USA vs IRE 2nd T20I Commentary - undefined (24 December 2021)

A full and wide one, outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar misses the drive. Not given a wide as Saurabh Netravalkar is standing on the off pole.

A wide this time as this is a full one, outside off is left alone.

Yorker, just outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar gets no bat on it but the batters take a bye.

FOUR! Just short of the ropes! Length ball wide outside off. Patel reaches it out and lofts it over covers. It falls just short of the ropes. 11 from 3 now.

Brilliant bowling! Slower and fuller, outside off. Patel gets no bat on it.

Yorker, outside off. Patel gets no bat on it. Ireland's game now!

Full and outside off. Patel gets the inside edge towards short fine leg for one. Ireland win by 9 runs!

Length ball, on off. Heaved to long off for one.

Well bowled! Slower ball, on a length, outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar gets no bat on it.

Back of a length, on off. Saurabh Netravalkar pulls it away for a couple.

Short of a length, outside off. Saurabh Netravalkar heaves it wide of long on for a couple.

Length ball, on off. Chopped to covers. Barry McCarthy gets to it and has a shy at the batter's end but misses. Single. 22 needed from 7 now.

Slower and shorter, outside off. Patel misses the cut. Wide called.

FOUR! Boundary! A good finish to the over and USA need 17 from the last over! Full and on off. Patel drives it well. The fielders at extra cover and mid off dive but the ball goes through them for a boundary!

NO BALL AND SIX! A high full toss, on off. Modani heaves it towards deep square leg. The fielder leaps up to take it but drops it. The ball goes over the fence and it is called a no ball too! Free Hit loading.

Well bowled. Full and outside off. Modani misses the heave.

SIX! All the way! Just over the ropes! Length ball, on off. Modani heaves it towards long on. It is given as a boundary first but the umpire soon changes the decision and gives it as a maximum!

OUT! TAKEN! Lorcan Tucker takes the catch! What an over this is turning out to be. The wicket of Modani will bring the Irish back on top. Length ball, on off. He lifts it high in the air to deep cover. Tucker settles under it and takes it with ease. 29 needed in 15.

OUT! BOWLED! Two in two for Campher! This match has turned on its head yet again! Length ball, on middle. Kain looks to flick it but is beaten by the pace and the ball clips the off pole!

Short ball, on off. Left alone.

Down the leg side and Yasir Mohammad gets no bat on it. Wide called.

OUT! TAKEN! Three wickets in the over for Curtis Campher! Length ball, on off. Yasir Mohammad looks to scoop it away but gets the toe end. The ball goes to the right of the bowler and Campher takes it. So, we had 14 runs and 3 wickets from that over!

FOUR! Brilliant execution! Full and on off. Kain reverse-sweeps it to the third man fence. 50 needed in 23.

Shorter and on off. Kain hits it to long off for one.

FOUR! Another boundary and USA are alive and kicking! Shorter and on off. Modani goes back and cuts it past the diving point fielder for a boundary.

Shorter and on the pads. Modani works it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Loopy ball, around off. Kain looks to sweep but gets an inside edge. It rolls to fine leg and a single is taken.

Worked to fine leg for one. 12 from that over and USA need 42 in the last three overs here.

Short of a length, outside off. Slapped past covers for one.

Slower ball, short and on off. Kain misses the pull. Well bowled. 57 needed in 28. USA need big overs now.

Another slower ball, around off. Kain gets no bat on it.

A low full toss, outside off. Kain drives it down the ground for one.

Short ball, on the body. Pulled down to short fine leg for one.

On the pads. Kain looks to flick but gets rapped on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but not given. The ball rolls away and a leg bye is taken.

A good-length ball, at the body. Modani hops and dabs it down towards covers.

Shorter in length and pulled uppishly past mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! LBW! Curtis Campher comes back into the attack and turns the game on his head! Banged in, around leg stump and this one stays really low. Gajanand Singh sets up to pull but is undone by the lack of bounce. The ball raps him on the front pad and the umpire gives it out. It's a very close call as the ball might have been just pitching outisde leg stump and Singh isn't happy.

Back of a length, around middle. Kain works it off the back foot behind square on the leg side for a couple.

A length ball, on middle and slanting across. Marty Kain opens the face of the bat and guides it past backward point for another couple.

How did that miss the off stump! Full, around off. Kain moves leg side and looks to go big down the ground. He gets comprehensively beaten. 58 needed off 30 balls.

Fullish ball, around middle. Modani pushes it down the ground for a single.

FOUR! Tossed up, around off stump. Gajanand Singh hangs back and slaps it through extra cover for a boundary.

SIX! Just over! Quicker one, around off stump. Gajanand Singh goes for the slog sweep but doesn't quite middle it. The ball goes flat and just over a leaping Barry McCarthy at the cow corner fence for a maximum.

Flatter delivery, Singh looks to pull it on the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the off side. They get a single.

White gets away with a really poor delivery. Dragged down, around leg stump. Modani hops back and pulls it hard but straight to short fine leg for a single.

On middle and this is pushed back to the bowler. 63 needed off 36 deliveries.

On off and this is eased down to long off by Singh for a single.

Drifted into middle, Modani plays it with soft hands towards mid on for a quick single.

A round-arm delivery, angled into off stump. Singh blocks it out.

Flatter one, around off and this is pushed towards covers. Singh wants the single but is sent back.

On middle and this is flicked through mid-wicket for a run.

Flighted ball, on middle. Sushant Modani drives it nicely towards long on for another single.

TWO WIDES! Oh dear, this is howler from Benjamin White. Dragged down, way down the leg side and Neil Rock, behind the stumps, just about gets a glove on it. They get a single as well.

Short and wide, cut away through point for a single.

Very full and wide, just inside the tramline. Patel moves leg side and can't reach it.

Full and wide, squeezed away to backward point.

OUT! CAUGHT! Just when Monank Patel looks to have gotten into a rhythm, he throws his wicket away. This is dragged down, around leg stump. Monank Patel goes on the back foot and looks to force the big shot against the spin. He manages to hit it high but straight to Mark Adair at the cow corner fence. Benjamin White has his man. Sushant Modani is the new man in.

Short again, on middle and pulled away towards wide long on for a single.

Tossed up, outside off and Modani plays a lovely cover drive through cover-point for a couple.

Flatter delivery, angled into middle and leg. Singh pushes it back to the bowler.

On middle, this is driven down towards long on for a single.

SIX! Monank Patel breaks the shackles and that's the first maximum of the innings. Right in the slot, Patel moves leg side and smokes it over the mid-wicket fence.

Flatter delivery, around off and this is cut away through covers for one.

Down the leg side, Singh paddles it fine towards short fine leg and picks up a quick single.

A touch short, on middle and this is pulled down the ground by Patel for a single.

Loopy ball, on off. Driven to long off for one. No ball called as White has overstepped.

Tossed up, outside off. Patel comes down the track but misses the heave. The keeper takes the bails off but since it is a Free Hit, it doesn't matter.

Full and just outside off. Patel misses the drive.

Flatter ball, on off. Patel blocks it out.

Shorter and on off. Patel pulls it to long on for one.

Shorter and on off. Singh pulls it towards mid-wicket. Andy Balbirnie dives to his left and tries to take it but doesn't gather. He seems to have hurt his right shoulder.

FOUR! Nicely done! Tossed up, on off. Patel lifts it over covers for a boundary.

LEG BYE! Sliding into the pads, Singh looks to nudge it round the corner but gets it off the pads. They get a leg bye..

On off and pushed towards the cover region.

On a length, on middle. Patel works it towards wide long on for a single.

A touch shorter, around middle and leg. Singh uses his wrists to flick it towards deep mid-wicket for one.

In the air...safe! On a length, on middle and spinning in. Monank Patel is a bit late in his pull shot and one hand comes off the bat. The ball loops over square leg and they get one.

Flighted ball, around middle. Gajanand Singh presses forward and pushes it to mid on for a quick single.

Fuller ball, around off. Pushed past covers for one.

OUT! TAKEN! The struggle of Ritwik Behera ends! Adair digs it short and on off. Behera looks to pull but gets the top edge. Shane Getkate takes an easy catch at deep backward square leg there. USA are in a bit of trouble now.

Full and outside off. Patel goes for the booming drive but misses.

On a length, on the pads. Patel works it to square leg.

Short of a length, outside off. Punched to deep point for one.

On a length, on the pads. Singh clips it to deep square leg for one.

Flatter and on the pads. Worked away for one.

Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out.

DROPPED! Curtis Campher has put it down! Tossed up, on off. Behera comes down the track and chips it in the air to long on. Campher settles under it but drops it.

Flatter and outside off. Tapped past covers for one.

Flatter and around off. Patel works it past square leg for one.

Shorter ball, on off. Blocked out.

Length ball, on off. Blocked out.

FOUR! Nicely done! On a length, around off. Monank Patel punches it past covers for a boundary.

Length and on the pads. Flicked away for one.

Lands on a length and comes back in. Behera looks to heave it but it goes just past the leg pole.

Flicked away for a single by Behera this time.

Short of a length, lands on off and comes back in. Patel works it to deep square leg and keeps the strike.

FOUR! On the pads, Ritwik Behera flicks it past a diving fielder at short fine leg and picks up a boundary. That will release the pressure somewhat.

On middle, Behera comes down the track and mistimes the on drive towards mid on for a quick single.

A length ball, attacking middle stump. Patel pushes it towards mid on.

Back of a length, around off. Monank Patel punches it off the back foot towards mid off.

On top of off and driven towards cover-point for a single.

Length again, around off and Behera gets right behind the line of the ball to defend. Curtis Campher tries to rattle the batter a bit yet again but Ritwik Behera is having none of it.

On middle and pushed away towards mid on.

Fullish ball, on off and Behera nudges it out with soft hands.

Make that eight balls without a run! A length ball, around middle and Behera pats it back to the bowler.

Ritwik Behera looks really edgy out there. Full and straight, Behera flicks it straight to mid-wicket.

Even the bad ball isn't being dispatched. Short and wide, Behera stands tall and slaps it straight to point.

Good-length ball, on middle. Ritwik Behera works it towards deep square leg for a single.

LEG BYE! A length ball, on leg and sliding in. Behera looks to flick it on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls onto the leg side and they get a leg bye.

Just a few words being exchanged out there in the middle between Curtis Campher and Ryan Scott. Short ball, around leg. Scott comes down the track and looks to pull but gets hit on the gloves. The ball goes nowhere as Campher picks it up and throws it back towards the batter.

A fiery short ball, around middle and leg and angling across. Scott swings across the line and gets beaten comprehensively.

Slower one, full and wide. Scott is unable to get it away.

Short and wide, Scott stays leg side and is unable to reach the ball.

OUT! RUN OUT! Curtis Campher looks pumped up and has drawn first blood here! A length ball, angled at the body. Ryan Scott comes down the track but is unable to get it away and he keeps on running down the track. Curtis Campher picks it up and scores a direct hit at the batter's end. Ryan Scott fails to get back in time and has to depart. Monank Patel is in now.

LEG BYE! A length ball, around leg. Scott looks to tuck it away but gets hit on the thigh pad. The ball rolls onto the leg side and they scamper through for a leg bye.

Right on the money from McCarthy, Behera stays solid in defense.

Back of a length, around off. Behera opens the face of the bat and steers it towards third man. White over there misfields and they race back for the second.

On top of middle and worked behind square on the leg side for one.

In the air...safe! Good-length ball, around middle and leg. Ryan Scott hangs back and mistimes the pull the shot. The ball goes aerially and clears mid on. They come back for the second and Scott puts in the dive to get back in time.

A touch shorter, over leg stump. Scott misses the pull and it will be a dot ball to end the over.

Ooh, that looked close! Mark Adair starts with a length ball, on off and nipping in. Ritwik Behera is deep in his crease and hops as he looks to flick it away. He misses and gets rapped on the pads. Huge shout from the visitors but the umpire says no.

Length again, on the pads and flicked away fine. The fielder chases it down and keeps it to a couple. Ritwik Behera and USA are underway.

Around middle and leg, tuked away on the leg side for a single.

WIDE! A touch short, down the leg side. Scott looks to pull it behind square but misses. Wided.

FOUR! What a way to get off the mark! Fullish ball, around off and Ryan Scott crunches the cover drive for a boundary.

FOUR! And again! Shorter in length but there's width on offer. Scott frees his arms and slaps it through cover-point for another boundary.

A touch fuller, around middle and this is edged down to third man for one. 13 off the first over!