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US cricket team advances to second round in Twenty20 World Cup debut
LAUDERHILL, Fla. — The US cricket team made more history by reaching the second round in its Twenty20 World Cup debut after failing in its final group match against Ireland on Friday.
Rain meant the game at Broward County Stadium was abandoned without a ball thrown, causing the Americans to the Super Eight stage and automatically qualify them for the 2026 Twenty20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
The USA only qualified for this T20 World Cup as co-hosts with the West Indies, but have used home advantage to make a stunning first impression in their first major cricket tournament.
While the Americans advanced from Group A along with undefeated India, former champions Pakistan and winless Ireland were eliminated from Super Eight contention.
Pakistan won the title in 2009 and reached two more finals, including at the last T20 World Cup in 2022. Pakistan has failed to advance out of the group stage for the first time. Ireland was also expected to pose a threat. The Irish also reached the second round on their debut in 2009 and repeated in 2022.
The competitive point of the washout was enough for the US to move forward after that Beat Canada in Texas and beautiful Pakistan on Long Island in the first week.
Binding Pakistan in regular overs and then beating them in a super over was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the tournament.
That was the Americans bumped by Indiaone of the title favorites, as expected on Wednesday, but the hosts' progression without being able to play on Friday was still well deserved.
The umpires carried out four inspections of the wet outfield before heavy rain arrived around 1:30 pm local time and the match was called off three hours after its scheduled start.
The 17th-ranked USA joined West Indies, India, Australia, South Africa and Afghanistan in the Super Eight, with two more teams yet to qualify. The Super Eight, which starts on Wednesday, will be split into two groups, with each team guaranteed three matches to try to reach the semi-finals.
Later Friday, South Africa played Nepal in St. Vincent, and New Zealand met Uganda in Trinidad.
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