Updated: October 5, 2023 at 7:45 a.m.
Pargat Singh on his way to a fantastic knock of 82 (Photograph by Ras Mykkal)
North Field (Canada won the toss): Canada (2 points) beat the Cayman Islands (0) by 166 points
Canada knocked out the Cayman Islands by just 30 points, their lowest ever T20 international score, to temporarily move to the top of the Americas regional qualifying standings.
Man of the match Pargat Singh made a career-best 82 to top the order, while Nicholas Kirton and Navneet Dhaliwal belatedly broke the order, taking Canada to 196 for five in 20 overs, the second highest score of the tournament. after the Canadians posted 230 against Panama on Tuesday.
Cayman, who gave Bermuda a scare this week, never put up a fight with the bat and were blown away in 11.3 overs, with fast bowler Kaleem Sana taking four wickets to take his tournament tally to twelve.
Singh negotiated a tough few overs after losing opening partner Aaron Johnson for three runs in the first over, but kept his composure to accelerate through the middle of the innings.
“The wicket was really good to bat on,” Singh said.
“I took my time early and then I played my shots. The field is too big so I took singles, that was my plan. I think I miscalculated with four overs to go and that’s why I missed my hundred.
Best innings: Pargat Singh scored 82 for Canada (Photograph by Mehluli Sibanda)
Caymans captain Ramon Sealy was disappointed with his team’s effort after a strong start with the ball.
“It’s a little embarrassing and we need to get back on our feet now,” Sealy said.
“Qualification is out of the question because we have already lost too many games and the most we can end up with is three wins. I hope we can get a better result against Bermuda and Canada.
“When we came here, we gave ourselves as many chances as everyone else. One day we can surprise people, like you saw yesterday when we played in Bermuda. We gave them a good fight and stayed there until the last five or six overs.
“Against Canada, we always had them on the ropes. We took the first few wickets, but they had a partnership and then they got away from us, that’s something we need to look at and see why it happens all the time.
“Coming into this tournament we thought we could surprise one of the big guys, one of the favorites and sneak in, but now we just have to focus on the next tournament.”
Scorecard
Canada
A Johnson v Heron b Wright 3
N Dhaliwal v Wright b Ifill 29
P Singh lbw b Wright 82
H Thaker is exhausted 5
N Kirton c Naidoo b Dunka 32
D Heyliger not absent 19
N Dutta not released 17
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 5) 9
Total (5 weeks; 20 overs) 230
†S Wijeyeratne, S Zafar, K Sana and S Ahmadzai did not bat
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-79, 3-91, 4-136, 5-172.
Bowling: Wright 4-0-36-2; Manivannan 3-0-31-0; Morris 3-0-22-0; Dunka 4-0-49-1; Basil 3-0-34-0; I fill out 3-0-19-1.
Cayman Islands
A Naidoo lbw b Sana 0
P Heron lbw b Sana 0
*R Sealy v Johnson b Thaker 5
†O Willis b Sana 0
B Corbin b Thaker 0
R Dunka v Zafar b Dutta 4
An exhausted Iffill 0
C Wright lbw b Sana 4
A Morris lbw b Dutta 0
M Manivannan not released 4
K Bazil b Dutta 1
Supplements (in 12) 12
Total (11.3 overs) 30
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-8, 3-12, 4-17, 5-17, 6-20, 7-25, 8-25, 9-25.
Bowling: Sana 4-0-18-4; Thacker 4-2-5-2; Heyliger 2-0-7-0; Dutta 1.3-1-0-3
Referees: E Carrington (Bermuda) and J Lindo (United States)
Match reference: R King (West Indies)
