Liam Dawson, an England cricket player, expressed his frustration at England’s failure to defeat Pakistan in the fourth Twenty20 international, saying he thought his team should have won.
During the 4th T20I against Pakistan in Karachi, England fell 3 runs short of the 167-run goal. Dawson had 34 off of 17.
When Dawson sought to turn the game for England, he struck 24 off the 18th over bowled by Hasnain, leaving England needing only 9 from the final 12 balls. The visitors were 134/7 at the end of the 17th over and required 33 off 18 deliveries.
Then, however, Haris Rauf took Dawson’s wicket. Following Dawson’s wicket, England could only add 1 more run before they were 3 runs down.
when asked Dawson about his feelings after losing a match, he said “I was in two minds whether to try and hit the ball hard or just sort of tap it on his head for one run, hopefully, I have learned from the situation and will try to hit the ball hard in future,”.
However, before losing his wicket, Dawson had brought England so close to the boundary, which frustrated him because they still didn’t cross it.
He said: “I think we were a little bit behind the game, obviously, seven wickets down, needing I think 11 or 12 an over, so nothing to lose. I just see the ball and hit it, it wasn’t to be towards the end, frustrating not to get us over the line because we should have won that game,”
He further added: “I’ve been very lucky to play a lot of Cricket here with the PSL and the crowd has always been brilliant. So, thank you to all the fans who came out in the four games here. Hopefully, we get some good crowds in Lahore,”
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