Plunkett wants England to fully focus on winning series

Liam Plunkett hopes England can set aside security concerns about touring Bangladesh as they bid to close out a series victory over Pakistan.

England’s Test and one-day trip to Bangladesh, due to start next month, was given the go-ahead after a delegation of experts reported back from their fact-finding mission.

Plunkett will leave his decision whether to travel until after the end of the Royal London Series, with the squad for the ODI leg of the tour likely to be named by the end of next week.

In the meantime, England have their first chance at Trent Bridge in the third match of five against Pakistan today to convert a 2-0 lead into outright success.

Plunkett said: “We need to improve – we all agree on that, and we’re still trying to take it up a notch.

“(But) we want to win this series 5-0, not 3-0, so we’re trying to focus on winning every game.”

England are unlikely to change their winning team in Nottingham with all-rounder Ben Stokes expected to be fit to bowl after a calf injury.