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England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt He admitted that his team was not very good, as rain kept them from a possible defeat without a win. Pakistan In the World Cup.
Pakistan were heading towards the readjusted target of 113 runs after scoring 34 runs without loss in their group match. Colombo When bad weather forced abandonment.
The no result meant that England’s unbeaten record in the competition was fortunately preserved and they returned to the top of the table.
Sciver-Brunt said in the post-match presentation: “Yes, we were not very good today and we will keep our hands up.
“Pakistan bowled brilliantly and by the time the ball came into our hands the conditions had changed.”
England’s score was 79 runs for seven wickets, after which there was a break of about four hours due to rain, due to which the match was reduced to 31 overs per team.
Charlie Dean (33) and M Arlott (18) took the lead to 133 for nine, but the target was revised downwards and it looked within Pakistan’s reach.
Asked what lessons could be learned, Sciver-Brunt said: “Adapting as quickly as possible.
“The wicket was seaming a lot, so I think it’s making plans to eliminate that threat.
“After the power play, they were taking wickets by getting bowled and LBW, which was preventing us from building partnerships at all.”
England’s next match is India There is concern about the condition of many people in Indore on Sunday.
Sciver-Brunt said: “I think everyone has been practicing really well. They’re going through their processes and working on their own ‘how’ to take each wicket.
“I think it’s just finding your own personal way of doing the same things you would do in practice.”
Pakistan has so far not defeated England in 16 ODIs and captain Fatima Sana felt that a golden opportunity had been missed.
Fatima, who did most of the damage for England with four for 27, said: “I think today is the day we showed we can beat them, but it just wasn’t in our favor.”