Brendon McCullum, England's head coach, says his team have "no excuses" after crashing to a 2-1 series defeat with back-to-back losses in Multan and Rawalpindi, but admits he was surprised it took Pakistan until the second Test to prepare the sort of spinning pitches that have been his team's undoing on recent tours of the subcontinent.

Stokes has proved an intuitive and inspirational leader during two-and-a-half years in charge but head coach McCullum believes the time has come for the dressing room to pick up t

On a reused pitch in Multan, England fell to a 152-run defeat to the hosts with the 33-year-old all-rounder managing 1 and 37 with the bat and bowling just 10 overs without a wicket