After being on the verge of exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 after a nine-wicket defeat to West Indies, the USA captain Aaron Jones said his team will go all out against England to finish their tournament on a high note. The USA stand-in captain Aaron Jones believes that they fell short in putting up a competitive total on the board against West Indies in the Super 8 of the ongoing T20 World Cup.
In a battle between the hosts of the marquee event, West Indies toppled the USA with a dominating 9-wicket win. USA are set to face England in their last Super 8 fixture USA are currently at the bottom of the standings with no points against their name and will face England at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday.
USA superb journey on the T20 tour as debutants.
After being on the verge of exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 after a nine-wicket defeat to West Indies, the USA captain Aaron Jones said his team will go all out against England to finish their tournament on a high note.
The USA entered the Super Eight stage in what is also their first T20 World Cup campaign, after defeating Pakistan and Canada in Group A. But in Group 2 of the Super Eight, the USA are currently at the bottom of the standings with no points against their name and will face England at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday.
USA will be taking on England in its final Super Eights T20 World Cup clash. After two losses to West Indies and South Africa, the World Cup debutants will not be able to qualify for the next stage of the competition, but have surely won the hearts of cricket fans worldwide with their qualification to Super Eights, which includes a win over former T20 WC champion Pakistan and closely-fought games against 2007 T20 WC champions India and South Africa.
Want to finish with win over England, says USA skipper Aaron Jones
After being on the verge of exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 after a nine-wicket defeat to West Indies, the USA captain Aaron Jones said his team will go all out against England to finish their tournament on a high note.
The USA entered the Super Eight stage in what is also their first T20 World Cup campaign, after defeating Pakistan and Canada in Group A. But in Group 2 of the Super Eight, the USA are currently at the bottom of the standings with no points against their name and will face England at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday.
“I don’t think (there) is any pressure. I think when we first started the World Cup a lot of people didn’t think that we would be here right now. Obviously, we always believed, even before the World Cup started, that we could beat any team in the world.”
“And as I say, every time you put on your jersey and you go and play for your country, you want to win. So definitely we want to win the game against England and finish well, although we can’t advance in the next round for sure.”
“For me personally, I will go into the game just looking to win the game and doing as best as possible as a team and me personally as well. And then let’s see what happens after that,” said Aaron Jones to ICC after the match ended.
Asked to highlight the importance of the USA’s stellar campaign in the tournament where nine associate teams competed, Aaron Jones explained, “I think the game against England is important. For me personally, every time I put on a US jersey, I want to win the game, regardless of who we’re playing against.
“I think over the last couple of weeks, starting from winning the series against Bangladesh, it really and truly opened the eyes of everybody in the world, not only for US cricket but associate cricket in general.”
“And then obviously moving on to beating Pakistan in the World Cup, and then having a close game against India and then a close game against South Africa. People know that associate cricket is on the rise I would say.”
USA has started its cricketing journey on a beautiful note and hope that this journey continues for them in future years to come.