Ireland racks up maiden win

However, it never came. He stepped forward to Fiachra Tucker’s offspin and was bowled, bringing an end to his 29-run ninth-wicket stand with Shlok Patel. However, his knock had given Canada some momentum, allowing Shlok and Prushoth Wijayaraj to add a chancy but important 37 for the final wicket, pushing an innings that once seemed headed for an early finish to 48.2 overs.

Ireland, in its chase, was assured, mostly. Tector and Doheny were rarely troubled by the Canadian bowlers, who kept giving too much space to the batsmen. Tector and Doheny welcomed it with drives and cuts to the ropes.

The batsmen chipped away and the 50-mark was breached within eight overs. They had added 75 for the opening wicket before Canada had the breakthrough – it led to a mini implosion. Doheny’s attempts to send Mamik Luthra’s tossed up delivery over long on ended up with mid-on, before Adam Gillespie was caught behind after an attempted cut off Adhihetty. Tector and Gary slowly added 17 in 48 balls until Tector popped one straight to cover to end an 81-ball knock of 33. Lorcan Tucker then lasted all of two balls.

Gary was joined in the middle by his twin brother, William, and the two were extremely assiduous, opting for a safety-first approach.

That resulted in a drab phase, but Ireland didn’t mind, it had secured its first victory in what has been a long tournament.

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