T20I T20 World Cup Game 1 USA v Canada, June 2 1000hrs @ Grand Prairie Stadium Texas

[Gough]

Welcome back viewers, and just how weird is it to see an ICC tournament opening with a US v Canada game in Texas? Here's hoping for a great tournament.

USA from, Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir. Reserve Players: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.
Canada from, Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Ravinderpal Singh, Navneet Dhaliwal, Kaleem Sana, Dilon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyankhan Pathan, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilpreet Bajwa, Shreyas Movva, Rishiv Joshi. Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar

 

[Cmarsh]

Seems they have gone with the powerhouses to start up proceedings.

 

[katana]

why is this on amazon prime? kayo is 30 a month ffs and i can't even watch shit cricky.

 

[western royboy]

Seems they have gone with the powerhouses to start up proceedings.

Oldest international rivalry in the sport

 

[Cmarsh]

Oldest international rivalry in the sport

Thats fine although not that meaningful.

 

[giggler99]

wow this Tournament is in the US? Yes that's how much I care about 20/20 cricket. I didn't know.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

wow this Tournament is in the US? Yes that's how much I care about 20/20 cricket. I didn't know.

Co-hosting with the Windies.

 

[giggler99]

Co-hosting with the Windies.

Cool, Canada for the win!!

 

[Cleavy]

why is this on amazon prime? kayo is 30 a month ffs and i can't even watch shit cricky.

b/c they bought the rights to this and a shedload of other stuff from the ICC. you can get a 30 day free trial if you're a new subscriber, which covers the whole tournament.

What ICC events does Prime Video have rights to?

Prime Video's deal for the Australia market with the ICC runs until the end of 2027 and includes the following tournaments:

2024 Men's T20 World Cup: USA & West Indies (June)
2024 Women's T20 World Cup: Bangladesh (September-October)
2025 Men's ODI Champions Trophy: Pakistan (February-March)
2025 World Test Championship final (June)
2025 Women's ODI World Cup: India (September-October)
2025 Women's U19 T20 World Cup: Malaysia & Thailand (dates TBC)
2026 Men's U19 World Cup: Zimbabwe & Namibia (January-February)
2026 Men's T20 World Cup: India & Sri Lanka (February-March)
2026 Women's T20 World Cup: England (June)
2027 Women's T20 Champions Trophy: Sri Lanka (February)
2027 World Test Championship final (June)
2027 Men's ODI World Cup: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia (October-November)
2027 Women's U19 T20 World Cup: Bangladesh & Nepal (dates TBC)
The deal also includes all ICC Qualifier events

 

[akkaps]

Thats fine although not that meaningful.

There may not be a big USA Canada rivalry in cricket, but it’s big in other sports like Ice Hockey. So it stems from that. This opening games will be more about getting the USA fans on board rather than anything else

The rivalry between Aus and NZ features in more than one sport. As to with India Pakistan

 

[Gough]

Cool, Canada for the win!!

My mum is originally French Canadian and I'll be on them tomorrow.

 

[gtrxuone]

From memory Canada made the first ODI WC in 1975.Or the second in 1979.
US are an unknown in Cricket.Assuming a few of West Indian or Indian heritage.

 

[Cmarsh]

From memory Canada made the first ODI WC in 1975.Or the second in 1979.
US are an unknown in Cricket.Assuming a few of West Indian or Indian heritage.

Mostly subcontinent backgrounds for both sides looking at the names involved.

 

[western royboy]

Mostly subcontinent backgrounds for both sides looking at the names involved.

Lots of Pakistani’s in Canada - seriously good players

 

[AJ_2000]

b/c they bought the rights to this and a shedload of other stuff from the ICC. you can get a 30 day free trial if you're a new subscriber, which covers the whole tournament.

What ICC events does Prime Video have rights to?

Prime Video's deal for the Australia market with the ICC runs until the end of 2027 and includes the following tournaments:

2024 Men's T20 World Cup: USA & West Indies (June)
2024 Women's T20 World Cup: Bangladesh (September-October)
2025 Men's ODI Champions Trophy: Pakistan (February-March)
2025 World Test Championship final (June)
2025 Women's ODI World Cup: India (September-October)
2025 Women's U19 T20 World Cup: Malaysia & Thailand (dates TBC)
2026 Men's U19 World Cup: Zimbabwe & Namibia (January-February)
2026 Men's T20 World Cup: India & Sri Lanka (February-March)
2026 Women's T20 World Cup: England (June)
2027 Women's T20 Champions Trophy: Sri Lanka (February)
2027 World Test Championship final (June)
2027 Men's ODI World Cup: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia (October-November)
2027 Women's U19 T20 World Cup: Bangladesh & Nepal (dates TBC)
The deal also includes all ICC Qualifier events

You can also convert Telstra rewards points for an Amazon membership (3 or 12 months) so another sneaky way to get it without paying

 

[peternorth]

Lots of Pakistani’s in Canada - seriously good players

theyd be lots of people on social media outraged by the team make ups. but when emmaus college in melbourne alumni scott edwards plays for the dutch its ok

 

[Cmarsh]

theyd be lots of people on social media outraged by the team make ups. but when emmaus college in melbourne alumni scott edwards plays for the dutch its ok

Those on social media 'outraged' probably believe there should be a certain look to how the USA and Canada should be represented.

 

[icyflakes]

If there's ever been a country that needs to update their anthem, it's the USA. Will obvs never happen but ****ing hell they're still stuck in the 1800s

 

[icyflakes]

Crowd is pretty bad - context matters but there's maybe 30% of the seats filled in what is a tiny stadium

 

[NYRB]

Surface lightning quick according to Nasser Hussain here in Texas.

 

[dumb]

love checking out the stats of associate or other teams... then checking again through the tournament to see how it holds up.

aaron johnson, 51 avg, strike rate of 166.

 

[icyflakes]

Canada showing their experience here. Think this is gonna get ugly in a few overs.

 

[NYRB]

Harmeet Singh into the attack for the 1st time for the United States of America.

 

[NYRB]

Excellent over to start from Jasdeep for the Yanks.

 

[icyflakes]

There we go, Jasdeep's over really helped build the pressure to that wicket