England bowls first against United States in crunch Super Eight game at T20 World Cup

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Struggling England chose to bowl first against the United States cricket team and needs a convincing win to advance from the Super Eight playoffs at the Twenty20 World Cup. England has two points in Group 2, two more than the last-place Americans who have been the surprise team of the tournament by making it this far.

United States’ Nitish Kumar plays a shot during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup cricket match between the United States and England at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, June 23, 2024. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Struggling England chose to bowl first against the United States cricket team on Sunday, knowing it needs a convincing win to advance from the Super Eight playoffs at the Twenty20 World Cup.

England has two points in Group 2, two more than the last-place Americans who have been the surprise team of the tournament by making it this far. England doesn’t have happy World Cup memories in Bridgetown where its group game against Scotland was abandoned and it alsoCaptain Jos Buttler won the toss and said he was encouraged to bowl first by the “early morning start” against the Americans.American skipper Aaron Jones also wanted to bowl first. His team needed to be more disciplined, he said, after losing both Super Eight games against South Africa and the West Indies.

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