England beat USA by 10 wickets on Sunday.© AFP
Skipper Jos Buttler led the best way with a 38-ball 83 not out after Chris Jordan‘s four-wicket burst, together with a hat-trick as defending champions England stormed into the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 10-wicket rout of USA in Bridgetown on Sunday. Buttler smashed six fours and 7 sixes, 5 of them coming in opposition to left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh within the ninth over, as England shot out the paltry 116-run goal in 9.4 overs. Earlier, comeback pacer Jordan grabbed a hat-trick in an incisive spell of 4/10 as England skittled out match co-hosts USA for a paltry 115.
Making a comeback instead of Mark Wood, Jordan took all his 4 wickets in 5 balls within the penultimate over, together with three in a row en path to his 4/10 in 2.5 overs as USA lasted for 18.5 overs.
Adil Rashid, earlier, returned with a miserly 2/13, whereas Sam Curran (2/23) additionally picked two wickets.
Transient Scores: USA: 115 all out in 18.5 overs (Nitish Kumar 30, Corey Anderson 29; Chris Jordan 4/10, Adil Rashid 2/13, Sam Curran 2/23) misplaced to England 117 for no loss in 9.4 overs (Jos Buttler 83 not out, Phil Salt 25 not out) by 10 wickets.
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