FIVE THINGS ENGLAND HAVE LEARNED SO FAR

1 HARRY BROOK is a shoo-in for next month’s World Cup and has to be accommodated at No 5 given the way he has adapted to the role here — judging both the state of play when he walks to the crease and the time to up the tempo.

2 ENGLAND have greater quality in their batting reserves than might have been anticipated. Ben Duckett did not play for England for four years but could be involved in all formats this winter.

3 MOEEN ALI’S over that cost 21 runs on Thursday highlighted how much the versatility of Liam Livingstone’s bowling is missed. Bowling off-spin into a right-handers’ pads was a gamble. Livingstone offers that option, as well as the ability to switch to leg-spin.

4 THE value of extreme pace. Mark Wood has taken four power-play wickets in one appearance for England. In the three matches without him England have taken zero.

5 DAVID WILLEY and Sam Curran can’t play in the same XI. Having two leftarmers closer to 80 mph than 90 negates variety within the attack. The familiarity of their trajectories was exposed by Pakistan in the second T20.