All six Pakistan bowlers were thoroughly impressive, reversing and swinging the ball, but it was Hasan Ali who stole the show with 3-35, tearing through England's batsman.
1 Pakistan have entered the final of the Champions Trophy for the first time in eight tournaments.
Azhar Ali (76) and Fakhar Zaman (57) dismissed England's attack to all parts of Sophia Gardens in an opening stand of 118. They've won 11 of their last 12 matches at this level, a far cry from their woeful first-round exit at the 2015 World Cup, and Eoin Morgan's men were the only side to exit the group stage of the Champions Trophy with a ideal played three, won three, record. Pakistan has the bowlers that can swing the ball and cause problems to England's top order.
If India wins Thursday's's match, one can expect a cracker of a final between the two arch-rivals on Sunday at The Oval. We can not think that it is India whom we are coming up against and take extra pressure.
The underdog carried their form and delivered an inspired all-round performance to defeat "so-called favourite" England in a one-sided Champions Trophy semi-finals.
Well though Sarfraz batted, he needed the support of Amir, primarily a left-arm fast bowler. Fakhar set the tone with a flurry of boundaries while Azhar complemented him perfectly with stability. "Pakistan bowled well but we didn't manage to adjust with the bat". We bowled okay but 200 was well under par. "It was a wonderful performance". "So I think just continuing to play our own game and reinforcing that our own game works". "They motivated us very well".
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Morgan would not confirm his XI at Tuesday's pre-match press conference in Cardiff but said there was "a chance we could make a change". So India and Bangladesh will clash again, and the Tigers are not pushovers notwithstanding the drubbing they got at the hands of Indian in an earlier match. The four teams reached their last group stage match with two points each.
"One of the things about knockout cricket is that you have to adapt to conditions", the 30-year-old former Ireland star added. "The wicket will get slower and the spin will come into play", Waqar said.
"It was my first big event as captain".
"Then we beat Pakistan, India and South Africa at home".
A huge concern for cricket fans all around the world is that the English weather may play spoilsport, robbing the viewers of two potentially cracking semi finals. "We were probably soft at times yesterday", he noted referring to the quarter-final match against Sri Lanka on Monday.
Asked about playing Bangladesh in the semi-finals to that Virat Kohli said: "We are going to treat it like how we treated the last game and our mindset does not differ". The all-rounder added that the hosts will be in for a shock if they take their opponents lightly.
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