"We take those two points and take great confidence, because it wouldn't have been a nice dressing room this evening. I've played a lot of T20 cricket. When you win the close ones they're actually the ones that give you a little boost and a bit of a smile on your face. The associate nations are getting so much better. Some of the shots in the last few overs it's serious stuff. You can't underestimate these guys any more."
"He's won us that game. It was ebbs and flows the whole way. I thought it was almost lost with six balls to go. Winning ugly is a great trait. It's incredibly difficult to replicate that experience and a game like today, where we potentially weren't expecting it to go down to the last ball and it has. When we get in that situation in the rest of the tournament, which we definitely will at some stage, we'll be able to look back on this experience and take that with us."
England edged Nepal by four runs in Mumbai after Sam Curran conceded just five runs in the final over to decide the match. Curran said the win removed any complacency, noted the boost of winning close games and warned that associate nations are improving with serious batting displays. Will Jacks credited Curran with securing the victory and described the experience as valuable preparation for future tight situations. In Group B, Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 20 runs in Colombo, making 163 for six with Kusal Mendis' half-century; Barry McCarthy took two wickets in two balls, including Dasun Shanaka for a golden duck, and Ireland lost Paul Stirling early.
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