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On Tuesday (August 13), the United States faced Canada in the 20th match of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at the Hague. Interestingly, it was the first game for the United States, while Canada made their sixth appearance in the tournament.
The United States batted first and got off to a strong start with their openers, Steven Taylor (27) and Smit Patel (63). Then, skipper Monank Patel played a spectacular knock, slamming 121* off 95, while Shayan Jahangir provided support with 57*-run knock. As a result, the USA posted a formidable total of 304 on the board.
In response, Canada lost their opener Aaditya Varadarajan (4) early. Aaron Johnson (55) and Pargat Singh (42) steadied the innings but lost their wickets at the wrong time. Most of Canada's batters failed to make substantial contributions. However, a sensational 125-run partnership between Harsh Thaker and Dillon Heyliger brought the game close.
Heyliger (56) was dismissed in the 48th over, while Thaker made way in the final over after scoring a terrific 77 as Canada lost the game by 14 runs.
On that note, let’s take a look at the best batters as well as bowlers in the ICC CWC League Two.
ICC CWC League Two Most Runs List
Canada’s Harsh Thaker produced an impressive performance of 77 off as many balls to climb to the top with 346 runs at an exceptional average of 115.33. George Munsey slipped to the second position with 302 runs in six innings at an average of 50.33, with a top score of 91.
Meanwhile, Gerhard Erasmus (245) and Richie Berrington (228) have done well with their contributions and are third and fourth, respectively. Michael van Lingen (199), Jan Frylinck (197), JJ Smit (191), Max O’Dowd (186) and Brandon McMullen (181) occupy the subsequent positions.
Canada skipper Nicholas Kirton (153) contributed 14 in the latest game and jumped one place to secure the 10th position in the charts.
ICC CWC League 2 Most Wickets List
Namibia’s Gerhard Erasmus retained his top spot in the highest wicket-takers list with 14 scalps in eight innings. Aryan Dutt follows him with 12 scalps in five games, and the best figures of 6/34. Dilon Heyliger took a solitary wicket and has 11 dismissals in six appearances.
Bernard Scholtz (10) and Saad Bin Zafar (9) take the fourth and fifth positions, respectively, on the list. Vivian Kingma, Brad Curie, Ben Shikongo hold the next three spots with eight wickets each. Charlie Cassell and Kushal Bhurtel are ninth and tenth, respectively, with seven scalps apiece.
