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Aaron Jones’ brilliant 90* led USA to a confident win over their neighbours Canada, in what was the debut T20 World Cup match for both sides.
A number of records were broken during this clash and we take a look at the major ones to fall.
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Jones’ quickfire 94* along with Andries Gous’ fighting 65 helped USA overcome Canada’s ask of 195 in merely 17.4 overs. This was the third-highest successful run chase in Men’s T20 World Cups, and the highest ever by an Associate team.
Team
Opposition
Year
Total
England
South Africa
2016
230/8
South Africa
West Indies
2007
208/2
USA
Canada
2024
197/3
Australia
Pakistan
2010
197/7
West Indies
India
2016
196/3
All 10 sixes from USA's Aaron Jones against Canada | T20 World Cup
After a relatively sedate start, Jones hit his first six in the ninth over delivered by Nikhil Dutta. There was no stopping the right-hand batter after that, as he went after both seamers and spinners in an innings that featured 10 sixes.
These 10 hits equalled the number of sixes Chris Gayle had hit in the inaugural game of the very first T20 World Cup back in 2007. Gayle would go on to break his own record nine years later in 2016, but Jones now has the joint second-most sixes in an innings of a T20 World Cup game, Men’s or Women’s.
Player
Team
Opponent and Year
Sixes
Chris Gayle
West Indies
England (2016)
11
Chris Gayle
West Indies
South Africa (2007)
10
Aaron Jones
USA
Canada (2024)
10
Deandra Dottin
West Indies
South Africa (2010)
9
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The 131-run stand between Jones and Gous came off 58 balls, and was the second best stand for the third-wicket in a Men’s T20 World Cup game. The record belongs to Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan of England, who added 152 runs for the third wicket against Sri Lanka in 2014.
Team
Opposition
Year
Partnership
England
Sri Lanka
2014
152
USA
Canada
2024
131
South Africa
West Indies
2007
120
Australia
Pakistan
2014
118
Bangladesh
West Indies
2007
112
Canada post 194/5 in tournament opener in Dallas | T20 World Cup
The partnership between Jones and Gous was USA’s best-ever for any wicket in the T20I format. Incidentally, three of USA’s top five partnerships in T20I cricket have come up against Canada.
Batter 1
Batter 2
For the wicket
Partnership
Opponent and Year
Andries Gous
Aaron Jones
3rd
131
Canada (2024)
Sushant Modani
Gajanand Singh
5th
110
Ireland (2021)
Corey Anderson
Nitish Kumar
4th
104
Canada (2024)
Monank Patel
Steven Taylor
1st
104
Canada (2024)
Aaron Jones
Ian Holland
1st
91
Bahamas (2021)
Jones reached his fifty off merely 22 balls. This was the fastest-ever half-century by any batter from the North American side.
The 131-run stand between Jones and Gous was also the fastest-ever to reach the 100-run mark in a T20 World Cup game. The duo added 100 runs in merely 42 balls.
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