England captain named player of the match, says ‘nice to get over the line’

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England captain Harry Brook has been named the player of the match for his brilliant century against Pakistan.

His side has now booked a place in the semi-finals, on which he says, “[It’s] Just nice to get through to the semis.”

“We have one more game against New Zealand and we’ll focus on that.”

About the Green Shirts, he said: “They are always good. Some world class players there. Just nice to get over the line.”

He added that “there’s always areas we want to improve on and you can never quite get perfection, but we’re always striving for it”.

Lastly, on his century, he said: “I was just happy to get the job done, to be honest. We were in a tricky situation to start, and a couple of partnerships after that. Nice to get over the line.”

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