Sarfraz Ahmed is ready to put his stamp on Pakistan's Twenty20 captaincy, in his first match in charge since his appointment five months ago. Sarfraz inherits a squad with a belated feelgood factor after his and Shoaib Malik's big-hitting helped the majority of them re-discover a winning feeling against England in Sunday's final one-day international in Cardiff. That brought a sole consolation success at the end of the Royal London Series, preventing a maiden 5-0 whitewash on home soil for England.
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