Azhar Ali, the captain, is reminiscent of Alastair Cook and the way the management groomed a future Test captain in one-day cricket. England have identified one-day specialists and are now building two separate squads. Arthur needs to free up his players and engender a more dynamic approach once he has identified the talent, which clearly exits in Pakistani cricket.

“It is what it is, I hate the phrase, but we are No 9 in the world and we can see why. It’s been an eye-opener for me, the last four games,” he said. “England are a phenomenal cricket team, power hitters all the way down. We just don’t have the players to do that within our group of 15 at the moment. Those are things we need to address and bare in mind for the next series. It also gives me an opportunity to decide who we take forward and how we play our cricket. With every game that becomes clearer and clearer.”