Actually their middle order and lower order was performing well in the initial phases. Back then the main issue was that both the openers (Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam) were scoring too few runs, and that too at a very slow pace. And then the injury to Shaheen Shah Afridi removed the venom from their pace attack. On top of that, the spinners were struggling in Australian pitches. And then Babar regained his form when it mattered the most. But the team balance was not there. One or the other component was always performing poorly. England on the other hand had good team balance.