England brutally thrashed the newbies USA by 10 wickets in their last super-8 stage of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024. With this win, England have also become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament. It was an all-important and must-win game for the defending champions to stay alive in the race for the semi-final spots.
Speaking of the action of the match, England won the toss and asked USA to bat first; batting first, the USA were bundled out at the score of just 115 runs in 18.5 overs, thanks to the amazing 19th over bowled by the star England bowler Chris Jordan in his birth country Barbados.
Jordan’s hat-trick and his four wickets scalped in the 19th over restricted the States to a very low total; he scalped 4 wickets just at the cost of 10 runs in 2.5 overs. Besides him, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran also claimed 2 wickets each, alongside 1 wicket each bagged by Reece Topley and Liam Livingstone.
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Jos Buttler's one-man show takes England straight to semi-finals
While chasing the target, England’s star opening pair of Phil Salt and skipper Jos Buttler completely dominated and outmuscled the American bowling attack. Salt-Buttler duo stitched an unbeaten opening partnership of 117 runs in 9.4 overs to win the game for England by a mammoth margin of 10 wickets.
Skipper Jos Buttler single-handled destroyed the US bowlers, smashing 83 runs off just 38 balls, with 6 fours and 7 sixes. Salt also contributed with 25 runs off 21 balls, with 2 fours.
Buttler also made it a very quick run-chase for the Three Lions by smashing the 5 consecutive sixes in the 9th over bowled by USA’s Harmeet Singh.
Star England spinner Adil Rashid won the ‘Player of the Match award for his amazing bowling spell, scalping 2 wickets at the cost of just 13 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Here’s how fans reacted to England’s thumping 10-wicket win over USA:
Kya kismat hai inki.
— Faiz Fazel (@theFaizFazel) June 23, 2024
wahhhh
— 𝙄𝑓𝐫ã🌻 (@i_ifraa) June 23, 2024
abhi lg rha tha k bahir ho jaein gy
Kahan bahaar hone waale the aur abb kahaan sabse pehle semi Finals mein hai. Luck.
— Faiz Fazel (@theFaizFazel) June 23, 2024
Congratulations England for qualifying for the semis.
— cricketidiot45 (@cricketidiot) June 23, 2024
SA vs WI would be the quarterfinals.
From getting knocked out of group stages in 2023 WC to becoming the first team to qualify into the Semis of 24WC. That's how champion teams make the come back
— 𝙼𝚁.𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚙𝙻𝚒𝚗 (@eclips007) June 23, 2024
Jos the boss best opener bestman he is t20s
— JassPreet (@JassPreet96) June 23, 2024
It’s all Butler show
— Raj Paladi (@IamRajPaladi) June 23, 2024
Congratulations England
— Pruthvi Babariya 🇮🇳 (@Pruthviii98) June 23, 2024
Phenomenal performance by Buttler and Jordan
— Udaykapur18 (@udaykapur18) June 23, 2024
It’s once again Buttler and Salt vs India 🥶🥶
— Dev 🚩🚩 (@vklover161097) June 23, 2024