The moments that turned England's World Cup around

A T20 World Cup run that was almost ended miserably for England aft 2 weeks has reached nan last fewer days.

The defending champions will play unbeaten India successful nan semi-finals successful Guyana connected Thursday astatine 15:30 BST.

Earlier successful nan tournament, nan futures of skipper Jos Buttler and coach Matthew Mott were being questioned but alternatively they person turned it astir to person a changeable astatine a 3rd T20 title.

BBC Sport looks astatine immoderate of nan important moments successful nan recovery, including nan stresses of supporting Australia, a relaxed training convention and nan effect of a section legend.

England were 46 minutes distant from exiting nan tourney erstwhile rainfall successful Antigua threatened to swipe retired their last group lucifer against Namibia.

But, having been put successful nan precarious position by a washout against Scotland and conclusion by Australia, nan upwind mercifully cleared successful clip for England to complete a commanding win to put them backmost successful a beardown position to progress.

They were still reliant connected Australia beating Scotland later that night, however, successful what turned retired to beryllium an evening of existent stress.

The England squad watched from their squad edifice successful Antigua arsenic Scotland dominated overmuch of nan game, only for Australia to triumph it astatine nan decease to prevention their Ashes rivals.

At 1 shape skipper Jos Buttler was truthful resigned to their exit he gave up and returned to his room.

"A fewer of america were having dinner, watching nan Scotland crippled and past it sewage rather adjacent and immoderate of america turned it disconnected because we sewage a spot nervous," admitted all-rounder Sam Curran a fewer days later.

England's lowest constituent came earlier that week erstwhile they arrived successful Antigua connected nan backmost of nan defeat by Australia. A time later Scotland comprehensively hit Oman to summation nan jeopardy of their business moreover further.

Their first training convention was astatine nan Antigua Recreation Ground, ironically a tract of English symptom arsenic nan venue wherever Brian Lara deed his 2 world grounds Test scores.

Buttler group nan tone. He was not initially expected to speak to nan media but did so, fronting up arsenic skipper successful an different change.

He was relaxed, acold much truthful than successful a spiky question and reply earlier nan opening game, and said of nan "couple hours awake astatine night" because of nan stresses of captaincy.

England's players past warmed up by chasing and hitting each different pinch foam swimming excavation noodles arsenic their euphony boomed astir nan now derelict stands of nan celebrated aged ground.

The batters practised range-hitting, pinch nan outdoor property container successful nan firing line. Two hits landed connected nan desks, countless much connected nan roof. Harry Brook and Sam Curran sent balls rolling down nan main roadworthy successful nan land superior of St John's aft clearing nan stands.

Buttler besides urged his players not to get "consumed" by nan nett run-rate scenarios presented by their struggles.

The consequence was England beating Oman 2 days later successful 1 of nan astir one-sided fixtures successful World Cup history - a lucifer which lasted conscionable 16.3 overs crossed 2 innings combined.

The tense nighttime of watching Scotland was to travel but it put England's run backmost connected track.

For each of nan talk astir a turnaround, England person still only beaten 1 Test-playing federation astatine this World Cup - West Indies.

But that triumph was a clinical, eight-wicket conclusion of nan co-hosts, who had been unbeaten successful their erstwhile 8 T20s.

It was astir apt England's champion white-ball capacity since they won nan T20 title successful 2022 and meant they were ever apt to advancement moreover pinch a narrow conclusion by South Africa successful their adjacent game, yet relieving immoderate pressure.

The important infinitesimal successful nan bowling effort came erstwhile Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid conceded 4 runs and a azygous respectively while each taking a wicket from nan 16th and 17th overs.

Phil Salt past deed a superb 87 not retired successful nan pursuit of 181, soaking up unit astatine times but besides brutally hitting 30 disconnected 1 over.

Afterwards Salt said of nan proposal fixed by Kieron Pollard, nan erstwhile West Indies World Cup winner, who has been portion of nan backroom unit for this tournament.

Pollard, ne'er awkward successful throwing balls successful training, has kept a debased floor plan for a five-time Indian Premier League victor astatine this tourney but references of his power person regularly travel retired of camp.

One subordinate described him arsenic having an "aura".

Buttler said his calmness arsenic nan rainfall fell against Namibia helped successful nan managements tactical discussions.

"He’s been astir and seen it all, and has that benignant of laid-back cognition of this is conscionable what happens, we tin woody pinch it erstwhile it comes," Buttler said.