USA took a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series against Canada with a 31-run win on Tuesday.
Asked to bat by Canadian captain Saad Bin Zafar, the USA took advantage of some sloppy fielding and a batting-friendly pitch to post a massive 230/3 in their allotted 20 overs. Canada had chances early on but didn't take them, and the Americans took full advantage to make them pay.
Canada chased hard, led by Aaron Johnson's 74 off 40, but the target proved too hard in the end, with the innings ending on 199 all out in 19.4 overs. While the Americans got three half-centuries in quick succession from their top three batsmen, Johnson was Canada's only half-centurion as Srimantha Wijeyeratne, Navneet Dhaliwal, Bin Zafar and Parveen Kumar combined for just six runs.
Bin Zafar said after the match:
"For our pace attack, it's inexperience, they're still learning. T20 is not an easy game, especially when you get a flat track, the pressure is always on the bowler. We missed our lengths today, but overall I think if we had taken some of the chances we had early on - we didn't really field well as a team - the result could have been different."