Mohammad Hafeez reveals the secret behind Pakistan's shock win over England

The Champions Trophy holders responded to the seven-wicket defeat by West Indies to beat the hosts by 14 runs at Trent Bridge

Mohammad Hafeez believes Pakistan's remarkable turnaround to beat England at Trent Bridge was driven purely by self-belief.

The Champions Trophy holders bounced back from being bowled out for 105 by West Indies in their World Cup opener on Friday to beat the hosts and favourites by 14 runs in Nottingham.

Hafeez scored 84 as Pakistan set England a World Cup record 349 to win, before taking the key wicket of Eoin Morgan. 

Joe Root and Jos Buttler each hit centuries but three wickets for Wahab Riaz delivered the most unlikely of victories.

The success not only comes after the damaging loss to the Windies but follows a 4-0 series defeat to England prior to the tournament, which included a loss on this ground.

"I can only describe it as total self-belief," he said. "Everyone was really looking forward to doing something in this game. 

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"We played a bad game against West Indies but we knew as a team we were capable to win matches for Pakistan. 

"We had a good meeting yesterday and expressed some of the good things about each other and that really worked, everyone expressed themselves and that really worked for Pakistan today.

Eoin Morgan's men contributed to their own downfall with an indifferent fielding display as Pakistan put on 348 for 8 from their 50 overs.

England has prevailed in the five-match ODI series and the one-off T20 played last month but Hafeez admits Pakistan paid no attention to those results.

"I don't know about them," he added. "But I know about myself and my team. We came into this game very confident. 

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"In the last series we played here we should have won a couple of games but we lost in the crucial stages. 

"We knew if we could score 340 on this track it would be a difficult score to chase because the pitch supported the seamers and it was not coming onto the bat. 

"It was a good pitch but there was something for the bowlers also, especially for the spinners. 

"We had the number of runs we wanted to achieve and the bowlers did a great job."

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