Captain vows to stick by defeated batting core for next month's New Zealand tour, including out-of-sorts Ollie Pope

Ben Stokes admitted England failed to measure up as they crashed to a series defeat against Pakistan but suggested there would be no scapegoats for the rout in Rawalpindi.The tourists were railroaded for 112 in the second innings of the decisive third Test,

Someone like Zak Crawley, his position should come under threat, but when I say that, people say well, I think hell be alright in Australia... It cant just be about one series every four years, away from home.