Ind vs Eng: It was a tough defeat says Cook
New Delhi: A distraught England captain came to the post match presentation and tried to put up a brave face after losing the test match at Lord's. Cook said that it was a tough defeat.
New Delhi: A distraught England captain came to the post match presentation and tried to put up a brave face after losing the test match at Lord's. Cook said that it was a tough defeat.
He said that the pitch was turning and bouncing at the fourth innings but that is no excuse to the way we played. It was a good toss to win but we did not make most of the conditions.
Cook further said that England did not make thier first innings count , we should have got more runs. Even while India were batting in the second innings ,200 for 7 and Jadeja comes out and takes the game away from us.
There are lot of youngsters in the team , so it will take time to get going as a unit .The older guys are not playing well as their record suggest. They have to look at themselves, even I should start scoring runs.
Matt has been a fantastic player for England . He needs to be prove people wrong with his performance and he is a fighter and you want people like that in the dressing room. All the heat is on me, If I am not good enough at the end of the summer then so be it. I should start scoring runs and lead from the front I will lead till the mangemnet want me to. I was batting well in the second innings so will go back to the nets and work harder.
He said that the pitch was turning and bouncing at the fourth innings but that is no excuse to the way we played. It was a good toss to win but we did not make most of the conditions.
Cook further said that England did not make thier first innings count , we should have got more runs. Even while India were batting in the second innings ,200 for 7 and Jadeja comes out and takes the game away from us.
There are lot of youngsters in the team , so it will take time to get going as a unit .The older guys are not playing well as their record suggest. They have to look at themselves, even I should start scoring runs.
Matt has been a fantastic player for England . He needs to be prove people wrong with his performance and he is a fighter and you want people like that in the dressing room. All the heat is on me, If I am not good enough at the end of the summer then so be it. I should start scoring runs and lead from the front I will lead till the mangemnet want me to. I was batting well in the second innings so will go back to the nets and work harder.