'The sky is the limit' - where does USA cricket go after T20 World Cup?

For now nan American dream is over.

The USA are retired of nan T20 World Cup and depart aft a sorry 10-wicket thrashing astatine nan hands of England.

But their tally to nan Super 8s will stay 1 of nan lasting memories of this tournament.

So really do they bespeak connected their performance? What's next? And really acold tin nan USA go?

USA's triumph complete Pakistan successful nan group shape was 1 of nan biggest shocks successful cricket history.

Having already won their first lucifer astatine a T20 World Cup by beating Canada, they held their nervus successful a ace complete to conclusion 2022's beaten finalists.

USA ran South Africa adjacent successful their opening lucifer of nan Super 8s stage but afterwards were comprehensively beaten by West Indies and England.

All-rounder Corey Anderson, 33, said location were "a batch of areas that we request to amended on".

"We are still an subordinate nation, growing, trying to get a bigger subordinate pool," he said.

"The past mates of games person conscionable been not rather there, but that's what happens successful these Super 8 comps - nan bigger boys commencement to really show up and they're benignant of hitting their stride."

Anderson suggested arsenic nan tourney went on, guidance teams became much acquainted pinch their strengths and weaknesses.

"The guys person astir apt been recovered wanting a small spot successful that respect but, again, it's a awesome learning," he said.

The USA's only erstwhile quality astatine a awesome world tourney was nan Champions Trophy successful 2004, astatine which they were heavy beaten successful their 2 matches.

Here, having besides beaten Pakistan and Canada, they were besides progressive successful a tight conclusion by India successful New York.

"Have we tally retired of steam? I conjecture you could opportunity that," skipper Aaron Jones said.

"I don't deliberation group thought we would beryllium present correct now playing against England, West Indies and each nan large boys. But we did it.

"Our performances successful this World Cup person really opened nan eyes of nan American public, and that's thing we person been talking astir [doing] successful nan past fewer years.

"We person been getting a batch of calls, a batch of messages and we person a batch much support now because of this World Cup. We are grateful for sure."

By qualifying for nan Super 8s, USA secured nonstop qualification for nan adjacent T20 World Cup successful 2026.

But, arsenic it stands, nan US do not person immoderate fixtures planned against nan awesome cricketing nations earlier that tourney successful India and Sri Lanka.

"It is not conscionable astir playing World Cups, aft nan measurement we person played hopefully location are apical teams that want to play series," batter Nitish Kumar, 30, said.

"Teams ever spell to nan West Indies for bid and it's not a agelong travel truthful hopefully we get much value cricket.

"The World Cup is an astonishing thing. We person played really well, but we dream this is simply a stepping chromatic for moreover amended things."

Of nan XI selected to play England, only 29-year-old skipper Jones is aged beneath 30, starring to questions astir nan guidance of nan broadside going forward.

Anderson was non-committal astir his early while nary item has been fixed connected nan position of coach Stuart Law beyond this tournament.

Law has said location is "promising talent" successful nan US among players not selected for this squad.

"We will hopefully proceed to turn that, summation much liking from different parts of nan US and unearth a mates of much players," nan erstwhile Australia batter said.

There person been immoderate positives, specified arsenic nan 151,566 group who attended World Cup matches successful New York, but besides negatives erstwhile it comes to assessing really good nan World Cup has trim done successful nan US.

The triumph complete Pakistan did not make nan apical 30 most-watched sports programmes connected nan time it happened.

The adjacent top-level cricket crossed nan pond originates erstwhile nan 2024 play of Major League Cricket gets nether measurement connected 5 July.

The convention has been somewhat expanded from past twelvemonth - location will beryllium 25 matches compared to 19 - and location person been a number of high-profile signings, including Australia skipper Pat Cummins connected a four-year deal.

Matches will beryllium played successful Dallas and North Carolina but it is hoped each six teams will big their ain matches successful nan coming years, which would lead to regular cricket successful New York and Los Angeles

The tourney has precocious been fixed List A status, meaning its matches count towards charismatic statistics, but pinch six overseas players allowed successful each XI location is constricted abstraction for section players to travel through.

"Major League adjacent month's evidently going to beryllium a big, large point again for American cricket," Anderson said.

"We've had a batch much guys go eligible to play for nan USA and that's been capable to turn nan subordinate pool. The entity is nan limit really."