ICC Champions Trophy 2017: England vs Pakistan, 5 things that went wrong for Eoin Morgan's side

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England were completely outplayed on the night

#3 Bringing the spinners on a bit too late

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Rashid was brought on far too late

In the games that Pakistan have won, Imad Wasim has been brought on in the first powerplay followed by either Mohammad Hafeez or Shadab Khan. This has enabled them to get in a few quick overs economically. Hafeez was brilliant today against the left-handers and so was Shadab. England needed to do this as well to break the monotony of the fast bowlers.

Fakhar Zaman looked at ease against Jake Ball and Mark Wood but may have struggled against the guile of Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali in the first 10 overs. Rashid was brought on in the 15th over by which time both the openers had settled themselves at the crease. Morgan missed a trick by not employing Ali/Rashid earlier in the second innings.

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