Steven Finn
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Will Jack saying there that he's enjoying the responsibility down the order to be that finisher 53 not out from from 22 balls it was a really impressive knock that it was and he's doing it really well I'm sure he'd rather be opening the batting that's for sure because it's the best place to be but with the power and the skill of the players at the top of the order there's no room for him so as any player does as I would have done if Andrew Strauss had said to me you
play the test tomorrow but I want you to bowl left arm spin you would try and do that so he's trying to figure out a way and he's having to learn on the job in international cricket about batting at number seven and he's done it excellently in two of the three games that England have won he's been a huge difference between the two teams yeah
Absolutely, yeah.
It's certainly a good thing.
You do need different people to put their hands up throughout an international tournament like this.
It can't just be the same players all the time who are scoring the runs or taking the wickets.
So certainly for him to have done it in this tournament and not to have been a name in vogue coming into it is a good thing.
Yeah, the crowd are up and about and you could see when the ball's disappearing all over the place in T20 cricket.
As a bowler in particular, your mind can be going a thousand miles an hour and you just need to try and stay calm, think about what your plan's going to be and execute it.
And after...
those, the first four deliveries of that over, I think it was, he changed his plan to go around the wicket and try and bowl wide.
And that was the correct option.
And that was in consultation with Harry Brook, who grabbed the ball, walked over to Will Jacks and said, let's change this plan.
Let's not just bowl him six balls from
outside off from over the wicket for him to wallop away so although a couple of those Jacks was trying to go quick and straight but Manenti was one step ahead so yeah good to slow the game down in that moment but certainly when that ball was disappearing England would have thought no we don't need this
Yeah, it is.
And actually, I think the bit where they were most in the game, because I think chasing that total, they had to keep going for it.
And that freed them up.
And that partnership was brilliant where they had England on the back foot and is certainly a sign of what they can do, what Italy would be most disappointed with.
is the position that they had England in after 15 overs, 124 for five.