Earlier in the match, after being asked to bat first, the United States was dealt an early blow in the form of Andries Gous. Coming in at number 3, Nitish Kumar did not hesitate to play his shots and made the Powerplay count for the United States. Once the on-field restrictions were lifted, boundaries became difficult to come by for the United States and it became even more difficult when Jos Buttler introduced spin to both ends. As Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh began to rebuild, Harmeet went down and it all went downhill from there. USA lost their last 5 wickets in just 6 balls without adding a run to eventually be bowled out for 115. For England, with four wickets in a single over, including a hat-trick, Chris Jordan cleaned up the States tail -United, becoming the second bowler in this World Cup to score a hat-trick.