ICC T20 World Cup: England won by 10 wickets
England defeated USA in the 49th match of ICC T20 World Cup, group 2, which was held at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
England won the toss and decided to bowl first. The openers of team USA, namely, Steven Taylor and Andries Gous scored 12 and 8 runs respectively. Nitish Kumar played with a strike rate of 125 and scored 30 runs in 24 balls with the help of 1 four and 2 sixes. The USA team gave a target of 115 to their opponent.
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||||||
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Steven Taylor | c Ali b Curran | 12 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 92.30 |
| Andries Gous | c Salt b Topley | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 160.00 |
| Nitish Kumar | b Rashid | 30 | 24 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 125.00 |
| Aaron Jones | b Rashid | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Corey Anderson | c Brook b Jordan | 29 | 28 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 103.57 |
| Milind Kumar | c Buttler b Livingstone | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Harmeet Singh | c Jordan b Curran | 21 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 123.52 |
| Shadley van Schalkwyk | Not out | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ali Khan | b Jordan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nosthush Kenjige | Lbw b Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | b Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (w 1) | 1 | |||||
| TOTAL | 18.5 Overs (RR : 6.10) | 115 | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Reece Topley | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 9.66 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11.50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3.25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Liam Livingstone | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 2.5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3.52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adil Rashid emerged as the player of the match. He took two wickets by giving 13 runs in 2 overs with an economy of 3.25. Sam Curran took two wickets with an economy of 11.50 by giving 23 runs in 2 overs.
The opening batsmen of England, namely, Phil Salt and Jos Buttler had a good partnership. They scored the desired runs with a run rate of 12.10 and completed the match in 9.4 overs. Jos Buttler hit 6 fours and 7 sixes with a strike rate of 218.42 whereas, Phil Salt hit 2 fours and scored 25 runs with a strike rate of 119.04.
The USA bowlers could not take the wickets of two set batsmen. Harmeet Singh gave 36 runs in 2 overs. He had an economy of 18.00.
| ENGLAND | |||||||
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Phil Salt | Not out | 25 | 21 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 119.04 |
| Jos Buttler | Not Out | 83 | 38 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 218.42 |
| Extras | (nb 1, w8) | 9 | |||||
| TOTAL | 9.4 over (RR : 12.10) | 117/0 | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harmeet Singh | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Nosthush Kenjige | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ali Khan | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Shadley van Schalkwyk | 1.4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
