USA vs IRE 1st T20I Commentary - undefined (23 December 2021)

Shorter this time, around middle and leg. Lorcan Tucker makes room, and cuts that to point for single.

Tad shorter, around the off pole. Mark Adair nudges it towards mid-wicket for a single.

On off, pushed through point for a couple now. 

Full and on middle, nudged to mid-wicket for a single. 

Good-length ball, outside off. Mark Adair guides it to third man for a couple of runs. 

SIX! Too late for this now, isn't it? Length ball, on middle and leg. Mark Adair smacks it over deep square leg for a biggie. USA WIN BY 26 RUNS! 

Yorker, on middle. Lorcan Tucker drills it towards long on for a couple of runs.

Serves the yorker again, on leg. Lorcan Tucker dabs it to long on for a single.

OUT! TIMBER! Simply brilliant from Ali Khan! He bags his second wicket. Sees William McClintock moving to the leg side, follows him and bowls it full and on leg. William McClintock looks to squeeze it out but misses. The ball doesn't though and rattles the stumps. 

LEG BYE! On a length, on the pads. Mark Adair goes for the flick but misses. The ball hits the pads and goes towards point. The batters steal a leg bye.

SIX! BOOM! A little too late for the sixes now, but that's a good shot! A short ball, wide of off. Lorcan Tucker stands tall and slashes it over deep point for a maximum.

LEG BYE! Good-length delivery, on the pads. Lorcan Tucker misses his flick and the ball deflects onto the pads and rolls to short third man. Lorcan Tucker runs to the other end to steal a leg bye.

WIDE! Shorter, wide of off. William McClintock will let that go. Wide called.

Fuller, around off. William McClintock pushes it towards long off for a single.

Swing and a miss! A loopy delivery, outside off. Lorcan Tucker gets down on his knee and tries to sweep but gets beaten as the ball turns away a tad bit.

LEG BYE! A googly this time, on the pads. Lorcan misses his flick as the ball hits the pads and tolls on the leg side. A Leg bye taken.

Another googly, outside off. William McClintock blocks it out.

Shorter, outside off. William McClintock drives it towards covers for a run.

Loopy ball, fuller in length, outside off. Lorcan Tucker lunges and drives it through the covers for a single.

 Yorker length, outside off. Lorcan Tucker jabs it to cover for a single.

Misses his length, around middle. William McClintock pushes it to extra cover and scampers through to the other end.

FOUR! Goes for the blockhole again and misses it again. A full toss ball, on the pads. Lorcan Tucker clips it towards deep square leg for a boundary.

Fuller this time, around middle. Lorcan Tucker drills it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

BYE! Gets the yorker right this time, on the leg pole. William McClintock tries to block it but fails to connect. The ball rolls towards the keeper and the batters steal a quick bye.

Fuller in length, outside off. Lorcan Tucker shuffles across and plays a scoop towards fine leg for a brace.

Loopy ball, on middle. William McClintock pushes it through covers for a couple of runs. 

Full and outside off, William McClintock lifts it over covers for another brace. 

Into the blockhole, on middle. William McClintock jams it out. 

This is excellent bowling! Full again, on middle. Pushed back to the bowler. 

Loopy ball, outside off. Cut through covers for a run.

Tossed up, outside off. Lorcan Tucker pushes it through covers for a single. 

Good-length ball, outside off. Lorcan Tucker swings but misses. 

On the pads, tucked to mid-wicket for a single. 

On a good length, on leg. William McClintock looks to flick. The ball goes off the pads to square leg for a leg bye. 

Short of a length, on middle. Lorcan Tucker pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Fuller, on off. Pushed towards covers. 

Back of a length, on middle. William McClintock defends it to the off side and scampers across for a single. 73 needed from 30 balls.

Floated it up, outside off. Neil Rock nudges it to mid-wicket for a single. 

Loopy ball, on middle. Lorcan Tucker works it to mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Streaky but Ireland won't mind that. Tossed up, on off. Neil Rock tries to sweep. The ball goes off the underedge and goes through his legs to fine leg for a boundary. 

Full and on middle, Neil Rock nudges it on the leg side for a single.

Full and on off, Lorcan Tucker reverse-sweeps it to point for one.

OUT! TAKEN! Tossed up, on middle. Neil Rock gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps it. Doesn't get the elevation he needed and hits it straight towards the man at long on. Ritwik Behera is present over there and he makes no mistake. Half the side back in the hut now for Ireland.

OUT! TAKEN! The change in bowling works. What a wicket this is for USA. Saurabh Netravalkar bowls it short, on middle. Shane Getkate pulls it towards deep mid-wicket. Ritwik Behera is stationed there. Keeps his calm, settles himself under it and takes a good low catch. Shane Getkate has to walk back to the pavilion and USA are not letting Ireland go away with the game. 

Length ball, on off. Lorcan Tucker looks to tuck. The ball goes off the leading edge back onto the deck.

On a length, on off. Pushed to point.

Length ball, on off. Lorcan Tucker works it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

On a good length, on middle. Neil Rock pushes it to mid on for a single.

SIX! BANG! Short of a length, on middle. Lorcan Tucker picks the length early and smashes it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 100 up for Ireland! 84 needed from 42 balls. 

Full and on off. Getkate defends it back to the bowler.

Around off, pushed to point for a single.

Full and around off. Tucker reverse sweeps it towards third man and gets a single.

SIX! BANG! Floated, full and on off. Getkate stands tall and smokes it over the long off fence for a biggie. Positive signs for Ireland. 

Flatter, around off. Getkate goes back and hits it above the bowler's head and gets a single to long off. 

Tossed up, outside off. Tucker punches it through point. The fielder misfields and the batters take a brace. 

Swing and a miss! Short and outside off. Getkate looks to heave it away but misses.

SIX! All the way! Floated, full and on off. Getkate gets low and smokes it over the wide long on fence for a biggie. 

Full and outside off. Getkate sweeps itt o mid-wicket for a single.

Tossed up, full and on off. Tucker sweeps it to mid-wicket for another single.

Floated, full and around off. Getkate punches it through point for a brace.

Flatter and outside off. Getkate pushes it through point and gets a single.

Tossed up, full and on off. Campher pushes it towards point.

OUT! STUMPED! Great work by the keeper behind the stumps. Floated, full and around off. Campher advances down the track and looks to go big but misses. Monank Patel collect the ball and whips the bails quickly. Another one bites the dust for Ireland. Nisarg Patel gets his first wicket and USA are looking in control here.

Around off, defended out watchfully.

Tossed up, on off. Shane Getkate works it to cover. 

Around off, Getkate flicks it to the leg side for a run.

Tossed up, on off. Tucker defends it out solidly. 

Beaten! Loopy delivery, outside off. Lorcan Tucker leans and misses his drive. Dot ball there.

Tosses it up again, around the off pole. Lorcan Tucker pushes it to long off. A single taken.

LEG BYE! Short in length, darting it on the pads. Curtis Campher looks to whip this on leg side but gets rapped on the pads. The ball rolls towards short fine leg and leg bye is taken.

Shorter, around middle. Lorcan Tucker pushes it towards long on off his back foot. A single is taken.

Full-length delivery, outside the off pole. Curtis Campher reverse-sweeps this towards deep point for a brace.

 Loopy ball, outside off. Curtis Campher swings his bat but fails to connect.

Flatter and short, around off. Tucker works it towards long on for a single.

Full and on off. Campher pushes it through covers.

Full and on off. Tucker works it towards fine leg. The batters collect three runs before the fielders cut it out.

On off, Campher works it towards mid on for a single.

Short and outside off. Tucker looks to chase it but misses.

Full and on middle. Tucker works it the leg side for a single.

FOUR! Serves it short this time, around middle and leg. Lorcan Tucker waits back and pull it towards deep square leg for a boundary. 

On a length, outside off. Lorcan Tucker drives it towards long off for a single.

Short in length this time, around middle. Curtis Campher slaps it through mid-wicket for a single.

Fuller, outside off. Lorcan Tucker blocks it out.

Outside off, tad shorter this time. Lorcan Tucker works it away towards square leg. A single taken.

Outside off, full in length. Curtis Campher pushes it to the man at cover.

Short in length, around middle. Curtis Campher pulls towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short and on off. Lorcan Tucker punches it to point for a single.

FOUR! Top-shot! Yasir Mohammad goes short in length again, around middle. Curtis Campher hangs back and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Tad shorter this time, around middle and leg. Curtis Campher guides it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Tosses it up this time, around off. Curtis Campher gets down on his knee and sweeps it towards deep square leg for a single.

Shorter, around middle and leg. Curtis Campher whips it towards deep-mid-wicket for a brace.

FOUR! Nicely played! Saurabh Netravalkar serves an overcooked delivery, outside off. Paul Stirling slashes it towards deep point for a boundary.

On a length, on the pads. Paul Stirling tucks it towards square leg for a single.

Good-length delivery, darting it onto the pads. Lorcan Tucker pushes it square on the leg side for a single. 

FOUR! Oh, shot! Paul Stirling is on the charge here! Back of a length, around middle and leg. Paul Stirling makes room and tonks it towards long off for a four.

OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Saurabh Netravalkar strikes at the rigth time! A length delivery, on middle and off. Paul Stirling swings hard at it, but misses it completely. The ball knocks the stumps over and the dangerous Paul Stirling walks back to the hut.

LEG BYE! Pacey delivery, on the pads. Curtis Campher misses his flick and gets rapped on the pads. The ball rolls towards fine and leg and the batters steal a leg bye.

WIDE! Length ball, down leg. Lorcan Tucker walks all the way across the stumps and looks to paddle scoop. He misses it though and the umpire calls it wide. 

On a good length, on off. Lorcan Tucker blocks it to the off side. 

Good fielding! Length ball, on off. Lorcan Tucker punches it towards the left of the bowler. Ali Khan moves that side and half-stops it. Prevents a single. 

FOUR! Good shot! Fuller, outside off. Lorcan Tucker gets low and steers it towards deep cover for a boundary. 

Back of a length, on off. Lorcan Tucker looks to play the ramp shot. The ball goes off the bottom half of the bat towards the keeper. Ali Khan starts celebrating thinking that it got carried but the ball falls just short of Monank Patel. 

Right into the blockhole, Lorcan Tucker digs it out. 

Short ball, on middle. Lorcan Tucker goes for another scoop shot but fails to connect. Just 5 runs off the over then. Ali Khan has bowled two great overs and has got USA off to a good start. 

Loopy ball, on off. Pushed to mid off. 

FOUR! Made it look so easy! Full and on off, Paul Stirling lifts it over mid off for a boundary. 

FOUR! Nicely done! A freebie down the leg side. Paul Stirling pulls it to fine leg for a boundary. 

Full and on middle, Paul Stirling lifts it towards long off for a brace.

FOUR! Paul Stirling is on a roll here. This time its tossed up, outside off. Paul Stirling carves it over covers to fetch himself another boundary. This is turning out to be an expensive over. 

Short and on middle. Paul Stirling looks to pull. The ball goes off the toe end of the bat back to the bowler. A good over for Ireland. 14 runs off it.

Back of a length, on middle. Paul Stirling hops and tucks it to deep mid-wicket. The fielder there misfields and allows the batters to come back for the second run.

FOUR! Lovely shot! Back of a length, on off. Paul Stirling stands tall and punches it towards deep point for a boundary. 

On the pads, worked to mid-wicket for a single. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Just the kind of start USA were looking for. Ali Khan bowls it short, on middle. Andy Balbirnie stays back and goes for the pull shot. The ball perhaps gets too big on him. He picks out Yasir Mohammad at deep mid-wicket to perfection and has to depart now. Ali Khan is pumped up and will look to build on this. 

Back of a length, on middle. Lorcan Tucker looks to play the ramp shot but misses. 

Play and a miss! Good-length ball, on off. Lorcan Tucker looks to drive but misses. Excellent over from Ali Khan. A wicket and 7 runs off it. 

Fuller in length, outside off. Paul Stirling watches it closely and lets it go. 

Length ball, on off. Paul Stirling dabs it to third man for a single. Gets off the mark. 

FOUR! Elegant! Overpitched delivery, on off. Andy Balbirnie leans onto it and drives it through covers to bag the first boundary of their innings. Good shot! 

Length ball, on off. Pushed to point.

On a good length, on off. Andy Balbirnie punches it to wide of mid off. 

Length ball, on off. Andy Balbirnie pushes it to mid off again. A good start from USA. Just 5 runs off the over.