I don’t remember anything about the build-up to the World Cup final in 1992. The only thing I can remember is losing the match.

I had lost the final five years earlier as well. To lose two in a row was a killer. I felt we could have won both.

We were playing such fantastic cricket in the tournament. We were confident. We felt we would win it. We had a lot of experience in the side, a lot of big characters. Goochy, Botham, Lamby. A lot of quality. We never spoke about losing it.

Phillip DeFreitas has admitted England's 1992 World Cup final loss to Pakistan is still painful

We got a bit of luck in the semi-final against South Africa with the rain but we did not get any of it in the final. Getting to 240, we thought that was a decent total, especially with the scoreboard pressure of a World Cup final.

We got two early wickets and wanted to roll Pakistan over. We had done it earlier in the tournament when we bowled them out for 74 before the rain saved them.

A few poor decisions went against us. Derek Pringle had two lbw appeals against Javed Miandad turned down. Had those gone our way, it might have all been different. I had Imran Khan dropped off my bowling and he went on to get 72. Had we held that, you never know. But you can’t look back.

They played well. They rode their luck and became world champions. Afterwards, once you’ve lost, you just don’t want to be there. You just want to get out, get on the plane and go home.

Pakistan captain Imran Khan (centre) celebrates following his side's victory in the final

DeFreitas admits England got some luck against South Africa in the semi-final

It happened to me twice. It was clearly not meant to be. It absolutely still rankles now. You look back and it was great to play in two World Cup finals but if you lose them, you sure remember it.

There is no reason why this current side cannot win it. When they had their blip in the middle of the tournament, many were saying they had blown it. I said all they have to do is win four games and they are world champions.

They have won three. They just need to win one more. I always say there are no favourites in finals but the guys are playing a great brand of cricket right now. They just need to carry on doing that.