Ireland’s hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup Super 8s took a massive hit as debutants Canada claimed their first win in the tournament, winning by 12 runs in New York.

Paul Stirling’s side have now lost two matches from two after their eight-wicket drubbing against India at the same venue on Wednesday, a game in which they were rolled for 96 in 16 overs on a headline-grabbing pitch.

Ireland were limited to 125-7 two days later as they set about trying to trump Canada’s 137-7, with only Andy Balbirnie (17) and Lorcan Tucker (10) reaching double figures among the top five batters.

George Dockrell (30no off 23) and Mark Adair (34 off 24) rallied Ireland from 59-6 in the 13th over with a half-century partnership, cutting the requirement 17 from the final six balls.

But Canada quick Jeremy Gordon (2-16) conceded only four runs and caught Adair off his own bowling as the North American side pulled off the second shock in as many days, after co-hosts USA stunned 2009 champions and 2022 runners-up Pakistan in a Super Over 24.

What’s next?

There are four matches at the T20 World Cup on Saturday with New Zealand vs Afghanistan from 12.30am in Guyana and then Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh from 1.30am in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Netherlands play South Africa from 3.30pm on Long Island, New York, while England – whose opening game with Scotland on Tuesday was was washed out – take on Australia in Barbados from 6pm

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