🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: S8 - M45: England vs Pakistan🏏 - Page 20

Originally posted by: SlatePencil

Hashim Amla and Moeen Ali look so similar

All of them have same beard

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

They fell like mosquitoes the runs needed was 6 of 12 balls or something. When Brook went it was 6 wickets down. Ek toh itne saare balls waste kiya upar se wickets bhi deke gaye the

No wonder England isn’t all that great anymore.

Hum kisi ko bhi aise bolne ki halat mein nahi hai babu

Salman Agha | Pakistan captain:

It started well with the bat, but we couldn’t finish the way we wanted. At the end of the day, sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition. The way Harry Brook batted was outstanding - he completely took the game away from us. Yes, we just have to wait and see how the other results go. We’ll be hoping they go our way, and then we know we’ll have to win against Sri Lanka. It was a mixed surface, but I thought we bowled really well up front. Then Harry came in and played an outstanding innings. We threw everything at him, but he was simply too good for us today. He has batted really well in every single game of this World Cup and has been consistent for us over the last six or seven months. Unfortunately, the other batters haven’t performed the way we wanted. That can happen in World Cup games, but we’re hopeful we can improve in the next match. He bowled really well. That’s what we expect from him - to strike up front. That’s what he’s famous for, and he delivered today. It always seems to be him! Whenever we lose, it feels like he’s the one making the difference.

But credit where it’s due - he batted brilliantly today. Hopefully, he saves some runs for the game against New Zealand. Yes, especially when he’s in that kind of form. He plays all around the ground - 360 degrees - which makes it very challenging to set fields and execute plans. They were smart. They didn’t attack too hard, they just rotated the strike well. Still, Usman Tariq bowled really well and picked up two important wickets whenever we needed breakthroughs. When Mohammad Nawaz bowled that second-last over, I thought maybe something could happen. Cricket is a funny game - anything is possible. There’s always hope, and as a team, we’ll always keep believing.

Originally posted by: Swathi_7

Hum kisi ko bhi aise bolne ki halat mein nahi hai babu

Even India wouldn’t have played so badly

And to be fair, we have lost one match in 2 series. 6 runs ke liye they wasted 2 wickets and 10-12 balls

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

They fell like mosquitoes the runs needed was 6 of 12 balls or something. When Brook went it was 6 wickets down. Ek toh itne saare balls waste kiya upar se wickets bhi deke gaye the

No wonder England isn’t all that great anymore.

Exactly......England ain't at all dangerous now. Had it not been for Harry Brook entire England batting line up would've fallen like a pack of cards. Imagine bottling up 6 off 12 It was a one-man heroic today, Brook played truly special innings in a pressure match, but it's not the first time Brook was doing this, he played similar kinda outstanding innings earlier as well.

If this kinda temparament & display of game by rest of players continue, I don't think England has a fair chance to win further. They'll screw up

Harry Brook | England captain:

(On having secured a semi-final berth) That's very nice. We've come here to do that job and thankfully we've got it under the line.

(On whose decision was it to promote him to No. 3) This morning by Baz as he was the mastermind behind it and it could have not come off, but thankfully tonight it has. We wanted to try and maximise the powerplay a little bit more and everybody knows that I like to try and take the game on and I was going to do that from ball one. So, thankfully it came off and I managed to get us a decent start.
(Was it at the back of his mind to promote himself up the order) I'd been thinking about it for a while and it's something I want to do in my career moving forward anyway, not just for England and in franchise cricket. I want to get up there and try and face as many balls as possible.

(On whether him having a terrific record against Pakistan triggered that promotion) Yeah, Baz said that this morning. He said, what do you think about going number three? Pakistan's your team and I was just like, yeah, let's do it.

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

Even India wouldn’t have played so badly

And to be fair, we have lost one match in 2 series. 6 runs ke liye they wasted 2 wickets and 10-12 balls

Surya Kumar Lubs you....bol raha tha he needs only optimistic people like you....

We have witnessed a knock that'll go down as a World Cup classic, and it's helped England become the first team to book a semi-final birth.
England have reached their fifth successive semi-final in T20 World Cups, doing so by recording their fifth successive T20I win at Pallekele in the span of 3 weeks.

Brook also became the first England captain to score a century in men's T20Is. England will now shift focus to New Zealand before worrying about the big game coming up after that. For Pakistan, they would now want Brook and co. to deliver a win against New Zealand to improve their chances of making the semis. They'll be watching keenly when Sri Lanka and New Zealand face off tomorrow. This group is wide open with plenty of action to come. One semi-final spot sealed, and three more to go. It’s only going to get tighter and spicier from here.

Originally posted by: catchm-ifucan

Surya Kumar Lubs you....bol raha tha he needs only optimistic people like you....

Nahh for what it’s worth, it’s one match. Yes, it was an important one but hey, it happens. Like I said yesterday, it’s not so much as losing a match as opposed to losing it by a hugehuge margin. Now we are left to wait/ponder on possible scenarios, pray. They could have avoided this situation. Khair, ab kya hi karein.

lol Surya is nvm, mujhe usse kuch nahi kehna. Ab bhi he’s like we are gonna make no changes. I’m like Bhai if you don’t do changes — phir

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