News USA vice-captain Aaron Jones on rivalry with Canada: 'Has been going on for years and years' Says USA not complacent going into the T20 World Cup curtain-raiser, despite having recently beaten Canada 4-0 as well as stunned Bangladesh ESPNcricinfo staff 01-Jun-2024 • 9 mins ago Aaron Jones is looking forward to the challenge of facing Canada in the T20 World Cup 2024 • Peter Della Penna T20 World Cup 2024 will kick off with North American neighbours USA - who are co-hosts of the competition - and Canada facing off on Saturday in Dallas. And of course, it was these two teams that played the first ever international cricket match , all the way back in 1844. The history of the rivalry is not lost on USA vice-captain Aaron Jones .
"As everybody knows, USA and Canada played the first international game, so this has been something that was going on for years and years," Jones said at a press conference on the eve of the World Cup opener. "As it relates to the players, we all are friends, we've all played together, against one another, for years. So everybody's good and cool, but as it relates to the fans, it's a bit of a rivalry, we all know that.
We enjoy playing against Canada, they enjoy playing against us. We know for sure it's going to be challenging and we're looking forward to the challenge." Related Law: USA wanted the T20I series win 'a bit more' than Bangladesh New York's beautiful monster: how a cricket venue was created from scratch New York increases security a.
