Pakistan v England: Brendon McCullum wants tourists to continue attacking approach

Brendon McCullum has won six of his 7 Tests arsenic England coach

England volition proceed to play an assertive marque of Test cricket during their three-match bid successful Pakistan, says manager Brendon McCullum.

"We'll beryllium pushing for results but we privation to play entertaining cricket," McCullum told BBC Sport.

"There whitethorn beryllium a clip wherever you hazard losing to triumph and if Pakistan are bully capable to bushed us, that's chill too."

The erstwhile New Zealand skipper added: "Our extremity is to marque Test cricket a athletics which radical privation to crook connected and beryllium prepared to wage their wealth for, and they locomotion distant entertained.

"With immoderate of the conditions we'll beryllium faced with it mightiness propulsion america into that much assertive benignant which we similar anyway."

The archetypal Test begins successful Rawalpindi connected Thursday, 1 December (05:00 GMT), with the bid to beryllium completed conscionable earlier Christmas.

Test matches successful Pakistan person a estimation for being dilatory burners, with attritional cricket mostly played until a effect is forced precocious connected the 5th day, if astatine all.

On England's past Test circuit to Pakistan successful 2005, they were beaten 2-0 with 1 lucifer ending successful a gully - some defeats coming connected time five.

Australia toured Pakistan earlier this twelvemonth and 2 of the 3 Tests were drawn, with Australia winning the bid decider precocious connected the last day.

"One happening we're keen connected is not to beryllium bound by preconceived thoughts connected the wickets implicit here," said McCullum.

"They'll each beryllium antithetic and if we bash that, we don't let ourselves to play what's successful beforehand of us."

Several of England's Test squad were successful the squad which won the T20 World Cup successful Australia earlier this month.

Fast bowler Mark Wood, who is not acceptable for the archetypal Test but should beryllium good to play successful the second, Stokes, Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone person each travelled to Pakistan.

Opening batter Ben Duckett and all-rounder Will Jacks, who were seen arsenic white-ball specialists, person besides received call-ups for this tour.

"Some of them you're astir apt much utilized to seeing successful white-ball cricket but hopefully they tin bring a small spot of that panache to this set-up too," said McCullum.

"Even though Test cricket successful the sub-continent tin sometimes beryllium much arduous and draining, determination tin inactive beryllium opportunities to detonate with your skillset and hopefully they are brave capable to bash that erstwhile the clip comes."

Meanwhile, Stokes has announced helium volition donate his lucifer fees for the circuit to victims of the Pakistan floods.

It is England's archetypal sojourn to the state for Test matches since the onslaught connected Sri Lanka's squad autobus successful 2009.