Stephen Fleming, a former captain of New Zealand, has called attention to the error that cost Pakistan the T20 World Cup 2022 championship on Sunday.
According to Fleming, Pakistan’s strategy in the final four overs of their batting innings is what caused them to lose the match.
Pakistan made a “huge error” in the T20 World Cup final, according to Fleming.
“In 16 overs, [Pakistan] scored 121 [119] for 4. After the first innings, Fleming observed on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time Out show, “There’s enough in that wicket to suggest that a 165-score is going to be a genuine good test. “There was patchy bounce, there was some movement available, and it was turning.
We have some artillery here, and we know that we just need to put a point on the board in order to be competitive, so as a unit you should be expressing that. I think it was a grave error that the last four overs were scored for 16 [18] runs.
According to what we have seen, even at 10 [runs per over], you reach 161 and if you have one good over, you reach 165, which I believe is more than competitive. Especially in light of the unexpected turn and the opportunity for perhaps a quicker and more skilled pace attack. Yes, there had been a lot going on up to that moment, but Pakistan had made a huge mistake.
It should be mentioned that Ben Stokes and Sam Curran shone as England defeated Pakistan in the final and became the first team to win both the 50-over and 20-over white-ball championships.
In front of an enthusiastic 80,462 spectators at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jos Buttler’s team restricted Pakistan to 137-8, with player-of-the-match Curran taking 3-12 and Adil Rashid contributing 2-22.
In response, England struggled to establish any momentum against a fierce pace attack and fell to 49-3 in the sixth over. Boundaries were also difficult to come by.
However, Stokes (52 not out) and Moeen Ali (19) led England to 138-5 with six balls remaining to cap off an exciting campaign that lasted 45 games and over a month.
