| 0.0 : TOSS UPDATE - Jos Buttler, the skipper of England calls it right and elects to BOWL first. |
| USA (Unchanged Playing XI) - Steven Taylor, Andries Gous (WK), Nitish Kumar, Aaron Jones (C), Corey Anderson, Milind Kumar, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar. |
| England (Playing XI) - Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (C/WK), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan (In for Mark Wood), Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley. |
| The captain of England, Jos Buttler says that they want to take advantage of the early morning start and feels that the pitch will be tacky to start with. Tells that they have a quick turnaround after the defeat against South Africa but everyone is excited and looking forward to this game. Shares that they know what they need to do to make it to the semis and it is about matching the intensity. Informs that they have made one change with Chris Jordan coming in for Mark Wood. |
| Aaron Jones, the stand-in skipper of the USA says they would have bowled first as well. Reckons there might be some assistance for the pacers early on. He adds they will play fearless cricket and are going to go hard on the opponents. He thinks they need to be more disciplined and haven't been at their best since a couple of games. Tells that they will try to better themselves and aim to come back strongly. Ends up by informing that they are going with an unchanged team. |
| We are moments away from the first ball in this crucial Group 2 clash, but before that, Jos Buttler and Aaron Jones will lead their respective sides out for the national anthems. It will be England's national anthem first followed by the national anthem of the USA. |
| Done with the national anthems and we are all set to go in what will be the first meeting in international cricket between the USA and England. The sun is shining brightly at the Kensington Oval and let's hope that it stays that way. Jos Buttler and Co. make their way out to the centre. It will be the left-hand right-hand combination of Steven Taylor and Andries Gous to open the innings for the USA. |
| 0.1 : Reece Topley to Steven Taylor, A single, and USA and Steven Taylor are underway in a streaky fashion! Reece Topley starts off from over the wickets, lands it touch fuller and swings it a bit away from outside off, Steven Taylor strides ahead and gets a thickish outside edge that races towards deep backward point for a single. |
| 0.2 : Reece Topley to Andries Gous, In the air...lands safe! |
| 0.3 : Reece Topley to Andries Gous, Peach! Good hard length, moving away at the very last moment on the top of off, Andries Gous plays it inside the line and goes for a push ahead but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0.4 : Reece Topley to Andries Gous, SIX! First six of the game and it comes off the willow of Andries Gous. |
| 0.5 : Reece Topley to Andries Gous, Length-delivery, around the leg stump, swinging in again on a fuller length, Andries Gous misses to connect and wears it on the front pad. A muted appeal for LBW but the umpire is unmoved. |
| 0.6 : Reece Topley to Andries Gous, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Reece Topley strikes gold in the very first over for England. |
| 0.0 : Nitish Kumar comes in at number 3. It will be Jofra Archer to steam in from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Jofra Archer to Steven Taylor, No run. |
| 1.1 : Jofra Archer to Steven Taylor, Over the wicket, full and on the leg stump line, Steven Taylor tries to flick it but misses and wears it on the pads. |
| 1.3 : Jofra Archer to Steven Taylor, BEATEN! |
| 1.4 : Jofra Archer to Steven Taylor, A direct hit would have been curtains for Taylor! Length ball outside off, Steven Taylor dabs it to backward point and attempts for a single but gets a sendback from his partner. Taylor retreats back. Liam Livingstone picks the ball and has a shy at the striker's end. |
| 1.5 : Jofra Archer to Steven Taylor, No run. |
| 1.6 : Jofra Archer to Steven Taylor, Goes full and straight, at the stumps, Steven Taylor stays rooted in the crease and goes for the drive. The bat turns in his hand but still gets it past cover for a couple of runs. A tidy start by Archer. |
| 2.1 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, Good running! Pitched up outside off, Nitish Kumar covers his stumps and drives it crisply through covers for a brace. |
| 2.2 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, Back of a length, outside off, Nitish Kumar rides on the bounce and pats it to backward point. |
| 2.3 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, On the back of a length, around off, Nitish Kumar presses ahead and defends it to the off side. |
| 2.4 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, Length-delivery at the off stump, Nitish Kumar drives it to the right of mid off where Harry Brook moves a bit to his right and dives to stop the ball. Saves a certain boundary and restricts them to just a single. |
| 2.5 : Reece Topley to Steven Taylor, FOUR! Well struck! Pitches it up and keeps it on off, Steven Taylor takes a slight step ahead and clears the mid off fielder and gets a boundary at long off. |
| 2.6 : Reece Topley to Steven Taylor, Sprays it onto the pads, on a good length, Steven Taylor lifts his front leg in the air and swipes it across but straight towards Adil Rashid at short fine. |
| 3.1 : Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar, Length ball on the pads, Nitish Kumar flicks it nicely along the grass between mid-wicket and deep square leg. The two fielders converge and the fielder running from mid-wicket runs to his right, picks it up and keeps it to a double. |
| 3.2 : Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar, No run. |
| 3.3 : Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar, Archer spears in a leg-cutter on a length, around off, Nitish Kumar watches it closely and opens the bat's face to guide it to backward point. |
| 3.4 : Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar, Bowls it full in length, at the stumps, Nitish Kumar mistimes it to mid on. |
| 3.5 : Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar, TOP EDGE AND SIX! |
| 3.6 : Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar, Hits the deck hard, slightly outside off, Nitish Kumar goes for a slash backing away but misses. |
| 4.1 : Reece Topley to Steven Taylor, Bowls it fuller in length, angling onto the pads, Steven Taylor swipes it over mid-wicket on a single bounce towards deep mid-wicket. Gets a single. |
| 4.2 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, FOUR! Clears the 30-yard in style and gets a boundary! Topley bowls it full and angles on the leg and the middle stump, Nitish Kumar clears his front leg and hits it over mid on for a cracking boundary. He didn't try to hit it too hard. Pure timing. |
| 4.3 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, SIX! Oh, hello! Goes fuller again, and keeps the line the same as the previous ball, Nitish Kumar picks this up off the middle of the willow, and with a straight bat, and gets it over long on for a six. This is a good attacking approach from Nitish Kumar. |
| 4.4 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, No run. |
| 4.5 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, Almost a half-tracker on the pads, Nitish Kumar hops and nudges it to deep mid-wicket with soft hands for a brace. |
| 4.6 : Reece Topley to Nitish Kumar, On the back of a length, on off, Nitish Kumar hangs back and hits it straight back to Topley. An expensive over. 13 runs from it. |
| 5.1 : Sam Curran to Steven Taylor, Curran comes into the attack and starts with a full delivery, outside off, Steven Taylor leans on it and times the drive well but picks out the man at cover. |
| 5.2 : Sam Curran to Steven Taylor, FOUR! Edged away! Curran takes pace off and keeps it full and wide on off, Steven Taylor throws his hands at it but gets an outside edge that beats Reece Topley at short third diving to his right for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : Sam Curran to Steven Taylor, OUT! TAKEN! 50TH T20I WICKET FOR SAM CURRAN! |
| 0.0 : Aaron Jones strides out to the middle at number 3. |
| 5.4 : Sam Curran to Aaron Jones, No run. |
| 5.5 : Sam Curran to Aaron Jones, FOUR! Skillfully done! Slanting in, full and around off, Aaron Jones opens the face of his bat perfectly and threads it through the gap between backward point and short third. Gets going with a boundary does the USA skipper. |
| 5.6 : Sam Curran to Aaron Jones, Quick single taken! |
| Change? |
| 6.1 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, No run. |
| 6.2 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, Loops it up, full and on middle, Aaron Jones eases it down to long with a straight bat for a single. |
| 6.3 : Adil Rashid to Nitish Kumar, Gives the ball more air, full and around off, Nitish Kumar drives it past cover and takes a single. |
| 6.5 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, Dishes out the googly now, on nagging length, Aaron Jones misses to flick it away and wears it on the pads. |
| 6.4 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, So nearly dragged it on! |
| 6.6 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, Bowls it flat and short, on off, Aaron Jones rocks back and chops it on the bounce to backward point. |
| 7.1 : Liam Livingstone to Nitish Kumar, Starts it short and around off, not much turn, Nitish Kumar cuts it late and wide of backward point where the fielder makes a good diving stop to his left to keep it down to one. |
| 7.2 : Liam Livingstone to Aaron Jones, A bit quicker and fuller, outside off, Aaron Jones lets it go through to the keeper. |
| 7.3 : Liam Livingstone to Aaron Jones, Turn and bounce! |
| 7.4 : Liam Livingstone to Aaron Jones, FOUR! No slip and it races away! Nicely tossed up by Livingstone, full and on off, Aaron Jones is lured into the drive but fails to smother the spin. The ball catches the outside edge and races Jofra Archer at short third for a boundary. |
| 7.5 : Liam Livingstone to Aaron Jones, Big swing and a miss! Floats it up again, outside off, Aaron Jones backs away and shapes up to go back over the bowler's head but connects with thin air. |
| 7.6 : Liam Livingstone to Aaron Jones, Beaten again! |
| 8.1 : Adil Rashid to Nitish Kumar, Drifting in, on the pads, full in length, Nitish Kumar knocks it off the front foot to long on for a single. |
| 8.2 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, Serves it flat and short, on middle and leg, Aaron Jones pulls out the reverse sweep but hits it flat and it goes on the bounce to backward point. |
| 8.3 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, Pushes it through, short and outside off, Aaron Jones lets it go through. |
| 8.4 : Adil Rashid to Aaron Jones, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! The googly does the trick for Adil Rashid! |
| 0.0 : Corey Anderson is in at number 5. |
| 8.5 : Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, Attacks the stumps with a full delivery, Corey Anderson reaches out in front and plays the paddle sweep, fine of fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 8.6 : Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, Strays on the pads, on a nagging length, Corey Anderson nudges it wide of backward square leg and retains the strike with a single. End of a successful over for Adil Rashid and England. |
| 9.1 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Bowls the off-break to the left-hander but it is a bit too full, on off, Corey Anderson drills it down to long off and takes a single. |
| 9.2 : Liam Livingstone to Nitish Kumar, In the air...but it lands safely! Out comes the leg-break for the right-hander from Livingstone, full and outside off, Nitish Kumar has a swipe across the line but gets a top edge that falls behind point for a single. |
| 9.3 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, 1 run. |
| 9.4 : Liam Livingstone to Nitish Kumar, 1 run. |
| 9.5 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Fires it in, flat and short, on middle, Corey Anderson gets down for the sweep but gets a bottom edge that rolls in front of short fine leg for another single. |
| 9.6 : Liam Livingstone to Nitish Kumar, Drops it short and outside off, Nitish Kumar rocks back and drags the pull to deep mid-wicket for just a single. 14 balls since the last boundary for the USA. |
| 10.1 : Adil Rashid to Nitish Kumar, Flights it up on the pads, Nitish Kumar strides ahead and turns it to vacant mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.2 : Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, Loops it up around leg, Corey Anderson leans ahead and works it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 10.3 : Adil Rashid to Nitish Kumar, A googly that comes into the batter on the middle, Nitish Kumar doesn't read it well and plays it over the line and wears it onto the back pad. |
| 10.4 : Who comes out now? |
| Adil Rashid to Nitish Kumar, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Adil Rashid gets his second and the USA are in a deep trouble! Adil Rashid dishes out another deceptive back-of-the-hand wrong'un, pitching around off and sharply spinning into the batter. Nitish Kumar stands clueless and tries hit an expansive drive and misreads the googly completely. The ball sneaks past his under edge and clips the middle stump. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! The USA has struggled to sustain the run rate and build a strong partnership with their top three blown away. Nitish Kumar has held onto one end and is battling unbeaten on 29 but he needs strong support from the other end. With Corey Anderson out to the middle, the USA would expect these two to take the innings forward resiliently. As far as England are concerned, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone are spinning a web around the opposition batters and have done well to dry up the |
| 10.5 : Adil Rashid to Milind Kumar, Just in! |
| 10.6 : Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, Flighted and shorter in length around off, Corey Anderson hangs back and pushes it to covers for one. |
| 11.1 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Quicker and on off, Corey Anderson defends it out to the off side. |
| 11.2 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Darts it in, on a nagging length, on middle, Corey Anderson punches it back to Liam Livingstone. |
| 11.3 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Short in length and on off, Corey Anderson goes back and across and pulls it towards long on for a single. The boundaries have literally dried up now. |
| 11.4 : Liam Livingstone to Milind Kumar, Provides a few revs on the ball, and tosses it on a length, outside off, Milind Kumar goes for a cut but bottom edges it on a bounce to first slip. |
| 11.5 : Liam Livingstone to Milind Kumar, Tossed up, outside off, Milind Kumar strides ahead and drives it along the carpet for a single at long off. |
| 11.6 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Excellent teamwork there in the deep! |
| Change. |
| 12.1 : Chris Jordan to Milind Kumar, Jordan bowls it on a hard length, outside off, Milind Kumar stands still and steers it with the pace towards deep third and rotates the strike with a single. |
| 12.2 : Chris Jordan to Corey Anderson, Overthrow and an extra run for the USA! |
| 12.3 : Chris Jordan to Corey Anderson, Slower one on a length, Corey Anderson defends it to the left of the bowler. |
| 12.4 : Chris Jordan to Corey Anderson, Pitched up outside off, Corey Anderson drives it off the inner half of the willow towards long on for one. |
| 12.5 : Chris Jordan to Milind Kumar, 1 run. |
| 12.6 : Chris Jordan to Corey Anderson, Nails in a yorker on the off stump line, Corey Anderson squeezes it out through the left of mid off for a single. Yet another over without a boundary for the USA. Just 6 from it. |
| 13.1 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Turns it away from outside off on a fuller length, Corey Anderson is early on the sweep shot and fails to connect. |
| 13.2 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, SIX! A much-needed six for the USA! A boundary after 34 deliveries. |
| 13.3 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, 2 runs. |
| 13.4 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Drags his length this time does Livingstone, short and on the stumps, Corey Anderson goes for another reverse sweep but mistimes it straight to backward point. |
| 13.5 : Liam Livingstone to Corey Anderson, Pitches it up, full and on off, Corey Anderson drills it straight down to long off for a single. |
| 13.6 : Liam Livingstone to Milind Kumar, OUT! c Jos Buttler b Liam Livingstone. |
| 0.0 : Who walks in now? |
| 14.1 : Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, Wide! |
| Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, Tossed up full and around leg, Corey Anderson flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 14.2 : Adil Rashid to Harmeet Singh, Nice and full on the pads, Harmeet Singh looks to defend but gets beaten all ends up and wears it on the pads. |
| 14.3 : Adil Rashid to Harmeet Singh, Loops up a wrong'un on the stumps, Harmeet Singh blocks it out off the back foot to the off side. |
| 14.4 : Adil Rashid to Harmeet Singh, 1 run. |
| 14.5 : Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, No run. |
| 14.6 : Adil Rashid to Corey Anderson, Another googly around leg, Corey Anderson shuffles across the stumps to sweep it away but misses to connect it again. It misses the leg stump by a whisker and hits Jos Buttler on his helmet before dropping beside him. |
| 15.1 : Jofra Archer to Harmeet Singh, Takes pace off does Archer as he comes in from over the wicket, on a good length, on middle, Harmeet Singh gets behind the line of the ball and defends it out. |
| 15.2 : Jofra Archer to Harmeet Singh, FOUR! Slapped away! |
| 15.3 : Jofra Archer to Harmeet Singh, Dishes out a yorker, angling in, on middle, Harmeet Singh digs it out on the leg side. |
| 15.4 : Jofra Archer to Harmeet Singh, Goes into the wicket and rushes the batter up there, on off, Harmeet Singh swivels for the pull but fails to connect and wears it on the body. |
| 15.5 : Jofra Archer to Harmeet Singh, Hurls it on a fullish length, on middle, Harmeet Singh knocks it down to long on for a single. |
| 15.6 : Jofra Archer to Corey Anderson, Gets another yorker in from around the wicket, at the base of the middle stump, Corey Anderson jams it out in front of point for just a single. |
| 16.1 : Chris Jordan to Corey Anderson, 1 run. |
| 16.2 : Chris Jordan to Harmeet Singh, Digs it in short again, on middle, Harmeet Singh pulls it without much timing to deep square leg for one. |
| 16.3 : Chris Jordan to Corey Anderson, Nails the yorker, around off, Corey Anderson squeezes it out to long off and rotates the strike. |
| 16.4 : Chris Jordan to Harmeet Singh, Going across the batter, on a fullish length, Harmeet Singh uses his feet and makes room to go through the off side but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 16.5 : Chris Jordan to Harmeet Singh, Beaten! Serves it on a good length, angling away, on off, Harmeet Singh is neither forward nor back to play this one and looks to clip it away but the ball zips through to go past the bat. |
| 16.6 : Chris Jordan to Harmeet Singh, Attacks the stumps with a length delivery, Harmeet Singh creates room and hacks it off the inner half of the bat to deep mid-wicket for one. The USA are struggling to get the big overs towards the back end of their innings. |
| 17.1 : Sam Curran to Harmeet Singh, Slower bouncer by Curran from over the wicket, at the batter, Harmeet Singh waits for the ball to arrive and pulls it along the ground to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 17.2 : Sam Curran to Corey Anderson, Back-of-the-hand slower delivery this time by Curran and it is full and outside off, Corey Anderson fails to get underneath it and can only hit it down to long off for one. |
| 17.3 : Sam Curran to Harmeet Singh, PUT DOWN! Moeen Ali fails to hold onto a tough chance! |
| 17.4 : Sam Curran to Harmeet Singh, FOUR! Up and over! Curran pulls the length back and bowls it on a good length, outside off, Harmeet Singh steps out again and this time, he gets it over Moeen Ali at extra cover for a boundary. |
| 17.5 : Sam Curran to Harmeet Singh, SIX! Gets enough on it! Pace on and on a back of a length, around off, Harmeet Singh waits deep in his crease to go over long on. Thumps it hard and manages to clear the leaping Harry Brook at long on for a six. 14 runs off the over so far. |
| 17.6 : Sam Curran to Harmeet Singh, OUT! TAKEN! Sam Curran finally gets his man! Not the best of deliveries but Curran will take it. |
| 18.1 : Chris Jordan to Corey Anderson, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Corey Anderson holes out! After losing Harmeet Singh on the last ball of the last over, the USA needed Anderson to bat through but he departs now and this is a big blow. |
| 0.0 : Chris Jordan (2-0-10-0) will bowl the penultimate over. Shadley van Schalkwyk is the new man in for the USA. |
| 18.1 : Ali Khan is in at number 9. |
| 18.2 : Chris Jordan to Ali Khan, Oh, so close to the off pole! Slanting in, on a length, around off, Ali Khan stays rooted in his crease and looks to play at it but gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball nips in and goes just past the off stump. |
| 18.3 : Chris Jordan to Ali Khan, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Chris Jordan finds the timber this time! |
| 0.0 : Nosthush Kenjige is in at number 10. |
| 18.4 : Chris Jordan to Nosthush Kenjige, OUT! TRAPPED PLUMB IN FRONT! Or is it? This looks dead-straight but Nosthush Kenjige has taken the review. This looks like a review more in hope than anything else as Kenjige missed a straight delivery there. |
| 0.0 : Saurabh Netravalkar is the last man in for the USA and will face the Hat-Trick Ball. |
| 18.5 : Chris Jordan to Saurabh Netravalkar, OUT! CASTLED! HAT-TRICK FOR CHRIS JORDAN IN BARBADOS, HIS PLACE OF BIRTH! How special! The stuff of dreams this! Jordan steams in from over the wicket and dishes it out on a good length, shaping in, on middle, Saurabh Netravalkar stays leg side of the ball and fails to cover the line of the ball. Reaches out with his bat in front but the ball nips back in and zips through the gap between bat and pad to knock the middle pole down. Four wickets in the ov |
| England, on the flip side, got off to an ideal start with the ball. Reece Topley struck gold in the very first over, setting the tone for their bowling effort. While they did concede a few boundaries, it wasn't at an alarming rate. Sam Curran soon joined the party, adding a wicket to his name and further tightening the screws on the USA batters. Once the fielding restrictions were lifted, the spinners made life more difficult for the opposition, and Adil Rashid too, struck with a prized wicket o |
| A clinical performance throughout with the ball by the Englishmen. Cherry on the top, Chris Jordan wrapped up the first innings with a sensational hat-trick and restricted the USA to a paltry 115. The USA encountered early turbulence as their in-form opener Andries Gous fell in the opening over. However, Steven Taylor and Nitish Kumar managed to steady the ship, with Kumar taking the lead in the aggression department. Kumar's elegant strokeplay helped put the USA on course. Taylor, who was sc |
| 0.0 : The man of the moment, Chris Jordan is in for a chat. He says that it is very nice to take a hat-trick in a special place like this. Feels that the team worked out the conditions well. Adds that the way Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone bowled and set the game up for them. Ends by saying that their primary aim is to get the two points but if they get the opportunity, they will look to improve their NRR. |
| Right then, England have a target well within their reach, and having it below run-a-ball, they would surely look to come out all guns blazing to put things to bed in style as quickly as possible. England need to chase down this target in 18.4 overs or less to secure a direct qualification into the semifinals. Will the USA provide a stern challenge to the English batters? Stick around with us for the run chase shortly. |
| 0.1 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Phil Salt, A misfield and England are underway! Gets a hint of inward shape does Saurabh Netravalkar as he comes from over the wicket, on a good length, around the pads, Phil Salt tucks it towards mid-wicket where a fumble allows him to open his account with a single. |
| 0.2 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, Shaping in again, on a good length, on middle and leg, Jos Buttler walks across and defends it out with a straight bat. |
| 0.3 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, Beaten! Angles it across the right-hander, on a back of a length, outside off, Jos Buttler has a feel for the delivery and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0.4 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, Going across the batter, on a length, Jos Buttler steps out and reaches out in front it but picks out the man at cover with the drive. |
| 0.5 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, 1 run. |
| 0.6 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Phil Salt, A touch fuller and angling away, on off and middle, Phil Salt stays rooted in the crease and extends his hands to play this through the off side. Plays in front of his body and toe-ends his shot in front of cover. |
| 0.0 : Spin from the other end. Harmeet Singh will bowl the second over of the chase. |
| 1.1 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, WIDE! A false start from Harmeet! Sprays it down leg on a length, Jos Buttler fails to tuck it away and misses. Wide given. |
| Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, No run. |
| 1.2 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, Slows it up outside off, on a good length, Jos Buttler cuts it straight to cover. |
| 1.3 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, Arm-ball from around the wicket, on a length, and angling on the pads, Jos Buttler leans on the ball and drives it nicely towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1.4 : Harmeet Singh to Phil Salt, Darts it in, on a length, on middle, Phil Salt defends it out with a straight bat. |
| 1.6 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, Another arm-ball from Harmeet, at the stumps, Jos Buttler plays it from the crease with a straight bat to long off for one more run. Good couple of quiet overs from the USA. |
| 1.5 : Harmeet Singh to Phil Salt, Spears it in again, full and on middle, Phil Salt knocks it down to long off and gets to the other end. |
| 2.1 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, 2 runs. |
| 2.2 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, Dishes it out on a back of a length, on off, Jos Buttler hangs back and dabs it in front of backward point. |
| 2.3 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Lovely shot! Netravalkar goes full this time, outside off, Jos Buttler gets his weight on the front foot and times the drive through covers for a classy boundary. |
| 2.4 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, SIX! BANG! Enormous hit! One of the solar panels on the roof has taken a hit! Netravalkar comes from over the wicket and lands it on a length, on middle, Jos Buttler shimmies down the track and holds his shape to tonk it back over the bowler's head for a 104-metre hit. |
| 2.5 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, SIX! Two in two for the English skipper! |
| 2.6 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Jos Buttler, Back of a length, on off, Jos Buttler walks down the track and steers it wide of backward point for a single. An expensive over by Netravalkar, 19 runs off it. |
| Nosthush Kenjige is introduced into the attack now. |
| 3.2 : Nosthush Kenjige to Phil Salt, 1 run. |
| 3.1 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, 1 run. |
| 3.3 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Effective use of the feet! Tosses it up, full and on middle, Jos Buttler advances and whacks it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, Very full, outside off, Jos Buttler pulls out the reverse sweep but this was fired in by Kenjige and Buttler fails to connect. |
| 3.5 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, 1 run. |
| 3.6 : Nosthush Kenjige to Phil Salt, Comes in with the arm from around the wickets, and serves it on a good length, slanting on the pads, Phil Salt goes for a pull shot but wears it high on his thigh pad. |
| 4.1 : Ali Khan to Jos Buttler, FIVE WIDES! This has gone horribly wrong for Ali Khan! Tries the yorker first up but gets the line wrong as this is way down leg. The keeper, Andries Gous dives to his left but he has no chance to cut it off and it races away for a boundary. |
| Ali Khan to Jos Buttler, No run. |
| 4.2 : Ali Khan to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Jos Buttler looks in the mood! Ali serves it on a length, angling in, on middle and leg, Jos Buttler gives the bowler the charge and hits through the line and gets it way over mid on for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Ali Khan to Jos Buttler, Ali steams in with a long on in place and goes full, at the stumps, knocked down to the man at long on there by Buttler for a single. |
| 4.4 : Ali Khan to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 4.5 : Ali Khan to Phil Salt, Strays on the pads, on a back of a length, Phil Salt gets on his toes and flicks it wide of deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 4.6 : Ali Khan to Phil Salt, FOUR! Creamed away! Too full by Ali, outside off, Phil Salt picks up the length early and cracks the drive through covers for a boundary. An expensive start by Ali, 16 runs off the over. The USA just cannot afford their key bowlers to start badly. |
| 5.1 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, 1 run. |
| 5.3 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, FOUR! That has been a productive area for Buttler and also, a poor effort from the fielder! |
| 5.2 : Nosthush Kenjige to Phil Salt, In the air...but safe! 50 up for England in no time! Short and on the middle, Phil Salt miscues the pull behind mid on for a single. |
| 5.4 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Gets it through again! |
| 5.6 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, Good length, on the middle, Jos Buttler tucks it to square leg. |
| 5.5 : Nosthush Kenjige to Jos Buttler, Good length, on the middle, Jos Buttler tucks it to square leg. |
| 6.3 : Ali Khan to Jos Buttler, 2 runs. |
| 6.1 : Ali Khan to Phil Salt, Good length and outside off, Phil Salt cuts it past backward point and scampers for the second as Corey Anderson fumbles and eventually throws it to the keeper. Andries Gous collects it and turns around and quickly throws it at the bowler's end and has a shy. |
| 6.2 : Ali Khan to Phil Salt, Back of a length, on the leg stump, Phil Salt punches to long on for one. |
| 6.4 : Ali Khan to Jos Buttler, Gets the yorker in, on middle, Jos Buttler drills it down to long off for a single. |
| 6.5 : Ali Khan to Phil Salt, WIDE! Sprays it full but way down the leg side. Phil Salt swipes across but misses. Wide given. |
| Ali Khan to Phil Salt, Angles it onto the pads on a length, Phil Salt flicks but gets an inside edge that rolls towards the mid-wicket region and hurries back for the second by the time the fielder picks it up. |
| 6.6 : Ali Khan to Phil Salt, Good length, around the off stump, Phil Salt stays tall and punches it on the up through the cover-point gap for a single to retain the strike. |
| 7.1 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Phil Salt, Starts from over the wickets and nails in a yorker with a scrambled seam, and in front of the stumps. Jos Buttler shovels it out back to the bowler. |
| 7.2 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Phil Salt, FOUR! Hammered away! Back of a length, around off, Phil Salt stays leg side and stands upright before hammering it through the covers and beats the fielder in the deep who dives to his right for a boundary. |
| 7.3 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Phil Salt, Good length, outside off, Phil Salt hangs back and pulls it towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 7.4 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Jos Buttler, NO BALL! Oh, dear! That's poor from Shadley van Schalkwyk. |
| Shadley van Schalkwyk to Jos Buttler, No run. |
| 7.5 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Jos Buttler, Full and wide of off, Jos Buttler caresses it through covers for one. |
| 7.6 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Phil Salt, Short in length, slower and angling on the pads, Phil Salt swivels early for the pull shot and mistimes it off the inner half of the bat towards widish short fine for a single. |
| 8.1 : Harmeet Singh to Phil Salt, 1 run. |
| 8.2 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, SIX! 50 for the English skipper in style! Length ball and outside off, Jos Buttler reads the length early, charges down the track and flatly lifts it over long off for a biggie. |
| 8.3 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, SIX! Buttler wants this done quickly! Shade short in length, and angling on the off and middle, Jos Buttler bends low, and transfers his weight on the back foot and pulls it well over deep square leg for another six. |
| 8.4 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, Six! |
| 8.5 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, SIX! Destruction at its best! 100 up for England. |
| 8.6 : Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, WIDE! he is under enormous pressure! Flat and wide of off, beyond the guideline. Wided. |
| Harmeet Singh to Jos Buttler, SIX! Absolute carnage this! Fifth six of the over! Lands it on a good length, on the stump, Jos Buttler takes his front foot away from the line and punishes it over long on for a six. 32 runs from this over. |
| 9.1 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Phil Salt, Bowls it on a back of a length, over middle, Phil Salt swivels and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a single. |
| 9.2 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Jos Buttler, Serves it full now, around off, Jos Buttler extends his hands and pushes it to deep extra cover for a single. |
| 9.3 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Phil Salt, Keeps it at the stumps, on a length, Phil Salt hit it down to long on for one more run. |
| 9.4 : Shadley van Schalkwyk to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Jos Buttler finishes off in style and hits the winning runs! England cruise to the semifinals and it is the English skipper who has led from the front. |
| 0.0 : ENGLAND ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMIS! The defending champions have breezed past the USA and become the first team to book their place in the semifinals of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. With only 116 runs to get, it was a matter of when rather than if for England. Jos Buttler teed off and got off the blocks quickly while Phil Salt was in the backseat during the entirety of the chase. Buttler did not miss a beat and unloaded a real assault on the USA bowlers. Whether it were the pacers or the sp |
| As for the USA, their maiden appearance at a global event has come to an end and despite the manner of defeat in this clash, they will go home with their heads held high. After having a productive Powerplay, they just could not kick on and failed to get out of the rut in the middle phase. This resulted in them managing only 115 on the board, which was never going to be enough against England. |
| Earlier in the game, after being asked to bat first, the USA were dealt an early blow in the form of Andries Gous. Coming in at number 3, Nitish Kumar did not shy away from playing his shots and made the Powerplay count for the USA. Once the field restrictions were lifted, the boundaries became hard to come by for the USA and it got even tougher as Jos Buttler spin introduced spin from both ends. Just as Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh were beginning to rebuild, Harmeet fell and it all went dow |
| Time for the presentation ceremony... |
| Adil Rashid is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his exceptional bowling figures. He begins by saying that he is delighted with the team's performance. Says all the bowlers did their job to restrict the USA at 115. Adds that you have to assess which end you want to bowl especially when the wind is a factor. Also tells that it was one of those days when the googly came out well and he is happy with the way he bowled. Appreciates Chris Jordan and says that he has been a match-winner and has been doing |
| The captain of the USA, Aaron Jones says that it was a hard game and feels that they weren't as disciplined as they should have been. Tells that they didn't have a good last few games but looking forward to learning from it and delivering in the future. Shares that they enjoyed playing in this tournament. Reckons that their shot selection against Adil Rashid wasn't the best and should have batted smartly against him. |
| Jos Buttler, the victorious captain of England says that they played the USA with a lot of respect. He adds they talked about playing with a lot of intent. Further adds that the spinners Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone bowled really well in tandem and further compounded the pressure created in the powerplay. Also says it is not easy for the batters when these guys are bowling. Mentions that they have got good options with the ball and he felt to bring Chris Jordan to add some batting depth as w |
| Right then, that's all from this lop-sided affair. With this outcome, England have sealed a berth in the semis and now, all eyes turn to Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua where West Indies and South Africa will lock horns. The victor of that clash will join England from Group 2 in the semifinals. The game will start at 6 am IST (12.30 am GMT), but our build-up will begin much sooner. See you then. Cheers! |
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