Paul Farbrace believes England’s young crop of players will learn quickly from Wednesday’s loss against Pakistan as they bid to level the series in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

England continued their losing run in the UAE in the first One Day International with only James Taylor, Eoin Morgan and Reece Topley, on debut, providing telling contributions.

With a number of experienced players missing, Farbrace has challenged the current members of the squad to follow the example set by Taylor over the past year.

"We have a group that need to learn quickly and we've said many times, it is not about developing. We can't keep talking about developing - it is about winning. That's the bottom line,” he said.

"But we have got a team here that have got an opportunity to show - a bit like James Taylor has done during the summer - he got left out of the New Zealand series and took his opportunity in the Australia series.

"Taylor is a stand out figure. He has earned the right in Test and One-Day cricket to come into the side.

"You look at the bowling group, you've got people out of this group back in England either being rested or having injuries treated.

"[Steven] Finn, [Ben] Stokes, [Mark] Wood, [Stuart] Broad, [James] Anderson - there are a lot of bowlers who could come in and we know would enhance this group and make us a better team.

"So it is up to the guys that are here to show they deserve to be in the side and to stay in the side for the long term and take the opportunities but win at the same time.

"We think we have the ability and the players in our team to win this series. We want to win - and it's really important we do.”

After facing up to World Cup finalists Australia and New Zealand, beating the latter, over the summer England have shown they aren’t keen on a ‘rebuilding phase’ following their group stage exit at cricket’s showpiece.

"It's about winning the game ... 'what do we have to do, did we learn quickly enough about the surface the other day, did we bowl the right way on that surface, did we play the right shots on that surface,’” Farbrace said.

"The answer probably would be no.

"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 on Friday, because if they are we'll get the same thing.

"Last night's conversation, which wasn't an inquest, was 'what have we learned, what do we need to do better and how can we make sure we win the next game?’”

 

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