After their place within the Tremendous Eights on the T20 World Cup was confirmed, USA vice-captain Aaron Jones has expressed confidence in his crew's capacity to beat any Full Member crew supplied they play 'correct cricket' and play to their potential. Match co-hosts USA's dream run on the T20 World Cup continued on Friday when their entry into the Tremendous Eights was assured after their Group A recreation in opposition to Eire was washed out because of rain, with the 2 groups sharing a degree every. USA defeated neighbours Canada by seven wickets after which made their debut within the match a memorable one by defeating former champions Pakistan in an exhilarating Tremendous Over.
“Clearly we're wanting ahead to the problem (of the Tremendous Eights). Over the past couple of weeks, we've proven that we will actually compete and beat a number of the full member nations,” Jones mentioned within the post-match press convention.
The USA will face South Africa, the West Indies and probably England within the Tremendous Eights and Jones is assured his facet can problem the world's finest.
He mentioned, “Truthfully, not many individuals pay a lot consideration to American cricket. Perhaps the entire world doesn’t already know the way a lot expertise we now have right here and what number of good gamers we now have. This can be a slight benefit for us, however actually on any given day, as soon as we play correct cricket, we consider that we will positively beat any crew on this planet.”
Reaching the Tremendous Eight has ensured computerized qualification for the USA for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
“Truthfully, it's an enormous factor for us. For the final couple of years we've been speaking about taking part in within the World Cup, taking part in extra video games in opposition to full member nations and issues like that. We're doing that now and clearly qualifying for the Tremendous Eights is absolutely nice.
“Not just for us now, however I feel we’ll qualify for the 2026 World Cup as effectively, it's an enormous factor for us. It's an amazing factor for us, and never just for us, however for the followers within the USA as effectively. We positively recognize them and it's an amazing factor not just for the followers but additionally for the younger technology within the USA.” Final month, Bangladesh toured the USA to play a three-match T20 sequence, which the hosts received 3-0 and given their good efficiency within the T20 World Cup, Jones hopes extra full member groups will play bilateral sequence with them.
“I feel we wish to play as a lot cricket as potential for our gamers and we might like to play extra cricket in opposition to full member nations. That's the place we’re going to check ourselves in opposition to the perfect gamers on this planet. So clearly let's see the way it goes, however we might actually adore it.”
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
Matters talked about on this article
