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Harry Brook's brilliant 81 helped England recover from their 10-wicket defeat to Pakistan on Thursday with a comprehensive victory in the third T20 ...

At one point he was able to drive Shahnawaz Dhanani down the ground for a six that travelled over the top of the non-striker’s middle stump, then, off the very next ball, a wide yorker, play a delicate late cut for four that beat both a short and deep third man. He has all the power he needs, and pulled a couple of his sixes into the metal fence twenty yards beyond the boundary rope, but he marries it with meticulous positioning. It was one the most artful innings ever played for England in a T20.

A partnership of 139 in 69 balls by Harry Brook and Ben Duckett, and fearsome pace from Mark Wood, earned England a 63-run win over Pakistan in Karachi.

But the challenge next time is, can I repeat that?" I've got to peak at the right time so when it comes to the (T20) World Cup I'm fit and firing. I know it's a T20, but it's the intensity of international cricket. "Today was a good day. The crowd was flying. But I felt a bit tired at the end.

England defender Harry Maguire urged supporters to stick with the team after a 1-0 Nations League defeat to Italy, stressing that the support of the fans is ...

And we will be." "We're in a period where we have to come together. "To win that tournament or progress in that tournament, we need the fans with us, so whatever has happened in recent months we are working tirelessly hard to improve that and get back on track, because it is a big winter and World Cup and we need to make sure we're ready.

Gareth Southgate, who was booed by his own supporters after England continued their wretched run of form with a 1-0 defeat to Italy in Milan, has said the ...

“In the Nations League we have slipped our standards. “The reaction to tonight will be guided by the result, but we weren’t far off in terms of the performance. We didn’t deal with the decisive moment defensively and we had moments to be more decisive in their final third and our quality wasn’t quite right. It’s my job to take that pressure for them.” England are one of two countries yet to score a non-penalty goal during this Nations League campaign, the other being San Marino, but Southgate maintained that he saw positive signs. “We are where we are in terms of the timing, so we’ve got to do the best we can in terms of keeping the guys on track,” Southgate said. The 52-year-old, who described the jeers from the travelling support at the San Siro as an “understandable emotional reaction”, insisted that England had simply not managed the fine margins well enough against opponents who have failed to qualify for the World Cup.