Dubai: Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq put on a brave face before the start of the Twenty20 series against England yesterday by announcing that the confidence level of the team is high despite the 4-0 drubbing in the One-day series.

"Our confidence level is good after Tuesday's performance. We have to start with the same combination as we had in the last match, Umar Akmal is good on confidence, I am also high on confidence after Tuesday but we can do changes as the match situation demands, so lets see what we can do now," he said.

Misbah believes that all that is needed is a turnaround. "We are really confident because we are putting some good performances but we just can't finish them and go over the victory line. We need to turn these good performances into victories but I am confident that this form suites us and we can do good and come back and perform better."

Misbah stressed on the importance on this Twenty20 series: "This is a very important series for us [with the World Twenty20 around]. On this tour we won the Tests and they won the ODIs and now this is like the decider."

Good move

Misbah does not believe that his team is a dispirited lot. "I don't think we are dispirited. My players want a win desperately. We know the importance and so we will try and give our hundred per cent. I know my team and at some stage they are going to pull things for us."

When asked whether he is worried that they may play the in-form Alastair Cook, Misbah said: "It might be a good move for them because he is in form, but I think T20 is a different format where you need a good strike rate. They can do what they think is good for them and what we want is to correct our mistakes."

Misbah revealed that despite the 4-0 defeat his team has gained a lot of positives. "I think Tuesday's match even if we lost we gained a lot of positives. The team played better than last three games. But still we have to work hard. There will be one or two changes but I think most of the team will remain the same. We will play positive cricket."

Misbah said Twenty20 is all about aggression but he also gave a warning. "Aggression should be there but at the same time we have to play disciplined cricket. If you keep on making the same mistakes all the way in batting, bowling and fielding then you cannot be aggressive. You have to be disciplined and know when to attack and when to defend. I think that balance is the key," he said.

Squads

England: Stuart Broad (captain), Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Assad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Awais Zia, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rahman, Wahab Riaz, Aizaz Cheema, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam, Shoaib Malek.

Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Shozab Raza (PAK)

TV umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).Match starts: 8pm.