Steven Finn
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You're there thinking, well, one or two wickets even here on this means England then only end up getting 175.
And that...
is less than what Italy ended up getting themselves so there was a moment wasn't there missed field at deep cover off the bowling of Manenti I think it was that then led to two sixes being hit the next two balls which just felt like a massive shift in momentum so if there was one minute of the game that Italy could go back to to change
to take a second to reassess and reset, I think it would be that one because that got Will Jacks off and running and meant that he got the finish that he did.
But Italy should be really, really proud about what they've done there.
And like we've parroted a number of times throughout this tournament, it can only be good that these teams are getting the opportunity to show that they can compete with the big boys.
Yeah, and it's that pressure that can weigh down on teams quite heavily, can't it?
Especially when you're out there in the middle making your decisions.
You don't want that little man on your shoulder saying, well, you should be winning this.
It takes away your concentration from what you're trying to execute in that very finite moment.
So, yeah, England will be relieved, I think, to have made it through the group stage.
They've been pushed hard.
harder than they'd have liked.
But they've showed steel and determination in those moments to get through and come out on the right side of those results that maybe in the past other England teams wouldn't have done.
So I think that bodes well for them.
But I think everyone has repeatedly said the same message, including us up here, that they need to
improve and tidy up those areas of their games that we highlighted earlier in order to compete towards the back end of this tournament but given their recent history in Sri Lanka and the way that they won that T20 in one day international series there in recent times I think that stands them in good stead.