USA VS ENG - 49th Match, Super 8 Group 2, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024

England become the first team to get to the semis. And no team would like to face them in the knockouts going by what we saw today. Three more spots up for grabs as far as the semis race is concerned. A couple of exciting games coming up. We will be there for that. Do join us then. For now this is it. Bye bye.

Jos Buttler | England captain: We give USA a lot of respect and we talked about if, if we brought our intensity, we would be too good. Once we got in a few overs, we tried to target this side with the wind. Adil was fantastic and Livi bowled brilliantly in tandem, it's difficult when you are not bowling in one game and then suddenly you bowl 4 overs, credit to him for being ready. We have great options, today we wanted to bring in CJ to bring depth to our batting and a World Cup hat-trick is a great effort. I have been feeling good all year to be honest. I feel I'm hitting the ball well and it's on me to look after my own game, as much as I'm the captain, I'm one of the 11 and I have got to do my job.

Aaron Jones | USA captain: Hard game to get to grips to be honest. We did not have a good last two games, something for us to talk about when we go back to USA but that's how it goes. Looking forward to playing more big teams. Wicket was a bit sticky, Rashid very experienced, very good bowler. Our shot selection was not good, we knew he was the dangerman. Something to look into and we definitely will come back harder. [on Buttler] Very experienced and he batted beautifully today. It's very good for us, this is our first World Cup, lot of people did not think we will be here playing against England, West Indies and the big boys. Hopefully this will open the eyes of the American public. We've got a lot of calls and messages of support during this World Cup. I see us getting bigger and better from here.

Stats by Deepu Narayanan

- For West Indies to surpass England's NRR, they need to win by 52+ runs against South Africa (after scoring 160 batting first)

Most expensive overs in T20 World Cups
36 Stuart Broad vs Ind Durban 2007
36 Azmatullah Omarzai vs WI Gros Islet 2024
33 Jeremy Gordon vs USA Dallas 2024
32 Izatullah Dawlatzai vs Eng Colombo RPS 2012
32 Harmeet Singh vs Eng Bridgetown 2024

Ten wicket wins in T20 World Cups
Aus vs SL Cape Town 2007 (Target: 102)
SA vs Zim Hambantota 2012 (94)
Oman vs PNG Al Amerat 2021 (130)
Pak vs Ind Dubai 2021 (152)
Eng vs Ind Adelaide 2022 (169)
Eng vs USA Bridgetown 2024 (116)
62 balls remaining by England is the most number of balls to spare in a 10-wicket win in T20 World Cups.

Adil Rashid, Player of the Match: We fought pretty well, set the tone with the ball. Was pleased to restrict them (USA) to 115. Always nice to come here and bowl. It also helps when the bowlers are keeping it tight from the other end. With the wind you got to assess from which end you will bowl. Sometimes you may get hit for four and sixes. Sometimes you pick wickets. CJ (Jordan) is a match-winner, he has been doing it for a number of years. Big congrats to him. He (Buttler) is a world-class player, a great performer. Need to carry that form into the semi-final.

13:00 Local Time, 17:00 GMT, 22:30 IST: As clinical a chase as you'll ever see. USA have been drubbed twice in two games. But that should not take away from their impressive tournament. Today though was England all the way. Adil Rashid was fantastic in the middle overs and then Jordan took over with four in one over including a hat-trick to close out the innings in spectacular fashion. 116 was a slim target and Buttler was on fire. The highlight of his knock was his 5 sixes in an over of Harmeet including four in a row. England needed to win inside 18.4 overs to reach the semis but Buttler had other plans. He wanted to end this early and USA had no answers at all. Depending on the West Indies v South Africa game's result, England could still top the group - that's how impressive this win has been as they beef up their NRR by a long way. Stay tuned for the presentation...

van Schalkwyk to Buttler, FOUR, Buttler finishes it off in emphatic fashion. England fly into the semis! A slower ball on a length outside off, Buttler reaches for it and cuts in the air wide of both backward point and short third man

van Schalkwyk to Philip Salt, 1 run, full outside off, Philip Salt gets forward to drive to long-on

van Schalkwyk to Buttler, 1 run, full outside off, Buttler gets forward to drive to sweeper cover

van Schalkwyk to Philip Salt, 1 run, good length on middle, Philip Salt pulls on the bounce to deep mid-wicket

Fourth 100+ opening partnership in T20 World Cup 2024 and the first by a pair outside of Rahmanullah Gurbaz & Ibrahim Zadran

Harmeet Singh to Buttler, SIX, what batting! Buttler has single-handedly taken down Harmeet Singh and has put his side on the cusp of a fantastic win. On a length and drifting in, Buttler just stands and belts that into the solar panels at long-on. The on-air comms say those panels are costly and this is the second time in the match that Buttler has destroyed them. England just a hit away now. Five sixes in the over too

Harmeet Singh to Buttler, wide, fired well outside off, the pressure telling on Harmeet Singh and it's a wide

Harmeet Singh to Buttler, SIX, four in a row. Again drifting outside the leg-stump, almost a free-hit for Buttler who heaves this over deep square leg, again flies away

Harmeet Singh to Buttler, SIX, hat-trick sixes! Full and in the slot on the stumps, Buttler makes room and golf-swings straight down the ground. This is clean striking

Aaron Jones comes to Harmeet Singh to have a chat. The bowler has a smile and nods in agreement to what his skipper says.

Harmeet Singh to Buttler, SIX, now on the leg-side. A slower delivery drifting outside the leg-stump, Buttler swings it powerfully over deep mid-wicket, into the crowd