Against all odds, the U.S. men’s national cricket team advanced to the Super Eight round of the International Cricket Council T20 World Cup, defeating Canada and Pakistan. The win against Pakistan will go down as one of the greatest upsets in international cricket history. A team mostly composed of rejects from other countries’ cricket systems, some of whom have regular, full-time jobs, defeated Pakistan, a powerhouse with some of the most famous cricketers in the world.
In the Super Eight round, the U.S. was not so successful. In the first match against South Africa on Wednesday, the U.S. put up a very respectable 176 runs, 80 of which were scored by Andries Gous, who is among the tournament’s leading individual scorers. But the U.S. had conceded 194 and therefore came up short.
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