Canada’s match against Scotland in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 set an unfavourable record for the first time in international cricket history. The incident resulted in both Canadian openers being removed on the first two balls of their innings.
The game, which took place at the Maple Leaf North-West Ground in King City, was the 81st of the League 2 season.
Canada was called in to bat after Scotland won the toss.
The record was set after the first delivery, when Scotland’s left-arm pacer Brad Currie dismissed opener Ali Nadeem with an edge off a good-length delivery that went straight to Mark Watt at first slip, going for a duck.
On the second ball, Yuvraj Samra, stationed at the non-striker’s end, was caught short of his crease. Pargat Singh’s drive bounced off Currie’s hand and onto the stumps, leaving Samra too far from the crease, and the opener was run out without facing a ball. This resulted in Canada losing both of its openers for zero runs on the first two deliveries of the innings, marking the first time such a sequence had occurred in international cricket across forms.
Never happened before in international cricket 😱
Canada lost BOTH openers in the first 2 balls of their innings vs Scotland 😵#CWCL2 pic.twitter.com/N5ec3KFV49
— FanCode (@FanCode) September 1, 2025
Currie continued to run through the Canadian batting order, finishing his opening spell with three wickets while also playing a role in Samra’s dismissal. Canada was struggling at 18 for 5, staring at the possibility of a sub-50 total. However, wicketkeeper-batter Shreyas Movva’s 60, along with Jaskaran Singh’s 32 and Saad Bin Zafar’s 29, pushed the team to a respectable 184 before they were bowled out in 48.1 overs.
In reply, Scotland’s George Munsey anchored the chase with an unbeaten 84, while captain Richie Berrington contributed 64. Despite losing a few wickets, Scotland reached the target in 41.5 overs, securing a comprehensive seven-wicket victory with 49 balls to spare.
India
