BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June, (AP): Fast bowler Chris Jordan got a hat trick and the American cricket team lost five wickets in six balls as England secured its spot in the semifinals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Defending champion England crushed the United States by 10 wickets with 62 balls remaining in their last Super Eight game.

South Africa sealed a place in the semifinals for the first time since 2014 when it beat co-host the West Indies by three wickets in a thrilling rain-affected match at North South, Antigua. They will go through along with England from Group 2.

Both co-hosts, the West Indies and the United States, now have been eliminated.
Jordan, who replaced pacer Mark Wood, grabbed four wickets off five balls in his last over to dismantle the U.S. for 115 runs in 18.5 overs and become the first Englishman to claim a hat trick in T20 internationals. He finished with 4-10 in 2.5 overs on the Caribbean island of Barbados where he was born.

"Very nice to do this at a special place like this,” Jordan said.
Captain Jos Buttler then smashed 83 not out off 38 balls, including five sixes in one over against left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh, as England raced to 117-0 in 9.4 overs.

Tall fast bowler Marco Jansen became a hero with the bat as South Africa clinched its place in the semifinals with a thrilling three-wicket win over the West Indies in a rain-affected match.
For almost an hour as heavy rain fell in the middle of the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium match, both teams were in an anxious limbo.

The West Indies had made 135-8 after being sent in and South Africa was 12-2 after two overs when a gust of heavy rain and wind passed across the ground. When the players returned, three overs had been lost and South Africa was chasing 123 from 90 balls.
The Proteas seemed coasting towards victory at 77-3 in the eighth over. But the West Indies produced an extraordinary performance to force the match into the last over.