ball matches for New Zealand, clobbered an unbeaten 34 on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) to assist the USA chase down Bangladesh’s 6-153 with three balls to spare in Prairie View, Texas.
Harmeet Singh, who performed for India’s U19s, joined Anderson in a match-winning, 62-run partnership, ending 33 not out after hammering three sixes.
It was solely the USA’s second win over a top-tier, ICC Full Member nation in T20s, after their first in opposition to Ireland in 2021.
Ranked nineteenth in T20 cricket, the Monank Patel-captained aspect have little likelihood of advancing past the group stage on the 20-nation World Cup co-hosted with the West Indies.
However, the Bangladesh upset within the series-opener in opposition to the south Asians raises hopes the Americans won’t be embarrassed in entrance of residence followers.
The US ease into the T20 World Cup in opposition to fellow cricketing minnows Canada in Dallas on June 1.
Matches in opposition to world titans Pakistan and India then comply with earlier than the US play Ireland of their last match of the group part.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
