BRIDGETOWN: England became the first team to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final after beating the United States with a 10-wickets in their last Super 8 game played at the Kensington Oval, Barbados on Sunday.
Jos Buttler and Phil Salt chased the 116-run target in just 9.4 overs without losing a single wicket and giving tough time to all USA bowlers.
Buttler made 83 runs off just 38 balls with the help of six fours and seven sixes. He hit five sixes in a row to USA’s Harmeet Singh in the ninth over.
England were the last team to reach the Super 8 but became the first side to make their way to the semi-final of the tournament.
Earlier in the first innings, English bowlers dominated their opponents and bowled out the entire USA team for just 115 runs in 18.5 overs.
Chris Jordan picked four wickets in the 19th over including a hat-trick, becoming the second bowler after Australia’s Pat Cummins to take a hat-trick in T20 World Cup 2024.
Only Nitish Kumar (30 off 24), Corey Anderson (29 off 28) and Harmeet Singh (21 off 17) scored some runs for the batting side while their skipper Aaron Jones could only made 10 runs after facing 16 deliveries.
Earlier today, Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bowl first. England made one change in their playing XI with Chris Jordan replacing speedster Mark Wood.
Playing XIs
USA: 1 Steven Taylor, 2 Andries Gous (wk), 3 Nitish Kumar, 4 Aaron Jones (capt), 5 Corey Anderson, 6 Milind Kumar, 7 Harmeet Singh, 8 Nosthush Kenjinge, 9 Shadley van Schalkwyk, 10 Ali Khan, 11 Saurabh Netravalkar
England: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 3 Jonny Bairstow, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Adil Rashid 11 Reece Topley
