England captain Jos Buttler revealed that the team gave a lot of respect to the United States in the recently concluded Super 8 clash of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. Buttler played the 38-ball 83-run knock which helped his team to register a 10-wicket win against the T20 World Cup debutants USA on June 23 Sunday.
After this win against United States, England became the first team to qualify for the semifinal of the ongoing marquee event in USA and West Indies.
"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," Buttler said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Buttler praised leg-spinner Adil Rashid (2/13) and Liam Livinstone (1/24) for their efforts with the ball.
"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."
The England skipper also lauded the effort of comeback man Jordan, who mopped up the USA tail by claiming four wickets in five balls, including the hat-trick, in the 19th over as the Americans folded for 115 in 18.5 overs.
"We have great options, today we wanted to bring in CJ (Jordan) 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," he said.
United States are now out of the T20 World Cup after losing all three matches of Super 8 in the World Cup.
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