Liam Dawson
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There's a few different scenarios which could see Pakistan go through, all of which are somewhat feasible.
But what they do need to do is make sure they execute
as close to this level, ideally about 10% better, and they'd be confident about getting over the line against Sri Lanka.
But I don't think it'll be massively doom and gloom.
It will.
The general sense of doom and gloom is going to be there because you've lost a game, and you've lost a close game, and you've lost to England, and you're now on the brink of elimination from the tournament.
So, you know, there's a sense of doom and gloom.
But it wasn't an awful performance from Pakistan from start to finish.
There were loads of positive points.
Ultimately, as you say, it came down to a player playing just spectacular innings.
That was the difference between the two sides.
He alone was playing in a completely different environment, different conditions, different headspace to everybody else that took to that field today.
So I don't think they'll take it too hard.
There will be disappointment, but equally, they'll know that they were
You know, they were beaten by a special knock.
I think it was sort of all summed up quite nicely by the way Shaheen Afridi shook hands with Harry Brooke after he got him out with a lovely Yorker.
He didn't celebrate, just walked over, shook his hand, patted him on the back and said, well batted.
It's a touch of class.
It's just an acknowledgement, really, that it's you.
You've beaten us.