‘I was just trying to stop it and got lucky’

lucky. It’s not as if I deliberately palmed it back on the stumps. ‘I was trying to stop it and got a little bit fortunate. But in big games, in big moments, you need that luck. ‘He doesn’t know how unlucky he is because I’ve got the smallest hands for a bloke you’ve ever seen! The umpire wasn’t sure if I’d tipped it, and I was like, “I swear to God, I did”.’ Questions about England’s big-match temperament have now been answered with victories in must-win games against India and New Zealand. They head now to an Edgbaston ground where they have won their previous 10 matches across all formats. Captain Morgan said: ‘If we had a choice of where we would play our group-stage games, Edgbaston, the Oval and Trent Bridge would probably be the three grounds where we would have played the nine games, so it is comforting that we are going to one of those three grounds.’ Morgan, who will be hoping his side can maintain the momentum of one of their better weeks, added: ‘We tap into what we have achieved the last two games, identifying what we did well. It’s been extremely important to our campaign. ‘It is the reason we have got through and we have been able to play some of our best cricket because of that.’ Jos Buttler was delighted England had secured their progress. He said: ‘It shows really good signs that we stood up and played our brand of cricket under that pressure. ‘That breeds a lot of confidence, that our way is the best way. That’s what we have resorted to in the two must-win games and we must continue that.’