Murray’s mum hails his glorious ‘rebirth’
for the first time since Adair came into the team in May — and David Delany as Wilson went with his three best bowlers, and that was one plan that came off, Canada’s total of 35-1 the second lowest conceded by Ireland after six overs this year.
However, the danger signs went up just two balls later when George Dockrell was hit for six by Navneet Dhaliwal on his way to a 37-ball 50, and a reverse sweep by Nitish Kumar off the slow left arm bowler brought up the 100 partnership.
It was Gareth Delany who broke the stand, having Dhaliwal caught at deep mid-wicket, and when Rankin had Kumar caught in the same position, the ball after he brought up his own 50, Ireland took advantage of the new batsmen in the middle to give their own a decent chance at halfway.
Total (5 wkts, 20 overs)
Wilson had chosen to chase because all seven matches on the ground (bar Nigeria’s games) had been won by the team batting second. Until yesterday.
And Hong Kong followed Canada’s
lead in the late game when, batting first, they defeated Jersey by eight runs to keep the Channel Islanders level on points with Ireland ahead of the teams’ crucial meeting tomorrow morning.
Judy Murray has hailed son Andy’s comeback from hip surgery to win his first title in more than two years as “a rebirth”.
“If he is well, Andy is capable of anything,” said Judy. “In a few days, Andy and Kim’s third child should arrive. We’ll all go to London, great-grandmother included, to celebrate all the events at once. After all, it’s also a rebirth for Andy.”
Murray has been selected for Britain’s Davis Cup squad after beating Stan Wawrinka to win his first tournament since 2017 at the European Open.
It was only the sixth singles event the 32-year-old has competed in since returning from a hip resurfacing operation in January.