Brook wants England to give USA a 'good battering'

Batter Harry Brook hopes England tin springiness nan United States "a bully battering" to unafraid their spot successful nan semi-finals of nan T20 World Cup.

The sides meet successful Barbados connected Sunday astatine 15:30 BST and a ample triumph for England would each but unafraid them a spot successful nan knockout stages.

The group could still decorativeness pinch England, West Indies and South Africa connected 4 points but if Jos Buttler's broadside triumph by a bully separator they would spell done via their nett run-rate.

"We’ve sewage to triumph and past evidently spot really we are connected nett run-rate but nan main point is to decidedly get that win," Brook said.

"We’ve played successful Barbados rather a batch nan past six months truthful we cognize nan conditions, we cognize nan upwind and nan transportation arsenic good truthful hopefully we tin spell retired location and springiness them a bully battering."

England only sewage to nan Super 8 shape via their nett run-rate aft large wins against Oman and Namibia, positive Scotland's melodramatic conclusion by Australia.

If England triumph and South Africa hit West Indies later connected Sunday (01:30 BST Monday) nan complaint will beryllium irrelevant and England will spell done successful 2nd place.

If West India triumph past it will again beryllium utilized to find England's fate, though they stay successful a patient position.

If nan crippled is washed out, and location is rainfall successful nan forecast for Sunday, England will beryllium relying connected nan Proteas to triumph for them to spell through.

"We’ve been location before," Brook said. "We’ve sewage to ore connected winning it first and past we’ll person a chat and spot what nan run-rate says."

The USA person been 1 of nan stories of this World Cup, having qualified from a group involving India and Pakistan successful nan first stage.

They person mislaid some of their Super 8s matches, nevertheless - first against South Africa and past West Indies.

England could person moved to nan brink of qualification had they beaten nan Proteas connected Friday but were beaten successful a last-over thriller.

The gathering pinch nan USA will beryllium nan first betwixt successful sides astatine nan apical level.

"I haven’t really seen them play, conscionable a fewer highlights present and location of their bowlers," Brook said.

"But we’ll do that [on Saturday], do our study and person a due look to make judge that we’re fresh for nan game."