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England have retained Alastair Cook, originally not named in the Twenty20 squad.
Pakistan and England are ready to compete in first of three Twenty 20 international match in Dubai today.
Pakistan captain Misbah ul-Haq said his side are desperate to redress the balance in a T20 after a one-day series whitewash by the tourists.
England on Tuesday completed a 4-0 rout over the Pakistanis, and showed a big improvement from their 3-0 defeat in the preceding three-Test series.
Misbah wants his side to regain the upper hand, but also wants to use the match as a stepping stone towards the World Twenty20 series later this year.
England have retained Alastair Cook, originally not named in the Twenty20 squad, after he showed great form in scoring back-to-back hundreds in the first two one-day matches.
England skipper in the T20 series Stuart Broad said his side would be using every opportunity possible to help prepare them for the defence of their World Twenty20 title.
“Cookie is keen to play Twenty20 cricket. He has made that pretty obvious. He has been kept on in the squad because obviously we have got some injury concerns in the squad,” said Broad of Cook, retained as cover-up for injured Ravi Bopara.
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