England finished off USA’s game in 55 minutes, won the match by 10 wickets and entered the semi-finals
England vs USA: The Super 8 round of the T20 World Cup 2024 is being played in a very exciting manner. On June 23, a match was played between England vs USA in Group 2. In this match, the stalwarts of England performed brilliantly and defeated USA by 10 wickets. In this match, Jos Buttler played a stormy innings for the English team and finished the game of USA in just 55 minutes. Apart from him, Flip Salt's bat also resonated a lot. The match was played in a very exciting manner. Let's take a look at the match reports…
ENG vs USA: USA batsmen batted poorly
- While batting in the first match, USA could not get a good start. Steven Taylor and Andris Goss together shared a partnership of 9 runs. Taylor scored 12 runs in 13 balls, while Goss scored 8 runs in 5 balls.
- Nitish Kumar scored the most runs while batting at number 3. He scored 30 runs in 24 balls. Apart from this, captain Aaron Jones scored 10 runs in 16 balls.
- Milind Kumar also did not impress much and went out after scoring 4 runs in 6 balls. In the lower middle order, Corey Anderson played an innings of 29 runs in 28 balls, apart from him Harmeet Singh scored 21 runs in 17 balls. USA scored 115/10 runs in 18.5 overs.
Butler and Salt's Storm
- Chasing a small target of 116 runs, England openers Jos Buttler and Phillip Salt performed brilliantly.
- Both of them took the responsibility together and returned to the pavilion only after making England win the match. Flip Salt scored 25 runs in 21 balls in this match.
- Jos Buttler played an innings of 83 runs in 38 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 6 fours. England achieved the target of 117 runs in just 9.4 overs. With this victory, England has made its place in the semi-finals.
ENG vs USA: This was the performance of the bowlers
- Chris Jordan bowled the best for England. He took 4 wickets for 10 runs in his 2.5 overs. Apart from this, he took a hat-trick of wickets in this match and became the first bowler to take a hat-trick of wickets from England in the T20 World Cup.
- Apart from him, Sam Karan and Rashid Khan got 2-2 wickets each. No bowler from USA was able to take a wicket in this match.