After being put in to bat, the USA would have hoped their top order would take charge, and boy did they. The top four combined for 213 of the 230 runs piled up and faced all but five of the 120 balls bowled.
As chance after chance went begging for Canada in the early innings, the USA played with increasing freedom, capitalising on anything that was either too short or too full.
Desperate for a wicket, Bin Zafar took a gamble bowling Nicholas Kirton in the final over of the first powerplay and it backfired. The result was a 22-run sixth over in which Taylor was absolutely brilliant. At 81/0 after six overs, Canada was well behind the 8-ball after half an hour.
Parveen Kumar, making his T20I debut, gave Canada a moment's respite when he edged Taylor to Navneet Dhaliwal at long-off. By then, the American openers had put on 104 for the first wicket in just 8.3 overs. Taylor made 54 off just 25 deliveries with seven fours and three huge sixes, while Patel scored 68 off 35 deliveries with 10 fours and two sixes.