He showcased his ability to manipulate the field with his scoop but could n't quite get the chase against SA over the line
Harry Brook's second T20 World Cup half- era was not enough to find England over the series against South Africa. However, it may yet prove whether they will advance to the semi-finals or be eliminated because, by ensuring that their margin of defeat was just seven runs, it meant that if their team is chosen based on net work rate, they will be in good position to qualify.
Brook had to bide his time on a ball that was slower than England anticipated, scoring 18 goes off his first 20 balloons. But when he changed up a belt, he showcased his full potential as a center- get T20 flour, manipulating the industry at will and showing just how well he reads the game.
With South Africa's bowlers bowling short of a great size, Aiden Markram gambled by keeping good foot off. It is an unusual area to Brook given his propensity to enjoy the shovel, and in four balloons across the finish of the 15th and the start of the 16th over, he demonstrated why.
Second, he jumped across his trees and flicked Kagiso Rabada's offcutter past brief fine leg. The last game of the over was worked into the knee side, and Markram believed that Anrich Nortje's bowling was the scoop. It meant Markram himself came off into the circle at middle- off.
Brook sensed his time and gave Nortje the command, toned- batting him over Markram's mind after skipping down the ball. He stayed calf- part for the follow- away, which he belted through more cover-- past Markram's pe-- for four more. The shovel was the key that unlocked the rest of the area.
That is "absolutely" why Brook plays it, and why he considers it to be such a useful tool. " It only takes one or two to get away", he said after England's fight. " I feel like it should be an effortless limit. You only need to get a little pitcher on it if it's full, despite the obvious lack of a few.
It ended up being his downfall: with 14 to win off the last over, Brook lofted Nortje over late- off just for Markram to take a outstanding catch after running again. " When the score]required ] is double the amount of balls, it's about time you need to try and put the foot down at that point", he said. " We tried to push the accelerator. We did it well for a while, but could n't see the game home, unfortunately".
The equation for England heading into the final round of Super Eight games is relatively simple: any win against USA should be enough for them to get through, while a big win will guarantee their progress. " We've played quite a lot in Barbados over the last six months … hopefully we can go out there and give them a good battering", Brook said.
England have had a strange tournament, with wins against Oman, Namibia and West Indies, defeats to Australia and South Africa and a no- result against Scotland, but their path is laid out in front of them: three consecutive wins and they will become the first team to defend the men's T20 World Cup.
" We're defending champs and hopefully we can go out there and win it again", Brook said. " We just have to keep on nailing it, and we obviously have a few more must-win games in the pipeline." In the most recent World Cup, we did that. We did it in the last group stage. So who's to say we ca n't do it again"?
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