England's bowlers must tidy up their early and late innings spells if they are to maintain their outstanding run of success in Pakistan, coach Duncan Fletcher has urged.

In an assessment following England's stunning five wicket win over Pakistan on Tuesday, Fletcher praised the character of his bowlers but said more control was needed at the start and finish of an innings to prevent opponents rattling up such large scores as the 304-9, made in the first one-day international.

"We still have a little learning to do with our bowling out here," he explained.

"We must appreciate the control of bowling to one side of the wicket and finding the right length and making sure we maintain that.

"We bowled very well between the 15th and 40th overs and if you're being very critical of our performance, they probably got too many in the early and later stages."

Saeed Anwar took advantage of some wayward bowling from Andrew Caddick in his opening three overs to give Pakistan a galloping start and Abdur Razzaq blasted 75 off only 40 deliveries at the end to boost their final total.

"It's taken other sides a lot more than one day-night international in this part of the world to get it right," Fletcher continued.

"Other sides come here and lose six in a row and come back again and learn, so we've done well considering how long other sides have taken to adapt.

"It's very difficult psychologically to run up and bowl on these wickets. The way they play, they hit you for a lot of runs, but you have to hang in there and that's what it's really about.

"We have to realise that, but it's really difficult out here to maintain that control on these wickets because you can't afford to err at all - as soon as you drift away from any plan you've got, batsmen of quality will take advantage of it."

Ahead of the second one-dayer at the Colonel Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore tomorrow, which starts at 9.45 am (GMT), Fletcher said England's victory, successfully achieving the fourth highest winning total in one-day international history for a team batting second, was built around key contributions from the batsmen.

With Nasser Hussain and Mark Ealham both recovered from minor injuries, Fletcher is unlikely to make any changes to the line up but plans to conduct England's training sessions under lights today to acclimatise them to the artificial conditions.

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