This video can not be played Relentless Robinson finishes with 4-11 in brilliant performance Exciting or too early to say? Any praise for England's pace attack this summer comes with the caveat of the quality of Pakistan's batting - and the fact they are operating in helpful home conditions.

But, after having their hand forced by the retirement of Ben Stokes, England have stumbled on something encouraging. A four-man pace attack of Ollie Robinson, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson, who dismissed Pakistan for 110 on day two of the second Test at Lord's, appears potent and, perhaps crucially for the future, are complementing each other in different ways...

Sarfaraz denies knowing about Pakistan threat to end tour After the first-Test win at Headingley, captain Joe Root said his pace bowlers "do not know how good they can be" and praised the variety they offer. Root suggested this group is ahead of bowling stocks from his previous stint as captain, when he often called upon right-arm seamers James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes, in terms of their variation.

The most obvious differential between his new quartet is pace - something brought into further focus by England's decision to prioritise bowlers who reach high speeds during last winter's Ashes defeat. While Archer was touching 95mph in the quickest opening spell of his career on day two at Lord's, Robinson was operating around 78mph at the other end. Tongue's average pace across the series is actually higher than Archer, though Archer has bowled a higher percentage of his deliveries over 90mph. Atkinson slots in just below Tongue and Archer, who joked he could play until he is 40 given how his team-mates are sharing the load.

"It is a good attack," said former England captain Michael Vaughan. "They can all get better and that is a really good sign. "This batting line-up is possibly the easiest I have seen to bowl to but this attack, bowling the way they are doing, will challenge better batting line-ups. "They will challenge the Australia line-up quite nicely if they bowl like this." This video can not be played Pakistan 'cleaned up' with five wickets in five overs

What Robinson has lacked in pace, he is making up for with skill. Four more wickets on Friday took him to 17 wickets at an average of 8.84 across his three Tests this summer. Helped by lively English pitches, Robinson has been able to concentrate on his greatest skill - his control of line and length. Against Pakistan, he has hit a good length with 70% of his deliveries. Atkinson has the next best record with 52%. It has meant Robinson has been relentlessly testing the defences of Pakistan's batters, while giving them few bad balls to hit. He bowled 31 deliveries in a row without conceding a run on Friday and 13 overs, which cost only 11 runs, were the most economical figures by a pace bowler bowling 10 overs or more in England for 13 years.