If Pakistan had hit 15-25 runs more, they might have been able to defend it against England, said Shaheen Shah Afridi. On a flat Pallekele track, Pakistan's 164 for 9 always seemed short, even if England only got to the target with two wickets and five balls to spare.
Unlike the track for England's match against Sri Lanka on Sunday, however, the surface for Tuesday's match had had no match played on it during this tournament. This in turn meant it was better for batting.
"I feel in a wicket like this you need a partnership and you need a set batsman in that position who can bat throughout the middle overs," Afridi said. "But unfortunately we lost wickets back to back, which is why we did not go for that 180-190 score.
"If you see, when England batted, Harry Brook stayed at the crease and he was rotating the strike and he was just building partnerships. I think we missed this opportunity to build partnerships.
"A partnership means you have to have somebody in the crease who can go for single and twos. Throughout a T20 innings you need those eight or nine runs an over, if you want to build a partnership as well. I think that middle phase Adil Rashid bowled really well, so I think the credit goes to him as well."
The match was something of a return to rhythm for Afridi however. He had been sidelined on the more spinner-friendly tracks in Colombo, having been far from his best with the ball in Pakistan's first three matches. But he had Phil Salt caught behind first ball of this match, and went on to claim 4 for 30 in this match. Afridi's last wicket was that of the centurion, Brook.
"Whenever I play, my job is to take wickets early. That's why I'm bowling first over. Today I'd been planning how I'd take that first wicket."