'One of the biggest upsets in history': USA stun cricket world with shock win over Pakistan
South African-born Andries Gous plays a shot during the T20 World Cup match between the USA and Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Texas on 6 June 2024.
It was always going to take something big to make Americans pay any attention to cricket and Thursday's stunning victory by the USA over established power Pakistan provided just that moment. The thrilling Super Over triumph in Dallas by the T20 World Cup debutants over the 2022 finalists and 2009 winners was the biggest upset in the history of the competition.
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