Unity Key To England's World Cup Run - Brook

With England needing 43 from nan past 18 balls to beat New Zealand connected Friday, Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed put connected an unbeaten business of 44 from 16 balls to unafraid nan win.

In nan erstwhile 2 games, England made a below-par 146-9 against Sri Lanka only to dismiss their co-hosts for 95 to unafraid victory, and were 58-4 against Pakistan earlier Brook himself deed a stunning century.

Those 3 victories followed a group shape wherever England struggled to hit Nepal, Scotland and Italy and were beaten by West Indies.

Their occurrence besides follows nan dismal Ashes circuit of Australia successful Test cricket.

"I don't judge we request a cleanable crippled to triumph nan competition," said Brook, who is starring England for nan first clip astatine a World Cup.

"We've won those tight games which successful World Cups beryllium to beryllium very important and we've sewage a batch of assurance going into nan deeper parts of nan game.

"We've sewage a batch of competitory lads. Everybody wants to win, which is simply a fixed really, but moreover disconnected nan section erstwhile we're playing golf, playing cards, whatever, everybody is ever really competitory and they ever person that flimsy separator and they return it retired into nan cricket arsenic well."

Brook said he expects Thursday's ambiance to beryllium "awesome", pinch nan lucifer to beryllium played astatine nan iconic Wankhede Stadium successful beforehand of 33,000 spectators.

England resisted naming an XI earlier nan toss, but seam-bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton appears apt to switch leg-spinner Ahmed.

India were nan overwhelming pre-tournament favourites but person besides stuttered astatine times successful nan competition.

They were given a scare by nan United States successful nan group shape and were well beaten by South Africa successful nan Super 8s.

"I said nan different time there's a batch of unit connected some sides, perchance much connected them going into present pinch nan crowd and nan disappointment they had against South Africa arsenic well," Brook said.

"But we're conscionable going to spell retired there, instrumentality to what we cognize and measure conditions arsenic quickly arsenic imaginable and springiness it existent bully fight."