"I always had the self-belief to be able to do it. Me and Brooky were joking about who was going to be the first to get all three. He was like: 'You're batting at three so it's got to be you.' Then he took my spot at three and did it, but I managed to do it at four. Both of us can be very proud of ourselves but at the end of the day his came in a winning cause and mine in a losing cause."
"They're not comparable, really. The skills and mental thinking are different, but both feelings are pretty good. But both of them have come in losing causes, which is a weird feeling. Cricket is a cruel game, personal performances don't always solidify into team performances. Both of those are tough pills to swallow but I'm very proud of the way I went about both knocks."
Jacob Bethell reached his first century in T20 cricket during England's World Cup semi-final against India in Mumbai, but the team's defeat made it a bittersweet achievement. At 22 years old, Bethell became the fourth Englishman to score centuries in all three international formats, following Harry Brook by just one week. Bethell's T20 hundred came off 45 balls, contrasting sharply with his first-class century of 154 in Sydney, which took 162 balls. Despite both centuries occurring in losing matches, Bethell expressed pride in his performances. England faced a challenging run chase after India scored 253, though the team remained optimistic at the innings break.
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