T20 World Cup: England take on India in semi-final with Will Jacks firing but Jos Buttler struggling

Finishing batting innings has not been a problem for England at this T20 World Cup and that is largely down to Will Jacks.

The No 7 has been his side's MVP with four player-of-the-match awards and 191 runs in seven innings at a strike-rate of 176.85.

Without Jacks' 39 not out off 20 balls against Nepal and unbeaten 53 from 22 versus another Associate nation in Italy, England could conceivably have lost those games and been eliminated with a whimper.

Head coach Brendon McCullum, already under the pump after the Ashes debacle earlier in the winter, would surely not have survived that embarrassment.

Jacks was a great help early on, then, and continues to be so, contributing a useful 21 and three wickets in the victory over Sri Lanka, 28 in the triumph versus Pakistan and then a swashbuckling 32 not out from 18 balls against New Zealand as England ended a Super 8s stage in which they went undefeated with a heist of a win.