England thumped USA to win their last Super 8 fixture with 10 wickets and 62 balls to spare. They became the first team in the ongoing World Cup to qualify for the semis. We will have the second team emerge from the upcoming clash between West Indies and South Africa.
For now, this is me, AkshayaKrishna Polya, signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Ajay Pal Singh, who, alongside our scorer/analyst Paras Yadav brought you all the live-action of this clash. We will meet again. Until then, its cheers!
England are the first defending champions to reach the men's T20 WC semi-finals in a decade. The last team to do so was West Indies back in 2014, when they were knocked out in the semi-final.
Most Expensive Overs in T20 World Cups:
36 Stuart Broad vs India, Durban, 2007
36 Azmatullah Omarzai vs West Indies, St Lucia, 2024
33 Jeremy Gordon vs United States America, Dallas, 2024
32 Izatullah Dawlatzai vs England Colombo, 2012
32 Harmeet Singh vs England, Barbados, TODAY*
Jos Buttler (England Captain):"Yeah, absolutely. We have played USA with a lot of respect. But we talked about playing with a lot of intent.
Absolutely. We got it right. The start we got in. After getting through the first few overs, we took off.
Adil has been fantastic. Livi also bowled brilliantly in tandem. Not easy for the guys when they are bowling one match and not in the next. But credit to him for being ready to bowl today.
We have got great options. Today, we felt we wanted to bring in CJ to add some batting depth. He executed brilliantly with the ball as well and to get a World Cup hat-trick is great.
I have been feeling good. You don't always get the results but I'm hitting the ball well. I needed to look at my own game as well being the captain and happy with it."
Aaron Jones (USA Captain): "Hard game to take into. We weren't as disciplined as we should be. Yeah, I guess you can say that. We didn't have good last few games but looking forward to learn from it and delivering in the future.
The wicket was a bit sticky, we knew he (Adil Rashid) was the danger man and it something to look forward to. We will definitely come harder going forward for sure.
Definitely a good player (Jos Buttler) for sure, very experienced and goes harder at the top. That's how it goes.
I mean it was good for us, a lot of people didn't think we would be standing here, playing with the big boys like the West Indies, England. I think our performance in this World Cup has truly opened the eye of the public and we've got a lot of calls and messages of support during this World Cup, which is a good sign."
10-wicket wins in Men's T20 World Cups: Australia vs Sri Lanka in Cape Town, 2007 (Target: 102) South Africa vs Zimbabwe in Hambantota, 2012 (Target: 94) Oman vs Papua New Guinea in Al Amerat, 2021 (Target: 130) Pakistan vs India in Dubai, 2021 (Target: 152) England vs India in Adelaide, 2022 (Target: 169) England vs USA in Barbados, 2024 (Target: 116)
Biggest Sixes in this T20 World Cup:
107m - Rovman Powell vs Uganda, Guyana
106m - Phil Salt vs Australia, Barbados
105m - Rahmanullah Gurbaz vs New Zealand, Guyana and Sompal Kami vs South Africa, St Vincent
104m - Jos Buttler vs USA, Barbados
Five wickets to fall at the same score in T20Is: 191/5 - 191/10 Australia vs Pakistan in Gros Islet, 2010 8/1 - 8/6 Mali vs Kenya in Kigali, 2022 115/5 - 115/10 USA vs England in Barbados, 2024 - TODAY
Biggest wins for England in Menβs T20Is (by balls
remaining): 101 vs Oman in North Sound, 2024 70 vs West Indies in Dubai, 2021 62 vs USA in Barbados, 2024 β TODAY 57 vs West Indies in Basseterre, 2019 50 vs Australia in Dubai, 2021