BUTTLER AND RASHID POWER ENGLAND INTO THE T20 WORLD CUP SEMIS

Jos Buttler powered his England team into the ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi-finals with a blistering 83 not out off 38 balls against the United States of America at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

The Paarl Royals opener was in dominant form as he shared a 117-run opening stand with Pretoria Capitals partner Phil Salt (25 not out) as England romped home by 10 wickets with 10.2 overs to spare.

Buttler launched a vicious assault on US spinner Harmeet Singh, smashing five sixes in the spinners' second over which cost 32 runs.

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The victory lifted England to four points and boosted the defending champions’ Net Run-Rate to 1.992, which secured qualification for the semi-finals.

West Indies and South Africa face off in the evening match in Antigua to determine who will join England.

The US innings was a stop-start affair with Pretoria Capitals leg-spinner Adil Rashid once again delivering a Player of the Match performance.

Rashid spun a web around the US middle-order to finish with 2/13, while MI Cape Town all-rounder Sam Curran chipped in with 2/23.

The coup de grace was, though, delivered in the final over by Chris Jordan with the seamer picking up four wickets, including a first-ever hat-trick.

Jordan's hat-trick victims were Ali Khan, Nosthush Kenjige and Saurabh Netravalkar.