Chris Jordan creates new England record with four wickets in over, including hat-trick at T20 World Cup

Chris Jordan became the first England player to take a hat-trick in international T20 cricket at the World Cup against the USA.

The 35-year-old took FOUR wickets in the over to end the USA’s innings in England’s final Super 8s game.

England have to beat the USA to stand any chance of making the semi-finals, and after Jordan created history, they stand a very good chance of doing so, chasing just 116.

The over started with Jordan getting Corey Anderson before he removed Muhammad Ali-Khan, Nosthush Kenjige and Sarubah Netravalkar in consecutive deliveries.

Jordan ended England’s innings with figures of 4-10.

The hat-trick itself was pretty special as he first bowled Ali-Khan with a beauty that clipped the top of off-stump.

He followed that up with a delivery that caught Kenjige plumb in front, the batter reviewed, but he had no chance.

Netravalkar then came out and saw his middle stump removed with another stunning delivery.

Jordan, who was born in Barbados, spoke to the media immediately after wrapping up the USA’s innings.

He said: “It is an unbelievable feeling, to at least restrict them after a solid fielding performance. To do it at a special place like this is always nice.

“I’ve been on a hat-trick a couple of times before but got it wrong so I’m just glad I was able to do it.

“It was a really good performance. We summed up conditions well. Adil Rashid controlled it and Liam Livingstone bowled well and really set the game up well for us.

“We’ll want the points first and foremost and then we’ll think about net run-rate in the innings if we get into a position to.”

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England are the defending T20 champions and need to win this match by a healthy margin to stand a good chance of progressing to the semi-finals.

Jos Buttler’s men beat the West Indies in the first Super 8s game before losing narrowly to South Africa.

However, because of Jordan’s heroics, England are chasing a relatively low score, which they will look to polish off as quickly as possible.