‘Incredible feeling’: Chris Jordan reflects on his special T20 World Cup hat-trick for England in his birthplace
Barbados-born Chris Jordan became the first English bowler to take a hat-trick in T20 World Cup history. Jordan also became only the second bowler in T20 World Cup history to take four wickets in a single over, after Ireland’s Curtis Campher, who took four wickets in a single over against the Netherlands in the 2021 edition in Abu Dhabi.
Chris Jordan in action at the T20 World Cup
England’s pacemaker Chris Jordan scripted story in the T20 World Cup by taking a sensational hat-trick during a Super 8 match against the USA in his native Barbados on Sunday. Jordan achieved this remarkable feat in the 19th over of the innings, when he took four wickets in five balls and staged a stunning collapse.
Jordan replaced Mark Wood in the line-up and produced an impressive performance in the 19th over, dismissing the well-positioned Corey Anderson with a flat full toss which he could only direct to Harry Brook.
After a dot throw, Jordan removed the off stump of Muhammad Ali-Khan, hit Nosthush Kenjige on the shin and sent Saurabh Netravalkar’s middle stump into the air to complete an astonishing performance and the USA innings with the score of 4/10.
The 35-year-old Barbados-born seamer became the first English bowler in T20 World Cup history to take a hat-trick. Jordan also became only the second bowler in T20 World Cup history to take four wickets in a single over. Curtis Campher of Ireland became the first to take four wickets in a single over against the Netherlands in the 2021 edition in Abu Dhabi.
Jordan’s hat-trick is the third in the current T20 World Cup after Australia’s Patrick Cummins who achieved this feat twice in a row in the Super 8s against Bangladesh and Afghanistan, joining a list that also includes Brett Lee, Curtis Campher, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kagiso Rabada, Karthik Meiyappan and Josh Little.
Remarkably, this is only the second edition since the 2021 T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates to record three hat-tricks.
During the mid-innings, Jordan reflected on his outstanding performance at Kensington Oval.
“An incredible feeling. It was nice to do it in such a special place. I’ve been looking for a hat-trick a few times and been wrong, so I was just happy to have done it,” said the pacer.
“I just wanted to get the ball on goal and score and luckily I managed that,” he added.
Jordan’s sensational hat-trick and captaincy Jos ButtlerWith the blitzkrieg, England stormed into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup with a 10-wicket victory over the USA.
Jordan’s superb performance (4/10) helped England bowl out the USA for 115 in 18.5 overs. Buttler then stormed to a 38-ball score of 83 and England completed the comeback in 9.4 overs to become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the mega event.
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