Pakistan-England T20 series decider today

ABU DHABI: Pakistan will go all out for a series-winning triumph when they face England in the third and final Twenty20 International here at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium today.

The Pakistanis were thrashed in the second Twenty20 game in Dubai on Saturday night and will now be hoping that their players will click today after being hammered by England by 38 runs.

Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's captain, has said that his team will put aside Saturday's loss to give its best in the series decider to end the England assignment on a winning note.

"Our main approach will be to forget the last game and think positively. We will play the game with a positive frame of mind as we want to win the match badly. I hope everyone will come with good performances in this match," said Misbah.

He appreciated England's Jonny Bairstow's fine knock which enabled England to level the series 1-1 in Dubai. "He (Bairstow) played really well especially at a time when England was in trouble after losing players like (Kevin) Pietersen and (Ravi) Bopara. I think his knock set the game for England and he looks a good player for this format of the game."

Misbah said that England's total of 150 wasn't a big target but was quick to add that his batters disappointed once again. "It was a gettable total though it was a fighting score provided one batted properly. Our batting disappointed us once again," Misbah was quoted as saying by Gulf News.

"When you keep on losing early wickets it is difficult to make up. We could not even get a good run rate in the first six overs and also lost lot of wickets. This has been our main problem. When you lose wickets and you are not getting the run rate up especially with the field restrictions it becomes very difficult to chase. Also, a total of 150 runs is almost eight an over."

The senior batsman hoped that his batters will rise to the occasion today. "I think ours is a good team but our batting has not risen up to their potential. We are still carrying the bad form from the One day series. In Twenty20 and one-day cricket or it is usually the batting that wins you the game and if your batting is not scoring even 150 runs then it is a problem."

The skipper almost ruled out any changes in the playing eleven for the final game of the series. "I don't think there will be many changes. The team did well in the last match and today you saw Hammad Azam who played really well. It is a good team provided we improve our performance as a batting unit," he stressed.

Pakistan will return home on Tuesday (tomorrow) after the exhaustive 'home' series against England in the UAE. They won the Test series 3-0 but were whitewashed 0-4 in the one-dayers.