CAN beat IRE by 10 runs | Canada vs Ireland, Highlights And Cricket Score 25th T20 Match - Commentary

That's it from this game! Canada have gone to the top of the table with this win and Ireland have to work really hard to make a comeback into this tournament. The ICC World T20 Qualifiers are not done yet and we have another game coming up, Hong Kong versus Jersey. Do join us for that at 1930 Local (1530 GMT).

Navneet Dhaliwal, the Canadian skipper, says that they have done well but they would need to do better in the Powerplay. Further says that they could have scored some more runs in their innings. On the surface, Dhaliwal says that the surface is very slow but they adapted well to it. On his knock and captaincy, Navneet states that it feels good to play such a knock and he was a bit unlucky getting out earlier in the previous games.

Gary Wilson, the Irish skipper, says that the Canadians got a bit more than they would have liked but the boys brought it back really well. Says that they were backing themselves to chase this down but they did not expect to lose wickets so quickly and then it was difficult for them to recover from that. Adds that they would look to do better in their upcoming games.

Nitish Kumar is the Player of the match, on being asked about the win, he says that it was a good win. The bowlers bowled really well here. On his partnership with Navneet Dhaliwal, he says that when he came, the team wanted a good partnership and luckily they got one today in the middle. On advice from the coach, he adds that he was just asked to express himself and play his natural game.

The Irish were poor with the ball at the start giving away easy runs but came back strongly in the end to give away just 32 runs in the last five overs of the Canadians innings. Coming to their batting, there's nothing to talk about that, they lost wickets in a heap and it was difficult for them to make a comeback from thereon. Stuart Thompson, Gary Wilson and Mark Adair looked to resurrect things but it was too late. They remain in fourth position on the points table and would hope for a better performance in their next encounter. Presentation in a while.

CANADA! CANADA! BRILLIANT! They have beaten a side which is above them in the T20Is rankings and with this win they have gone to the top of the table. Canada started off well with the bat and due to an excellent stand between Nitish Kumar and Navneet Dhaliwal, they reached a respectable score on this wicket. They lost a few wickets in the end and could not finish with a bang. Then, their bowlers did a wonderful job to strangle the Irish batsmen. The team would be a happy bunch going into their next match. The only concern was their fielding as they made plenty of errors in their ground fielding.

Dillon Heyliger to George Dockrell. Good length ball on off, Dockrell can only edge that one towards the point region and takes a single. That's it from this game as CANADA WIN BY 10 RUNS.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. Fullish delivery outside off, Stuart drives this towards covers for another single. Barring a no ball, Canada should get a comfortable victory here.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. Thompson flicks this full delivery towards the mid-wicket region for a couple. 13 runs required off the last two balls.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. Yorker length ball on the pads, Thompson looks to dig it out but fails to get bat on ball. The ball goes into the keeper's gloves. The batters think of a leg bye but it is not there.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. Full delivery outside off, Thompson drives it towards the mid on region and takes a couple. 15 required from 4 balls.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. Full delivery on the leg stump line, Thompson flicks it towards the mid-wicket region for a couple. The fielder from long on runs in and stops the ball from reaching the fence.

Jeremy Gordon to George Dockrell. Full delivery on middle, Dockrell pushes it towards the mid on region and calls Thompson for a couple. 19 runs required off the last over.

Jeremy Gordon to George Dockrell. EDGED AND FOUR! Lucky for Dockrell here! Good length ball outside off, George looks to guide it to gully but it goes off the inside edge which sneaks past the leg stump and into the fine leg fence.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Full delivery outside off, Thompson drives it towards the mid off region and crosses over for a single.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Jeremy Gordon to George Dockrell. LEG BYE! Full delivery on the pads, Dockrell looks to flick it but gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls towards the keeper but still the batters are able to steal the leg bye.

Jeremy Gordon to George Dockrell. BEATEN! Good length ball outside off, George looks to loft it over the cover region but fails to put any bat on it.

Jeremy Gordon comes onto bowl his final over.

Romesh Eranga to Stuart Thompson. BEATEN! Slower delivery outside off, Thompson looks to slog it but fails to put any bat on it. Ireland require 27 runs from 12 ball. Eranga's figures read 4-0-32-2.

Romesh Eranga to George Dockrell. Short ball on middle, Dockrell pushes it towards the off side for a single.

Romesh Eranga to George Dockrell. The batsman has played it towards mid-wicket. Two runs added to the total.

Romesh Eranga to Stuart Thompson. Fullish delivery around off, Stuart looks to dig it out but it goes off the inside edge towards the fine leg region. The batters take a single.

Romesh Eranga to George Dockrell. Full delivery around off, Dockrell pushes it to mid off and takes a single.

Romesh Eranga to George Dockrell. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. The batsmen have picked up a couple of runs.

Romesh Eranga to George Dockrell. WIDE! Good length ball way outside off, Dockrell looks to drive it but fails to put any bat to it. It is wided.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. SIX! Finally a maximum for Thompson! Short delivery on middle, Thompson rocks back and pulls it with disdain towards the deep square leg region for a maximum. The fielder thinks he has a chance but it goes above his head.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. A short delivery which has been pulled away. The batsmen have picked up a couple of runs.

Dillon Heyliger to George Dockrell. LEG BYE! Short ball around off, Dockrell looks to pull it but it goes off the pads towards deep mid-wicket and Dockrell wants a couple and they take it. But wait a minute, the fielder at deep cover throws a poor ball towards the keeper who fails to collect it. The ball goes in between the legs of Kumar and towards square leg allowing the batsmen to take an extra run. Canada's ground fielding has been poor today.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. Another short delivery on middle, Stuart pulls it to deep square leg and takes a single.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. Short delivery on middle, Thompson pulls it towards the mid-wicket region and takes a couple. The fielder comes across from deep mid-wicket and cleans it up.

Dillon Heyliger to Stuart Thompson. BEATEN! Slower length ball outside off, Thompson looks to loft it over mid off but does not make any connection with it.

Dillon Heyliger is back into the attack. 2-0-10-0 his figures so far.

Romesh Eranga to Stuart Thompson. Full delivery on middle, Thompson pushes it towards the long on region and takes a single. 49 required off 24 balls.

Romesh Eranga to Stuart Thompson. WIDE! Full delivery down the leg side, Thompson looks to flick it but misses. It is wided though.

George Dockrell comes out to bat for Ireland.

Romesh Eranga to Mark Adair. OUT! CAUGHT! Adair perishes in trying to increase the run rate. Slower delivery outside off, Adair looks to loft it over the long on fielder but does not get hold of it. It goes off the bottom half of the bat and straight to Nitish Kumar at long off. Canada inching closer and closer to victory.

Romesh Eranga to Stuart Thompson. Yorker delivery on middle, Thompson looks to dig it out and it goes off the inside edge towards fine leg for a single.

Romesh Eranga to Mark Adair. Full delivery around off, Adair looks to loft it over long on but it goes off the upper half of the bat. The ball goes to long on and the batters take a single.

Romesh Eranga to Stuart Thompson. Short delivery on middle, Thompson pulls it towards deep square leg and takes a single.

Romesh Eranga to Mark Adair. Good length ball outside off, Adair punches this off the back foot towards the cover region and takes a single.

Romesh Eranga comes back on. 2-0-18-1 are his figures so far. He would like to improve on it.

Jeremy Gordon to Mark Adair. Good length ball outside off, Adair looks to defend but it goes off the edge towards the off side. The batters cross for a single. 55 required off 30 balls.

Jeremy Gordon to Mark Adair. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Full delivery outside off, Thompson drives it towards the mid off region and takes a single.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Good length ball down the leg side, Thompson looks to flick but misses and it is wided.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. On a length outside off, Stuart plays it towards the point region where the fielder makes a good diving stop.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. BEATEN! Good length ball outside off, Thompson looks to punch it off the back foot but fails to put any bat on it.

Jeremy Gordon to Mark Adair. Good length ball outside off, Mark pushes it towards the cover region and crosses over for a single.

Saad Bin Zafar to Mark Adair. Full delivery outside off, Adair pushes it to mid off and takes a single. So, 59 required for Ireland off the last 36 deliveries with 4 wickets in hand.

Saad Bin Zafar to Mark Adair. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Saad Bin Zafar to Mark Adair. Flatter delivery way outside off, Adair lets it go to the keeper. It is wided.

Saad Bin Zafar to Mark Adair. FOUR! Brilliantly played! Flighted delivery outside off, Adair comes down the track and lofts this straight down the ground. The fielder runs from long on and puts in an excellent dive but is unable to catch it.

Saad Bin Zafar to Mark Adair. Full toss outside off, Adair lofts this towards the long off region and takes a couple. The mid off fielder comes across and cleans it up.

Saad Bin Zafar to Mark Adair. Flatter delivery around off, Adair defends it back to the bowler off the front foot.

Saad Bin Zafar to Mark Adair. Full delivery outside off, Adair pushes it towards the cover region for nothing.

Saad Bin Zafar comes back on. His figures read 3-0-23-2.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Short delivery on middle and leg, Stuart flicks it towards the square leg region and takes another couple. Good over for Canada comes to an end.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Yorker delivery outside off, Stuart looks to dig it out but fails to put any bat on it.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Good length ball on the pads, Thompson flicks it towards the mid-wicket region and gets off the mark with a couple.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Another play and miss. On a length outside off, Stuart looks to punch this off the back foot towards the off side but the ball beats the outside edge of the bat and goes to the keeper.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. BEATEN! On a length outside off, Stuart looks to cut but fails to put any bat on it.

Jeremy Gordon to Stuart Thompson. Good length ball way outside off, Thompson lets the ball go to the keeper and it is wided.

Stuart Thompson is the new batsman in for Ireland.

Jeremy Gordon to Gary Wilson. OUT! BOWLED! Change of bowling works for Canada. Jeremy Gordon comes into the attack and bowls a peach of a delivery to get rid of the skipper, Gary Wilson. It is a good length delivery outside off, Wilson looks to cut but it beats the edge of the bat and goes on to hit the top of off stump. Canada are ruling this game now and Ireland have to play really well to make a match of it.

Jeremy Gordon is back into the attack. Just a single over before this and was smashed for 14 runs. Can he come back strongly here?

Nikhil Dutta to Gary Wilson. Full delivery outside off, Wilson drives it towards the mid off region and takes off for a single.

Nikhil Dutta to Gary Wilson. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot.

Nikhil Dutta to Mark Adair. Short ball outside off, Adair punches it towards the cover region and gets off the mark with a single.

Mark Adair is the new batsman in.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. OUT! STUMPED! Brilliant piece of bowling from Dutta! Lures Tector to come down the track with a looped up ball outside off. The ball spins and beats the drive of Harry. The ball goes into the hands of the keeper and Hamza does no mistake and does an easy stumping. Ireland are half the side down with still a long way to go.

Nikhil Dutta to Gary Wilson. Dutta bowls a short delivery way outside off, Wilson cuts it towards the cover region and crosses over for a single.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Flat delivery outside off, Tector rocks on his back foot and punches this towards deep cover for another single.

Nikhil Dutta is back into the attack. 2-0-8-0 his figures so far.

Nitish Kumar to Harry Tector. Flighted ball on middle, Tector drives it towards the off side for a single. Ireland need 76 more runs from 9 overs.

Nitish Kumar to Gary Wilson. The batsman has driven it through mid on. They pick up a single.

Nitish Kumar to Harry Tector. Flighted ball on middle, Tector plays a sweep shot towards square leg and takes a single.

Nitish Kumar to Harry Tector. Full delivery on middle, Tector flicks it towards the square leg region and they take a couple before the fielder is able to clean it up.

Nitish Kumar to Gary Wilson. Full delivery on middle, Wilson comes down the track and flicks it towards the mid-wicket region for a single. The fielder runs in from deep mid-wicket and cleans it up.

Nitish Kumar to Harry Tector. Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Harry flicks it towards deep mid-wicket and crosses over for a single. They think of a couple but it is not there.

Nitish Kumar is into the attack.

Saad Bin Zafar to Harry Tector. Flighted ball on middle, Harry flicks it off his pads towards the leg side.

Saad Bin Zafar to Harry Tector. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Saad Bin Zafar to Harry Tector. Flat delivery outside off, Harry pushes it towards point where the fielder lets it through his legs yet again. The ball goes towards cover and the batsmen take two.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gary Wilson. Full delivery outside off, Wilson pushes it towards the cover region and by the time Jeremy Gordon comes across to clean it up, the batters are able to take three.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gary Wilson. Flighted ball outside off, Wilson pushes it towards the mid off region and takes a couple. The fielder from mid off comes across and cleans it off.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gary Wilson. Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Wilson looks to flick it but gets hit on the pads for nothing.

Nikhil Dutta to Gary Wilson. Wilson drives this tossed up ball through covers for a single.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Tossed up on off, Tector drives it to mid off for a single.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Tossed up on middle, Tector works it to mid-wicket and takes a couple.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Tossed up outside off, Tector looks to cut but is beaten all eds up. The ball goes past the outside edge and into the mitts of the keeper.

Nikhil Dutta to Gary Wilson. Tossed up on off, Wilson taps it to mid off for a single.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Short and on off, Tector pulls it to mid-wicket for a single.

Saad Bin Zafar to Harry Tector. Full delivery on middle, Tector flicks it towards the leg side for a single.

Saad Bin Zafar to Harry Tector. On off, pushed towards cover for a single.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gary Wilson. It's been driven superbly through the covers. They pick up a single.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gary Wilson. MISFIELD AND FOUR! Flighted ball outside off, Gary plays a lovely square cut towards the point region for a boundary. The fielder from cover runs in but it goes in between the legs and into the fence.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gary Wilson. OHH! What happened there? Canada have missed an easy run out chance here! Flighted ball outside off, Wilson plays a square cut towards point. Tector wants the run but is sent back. The fielder at cover throws it towards the bowler who holds it but hits the stumps with his shoulder. At that time it looked like the ball was not in his hands. The replays show that the bowler had the ball in his hand but was not given.

Gary Wilson is the next man in.

Saad Bin Zafar to Paul Stirling. OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent piece of keeping this from Hamza Tariq! Flatter delivery outside off, Stirling looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge which the keeper holds on to. Ireland in dire straits now as their talismanic batsman is going back to the hut.

Saad Bin Zafar is back into the attack. 1-0-9-1 so far.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Flatter delivery on middle, Tector pushes it back towards mid on but it hits the non-striker and goes towards cover.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Nikhil Dutta to Paul Stirling. Full delivery on middle, Paul pushes it towards mid on and crosses over for another single.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Flighted ball on middle, Harry flicks it towards the leg side and takes a single.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Flatter delivery outside off, Harry Tector looks to guide it towards point but gets an inside edge onto his pads and into the pitch.

Nikhil Dutta to Harry Tector. Flatter delivery on middle, Tector defends it off the front foot and into the ground.

Nikhil Dutta is into the attack for the first time.

Dillon Heyliger to Harry Tector. On a length and on off, Tector plays it to point for a run.

Dillon Heyliger to Harry Tector. Length and on off, Tector flicks it to mid on.

Dillon Heyliger to Paul Stirling. Length and on off, Stirling punches it off the back foot to covers. The batsmen take a quick single.

Dillon Heyliger to Paul Stirling. On a length and on off, Stirling drives it to mid off.

Dillon Heyliger to Harry Tector. Length and on off, Tector runs it down to third man for a single.

Dillon Heyliger to Harry Tector. Length and on off, Tector defends it to the off side.

Dillon Heyliger is back into the attack. 1-0-7-0 so far.

Saad Bin Zafar to Harry Tector. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. The batsmen have run through for a single. Brilliant over from Saad Bin Zafar comes to an end.

Saad Bin Zafar to Harry Tector. EDGED AND FOUR! Harry Tector is off the mark with a boundary. Good length ball outside off, Tector looks to drive it but it goes off the outside edge towards the third man region and into the fence. The Canadians have their noses in front now.

Harry Tector is the new man in.

Saad Bin Zafar to Andy Balbirnie. OUT! BOWLED! Back-to-back wickets for Canada here! Excellent stuff from Saad. Bowls a flatter delivery which kept a little low on middle, Balbirnie looks to cut it but misses it and it goes on to hit the middle stump. Ireland in a bit of bother here and in desperate need of a partnership.

Andrew Balbirnie is the new man in.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gareth Delany. OUT! RUN OUT! After couple of poor fielding attempts, Canada have pulled off a stunner. Flatter delivery outside off, Gareth cuts it towards point and looks to take the single but Nitish Kumar dives and makes an excellent stop. He throws it to the keeper who removes the bails in a flash. Delany makes an attempt to make it back but fails to do so. The umpire gives it out immediately.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gareth Delany. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot.

Saad Bin Zafar to Gareth Delany. MISFIELD AND FOUR! Another poor piece of fielding from the Canadians. Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Gareth Delany pulls it towards short fine leg where the fielder lets it go between the legs and into the fence.

Jeremy Gordon to Paul Stirling. SIX! No edge on that one. Short ball on middle, Paul pulls it with disdain towards the deep square leg region for a maximum. The fielder at deep square leg for a while thought it was a chance but it was not to be.

Jeremy Gordon to Paul Stirling. EDGED AND FOUR! Good length ball outside off, Paul looks to cut it but gets an under edge which goes towards the fine leg region for a boundary. The keeper dives to stop the ball but makes a mess of it.

Jeremy Gordon to Paul Stirling. WIDE! Strays down the leg side here does Gordon. Bowls it way down the leg side. Stirling looks to flick it but misses the ball.

Jeremy Gordon to Gareth Delany. Good length delivery outside off, Delany cuts it towards the deep cover region and takes three. The fielder runs after it from cover and cleans it up before it reaches the ropes.

Jeremy Gordon to Gareth Delany. Driven towards the mid on region.

Jeremy Gordon to Paul Stirling. Leg bye! Good length ball on middle and leg, Paul looks to flick it but gets hit on the pads. The ball goes towards the square leg region and the batsmen take a leg bye.

Jeremy Gordon to Paul Stirling. Slower delivery outside off, Paul looks to slog it away but gets deceived and fails to put any bat on it

Jeremy Gordon is into the attack.

Romesh Eranga to Paul Stirling. Full delivery on middle, Paul flicks it towards the mid-wicket region for a single.

Romesh Eranga to Paul Stirling. Good length delivery on off, Paul pushes it towards the point region.

Romesh Eranga to Paul Stirling. FOUR! Streaky! Short ball outside off, Stirling cuts it off the back foot uppishly towards backward point and between the two fielders. The ball races to the fence. The fielder at short third man tries to stop it while diving but is unable to do so.

Romesh Eranga to Paul Stirling. On a length on middle, Stirling defends it off the back foot towards mid off.

Romesh Eranga to Gareth Delany. Short ball outside off, Gareth guides this towards the gully region for nothing.

Romesh Eranga to Gareth Delany. SIX! Brilliant shot from Delany! He is continuing his form from the previous game. Fullish delivery outside off, Delany lunges forward and lofts this over the cover fielder for the first maximum of the innings. Now, Canada have pushed a fielder to deep cover.

Dillon Heyliger to Paul Stirling. A length ball outside off, coming in, a solid forward defense to end the second over.

Dillon Heyliger to Gareth Delany. Off the mark, is Gareth Delany. Full and outside off, Delany drives it wide of cover and gets off the mark with a single.

Dillon Heyliger to Gareth Delany. Outside off, punched straight to cover.

Dillon Heyliger to Paul Stirling. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.

Dillon Heyliger to Paul Stirling. FOUR! Easy peasy. A length ball, around middle, Stirling turns it off his hips through square leg and the ball races away.

Dillon Heyliger to Gareth Delany. Outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.

Gareth Delany walks in at number 3, replacing O'Brien. 89 in the previous game for Ireland. So he is in form and will have high confidence. Dillon Heyliger to bowl from the other end.

Romesh Eranga to Kevin O'Brien. OUT! In the air and taken this time! Just as we were about to say that Eranga has been a touch too loose in this over, he gets a prized scalp of Kevin O'Brien! Nothing special about this delivery but what a shot it looked like. A lovely poise, nice upright body and an elegant loft over cover. All good, till you see a human being coming in to take the catch at the extra cover boundary. The field was changed a ball before, with third man coming up and mid off coming up as well. Perhaps O'Brien looked to go over mid off but mistimed it. Canada won't mind!

Romesh Eranga to Kevin O'Brien. WIDE. Down the leg side, KOB looks to pull but misses.

Romesh Eranga to Kevin O'Brien. Uppish again, but played with soft hands towards cover once more. Does not carry.

Romesh Eranga to Kevin O'Brien. Outside off, Kevin gets across and punches it to short extra cover.

Romesh Eranga to Kevin O'Brien. FOUR! You cannot give width. A length ball outside off, too wide, O'Brien just lofts it with ease over cover and gets the Irish their first boundary!

Romesh Eranga to Paul Stirling. Around middle, this one nips back in, worked through square leg for a single.

Romesh Eranga to Paul Stirling. A swing and a miss to start. A length ball outside off, no swing, Stirling throws his bat at it flat-footed and misses.

We are all set for the run chase to resume. The Irish openers, Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien are making their way out to the middle. The Canadian players are also out in the middle to try and restrict the Irish. Romesh Eranga to open the innings for Canada. Paul Stirling will be on strike.