Pakistan played well says Alastair Cook

18th July (CRICKETNMORE) - Pakistan won the Lords test by 75 runs. Alastair Cook is not happy with the team's batting performance but gives full credit to Pakistan team. During the presentation ceremony he shared what went wrong in in the test match.

"We paid the price for 75 runs deficit in the 1st innings. Pitch was good in 1st two days of cricket. We were always slightly behind, we did slightly okay on 1st day. Woakes did outstanding, he doesn't deserve to be on a losing side. We would like to do better. Some of the shots were disappointing. We weren't good enough today", Cook said. Also Check Pakistan vs England First Test Full Scorecard

"Yasir got 6 wickets, we should have batted better against him. We wanted some partnership. I thought that we were always two wickets behind today. It was frustrating, we had side that was good enough to win the test match. Jimmy and Stokes will be back, we will sit and decide for the next game. You are always tested, that's the beauty of this game. Credit to Pakistan, they played well for 4 days," Cook added.

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