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Usa Vs Ireland Everything You Need To Know About This Historic Series

USA vs Ireland | Everything you need to know about this historic series

In a historic tour, Ireland will be competing against the USA as the latter is set to host them for two T20Is, followed by a three-match ODI series. All the games are scheduled to take place at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill.

Ireland will come into the series as bright favourites under the leadership of Andrew Balbirnie. However, the drums still have not rolled yet but they are already under the pump as few of their players have been found Covid-19 positive.

On the other hand, the USA will be hosting an international cricket match for the first time. In a bid to make the sport popular among the masses, USA cricket has gone under a major transformation recently.

Fixtures, Timing and Venue

Date	Match Timing (IST)	Venue
1st T20I, December 23	12:30 AM	Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida
2nd T20I, December 24	5:30 AM	Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida
1st ODI, December 26	8:30 PM	Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida
2nd ODI, December 28	8:30 PM	Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida
3rd ODI, December 31	12:30 AM	Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida

Live Streaming

No TV channel will be telecasting USA vs Ireland in India. However, the tour will be exclusively live-streamed on the FanCode app and website.

Squads

USA (T20I squad): Monank Patel (c/wk), Karima Gore, Aaron Jones (vc), Marty Kain, Ali Khan, Jaskaran Malhotra, Xavier Marshall, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nisarg Patel, Gajanand Singh, Jessy Singh, Steven Taylor, Rusty Theron, Vatsal Vaghela.

USA (ODI squad): Monank Patel (c/wk), Aaron Jones (vc), Ali Khan, Gajanand Singh, Jessy Singh, Jaskaran Malhotra, Marty Kain, Nisarg Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Rahul Jariwala, Gajanand Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Vatsal Vaghela, Xavier Marshall.

Ireland (T20I squad): Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, William McClintock, Neil Rock (wk), Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Ben White, Craig Young.

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No third umpire in USA vs IRE series, all decisions to be taken on field

What has come as a shocking revelation but apparently there would be no third umpire for the first-ever bilateral series between the USA and a Test-playing nation in the USA. The Ireland Men’s team visit to the States will mark a historic moment in USA cricket. Reporting this development about the non-availability of the third umpire, journalist Peter Della Penna said that the decision was taken as there was no availability of technological assistance. It is ironic in the sense that the USA being the centre of technology is unable to provide technical assistance to its national cricket team. People on the internet were worried whether it is even possible in today’s to play an international game involving a Test-playing nation without a third umpire. It was clarified by Della Penna that the third umpire is only mandatory for Super League games in ODIs and not for all games. The first match of the two-match T20 series begins on Wednesday, December 22nd at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida.

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