England captain Harry Brook on Saturday admitted underestimating some groups in its group and promised to dish out stronger performances within the Tremendous Eights stage in T20 World Cup 2026.
England, the two-time champion of the event, has been removed from convincing up to now. It almost misplaced to lowly Nepal earlier than scraping to a four-run win, suffered a complete 30-run defeat to former champion West Indies, and beat Scotland and Italy to succeed in the Tremendous Eights.
It faces co-host Sri Lanka in its first match of the stage on the Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
“It was clearly a niggly begin to the competitors. We most likely underestimated a couple of of the edges, they usually put up a very good combat and yeah, look, we got here right here to get by means of that stage, and fortunately we have now, so we’re right here within the Tremendous Eights, and that’s our primary focus now,” Brook mentioned through the pre-match press convention.
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Brook additionally conceded that his facet had been “barely too cautious with the bat” within the group video games and indicated that it will look to be extra aggressive going ahead.
“We’ve been barely too cautious with the bat. We will most likely be a bit extra courageous in sure conditions and have extra religion within the guys behind us to have the ability to go on the market and put an honest rating on as properly,” he mentioned.
Speaking in regards to the Sri Lankan crew, he mentioned, “I’ve realized which you can’t take any crew as a right, as we’ve seen within the group levels. We’ve managed to sneak by means of in a few video games. A few of their batters are batting rather well. So hopefully we will get a couple of wickets within the energy play.”
Requested if batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell is match to bowl, Brook mentioned, “Undecided but… he’s obtained an honest minimize in his finger. So he’d should have strapping on his finger, but when there’s a way we will get round that, then we’d wish to bowl hello,m however on the minute I don’t assume it’s attainable.”
Printed on Feb 21, 2026