Jones, Gous’ spectacular show hands USA opening win

USA announced their arrival in the T20 World Cup with a demolition of their rivals Canada in Dallas.

Aaron Jones the vice-captain, and Andries Gous,  the former South African player and current Texas resident, made a mockery of their chase of 195 with a 131-run third-wicket partnership at a whirlwind run rate of 14.29. USA got the job done with seven wickets and 14 balls to spare.

Jones went on a six-hitting spree – he cleared the boundary ten times – and celebrated most of those with animated fist-pumps, which had the crowd chanting: “USA! USA! USA!”

Though Gous holed out for 65 off 46, Jones fittingly finished the chase with a pair of sixes, off offspinner Nikhil Dutta, and handed USA their fifth successive win over Canada, having beaten them 4-0 in the lead-up to their first-ever World Cup appearance.

Brief scores:
USA 197 for 3 in 1.4 overs (Aaron Jones 94*, Andries Gous 65; Kaleem Sana 1-34, Dillon Heyliger 1-19,  Nikhil Dutta 1-41) beat Canada 194 for 5 in 20 overs  (Aaron Jonson 23, Navneet  Dhaliwal 61, Nicholas Kirton 51, Shreyaas Movva 32*; Ali Khan 1-41,  Harmeet Singh 1-27, Corey Anderson 1-29) by seven wickets

(Cricinfo)