Bridgetown Pacer Chris Jordan took a sensational hat-trick in his birthplace before captain Jos Buttler's blitzkrieg as England stormed into the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 10-wicket thrashing of the United States here on Sunday.
Returning in place of Mark Wood, Jordan (4/10) cleared the US tail by claiming four wickets in five balls, including the hat-trick, in the 19th over, as the Americans folded for 115 in the 18th over, 5 overs.
Buttler then fired a 38-ball 83 not out as England completed the chase in 9.4 overs to become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the showpiece.
During his brilliant knock, Buttler smashed seven sixes and six fours, including five maximums in a Harmeet Singh over to leave the US bowling bruised and battered.
Earlier, Jordan, 35, who was born and raised in Christ Church, Barbados, started the second last over after dismissing the well-placed Corey Anderson for 29 with a low full toss.
After surviving the next ball, Ali Khan found his stump down before Jordan dismissed Nosthush Kenjige and Saurabh Netravalkar off successive deliveries to take the first hat-trick for England in T20Is.
Jordan had figures of 4/10 from his 2.5 overs.
Jordan also became the second bowler in T20 World Cup history to pick four wickets in a single over.
Ireland's Curtis Campher was the first to pick four wickets in a single against Netherlands during the 2021 edition in Abu Dhabi.
It was Sam Curran (13/2) who caused the collapse by dismissing Harmeet Singh (21; 17b) on the final delivery of the previous over as the United States suffered a stunning collapse, losing five wickets in six balls without a run.
Earlier, Adil Rashid took a paltry 2/13 in four overs.
Andries Gous bowled Reece Topley towards fine leg for a six, but two balls later, he hit the ball straight to Phil Salt at deep square leg while attempting a similar shot.
The United States faced some nervy moments in the final second of the day when Steven Taylor survived a run after giving up hope of returning to the box in time. It would all have been over for him if Liam Livingstone's delivery had hit the stumps.
At the other end, Nitish Kumar edged a quick delivery from Jofra Archer past third man to hit the maximum.
Nitish played a beautiful shot through middle to score a boundary against Topley and on the next ball, the Canadian-born 30-year-old produced a clean hit from long on for a six.
Curran came in as the first over and bowled his first over, shortening 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.
Captain Aaron Jones quickly got off the mark heading one through the third man region for a four as the United States finished the powerplay at 48 for two.
Buttler handed the ball to Rashid, who has been having a pretty good tournament, and the player began his spell by conceding just two runs.
Rashid did what was expected of him in his second over, bowling Jones with a beautiful googly to deny the US captain the chance to take on Archer, his childhood friend and schoolmate.
The two grew up together in Barbados, dreaming of playing international cricket for the West Indies before representing their adopted countries.
After drying up the boundaries, England tasted success again when Rashid used his effective googly to shorten Nitish's promising stay.
Nitish hit two sixes and a four.
Livingstone had Milind Kumar trapped behind as the United States slipped to 88 for five at the end of the 14th over.
The 100 came in the 17th over as Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh tried to prop up the United States innings.
The United States had a productive 18th over as they got 14 runs from Curran after a six for four from Harmeet, who was however dismissed off the last ball resulting in his fall.
Returning in place of Mark Wood, Jordan (4/10) cleared the US tail by claiming four wickets in five balls, including the hat-trick, in the 19th over, as the Americans folded for 115 in the 18th over, 5 overs.
Buttler then fired a 38-ball 83 not out as England completed the chase in 9.4 overs to become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the showpiece.
During his brilliant knock, Buttler smashed seven sixes and six fours, including five maximums in a Harmeet Singh over to leave the US bowling bruised and battered.
Earlier, Jordan, 35, who was born and raised in Christ Church, Barbados, started the second last over after dismissing the well-placed Corey Anderson for 29 with a low full toss.
After surviving the next ball, Ali Khan found his stump down before Jordan dismissed Nosthush Kenjige and Saurabh Netravalkar off successive deliveries to take the first hat-trick for England in T20Is.
Jordan had figures of 4/10 from his 2.5 overs.
Jordan also became the second bowler in T20 World Cup history to pick four wickets in a single over.
Ireland's Curtis Campher was the first to pick four wickets in a single against Netherlands during the 2021 edition in Abu Dhabi.
It was Sam Curran (13/2) who caused the collapse by dismissing Harmeet Singh (21; 17b) on the final delivery of the previous over as the United States suffered a stunning collapse, losing five wickets in six balls without a run.
Earlier, Adil Rashid took a paltry 2/13 in four overs.
Andries Gous bowled Reece Topley towards fine leg for a six, but two balls later, he hit the ball straight to Phil Salt at deep square leg while attempting a similar shot.
The United States faced some nervy moments in the final second of the day when Steven Taylor survived a run after giving up hope of returning to the box in time. It would all have been over for him if Liam Livingstone's delivery had hit the stumps.
At the other end, Nitish Kumar edged a quick delivery from Jofra Archer past third man to hit the maximum.
Nitish played a beautiful shot through middle to score a boundary against Topley and on the next ball, the Canadian-born 30-year-old produced a clean hit from long on for a six.
Curran came in as the first over and bowled his first over, shortening 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.
Captain Aaron Jones quickly got off the mark heading one through the third man region for a four as the United States finished the powerplay at 48 for two.
Buttler handed the ball to Rashid, who has been having a pretty good tournament, and the player began his spell by conceding just two runs.
Rashid did what was expected of him in his second over, bowling Jones with a beautiful googly to deny the US captain the chance to take on Archer, his childhood friend and schoolmate.
The two grew up together in Barbados, dreaming of playing international cricket for the West Indies before representing their adopted countries.
After drying up the boundaries, England tasted success again when Rashid used his effective googly to shorten Nitish's promising stay.
Nitish hit two sixes and a four.
Livingstone had Milind Kumar trapped behind as the United States slipped to 88 for five at the end of the 14th over.
The 100 came in the 17th over as Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh tried to prop up the United States innings.
The United States had a productive 18th over as they got 14 runs from Curran after a six for four from Harmeet, who was however dismissed off the last ball resulting in his fall.
