T20 World Cup: America defeated by 10 wickets, England enters the semi-finals

 

T20 World Cup: America defeated by 10 wickets, England enters the semi-finals

 In the ninth match of the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup, England qualified for the semi-finals by defeating America by 10 wickets.

England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and invited American captain Aaron Jones to bat first in the ninth match of the Super Eight stage at the Kensington Oval Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados.

England innings

England achieved the target of 116 runs given by the USA in the 10th over without any loss.

Jos Buttler remained unbeaten on 83 runs from 38 balls while Phil Salt played an unbeaten innings of 25 runs from 21 balls for England, England became the first team from Group 2 to reach the semi-finals.

America's innings

Batting first, the entire American team returned to the pavilion after scoring 115 runs in the 19th over.

Steven Taylor and Andres Goss started the innings on behalf of America, but this partnership could not last long and Steven Taylor and Andres Goss got out after scoring 12 runs.

Among the other players, Nitish Kumar 30, captain Aaron Jones 10, Corey Anderson 29, Meland Kumar 4 and Harmeet Singh 21 were dismissed while Ali Khan, Nothosh Kenjige and Saurabh Netrawalkar returned to the pavilion without scoring a run.

On behalf of England, Chris Jordan scored 4 wickets from 5 balls in the same over and scored the third hat-trick in the event, while Sam Curran and Adil Rashid took 2, 2 and Rhys Topley took one wicket.