Canada vs Ireland Match Stats

Pitched up on middle stump, angling in, George Dockrell leans ahead and just pushes it to the left of mid on for a single.

That one almost rolled back onto the stumps! Short and angled into the body, Mark Adair swivels to pull but gets it nowhere and the ball goes off the deck back onto the deck.

A spicy bumper now, dug in well short and outside off stump, Mark Adair lets it through to the keeper.

Back of a length and outside off, Mark Adair stands tall and swats it away to deep point for a single.

TWO BYES! Bnaged into the deck and angled well into the batter, George Dockrell makes room to pull but the ball just sneaks through a bit low and goes through the diving keeper towards fine leg. The batters collect a couple of byes.

Short of a length and outside off, slapped away off the back foot towards mid off for a quick single.

FOUR! Over the fielder in the deep! Dragged well short and on middle and leg, George Dockrell rocks back and flat-bats the pull over the man in the deep who is well inside the ropes. Ireland need a lot more of these now.

On the stumps, forced away from the crease and to the right of the bowler for a single.

Really slow and floated up around off stump, the ball almost never arrives but Mark Adair waits and taps it to point for one.

SIX! Clean strike from George Dockrell and there's still hope for Ireland here. Tossed up nice and full in the slot around middle, Dockrell swings through the line and gets it over long on for a biggie.

Well bowled! Slows it right up, bringing the pace down from mid-90s to 65 KPH and floats it outside off. George Dockrell looks to go over cobvers but is well beaten.

Top effort in the deep and Kaleem Sana has saved a couple of runs for his side. This one slides onto the pads, George Dockrell gets low, picks it up and slogs it over deep backward square leg. Sana sprints to his right and puts in a big dive to just pull the ball back in. Sana has hurt his shoulder a bit but seems fine.

Pretty full and angled into the stumps from around the stumps, Mark Adair gets across and chips it on the full throughg mid-wicket for one. Adair wants two which is never on and George Dockrell sends him back in time.

Full again, gets it into the blockhole as well, George Dockrell squeezes it off the inside edge to short fine leg for one more.

FOUR! High and well over the infield for a boundary. Mark Adair is early to set himself up outside the off stump, Kaleem Sana tries to bowl the slower one on the leg stump but Adair picks it up and lifts it down to deep backward square leg for four runs.

Misses his mark and serves a full toss on middle stump, Mark Adair swings across the line and gets it towards deep mkid-wicket before speeding back for the second run.

SIX! Swung away for a biggie and the 100 is up for Ireland. Too short and angling just down leg, again Mark Adair gets well inside the line and just pulls it away over deep fine leg for a maximum. Ireland in the ascendancy at the right moment.

Goes back to nailing the yorker on the off stump, Mark Adair stays back and looks to heave it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball goes nowhere.

Fractionally short but pushed well outside the off stump, George Dockrell is early to back away and eventually, he fails to reach it. Any bat on that one and it could have gone behind square on the off side for a boundary.

FOUR! Just wide of mid off and that has gone through for a boundary. Pitched up full and around off, George Dockrell hangs back and swats it to the right of mid off where the fielder just gets a bad bounce and the ball sneaks through for a boundary.

Hard length, bowled into the pitch and around off, George Dockrell jams it down into the off side for a single.

Shorter this time and over off stump, zipping through off the deck, Mark Adair backs away to cut but is well beaten.

Banged in a bit again and outside off, Mark Adair stays back, makes some room and flat-bats it uppishly through covers. The fielder gives a brilliant chase and manages to save the boundary but the batters pick up three runs. The 50-run stand is also up between these two.

Just back of a length and around off stump, punched away straight to covers. 28 needed now off 12 balls.

That should have been put away! A juicy full toss on middle and angling in, Mark Adair hangs back and fails to swing iot away on the leg side. The ball is mistimed through mid-wicket for just one.

Nice and straight into the blockhole, George Dockrell makes room and hits it down to long on for just one more.

FOUR! Streaky but will do nicely for Ireland. Another high full toss from Kaleem Sana, this time outside off, Mark Adair goes hard after it but gets a thick outside fine of short third and rolls away into the fence. That was almost a no ball for height as well but for now, it is just the four runs.

Comes from over the stumps now and nails the yorker around off stump, Mark Adair squirts it off the inside edge back to the keeper.

FOUR! Oh, that's too straight and Mark Adair has picked up another boundary. Looks to spear in the yorker but gets it on leg stump, Adair walks across a touch and just gets an inside edge off the pads and the ball goes quickly past the diving keeper into the fine leg fence.

Oh, that could have gone anywhere! Kaleem Sana misses his mark with the yorker again and serves a low full toss on the pads, Mark Adair flicks it straight to short fine leg for a single.

Swing and a miss! Banged in short and outside off stump, Mark Adair looks to back away and pull it in front of square but fails to connect.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Jeremy Gordon keeps up his excellent work and picks up a vital wicket in the final over. Gordon bangs it into the putch again and bowls it a bit straighter this time. Mark Adair looks to take on the pull but the ball gets big on him and ends up getting sliced up high off the top edge. The ball comes back down on the deck and Gordon himself takes the catch.

Short again and bowled at the batter, Barry McCarthy swings it away off the top edge and gets it over the square leg region for a couple of runs.

A golden dot ball and that should seal it for Canada! Good length right around the top of off stump, Barry McCarthy clears thye front leg and swing across the line but misses.

Bye! Dug into the pitch around off and this one takes off after putching, Barry McCarthy can't get bat to ball but the batters manage to scamper through for a bye.

That's it, CANADA HAVE DONE IT! A first-ever win in the Men's T20 World Cup main event for Canada and their players are ecstatic. Another one that is dug into the pitch but this is slower and outside off. George Dockrell forces the pull in front of mid-wicket fn picks up just a single. Canada win by 12 runs!