Jos Buttler revels in England captaincy following win over Pakistan

Jos Buttler says he loved the experience of captaining England to a series victory over Pakistan following a tight finish in the second T20 international in Dubai.

His previous experience of leadership in the middle amounted to little more than a match in charge of Somerset second XI and another for England U18s against Scotland A.

No-one would have guessed that, however, as he marshalled a young team to a thrilling three-run victory in place of the rested Eoin Morgan.

"I loved this experience," said the new captain. "I've obviously been vice-captain for a while, and it's a lot easier job when you can give your two-pence and then step back and not be accountable for the decision.

"But I really enjoyed the responsibility, the pressure of it - and it certainly makes the game a bit more emotional. It was a really enjoyable start."

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Chris Woakes had been deposited for three sixes by Shahid Afridi in his third over but returned for the last to defend a further 11 runs and leave the hosts three shy of England's hard-earned 172 for eight.

However, Buttler felt the whole evening should have been a little less stressful, as England nonetheless won for the second time in as many days and fifth in white-ball cricket over the past two weeks against Pakistan.

"We got into a position where we should have won the game more comfortably," he added. "But Afridi came in and played as he can, and that put a lot of pressure on us.

"I think throughout the game, we didn't play our best but showed a lot of character with the bat and ball to do enough at the right times.

"For Chris Woakes to have the guts to stand up and do the job in that last over, fair play to him."

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