Jordan hat-trick leaves England to chase 116 against USA

Chris Jordan became the second bowler to take a hat-trick in the ongoing ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup and enabled England to bowl the United States cheaply.

The 35-year-old Barbados-born pacer ended with four for 10 from 2.5 overs, all four wickets coming in the same over, including the hat-trick, and the Americans were bowled out for 115 in 18.5 overs after they were put in to bat in their final Group 2 match at Kensington Oval.

This is the third hat-trick of this World Cup after Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins achieved the feat against Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Jordan, the only change to the England line-up for the match, replacing fellow pacer Mark Wood, got former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson caught at long-on for 29 to start the penultimate over of the United States innings.

He then struck with the third, fourth and fifth deliveries of the over when he bowled Ali Khan, trapped Nosthush Kenjige lbw and bowled Saurabh Netravalkar – all for ducks – to bring the American innings to a feeble end.

This is now the ninth hat-trick in a T20 World Cup, and Jordan became the first English bowler to record the feat in the history of the tournament.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid supported with two for 13 from his allotted four overs, including the scalp of former Barbados Pride batsman Aaron Jones bowled for 10, left-arm pacer Sam Curran grabbed two for 23 from two overs, and Barbados-born fast bowler Jofra Archer bowled a tidy spell of 3-0-16-0.

Nitish Kumar, batting at three, hit the top score of 30 for the United States, Anderson made 29, and Harmeet Singh got 21.

Scores:

UNITED STATES 115 all out off 18.5 overs (Nitish Kumar 30, Corey Anderson 29, Harmeet Singh 21; Chris Jordan 4-10, Adil Rashid 2-13, Sam Curran 2-23) vs ENGLAND.

(AR)