England pacer Chris Jordan joins Australia's Pat Cummins by claiming the 3rd hat-trick of T20 World Cup 2024 in the all-important Super 8 clash against USA at Bridgetown in Barbados. The right-arm speedster dismissed Ali Khan, Nosthush Kenijge, and Saurabh Netravalkar, thereby becoming the first from England to accomplish the feat.
The incident occurred in the final over of the innings as USA tried to get as many runs as they can. However, Jordan allowed no runs in the final over, castling Ali Khan and Saurabh Netravalkar, while Kenijge was trapped lbw. The 35-year-old's figures read as 2.5-0-10-4 to set England 116 to win.
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With only 116 for victory, Buttler raced off the blocks as USA's bowlers were left with no answers. The Lancashire batter was the aggressive batter among the two openers as the Englishmen raced to 60 in the powerplay. However, the most breathtaking moment came in the 9th over when Aaron Jones brought in Harmeet Singh to bowl his 2nd.
The keeper-batter plundered five sixes off his bowling to accumulate 32 runs off the over. As far as England's bowling display goes, Sam Curran and Adil Rashid also snared two each, while Reece Topley and Liam Livingstone claimed one apiece.
