Pakistan v England: Winning is now the bottom line, says Farbrace

There was little to cheer the tourists in a mundane descent to defeat by six wickets at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Wednesday, when they gave themselves little chance after two batting collapses.

But Farbrace anticipates a much better display on their return to the same venue today when, he hopes, England will be able to demonstrate they have learned quickly from their mistakes.

England are 1-0 down with three to play so time is short to bounce back –- but Farbrace expects Eoin Morgan’s men to confirm his high opinion of them.

“We think we have the ability and the players in our team to win this series,” he said.

“We’re not here to develop and learn and go away and say ‘well, we didn’t win the series, but we’re learning’.

“That’s not what we want. We want to win – and it’s really important we do.”

Reece Topley, in just his second ODI, was alone as an individual success in a match which saw a series of costly lapses with bat and then – to a lesser degree – ball.

Farbrace added: “I think we waited a little bit too long to bowl our slower balls and cutters – and certainly some of our shots were not ones you want to be seen repeated because if they are we’ll get the same thing.

“We asked ‘what have we learned, what do we need to do better and how can we make sure we win the next game?’”

That is how England’s new management intend to marry short and long-term progress.

“We have a group that need to learn quickly,” said Farbrace. “But we’ve said many times it’s not about developing – we can’t keep talking about that – it’s about winning. That’s the bottom line.

“It’s up to the guys here to show they deserve to be in the side.”

England’s spinners again struggled in the opener and it may lead to one being dropped in favour of a seam bowler.