T20 World Cup 2022: The decisive moments on England and Pakistan's way to the finals

And, in true 1992 fashion, England will be facing off against Pakistan in the summit clash – at a World Cup hosted in Australia, no less.

The parallels to that tournament will doubtlessly please Pakistani fans, but England will be keen to become two-time T20 World Cup champions too.

For England, it was less about overcoming the odds and more about living up to the burden of their expectations.

They entered the tournament as favourites but knew they were in a tough group featuring the likes of Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and even Afghanistan.

However, their route was made easy by Australia's heavy loss to New Zealand – a result that left the defending champions playing catch up in a net run rate race they would eventually lose out.

England were also helped, thanks to Australia not being able to register big wins over Ireland and Afghanistan – the hosts won both games. Still, by margins so small, their NRR remained under par.

But it wasn't just Australia's poor results that England qualified. They had to overcome some adversity, too – significantly after rain impacted not one but two of their games.

They lost to Ireland via the DLS method, and their match against their Ashes rivals, Australia, was entirely washed out. As a result, they needed to win both of their remaining games.

To their credit, they beat New Zealand convincingly before uneasily limping home against Sri Lanka, thus sealing their spot in the semis. But those two games showed off their strength in batting and bowling.

England's bowling kept the Kiwi big hitters quiet in the first game before their explosive start against Sri Lanka helped them win.

It was a sign of things coming from the semis, where they restricted India to an under-par total before romping home by ten wickets.

For Pakistan, their key moments involved South Africa. Ironically, given that this ended up costing the Proteas a spot in the semis, many felt it was there for the taking.

Pakistan had lost their first two games to India and Zimbabwe before narrowly beating the Netherlands. However, they now had to beat South Africa and Bangladesh – and hope other results went their way.

Against South Africa, one of the most significant pieces of their puzzle fell into place. Mohammad Haris, the young batsman, scored a quickfire 28 that was key to Pakistan's win.

The knock gave them an X-factor player in their middle order alongside Shan Masood, who can graft for runs. And it was this combination that was again key to their win over Bangladesh.

However, before they beat Bangladesh, they needed South Africa to lose to the Netherlands – which, against all odds, actually happened.

That result meant they needed to win against Bangladesh, which they did. And it kicked their campaign into overdrive, demonstrated by the way they outclassed New Zealand.

Now, both of these teams stand on the precipice of history. And whoever wins will have to outdo a quality team that has faced plenty of adversity to get here.