Bridgetown, Jun 23 (PTI) Pacer Chris Jordan (4/10) claimed a memorable hat-trick on the island he was brought up on as England dismissed USA for 115 in their T20 World Cup Super Eights match here on Sunday.
Making a comeback in place of Mark Wood, Jordan mopped up the USA tail by picking four wickets in five balls, including the hat-trick, in the 19th over.
The 35-year-old Jordan, who was born in Christ Church, Barbados, began the eventful over dismissing a well-set Corey Anderson for 29 with a low full toss.
After surviving the next ball, Ali Khan found his offstump knocked over as Jordan went on to dismiss Nosthush Kenjige and Saurabh Netravalkar off successive deliveries to pick the first hattrick for England in T20Is. Jordan had figures of 4/10 from his 2.5 overs.
It was Sam Curran (2/13) who triggered the collapse dimissing Harmeet Singh (21; 17b) in the final delivery of the previous over as USA suffered a stunning collapse, lsoing five wickets in six balls without any addition to the total.
Earlier Adil Rashid took a miserly 2/12 in four overs.
Andries Gous flicked Reece Topley towards fine leg for a six but two balls later, hit the ball straight to Phil Salt at deep square leg while attempting a similar shot.
USA faced some nervous moments in the day’s second over as Steven Taylor survived a run out after giving up hope of returning back to the crease in time. It would have been over for him if Liam Livingstone’s throw had hit the stumps.
At the other end, Nitish Kumar top-edged a fast delivery from Jofra Archer that flew over deep third man for a maximum.
Kumar played a lovely shot over mid on for a boundary off Topley and in the next ball, the Canadian-born 30-year-old produced a clean hit over long-on for a six.
Curran was brought in as first change and he delivered in his first over, cutting short Taylor’s stay in the middle thanks to an excellent catch by Moeen Ali at backward point. Taylor’s dismissal marked Curran’s 50th wicket in T20 Internationals.
Skipper Aaron Jones quickly got off the mark by steering one through the third man region for a four as USA ended powerplay at 48 for two.
Jos Buttler handed the ball to Adil Rashid, who has been having a pretty good tournament, and the leg-spinner began his spell by conceding only two runs.
Rashid did what was expected of him in his second over, bowling out Jones with a beautiful googly to deny the USA captain a chance to face Archer, his childhood friend and school-mate.
The two grew up together in Barbados, dreaming of playing international cricket for West Indies before going on to represent their adopted countries.
Having dried up the boundaries, England tasted success again when Rashid employed his effective googly to cut short Nitish Kumar’s promising stay.
Kumar struck two sixes and a four.
Livingstone had Milind Kumar caught behind as USA slipped to 88 for five at the end of the 14th over.
The 100 came up in the 17th over as Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh tried to prop up the USA innings.
USA had a productive 18th over as they got 14 runs off Curran after a six a four by Harmeet, who was however dismissed in the last ball that brought their downfall.
Source: PTI News
