I grew up as an England fan but it doesn’t matter who you support | Moeen Ali


People supporting cricket is the important thing and when they come to World Cup games it is our job to entertain them

We let ourselves down against Pakistan. As Eoin Morgan told us after the match, we cannot allow standards to slip in the field because it can make the difference. And it really did. Mistakes can happen. Sometimes they can build up over the course of an innings and put people even more on edge, which makes it snowball further.

But in this instance I don’t believe that was the case. It was just a general sloppiness and pretty frustrating after we put in one of our best showings against South Africa.

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