Stuart Broad praised the way his team-mates disregarded the spot-fixing row to claim a comfortable win in the first Twenty20 international.

The tourists were without three players suspended after being charged by the ICC, while more allegations appeared in the newspapers before the start of game on Sunday.

But England did not let off-field matters affect them as they sealed a five-wicket win in Cardiff.

"There was a lot of media coverage, but at the end of the day we're cricketers," he said. "We just need to focus on getting our skills right. As a team we did that fantastically this week.

"We adapted to conditions really well. The pitch was spinning the spinners bowled fantastically well and kept us in the game.

"What we're really pleased with was the standard of our fielding. On the ground we were fantastic."

England stumbled with the bat at times but recovered thanks to an unbroken partnership of 67 from Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy which saw them home.

"We lost a few wickets in a couple of overs which wasn't ideal but we showed fantastic character to win easily in the end," said Broad.

"You've got to be really fearless at the start. It's important to play your natural way and not worry about the consequences."

Broad was determined not to let the allegations surrounding Pakistan detract from his achievements at Lord's, where he scored 169 - his maiden first-class century - in a world record eighth-wicket stand of 332 with Jonathan Trott.

"It was a world record partnership," he said. "It got us back in the game and it's something that I'll remember very fondly.

"I'm not going to let it be dampened by the allegations.

"It took the delight a little bit out of the win, but we just need to focus on what we're doing."

Broad was pleased he was finally fulfilling his potential with the bat.

Asked why, he said: "Belief. Confidence. In the past I haven't scored the runs I wanted to but to get the runs at Lord's was very pleasing.

"Having put the hours in in the nets it was great to help the team out of the position we were in.

"I feel in a good place with the bat."

World Twenty20 champions England looked strong in seeing off Pakistan last night and Broad admitted the players had to change their mindset going into the shortest version of the game.

He added: "It's a mental change, the tempo is very different.

"You change your mind to bowling a different ball every ball. In Test cricket you try to bowl the same ball every ball.

"But we prepared well for the game during the week and we showed our professionalism and got on the with the game."

Asked about Mohammad Aamer, one of the three players currently suspended, Broad said: "I can only comment on him as a cricketer. He's a fantastic cricketer, as a young fella he's achieved a lot in the game.

"I can't comment on what's happened, but there's no doubting he's a very special player."

"No excuses if caught fixing"

Meanwhile, Broad, felt that there cannot be an excuse for players who are involved in match fixing as international cricketers are given enough education on avoiding corruption,

"We're very educated on this anti-corruption stuff.

There's an anti-corruption guy around the changing rooms all the time. I don't think any player could ever have an excuse like 'I didn't know,' or 'We weren't educated'," Broad said.

"The amount of books I've got from the ICC at home, full of information: there's certainly no excuse as players," he added.

The 24-year-old said the England and Wales Cricket Board are strict about corruption and they regularly keep reminding the cricketers of their responsibilities.

"Every year you get reminded and get bullet points of what to do and what not to do. The ECB are pretty strict in regulating everything like that. We're lucky with the board we've got," he said.

"I don't know what other boards do. But that's the responsibility that they have to take to make sure every player is educated," he added.

Broad, who was part of the English team that defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the first Twenty20 International on Sunday, said he got his first education on avoiding corruption at the age of 19.

"When you come into the England team, the ICC show you this anti-corruption DVD, everything you are allowed and not allow to do," Broad said.

"So it's not all reading. The DVDs are very watchable, very clear. It takes you back to when you were five or six, how clear it is.

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