Lucknow: England won by 10 wickets against co-hosts USA at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados and with this they have qualified for the semi-finals. Let us tell you that in this match, English team captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to bowl first and after this his bowlers did a good job and bowled out USA for 115 runs. While chasing the target, Buttler played a brilliant innings and led his team to victory.
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While bowling in this match, England's fast bowler Chris Jordan took a hat-trick and became the first England bowler to do so. Batting first, the co-hosts of America could not perform well and this was the reason why they could not score big. Nitish Kumar was the highest scorer for them by scoring 30 runs and apart from him no other player could score well. This was the reason why they had to face defeat.
England's bowlers did a good job in this match and Jordan took 4 wickets for 10 runs while bowling 2.5 overs. While experienced spinner Adil Rashid took 2 wickets for 13 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, star all-rounder Sam Curran also sent two batsmen to the pavilion. Reece Topley and Liam Livingstone got 1-1 wickets.
Captain Butler made a quick start for the English team chasing the target of 116 runs and led his team to victory by 10 wickets. Butler played a brilliant innings in this match and scored an unbeaten 83 runs with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes while facing 38 balls. Apart from him, Philip Salt also remained not out after scoring 25 runs in 21 balls. With this, England has now become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals.
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