Barbados : England crushed USA by 10 Wickets at Kensington Oval, Barbados in Super 8 encounter to qualify for Semi Finals of ICC T20 WC 2024. Chris Jordan’s hattrick & Jos Buttler’s 83* (38) played pivotal roles for their triumph over USA.
USA Batting 1st , despite losing wickets, got confidence with Nitish Kumar’s (30) knock.
However, things started to turn in favor of England with introduction of Adil Rashid as he picked 2 wickets , kept runs in check. Sam Curran too took 2 wickets.
USA were quickly bundled out for 115 runs as Chris Jordan picked a hattrick in 19th over & finished with a spell of 4/10.
Chasing 116 runs, England, with help of skipper Jos Buttler (83*) & Phil Salt (25*) got off to a flying start.
Jos Buttler’s knock included 5 – sixes 32 runs over against spinner Harmeet Singh, turning the Match completely in England’s favour.
England were required to chase down the total within 18.4 overs to qualify for semi finals & did it in 9.4 overs without a spare of any wickets, becoming 1st team to qualify for semi final.
Adil Rashid was adjourned the Man of The Match for his match turning spell.
Brief Scorecard :
1st Innings :
USA : 115 (18.5)
Nitish Kumar : 30 (24)
ENG
Chris Jordan : 4/10
2nd Innings :
ENG : 117-0 (9.4)
Jos Buttler : 83* (38)
Result : England win by 10 Wickets
