United States vs England, Match 49, ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Records: Match No. 49 of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 was played between the United States and England on Sunday at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. The world saw a dominating performance from the England cricket team as they thrashed the United States cricket team by ten wickets and also qualified for the semi-final. Some big T20I records were broken in this Barbados cricket match. The USA vs ENG game started with England winning the toss.
They put the USA to bat first. The hosts didn't have a good start, and they lost their first wicket in the first over. Then, they kept losing wickets regularly and were bowled out for 115 runs in 18.5 overs. Chris Jordan took 4/10 in shi 2.5 overs. In reply, the England openers added an unbeaten 117 runs in 9.4 overs to take the team to a 10-wicket win. Phil Salt made 25* off 21, and Jos Buttler scored 83* off 38 balls. Buttler finished the game with five consecutive sixes.
T20 World Cup 2024 Records: T20I Records and T20I Cricket Milestones achieved in USA vs ENG Barbados Cricket Match
Most runs in a single over in T20 WC: Jos Buttler attacked USA's spinner Harmeet Singh and smashed five consecutive sixes in this one over. Harmeet conceded 32 runs in that over (5 sixes, one wide, and a single). With this, he bowled the 3rd most expensive over in the history of T20 World Cups.
Biggest win in T20 WC for ENG: England chased down the target in 9.4 overs and made 117/0. They won by ten wickets and 62 balls to spare. This was their biggest win in the T20 World Cup in terms of balls.
1st Hat-trick for ENG in T20Is: Chris Jordan took the hat-trick in his last over. With this, he became the first English bowler to take a hat-trick in the shoter format. He also became the ninth bowler overall to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup.
5 Wickets without adding a run: At one stage, the USA were 115/5, but then they lost their next five wickets without adding a single run on the board. This is only the first instance in T20 World Cups and third in overall T20Is when a team loses five wickets without a score.
Also Read: T20WC 2024 Schedule & Squads Four Wickets in one over in T20 WC: Chris Jordan ended up with 4/20, and he took all those four wickets in his third over. With this, he became the second bowler after Curtis Campher to take four wickets in a single over in the T20 World Cup.