Pakistan captain Salman Agha admits that his side did not score enough in the game against England. He also praises England skipper Harry Brook, who he said “took the game away from us”.

“[We] started well with the bat but couldn’t finish the way we wanted to. But some days you have to give credit to other batters. I think Harry batted brilliantly. Our score was a bit short. And then Brook took the game away from us,” he said.

Salman said Sahibzada Farhan — the only batsman from Pakistan’s side to get past 50 in today’s match — had batted very well throughout the World Cup.

“But other batters haven’t played the way we wanted to but it can happen like that in World Cups.”

The skipper was also all praises for pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, who took four wickets including that of Brook.

“He bowled really well today. He’s famous for early wickets and he did that today. Whenever we play against England and lose, it’s always him.”

Salman added, “ They (England) batted really well against [Usman] Tariq. They didn’t go hard against him. Still he got two wickets. The way Nawaz bowled the 19th over, I thought maybe, you never know. Even if there’s a one per cent chance my team will go for it.“